Ableton one track at a time

Back in 85/86, I would make mixes and record them on 90 minute cassettes. I didn’t have a lot of records yet then so my mixes would use the same songs over and over. They were repetitive and sometimes just damn strange – I would throw in some song that just didn’t fit just to try something different. Sometimes it would work, usually it wouldn’t. But that experimentation was cool, even when it didn’t work.

And that 1985 vibe is what I’m feeling now when I play with Ableton mixes. I’ve been mixing live with Ableton on my Infinity Tunes set for a few weeks now. I’m slowly adding songs to Ableton one at a time but not quite fast enough. So not only are my Ableton mixes sometimes sloppy since I’m still new at it, but they can get repetitive too since I’m using a lot of the same songs week after week.

But hey, that’s cool. It’s all part of the learning process. And just like now, when I listen to those 1985 mixes and cringe at the bad parts and pat myself on the back for the good parts, I can’t wait for perfection to put stuff out there. So I’ll be trying to remember to upload my Infinity Tunes live mixes, warts and all, so months/years from now, other people can hear that timeline from just average to (hopefully) something pretty damn cool.

Here’s a mix from Oct 30, 2010.

(Update – December 2011. House-mixes ate this mix. It’s ok. You’re not missing much.)

Tracklist:
Justice – Phantom
A Skills & Beatvandals – Simply Playing
Tobias Tinker – Tiga
The Blue Nile – She Saw The World
The Field Mice – Missing The Moon
Prefab Sprout – If You Don’t Love Me
Dirty Vegas – Home Again
Madonna – Future Lovers
Mr V – Da Bump
The Rapture – Don Gon Do It
New Order – Fine Time
Kylie Minogue – Come Into My World
Jean Paul Bondy – Cold Reformer
Fluke – Absurd
Covenant – Tension
Iris – Annie, Would I Lie To You
Tears For Fears – Change
Luxxury – Drunk
Daft Punk – Around The World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
Texas – Summer Son
Reggie and The Full Effect – Laura’s Australian Dance Party
Chemical Brothers – Let Forever Be
Sally Shapiro – Find My Soul
Caged Baby – 16 Lovers
Boyfriendgirlfriend – Infatuation Dot Com
Nick Rhodes – Come Alive (Tiga Remix)
Abigail – Constant Craving
Prodigy – Spitfire (Future Funk Remix)
Mea – Red Light Go
Andy Hunter – The Wonders Of You
Armand Van Helden – Three Girl Rhumba
Timo Mass – Pictures (Evil Nine Remix)
Primal Scream – Swastika Eyes (Jagz Kooner Mix)
Uberzone – Seville (General Midi Mix)
Hyper – We Control
The Alpha Conspiracy – Close
System22 – Halfway To There
Hybrid – Out Of The Dark
Paul Van Dyk – Spellbound
Oxide & Neutrino – Garage Beat
Playradioplay! – Even Fairy Tale Characters Would Be Jealous
Dogzilla – Without You
Lucia – We Are Angels
Sunna – I’m Not Trading