Mastermix Issue 280, Pro Disc 112, Pro Dance 21, October 09

0:00 In this video we're looking at some more new releases from MasterMix

Alright folks, in this video we're looking at some more new releases from MasterMix. At the moment we're listening to this guy here, which is Issue 280. Alright, what have we got on here? We've got track one, which is, there it is, Commercial Dance. And track two is, this is Bassline. And then track three, More Essential R&B. Track four, Party Like It's 1999. Five, David Guetta and Akon. Six... Mr. Hudson and Beyonce, Seven, Lady Gaga and P. Diddy. Alright, so what's this guy all about? Well basically track one is like a commercial mix of up front sort of today's dance music that's sort of charty at the moment. Then we've got a bit of a bassline mix. So track one, two, three, four and five aren't just one tracks, it's a collaboration of songs put together.

What I'll do as ever, I'll put links in the description where you can get more information on all of these guys, alright? Sometimes when you get a new CD, instead of listening to track 1, 2, 3 all the way through straight away, it's always a good idea just to flick through it. And if a tune catches your ear, more than likely that's going to be the one you like. And when I say catches your ear, logically you're going to like it. What I mean to say in a sense is, you know, say you hear it for the first time and you listen to a tiny bit and you think, I like that. And more than likely, you will eventually grow to really like it. Alright, what we've got here now is track one from this guy, the White CD, issue 280. All of these October 2009. We've got here The Chart Breakers, which is track number one. And again, these are the mixes as well. Also down here, six, seven and eight Halloween style mixes. We've got extended Halloween floor filler, Ghostbusters.

2:09 7, Monster and 8, Halloween Toolkit

7, Monster and 8, Halloween Toolkit. Whatever that is. That'll be quite interesting. We'll have a listen to that in a minute. Right, what I'm going to do now is play you track 2 on this guy. By the way, this piece of kit here is from American Audio. It's a CK-1000. It's an all-in-one like twin CD player with a little bit of a mixer in the middle. And yes... You can plug in external sources on this as well. This one is, this is bassline. That bassline. Nice. A bit of a classic bassline there. Right, let's just whang this one forward a little bit. So you've got Lonnie Gordon, Synergy, Pussycat Dolls and Jenny Jones on track two on this guy here. That's why they call it bassline. Right, what we've got here now is track number three, Party Like It's 1984 on the White CD. Thompson Twins, Nick Kershaw, Murray Head, Matthew Wilder, Pointer Sisters, Bitty Skrillity, or more commonly known as Skritti Berlitti, John Madonna, Kool and the Gang, Miami Sound Machine, Cyndi Lauper, you know, your basic sort of stereotypical early 80s classic artists.

4:25 This one here, track four from this guy is Calvin Harris

If you're about my age, you'll remember this. If you're about 12, 16, you'll think, my God, is this what my parents used to listen to? Yes. Right, this one here is track number four from this guy. Party Like It's 1999, Moloko Wando Project, beg your pardon, and lead Paul Johnson, Mr. Wazo. Right, this one here, track four from this guy is Calvin Harris. That's the guy who has got this stunning track out at the moment. Ready for the weekend, we've got the girls, acceptable in the 80s, I'm not alone, I am actually at the moment. And ready for the weekend, dance with me as well, with a bit of Dizzy Rascal on there as well. It's funny isn't it, I like red girls, green girls, blue girls, well you know, if you're a bloke, theoretically you should just like girls, of course unless you don't like girls and that's your choice isn't it really? Right there you go, right that's that one, let's have a look.

6:55 We've got track one from the Pro Disc 112

Tell you what, I'm going to go to track number 6 on this one, which is Mr Hudson vs Beyonce. I've sussed it out. Logically, duh, track 88, sorry, to 15 is Halloween Toolkit, so presumably it's going to be like sounds from the Halloween, I was going to say Halloween era then. Basically, stuff you can use. In and around Halloween, get it sorted. Sounds like someone's been electrocuted there. Lovely. What time is it? Oh, Mrs Jones. Just past December. I told you not to call me till the beginning of March. Oh, Mrs Jones. This is an emergency. There's a mentor. I can't see anyone in my state. I'm nowhere near regenerated yet. You will just have to, my darling. Alright, we've got track one from the Pro Disc 112. This is the Backstreet Boys. Also, this guy, what can you expect? Well, different styles, different genres of music, the likes of pop, urban, dance and indie. What you've got here as well, it gives you the BPM of each track, the time and also the style as well. So you've got a whole mixture of different styles on that CD. I'm just going to eject this one here.

This one here now is Prodance 21. This is more clubby style. We've got Bashmonkeys featuring Abigail Bailey, sorry I can't spell to save my wife, or read to save my wife. Blue Pearl as well, Naked in the Rain 2010 mix, classic track from the late 80s there.

8:49 Maybe some people do that

Right, this one here is the Bass Monkeys. I'm just going to make them go a little bit faster. Right, let's have a look at what else we've got on here. That's a good one to look at. Calvin Harris, a new one by him, entitled Flashback. It's Calvin Harris from the Pro Disc. Again, like I said earlier, it's a good idea just to flick through new CDs. It gives you a general idea of what's on the whole thing really, but having said that, you should have probably listened to the damn thing in its entirety first to begin with. You're not going to buy a CD just with one track. Or you're not going to buy a CD just because you like one track. Well, maybe some people do that. I don't know. I'll shut up then. I don't know about this one. Get on with your counting. Good bassline, nice melody. Or should I say the bassline has a very good melody.

All right, this one here is track number seven from Pro Dance and it is Groove Jet, a track entitled Beat It. It's the Morales and Heller electro warehouse mix. There you go. They were apparently in a warehouse. They all got electrocuted and decided to make Groove... Beat It, sorry. And they had Groove Jet to help them as well. You've got to wear these things out sometimes. I'm sure sometimes they're in the studio. What can we call this mix? Let's call it the hair dryer mix. Huh? It just so happens there was probably someone, you know, in the corner of the room drying their hair. Oh, that's a good idea. Yeah, believe me. Right, okay. Alright, let's put that one down there. Let's have a look. Oh, right. This looks interesting. Track number 17. I'll just wang this one forward a bit. By the way, if you like certain tracks, let me know and tell me what you think of them. If you don't like them, let me know. Tell me what you think of them. That's a bit of a classic melody in the background, isn't it?

10:38 You hear a remix and you think, not bad

Right, this one here, track 17 from the Pro Disc 112, which is Ray Parker Jr. and the remix Don Rimini ectoplasmic, ectoplasm edit of Ghostbusters. This is good. Yeah, I like this. This is a top tune. Because it's got that uh, uh, uh, uh in your face. Ah, yeah. Very good, very good. Sometimes... You hear a remix and you think, not bad. Quite often when you get a classic, classic track like the likes of Ray Parker Jr. Ghostbusters, it's very, very difficult to someone to make a better remix than they've done it with this. Very good. Well, you know what they say, too much of a good thing. Right, we're going to go to track number 12 from The Pro Dance 21. And this one here is Pico, a track entitled Walk On By. This is the original mix.

And again, with this CD here, it gives you the BPM, beats per minute and the time. Don't forget as well, a bit of a tip for you to get the BPM of a track, beats per minute. What you need to do is set your pitch control to the centre position and then you can do one of two things. Well, you can do a lot of things actually. You could like blow your hair dry or jump outside or, you know, fall off your bike, but you don't really want to do that. What you actually want to do is get your stopwatch and then you want to count how many beats there are in 30 seconds, double it. Or count how many beats there are in one minute and then that's your BPM. For example, I would say listen to that pitch at the centre, stopwatch, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, keep on looking at the stopwatch as soon as you get to 30.

As soon as you get to 30 seconds, then you want to basically double the amount you got to and that will be your BPM. Right, let's have a look. I'm going to go back to the Pro Disc 112 and I'm not going to play Siloam Iris. That was track number 7, Party in the USA. Ah, right, this looks interesting. This is Christina Debarge. I wonder if it's one of the original Debarges. Let me know, please. Right, here we go. This is track number eight. A track here entitled Future Love. Alright, don't forget I'll put links in the description to all of these CDs and like I said earlier, let me know and tell me what you think of them. Practice and enjoy. And if you've got any new releases, you've got any new tunes, why don't you do a similar video and post them as video responses to any of these I make. Check this out. Hold on, let me just take that camera off there. Some snakes.

Thank you.

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