Gay Pride Edition 2008 Volume 3

This weekend, the majority of Pride events will be taking place from coast to coast.  As such, it's fitting that I have my 3rd installment of my Pride Edition up and ready to go.  Get ready for some serious BIG, BAM, BOOM! in this mix.  I want to give a shout out and big thanks to DJ 7Up for sliding my a copy of the unreleased Manny Lehman mix of Lady GaGa's "Just Dance".  By substituting that song for something I considered ordinary and run of the mill, it took an outstanding mix and essentially made it excellent. Some of you may have noticed that the Beatport Pride Edition was a little shrill, especially at the beginning.  Considering that the songs were free, I can't complain too much.  However, I did go back and put it through Platinum Notes which analyzes the mix and then makes the necessary pitch and dynamic adjustments.  I don't use this software often, because it's not always dead on and can actually ruin individual songs.  If I encounter a problem with the original track, I generally prefer to do it myself.  Since this mix was a last-minute project, I did it the other way to save time and to finish up this mix.  I do believe any issues with the original sound quality have now been corrected. Speaking of which, the Allan Natal mix of Madonna's 'Give It 2 Me' is a 'private' mix that was not picked up by Warner.  As a result, there was no incentive for Allan to go back and do a final mixdown.  Much like the Collette and Basstoy tracks on the Beatport mix, it was very shrill.  So I went back and manually lowered the frequencies and corrected any pitch problems along with some other anomalies.  So, any complaints from people who don't ever contribute to this site and just download all the time will be ignored.  I'm not trying to be an asshole, but with almost 25,000 hits since November (when this site began) and over 10,000 downloads between Podbean and my 4shared account, you'd think people might be a little more appreciative, especially in the U.S.  You folks out in New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Florida, Alabama, Colorado, and Texas shouldn't be such strangers.  I see the same cities and states every week downloading the mixes, but never a peep out of you until something displeases you.  It would be nice to have you folks make some general comments and suggestions about what you like and/or dislike or as to how I can make this site better.  While this is only a suggestion, it would sure be nice to hear from you guys. While I'm at it, several people have emailed me requesting the cover art without the watermark.  Sorry folks, it ain't gonna happen.  In fact, starting in July, I will be adding my ID to all future mixes.  It's unfortunate and wasn't something I wanted to do, but a certain situation here locally made it a necessity.  I'd suggest that anyone who wants to pass off my hard work as their own, actually work harder at doing what I enjoy doing and start trying to improve your own skills.  Enough said. For those of you who aren't quite into this big room sound and were wondering where are all the fun, funky and camp songs?  No need to worry.  Next weeks final installment is all about feeling free, gay and happy!  It should probably be called 'Party Favorz TrackBack' mix since it contains all the fun songs that have been high on my gaydar since the beginning of the year.  Instead of a song here or there, you get it all in one mix. For now, I hope those of you celebrating Pride, have a great weekend, as I'm certain I will be doing this next week (if I don't go on vacation).  So feed your pod and grab it to go before heading out this weekend...and as always, ENJOY! Album : Pride Edition v3 Genre : Circuit, Tribal, Progressive Year : 2008 Total Time : 1:19:18:00 Track : 1 Title : Give It 2 Me (Allan Natal Private Mix) Artist : Madonna Next to the Paul Oakenfold take, this mix reigns supreme!  Sorry Jody and Eddie, I just wasn't feeling either of your mixes.  Who knows,