Mastermix Professional Series CD's

0:00 Video number one on this set from MasterMix

Alright folks, video number one on this set from MasterMix. It's known as the MasterMix Professional Series. Now basically what it is, is a whole bunch of CDs with classic tracks on them. I've had this for around about a month. The only reason I'm doing a video on it now is I wanted to use it in a mobile environment. See what it was like, see how user-friendly it was. First of all, it does come with this booklet and in it you've got artists, And you've got tracks in alphabetical order. Alright, admittedly it may not be as good as say clicking on a mouse, but no disrespect to people who use PC programs. I still prefer to have hands-on and use CDs and hardware as opposed to a PC program. But then again you've got Serato, Traktor, Touch etc. So, you know, it's...

It's whatever you can afford on whatever you like. That's what it's about. Very quickly, what's the future? Vinyl, CD or PC? Well, it's all three. Alright, now what have we got inside here? We have got lots of CDs. Now what they've done is they've... If I just bring that up like that. We've got A and B here with best of... You know, when I say best, you've got a few 50s, 60s, 70s, 50s, 60s, 70s. So straight away, you know, if someone wants, let's say for example you're not familiar with the 50s, if someone says all of a sudden, play something from the 50s, you could go bosh bosh and you've got something from the 50s. Exactly the same here with C and D, 50s, 60s and 70s. Then we go to CDE, F and G and H. What we have here is 80s, 80s, 90s, 90s and past 2000.

Same with G and H. And then when we go to I and J, we've got 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s as well. Alright, now it does get, you know, when I say slightly more interesting, we've got more diverse tracks here. K and L, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. Alright, now when we get to the CDs and the numbers, we have this one here. That's got all your party tracks on. Okay, Jeff Beck, Hiho Silver Lining, B-52s, Love Shack, we've got Black Lace, Tony Christie, DJ Otis, I'm just naming a few here, you know, the Macarena, we've got the Monkees, S Club 7. So in other words, you've got like cheesy party stuff on here. And then we've got some classics from the 70s, Bee Gees, Barry Blue, Boney M, Buggles, Dawn, Casey and the Sunshine Band, Billy Ocean, Elvis Presley, etc.

2:41 Boyzone, Divine Comedy, Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Summertime

And then here we have loads of tracks from the 80s. So for example, Blondie, Bross, Belinda Carlyle, Clash, Michael Jackson, Kenny Loggins, Madonna, and then the 90s here. What have we got on here? Boyzone, Divine Comedy, Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Summertime. Where did that go? No mind. M-People, Oasis, Karen Ramirez. Right, we've got another party one here. My personal opinion about a mobile function is, and of course it's not always the case, but I would say bung on as much party music as possible. They love it. They just want to dance, sing, you know at the end of the day try and play sort of euphoric uplifting tunes as opposed to down and dreary kind of stuff. And then we've got one here with rock, so a whole bunch of rock.

ACDC, You Shook Me All Night Long. Apparently in the US, tell me if I'm right or wrong here, 99% of times in weddings they will ask you to play You Shook Me All Night Long and I think it's a great track. Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Green Day, Roses and Guns, or maybe even Guns and Roses, bit like a lickable clink that isn't it? Queen, Rainbow, clickable link, Rolling Stones, Run DMC, Thin Lizzy, Fat Lizzy and Skinny, just joking. You too could be nutty like me and ZZ Top. Right, OK, what else have we got on here? Then we go to the ballads, which is 07. So we've got all the classic sort of laid-back kind of stuff. Now this one is excellent. Occasions, St Patrick's Day, Halloween, Christmas and New Year. Now I am always looking for like the countdown and Auld Lang Syne and stuff like that. So here you've got the countdown.

4:49 There's nothing worse than being a minute after

Big Ben Chimes, Crowd Cheer, Old Angzyne, Jenny King, The Gay Gordons and Runrig. Let's have a look, what can I say about this here? Well basically one good thing with the countdown, what you need to do logically is very quickly a tip for you. When you're doing New Year's Eve take a small little radio with you. Log into it and then you get the countdown. And then you will have, okay in 10 seconds, of course you get that ready, put it on, and you'll be precisely at the right time for the stroke of one. There's nothing worse than being a minute after. I guarantee you when you're with a crowd of 200 people, you will always have one muppet come up to you and go, excuse me, you were 42 and a half seconds too late. Or even three seconds, anyway never mind, I digress, alright?

So, number nine here, we've got a whole bunch of dance tracks. Adamski Killer, Sandy B, Make the World Go Round was a bit of a club track here. C&C Music Factory, Gonna Make You Sweat, I love that track, brilliant. D-Lite, Grooves in the Heart, Faithless, Insomnia, fantastic. Alternate Free, Entrance, Set You Free, Robin S, Show Me Love, that's a must. And then another party one here, ABBA, Arrow, Black Laced, Blues Brothers, Chubby Checker. Alright, what else have we got here? And then we've got more just from the 70s, from the 80s. Indie stuff here which is quite interesting. Again, you know, you're going to have people ask for stuff. Now, what you have to remember, something like this has not got everything it needs. You know, but what I...

What I've found is, I can use this as reference, and people ask, oh have you got like a 70s track that maybe I'll like? I don't know, I'm just being a bit thick here now. Have you got an old Michael Jackson or something like that? Well, yeah there is Michael Jackson on here somewhere, I'm sure there is. For example, yeah, Wham! Alright, Wham! Freedom, there you go. Wham! Classic Artist. All artists, should I say, for a wedding over here in the UK. Where are we now? We've done Urban Occasions. Alright, now we haven't done these occasions. Right, Urban Tracks, Christine Aguilera, Beyonce and Shakira, Beyonce featuring Jay-Z, Crazy in Love, Nelly Furtado, then we've got Birthdays. Call the gang celebration, congratulations, weddings, here comes the bride, 14 inches wide, hit, that sort of stuff. An all-time party sing-along, Lance Lambert Orchestra, come away with me, waltz, what's that, anniversary waltz in Bernard's waltz, we'll meet again, don't know where, don't know where, in the mood. And I think on there somewhere he's got the Oval Teen, is it? Possibly. Maybe not, don't quote me there. Right, Soul and Motown.

And a whole bunch of 60s. Right, so what I'll do, I'll put a lickable clink in the description and go and check it out. I'm still going to take this with me and bung it around a bit, a few gigs, and there you go. It's from MasterMix. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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