Coming out of retirement?

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Geoffrey

I am retired from music!

Aloha,

What a great run! I thoroughly enjoyed DJing in the public, producing mixes and making new friends. I want to say thank you to all the people who supported me, taught me about DJing and provided feedback over the past 3 years.

Along with rock bands, a successful live pa (Mint) and DJing I have been seriously involved in making/playing music for over 16 years. My desire now is to devote more time to my family, career, ministry and other hobbies.

Below is a link to my last CD which is available through Kunaki.

http://Kunaki.com/Sales.asp?PID=PX00ZB3T3E

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Saved by His Grace!

Geoffrey / Mint DJ

DJing in Hungary

I would like to thank my new friend Laszlo for arranging the DJ slot. I DJ'd Thrusday August 9th at the Green Cafe in Sopron, Hungary. It was a fun time.

Mint DJ's This Week at Beatport June Mix

Hello,

Sorry for the delay. This mix is hands down the best I have ever done in regards to mixing and transitions. I really brought my A game and I give all the glory to Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior. It is surprising how mixes turn out when forced with a short timetable for This Week at Beatport.

This weekend I am playing for Pete's (TWBP owner) birthday party that happens to be 7-7-07. I am excited and hope I do well. I am also doing a sort of "Best of This Week at Beatport" mix. This mix will be made up of tracks I played on the past six mixes. I will podcast the "Best of" mix in several weeks. If you can't wait, it should be available sometime next week on www.thisweekatbeatport.com.

Enjoy the summer!

Geoffrey / Mint DJ

Tracklisting:
DJ Herr - Little Me - Acktivism Recordings!
DJ T R - Milk With Coffee - Dirty Ego
Stian Klo, Tronso - Kjempe - Praesul Records
David Martzz, Carlos Mendes - Cascabel - Doublemint Mix - Disko Massaka
Coco Silco - Merged 2 - SP Recordings
Espen & Elusive - Stone - Caps Lock Recordings
Konk West - Benga - Unrelease Mix - S-Sens Records
Mark Otten, Perry O'Neil, Perry O'Neil - We Are Not Innocent - Perry O'Neil Mix -Armada Music
Ogi Gee Cash, Synchronized, Soak - Miraflores - Ogi Gee Cash & Synchronized Remix - Underground Lessons
Mr. Rogers, Vol-tek - J.E.L - Vol-tek Remix - Sirion-Records
Cal D - Prowler - Cal's Remix - Method

Mint DJ's This Week at Beatport April Mix

Aloha,

Sorry for the delay. Here is a new mix for this podcast which was recorded for TWBP on April 7th. I will be posting another mix tomorrow. I welcome all feedback, constructed criticism and critiques. All the tracks can be purchased at Beatport.com. Additional sets are available at www.thisweekatbeatport.com

Thank you for listening!

Geoffrey / Mint DJ

Forteba - The Birds Are Flying feat. From P60 - Plastic City
Brendon Moeller - Saviour - Third Ear
Vincent Casanova - Send The Probe - EpsilonLab
Jak Jaxon - Fatjak - New Era Recordings
Sharooz, Spinnin Elements - Dirty - Sharooz Remix - Rotor Recordings
Benny Beneventano, Paolo Ursini DJ - Sky Mode - Antibemusic
Leoesco (Aka DJ Leo) - Zukete - Bedroom Muzik
Clubbervision, Thomas Feijk - Fraud - Clubbervision Back To 99 Mix - Often Gruven Recordings
Dousk, Chris Nemmo, Andree Eskay - Affectation - Dousk Dub Electro Restart Records
Duca Bubble Gum Blue Tunes Records
Filtered Boogie - Suburban Train - Queep Organic House

I need help Europe!

Hello,

I will be traveling to Sopron, Hungary in the first part of August. If you know the city well or have friends that live in Sopron...I am looking for a place to DJ one night while I am there. It could be a nightclub or a pub. I mainly want to play some great music while I am there.

If you have any contacts or ideas, please email me or post on this blog.

Thanks!

Geoffrey/Mint DJ
mint.dj@gmail.com

What does deep house mixed at 130 bpm sound like?

Howdy everyone,

So you love deep house yet sometimes you what something with a little more movement...a little faster. I was wondering the other day what it would sound like if I really pushed up the bpm (beats per minute) to 130. Last night I had some extra energy (caffeine) and decided to record a quick half hour deep house set mixed at 130 bpm. Most of the mixes are good, some small slippage yet please provide your feedback about the sound and flow of fast, deep house.

Thanks.

Geoffrey / Mint DJ

Mint DJ's new "This Week at Beatport" mix

Howdy everyone!

We are on the cusp of spring and it is time to get outside, enjoy the changing weather and turn up the tunes. Of course I have been enjoying the blue skies and 70 degree weather here in Arizona. This is my new This Week at Beatport mix. All the tracks can be found at Beatport.com.

You will love this mix!

Tracklisting:

Microstar - In My House
Art Lines - Outside Of Days Off
Vincent Casanova, Paul Keeley - Take Me Beyond Paul Keeley Remix
Richard Belsom - Soundscape
StereoK - Talk Talk
Sole Unity - So High (Dub Mix)
Journey Man DJ - Shelley's (Breakdown Dub)
Artifex - The Song Of Fex
Alex Carbo - Scorpio
Dj Fex - Runway
Shonky, Mia - Swoon (Shonky Remix)

Geoffrey / Mint DJ

New set over at TWBP!

Helloooooooooo! (think Seinfeld)

I have a cool new set over at This Week at Beatport. It has some groovy tracks to start and than gets the party started in the second half of the set. Wow! I never talk(type) like that... that corporate cup of coffee I just had must have been strong! Please post your feedback. Of course all the tracks can be purchased at Beatport..

Enjoy!

Geoffrey / Mint DJ

A mix for February

Happy February!

This set was recorded for This Week at Beatport for January 2007. This set has some awesome music with a super groovy, techie vibe. Please post your feedback. Of course, all the music can be purchased over at Beatport.com.

I have some new plans this year so be prepared for more sets on a regular basis.





-Geoffrey

Tracklisting
Al-Faris, Andrew Wooden - Me & You
Jan Zyabovski - Elements
Sonodab - Minigroove Mix - Minigroove Mix
Meloman, Patrick Petruchelli - Dusty Disco
The Producers, Memet - Naked Drummer - Memet Remix
Akihiro - Freeky
Ozze, Deeburn - Down Down - Ozze Remix
Music In Mind - 12 Years
Promonova - Dancer In The Dark
Alex Celler - Magda
Timo Jahns - Alive
Deadmau5 - 1891 Miminal Remix

New Mint DJ set at This Week at Beatport

Howdy Everyone,

I am very pleased and surprised that Pete Smalls continues to invite me to contribute a DJ set with all the technicall hoopes I ask him to jump through. Thank you Pete. (My love/hate technology relationship!) The set can be found over at This Week at Beatport. Sign up for the podcast if you haven't already done it. Pete puts together both sets each week in a "show" format including his awesome Tour de Genre sets.

It is a techy and progressive house set this time out. I totally dig the vibe which is different than what I have done in the past. The mixing is a bit sloppy in the beginning yet rocks once I get into my groove. (No excuses, I need to practice more!)

Here is the tracklising.

Al-Faris, Andrew Wooden - Me & You
Jan Zyabovski - Elements
Sonodab - Minigroove - Minigroove Mix
Meloman, Patrick Petruchelli - Dusty Disco
The Producers, Memet - Naked Drummer - Memet Remix
Akihiro - Freeky
Ozze, Deeburn - Down Down - Ozze Remix
Music In Mind - 12 Years
Promonova - Dancer In The Dark
Alex Celler - Magda
Timo Jahns - Alive
Deadmau5 - 1891 - Miminal Remix

Enjoy!

Geoffrey / Mint DJ

Mint DJ's 2007 NYE Mix

Hello Everyone,

Well we made it through another year. First off I want to say THANK YOU to everyone that emailed and posted this past year. Your words have been very encouraging.

Well some of you may already know this if you listened to the mix before reading my post...the 2007 NYE mix is only an hour and 16 minutes. It fell short this year mainly because I miscalculated the the length of the tracks. The great part is the mix sounds great, the music is awesome and it will fit on one CD.

Of course all the music can be purchased at Beatport.. Please support the scene and purchase these awesome tracks. It blows me away the God given talent of these producers.

Tracklisting:

Tom Pooks - Sweet November
Purple Akala - Codecs
Nick Curly - Another Tearjerker(Nick Curly's 2nd Session)
Booka Shade - Darko(Booka's Funk Da Funk Mix)
Army Of One - Moon Bounce
Stan Kolev - Play
AMBit3 - Red Night
Brett Johnson - My Casio(Lavish Habits Remix) *Free Download from Beatport*
Fo-Sek - Heedron
Loafer, 16 Bit Lolitas - Dirtbike(16 Bit Lolitas Remix)
Scratch Massive Duoteque - Make It High(Duoteque Vehni Mix)
DJ Mastra, Paul Cari - Swinger's Delight feat. Q
Smash - Damaged(Stathis L remix)
James Harcourt - Loud & Low(Dub Mix)
DJ Mastra - Psychedelic Animal

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

With love from the Mint DJ family,

Geoffrey/Mint DJ

Playing somewhere new...be prepared!!!

Aloha fans of rhythmic sonic waves!

As some of you may have read, I played in El Paso Texas a few weeks ago. (Great show by the way!) I had never played there before and wanted to play well and connect with the crowd...you know make them shake what the good Lord gave them.

I had a few things in mind to hopefully accomplish this objective. First, if you are anything like me, getting comfortable behind a new DJ set-up is essential to having fun and playing well. When playing somewhere new there are always new challenges; equipment you are not familiar, awkward placement mixer/turntables/CD decks, the booth monitor position and many different factors. The fun is trying to overcome those challenges and rock the party!

Personally for me, the position of the booth monitor and being able to hear everything is my first priority. I cue (listen) to the incoming track in my right ear and listen to the booth monitor out of my left ear. I find most people are opposite. The sooner my ears adjust and I can balance the volume in my ear and the headphones the sooner I can get into my groove.

So here is my solution...I build a mini 5 track set to start. Before the gig, I will dial in the bpms, tempo settings and mix in timing. This provides some direction and confidence to start my set.

Yet here is a huge factor to consider...knowing what the crowd wants to hear. You ask, "Geoff, how can I know what the crowd wants to hear before I even get there, especially if the gig is out-of-town." Well I ask the promoter to tell me about the event, what style the other DJs will be playing, and what time slot I have. If you are a peak hour DJ and the promoter is booking you for one of the opening sets, either you need to prepare some early evening, warm up tracks or you might ask the promoter why he wants peak hour music early in the evening. The more you know about the theme of the club or the expectations of the promoter will help improve your enjoyment of time behind the decks. Of course this is irrelevant if you where solely booked for your particular style.

So you nailed the first 5 mixes and the crowd is going crazy... job well done. What if after your first 5 prepared tracks the crowd isn't quite jumping for joy. This is where you have to start throwing some new sounds at them to find out what direction to take the crowd. I prepared primarily a progressive set for my gig in El Paso yet the place wasn’t quite feeling it. I decided to play some housier tracks and suddenly the dance floor was filled and I had them in the palm of hand. From there I was pulling the funkiest house tracks and was able to put smiles on there faces and mine.

Being prepared and being flexible will make the difference between a good set and a great set. I am excited about my experience in El Paso and what I learned. I hope this as been informative or at least entertaining.

Saved by grace,

Geoffrey

A new DJ set on TWBP

Aloha,

I hope everyone is getting into the Christmas season. It is actually cold today in Arizona so it helps getting into a festive mood. Our family has put up the Christmas tree, hung lights on the house and started some shopping for the kids so no turning back now.

I have a new set over on This Week at Beatport. I love the music and the programming really moves. Unfortunatley I did not nail all the mixes. Some were a bit off yet it is very honest. You can also find the tracklisting for my set at This Week at Beatport. Make sure to download other sets especially Pete Smalls, the host. His sets are built using Ableton Live and he does a great job.

Well I need to get to work on my big two hour New Year's Eve mix. Talk to you soon.

Geoffrey / Mint DJ

El Paso was a blast!

For those who may not have heard, I played down in El Paso last Wednesday. It was a great night to shake your booty right before Thanksgiving. Promoter Joey and the crew (Half Moon Entertainment) who brought me out are first class people. I was very honored to play at their new location at Fat Mary's. Rick(Lush DJ) and Joey(Sol B) opened up and were fanatastic, dropping progressive, electro and some dnb which was awesome. After feeling out the crowd I dropped some house and it all broke lose. People were dancing even after the lights went up.

Here are some pics for you to enjoy!


Lush DJ


Sol B


Mixin' in some love


Moving the crowd

Hopefully I will get another chance to play El Paso in the future and make sure to bring more house music.

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!

Geoffrey / Mint DJ

Surprise deep and progressive house DJ set

Howdy Y'all

Well as promised, here is a surprise DJ set commissioned by This Week at Beatport. Feel free to to visit This Week at Beatport for more DJ sets by other great artists. I think it is the best mix I have ever put together in terms of beatmatching and flow. It is amazing since I had a very short amount of time to put it all together.

Here is the tracklisting:

G-Pal - A Day Of Birth
Sunset Blvd - Highway 61
Absorb Projects - Homeless
Stereovox - Burnin(Andrea Bertolini Meets Ivano Coppola Stereo Seven Touch)
H.O.S.H., Solomun - Sonnenbrand
Slok - Sense Of Love
Fakin Moves - Pretty Gritty
Mike Hiratzka, Dennis Roseth - The Game(Mike Hiratzka Remix)
Eddie Cumana, Eva - The Doobie Track(Cumana's Minimal Dub Mix)
Danny Tenaglia, Byron Stingily - Why Can't You Be Real(Danny's Hard Dub)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Geoffrey/Mint DJ

The Deep House Mix v. The Progressive House mix

Aloha,

I have recently been asked to play a night that is geared more towards progressive house fans. So last night I figured I would practice a bit and spin only progressive house compared to my typical deep house. I am sure for some of you this is a no brainer yet spinning these two genres are completely different in terms of working the transitions and length of the actual mix.

Most deep house tracks carry the melody and bassline almost to the very end of the track whereas progressive house breaks down much earlier. It leads me to wonder if a producer's song structure is influenced by how the DJ actually uses the track. I know when I produced dance music, before I became a DJ, all my DJ friends were asking me to extend the intros and outtros to allow for longer mixing. I am constantly reminded of mistakes I made in producing tracks by the very things that frustrate me now about certain tracks.

OK back to the topic. Deep house mixes are shorter, creating either exciting shifts during the mix or short seamless transitions. Progressive house mixes succeed with the length of the mix and integration of both tracks elements producing a short musical play between both tracks. So what is essential for great progressive house mixes you ask...great beat matching. All good DJing starts with clean, consistent beat matching. Spinning progressive house and striving for the perfect 2 minute mix will definitely test your beat matching skills and your ear for more intricate programming.

Hopefully this was somewhat informative or entertaining.

Geoffrey / Mint DJ

A special mix coming your way! What is TWBP?

Howdy everyone,

What is TWBP? TWBP stands for This Week at Beatport. My friend Pete Smalls (awesome producer/remixer) has came up with a great, new website that features some of the latest tracks from Beatport. His website This Week at Beatport will feature two mixes; one from Pete and one from a rotating list of resident DJs. If you are a DJ or a dance music fan, this site will soon be a great resource for new music.

It also happens that yours truly put together a mix for TWBP! So....come November 1, everyone will get a new set from my podcast. If you can't wait, run on over to This Week at Beatport to listen to both Pete and my set.

I hope the cooler weather is treating you well unless you are my friends in the southern hemisphere or live near the equator. You know who you are...Jason and Polly.

Geoffrey / Mint DJ

Mint DJ's October/Fall Deep House Mix

Howdy y'all,

This month I am delivering a new hour and half mix of some of the tunes I have been spinning this past month. Due to a busy schedule, this mix was pretty spontaneous yet came out really good. One, maybe two mixes are a little off but the tracks rock! Please feel free to post your feedback.

Tracklisting
Anil Chawla - Disco Stew
DJ Sulli - Up All Night(Sullis Stripped Mix)
Troydon - Close Your Eyes
Chicago Transit Authority - Being There
Cesar Vergel - Quick Fix
Booka Shade - In White Rooms(Mexico Mix)
Marco de Souza Patrick Turner - PBC
Bryan Jones - Bump This
Q Big Rufus Dunkel - Blackhole
Budai & Vic - Meeru
Phunk Police - The Problem
Spare Time - Lazy
Stan Kolev - Music Non Stop
Suroh Stathis L - Sentimientos(Stathis L)
Daniel Taylor & Loco Dice - Mord(Loco Dice Remix)

All these tracks were purchased from Beatport.

Mint DJ / Geoffrey

October / Fall Mix has been recorded!

Sorry for the delay yet good things are in store. The set was recorded last night and I should have it posted tonight.

Geoffrey / Mint DJ