Digeum Mix Session 03T
Today, I decided to head back into electro territory, but to ease off on the tempo and play a set at 124 beats per minute. Unfortunately, my computer had other ideas.
I’ve been plagued with failing motherboard issues on my MacBook Pro for what seems like forever, at least a couple of years, and as soon as I have some money, I’m going to replace this one. It froze up 12 times in 30 minutes during the first attempt at this mix, while loading the songs into Traktor’s memory. During the first pass, the screen went black (which usually means I close the lid and sleep it until the music stops, then open it back up, tap the keyboard, and it wakes up with no gap in the music). I closed the top and there was the familiar reboot chord, right in the middle of my mix.
Welcome to Startover City.
Eventually, I managed to get the computer back up and ready to go. During this mix, the stall happened once, but I was able to close the lid and open it back up a few minutes later and have it wake from sleep without an issue. It still had me seeing a dark enough red that I decided against my originally planned twenty-six tracks.
Pulling the tempo slider back to 124 helped me relax into these electro-house grooves. I like the way it came out, but I really hate this process. I hope some of you listen to this mix, because it involved a lot of yelling at my equipment.
Digeum Mix Sessions – Volume 03, Session Tango — The Ides of January. Mixed by Apollo Lee in Sunnyvale, California, USA, on Friday, January 15, 2010. Running time: 1:17:42.
Go give it a listen and leave a comment with your thoughts.
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