Classic song. It should have given all DJ's a standard/neutral baseline to work off of.
My 1st place: DJ 1 – clear favorite
My 2nd place: DJ 3 – risk taker
DJ 1 - At the beginning, I loved the faster tempo of the vocals & beat you used. Piano was so nicely incorporated. Extremely creative mix overall. The whole mellow/tone of the mix was so good - I was wanted to keeping listening over & over. The song you incorporated in the background stating from 0:27ish fit so nicely. My clear favorite/leader of the pack from this group - I hope you release an extended/full version of this down the road because I would love to add it to my personal collection, lol. The ONLY fault I see is the mix went past the 0:45 max, but the mixing mods were generous enough to allow it still. Keep time limits in mind in the future, because that could prevent you from getting votes.
DJ 2 – was hoping for a bit more creativity for the intro instead of just a build up and bass drop. At least you used the bass drop more than once, so it added some sense of fluidity. Once the lyrics hit, I felt things were slightly off key. Pianos sounds were a cool concept. I felt that the build up at 0:17 and what followed was the turning point/”make or break” portion of the mix, but I didn’t feel you brought anything unique. Would have been a great point to totally change things up. The rest of the mix was more of the same and there was a lack of outro (music just cut off) which hurt you.
DJ 3 – Super creative into and that tempo change really fit well. The sound clip at 0:06 was also a nice to bring a bit more hype. Loved the effects in the background from 0:10 to 0:19ish, but it felt at times a bit too much going on/things were clashing. The portion after “getting jiggy with it” felt like it lacked a little bit of the flair that the first half of the mix had. I did like how you threw in parts of the original song here & there in the background – that was super cool. Your outro was also nicely done. I’m rewarding you for taking a risk and trying to execute fairly well.
DJ 4 – First 11 seconds (more than a quarter of your mix) was basically the original song, lol. There was only subtle effects thrown in and compared to the rest of the mixes, it seemed like the song didn’t push you to bring anything exciting to the table. The low hitting bass drops in the second half and your outro were basically my favorite parts, but I just wanted expecting more from this mix.
DJ 5 – The first 20 seconds (a little less than half the mix) had just a synthesizer type of effect thrown into the background. The Toosie Slide incorporation was a good touch, but I was expecting you to shake things up in the mix a bit more in the 2nd half, which never came through. The nail in the coffin was your lack of outro; I don’t like DJ’s who can’t close out their mix properly – it just makes it seems like a lack of effort.
~ Basim
