This was a toughie for me, not so much the what to do, but recalling it all over 17 songs.  I had a breakthrough with large beat jumps on the Saturday optional Zoom.  This is starting to feel a bit more attainable and no longer breaking my heart.  My hope and faith are back.

I did not use head phones and I must admit I used my eyes to beat match.  I will also confess that this set took at least 12 hours.  I kept drilling my transitions but a lot of what slowed me down was I how to keep track of it.  I would do a great transition, but then I could not explain to myself what I did, so I kept doing it again until I could.  but then 10 songs later, I had forgotten (despite the best notes I've taken and rewritten, albeit still cryptic).  The vocals were a challenge and transitioning at just the intro and outros (which I did do) seemed like a cop out.  When I did my transitions at intros and outro's I did it with discretion.  I didn't use a ton of loops.

I struggled with my hands often, hitting the wrong button, fumbling.  With fewer songs somehow that was easier but with this many, I got overwhelmed and would just space out.

I made so many takes that I am pretty sure this is the best of the most disgusting.  I know I had an accidental volume mishap on "Open the Channel" and I missed the drop on "Free Your Mind".  I also increased the volume too quickly at times, and there was more time to slow down.  I realized I also come in full boar with my volume on each transition, taking the coaching to grow my confidence  here.   I think though that I need to learn how to finesse bringing the volume in and holding a bit, then bringing it in moren again.  This may have make some transitions more smooth.  Last, I did play with holding a song longer than the next one started to amplify the second song, and there too, I too the volume on the outgoing track up and down to emphasize certain complimentary sounds and at the same time give the incoming track some breathing room. 

I know there were more disgusting moments but trying to mix, follow notes, feel my body, and take notes to share about the recording all at the same time became very difficult.  I am sorry I can't better isolate where I know I made mistakes.  

As always, thank you for your ears and listening.  I value every drop of your feedback.

Tracks:

*The 9 Heavens - Dirtwire

*You Are We Am (blue mix) - TJ Remix (transitioned in at 5:00)
-Not as crisp as I wanted and there was volume issue here.

*Song for Maltan (Klik & Frik Remix) - Hassan Ben Jafar (transitioned in at 7:35)

*Picon (Mondocane Remix) - Poulous, Mondocane (transitoned in at 11:24)

*Open Up the Channel - Sabo (transitioned in at 14:25)

*Free Your Mind - Boddhi Satva, OVEOUS (transitioned in at 18:30)

*Midnight Starring (transitioned in at 20:58)

*Heat - JUNO (transitioned in at 25:25)
-I almost had this but at the very end of the transition there are two or three lyrics that I missed getting out of there in time.  GAHH!!

*The Panther - Lazarusman, Mele (transitoned in at 28:30)

*Mallificent - Fernando Malli (transitoned in at 31:20)

*Get This Feeling fet. Prospect Park - Mark Knight (transitioned in at 34:30)

*Sixes - D.O.D. (transitoned in at 37:54)
-Into is a total muck up, I don't know what happened but I was half way in and I just kept going.

*Heaven Takes You Home - Swedish House Mafia (transitioned in at 41:05)

*Sonder - Barry Can't Swim (transitoned in at 45:40)
-The lyrics 'make magic' were still playing and I didn't get to cut them out in time.  Not a clean transition.  This song gave me the most trouble.

*Wild - Tourist (transitoned in at 48:05)

*Empowerment - FACESOUL (transitoned in at 51:51)
I never goofed this one on practice but here for some reason the loop can be heard when I take it off.  Again not clean and took away from a stronger transition.

*Fiction - Tourist transitioned in at (transitioned in at 55:47)

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