M Is FOR MASHUP - September 9th, 2009
The Ten Best Mashups Every Week
By DJ Useo
I'm not sure how many great mashups you can handle in just one week. I've got a voracious appetite for them & I can process & enjoy around 10 tracks a day. That's about 658 MB a week, or approximately 85 tracks. That much concentrated mashup would probably kill most people. It took me quite a while to build up my bootleg tolerance factor. I remember when that many tracks would leave me stunned, or worse. Once I got too many new DJ Topcat tracks & I developed a nasty case of pella fever. It took me 2 weeks to recover from that & I still get 'itchy' if I download too many Topcat tracks in 1 day.
I bring up the subject of how many mashups at once is too many because I am hosting a new radio show that counts down the best ten new mashups each week that are posted at www.sound-unsound.com .The show is packed with enough vitamin M (mashup) to satisfy the daily bootleg needs of 1 1/2 adults at once. Usually by the time I've reached the number one track, listeners are unable to say more than :) (smiley face). I have to watch it with bonus tracks that may get played after the ten proper countdown tracks, because it's just more than most can process in 1 sitting.
You may recall I was doing a similar top ten mashup countdown for a different site a few months ago, but as good as that show did, this new one is an improvement. The hardest thing about doing such a show is not finding the mashups, there's always lots of incredible new tracks, it's ordering them in the proper way that reflects the audiences opinion of what's best without seeming like it's just favoritism. To avoid that, this show makes use of the Sound-Unsound forum admins to determine the actual best tracks. Every Thursday we make that the cut-off date for the week & hold a group online chat to hash out the tracks for the show & then the best order.
I thought that was the toughest part of doing the show. At first. I have always disliked ordering or voting for stuff because it's not my forte to say which is best out of a crowd of excellent tracks. At the last show I did, they just sent me the script to read & it came with the list already determined.It was best for me at the time. Now though, after 5 shows of this new countdown, I'm really finding it much easier to select the number & sequence of the tracks. It's become a blast to meet with peeps like Sfreeman, Markyboy, DJ Petrushka & the rest & go over the damn fine mashups posted that week.
The shows aren't scripted now, so it's just me hosting in a spontaneous manner although I am looking forward to the guest-host shows coming up soon. In fact,Sfreeman, the master of fidget music is starring in episode 6 next Sunday. The setlist is a few days away from being determined, but to give you an idea of the content, here's the list from last weeks' show.
01 - Marc Johnce - Troublemaker Kills You (The Black Ghosts Vs. Weezer)
02 - DJ Le Clown - The People (John Lennon vs Empire Of The Sun)
03 - DJ Useo - Stoned In Sex (Chicane vs Tom Jones vs DJ Sparthakus)
04 - Davie Dekka - Unfair Situation (Lily Allen vs Yaz)
05 - DJ Clive$ter - Say Yes And Fly Away (Wax Tailor vs. Goldfrapp)
06 - Winkar Lopez - Speed Down (Coldplay vs All Stars vs Funk)
07 - Ace Of Clubs - Party In The USA (Miley Cyrus vs Jay-Z & Rihanna vs Britney Spears vs Michael Jackson)
08 - Dan Mei - Rebel Melody (Swingfly Vs Billy Idol)
09 - MaxwellJump - I'm Your Boogie Criminal (Fun Lovin' Criminals vs KC and the Sunshine Band vs Snoop Dogg)
10 - G3RSt - Hawaii Off Your Shoulder (Jay-Z vs Kitty, Daisy & Lewis)
As if that wasn't enough, I included a bonus remix & a mini-mix
bonus 1 - DK MXR - Frankie Goes To Hollywood MegaMix
bonus 2 - The Human League - The Things That Dreams Are Made Of (DreamTime Mix)
Remember, all individual tracks from the show have links for the downloads in the mashup & remix sections of Sound-Unsound.
As a special supplement for those who've read this far, here's a link to grab a copy of the show listed above -
www.megaupload.com/?d=KAMFKX2E
To hear more, head on over to www.sound-unsound.com where you can find past shows posted on the home page.
Then listen to more new shows every Sunday at 7:30 pm gmt 2:30 pm est. Each Monday we post the past weeks show as a downloadable podcast. Look soon for a podcast page dedicated to the show. I'll announce the link here at BARTCOP E of course. Here's the links for the live radio at Sound-Unsound.
www.sound-unsound.com/wadio/soundunsoundwadio.pls
www.sound-unsound.com/wadio/soundunsoundwadio.asx
www.sound-unsound.com/wadio/soundunsoundwadio.m3u
www.sound-unsound.com/wadio/soundunsoundwadio.ram
The radio station has new shows every evening & when there aren't new shows, there's over 300 brand-new mashups I put on the radio auto-player myself. Excellent programming, I say.
Thanks for reading. One last thing. My radio show THE QRADIPS SHOW w/ DJ Useo, where I played the most off-kilter mashups out there is not being produced for the time being, but all past shows are being archived at www.qradip.blogspot.com
If you like Dr. Demento-type bootleg mixing, try one. I guarantee it'll have you wanting more.
Mix Of The Week - DJ Useo Land is a live mix I did with no tweaking. It's high-energy house, electro & mash & can be found at the great long mix site B00MB0X. Check out how I mix live & let me know if I mix too much or not enough. I've heard both things! Lol!
(www.bmbx.org/2009/09/02/land/)
Mashup Tip : Stretch yourself mixing-wise & use styles of music you don't know as well. G3RSt in the show listed above used Hawaiian steel guitar music set to Jay-Z & made a fine track. Don't limit yourself to only one style.
DJ Useo's Podcast
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