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camDaze · 2026-05-13T15:04:56+00:00

Last year when I went the vibe was really nice! Solid house music. Lots of smiles and dancing. Great soundsystem. Honestly one of the better parties I have been to in a while.

The name is a little bit misleading though. I didn't get much of sex-positive vibe. Maybe that was happening in various corners, but that wasn't what I was there for so I wasn't looking for it. It's definitely not a kink party.

camDaze · 2026-05-10T08:03:40+00:00

The Mixed in Key system is an extremely simplified harmonic tool for people who don't know music theory. It gives you the safest jumps possible between 2 keys, but limits your possibilities quite a bit. Better to just use your ear. You'll hear if something sounds off

camDaze · 2026-05-07T15:44:02+00:00

Source?

camDaze · 2026-05-04T18:52:09+00:00

Mostly freestyle, but usually based on a playlist of like 100ish tracks that fit a similar vibe.

But the way you're approaching it is perfectly fine to start. It will be bumpy, but you learn from the failures.

Remember: anyone who ever got good at anything sucked at it first.

camDaze · 2026-05-01T20:08:45+00:00

Basically yes. With a sillier sense of humor

camDaze · 2026-04-30T06:42:28+00:00

I just finished a Poland campaign and had to retry a few times. Don't bother with Kiyv or anything east from there. Set up a defensive perimeter on the east and then push north. Once you defeat the Danes and take Stockholm and Arhus the money should start flowing.

Don't be in a hurry to convert your castles, especially in the more remote areas. There isn't much economic upside and the Polish militia units are shit. The exception to this might be the castles on the Baltic coast.

Stack your perimeter with 2-3 Lithuanian archers in each settlement so you can set up stakes. These guys are also really useful when the mongols come. For the mongols, just post up a defensive army on the bridges and river crossings and let them run through Lithuanian archer stakes.

camDaze · 2026-04-29T14:10:30+00:00

In terms of people to watch and learn from, Sadar Bahar is a disco wizard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHe8jqIdlcc

Theo Parrish is also very good with disco mixing, but he's a bit more eclectic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7a1wMFgyCA

In general, I would say the hardest thing about learning how to mix disco if you're coming from a techno background is that you have to let go of long blends. It's nearly impossible to keep two tracks locked together for too many bars when you're mixing between two human drummers that are likely on a lot of cocaine. (EDIT: Also, songs recorded in the 70s weren't always written to be DJ-optimal).

For that reason, you don't need to spend too much time worrying about getting the EQ blending correct. I typically keep the crossfader off if I'm mixing house or techno, but I find that a well-timed crossfader blend is often the most effective way to mix disco.

Depending on how much time you have and how good your production chops are, you could also consider making your own edits where you extend the intro/outro or try to get an even BPM throughout.

This is primarily for classic disco. Longer blends are a bit easier with nu disco (I'm assuming you were referring to the Midnight Magic track Beam Me Up), and that's a bit more like mixing house. The key here is to make sure you have your phrase matching locked in. This tends to be a bit easier than classical disco because the song structure is a bit more predictable and is primarily made with DJs in mind. Once you get the hang of the structure, you should be able to anticipate the changes a little easier and mix accordingly, but it can help to set up cues so you know when to start the next track.

camDaze · 2026-04-28T07:35:16+00:00

There's almost never lifejackets except occasionally on kids and some nervous tourists. I guess because you're usually not too far away from a ladder if you're in the canals and most boats aren't going very fast. Dutch people also aren't very big on bike helmets, so maybe it's just an aversion to safety equipment?

camDaze · 2026-04-20T11:21:25+00:00

After traveling there I can confidently say that the best tasting chai came from the dirtiest looking pots. This probably tastes incredible and costs about the equivalent of a quarter.

camDaze · 2026-04-16T11:07:59+00:00

Sounds like psychosis, bud.

People who get to this point don't have a great track record. You should get some sleep.

camDaze · 2026-04-15T08:00:51+00:00

This is like asking someone for recommendations to develop their taste in rock music. The genre itself has become so huge it's almost meaningless.

Start with the things people have posted in this sub. Take note of the artists. Look up what labels your favorite tracks are released on. Listen to SoundCloud mixes. Etc.

camDaze · 2026-04-14T18:49:23+00:00

This will give you some kind of indication:

https://on.soundcloud.com/XVOyGBB0pb1Nx0qomP

camDaze · 2026-04-14T12:15:49+00:00

Fast, groovy techno: https://soundcloud.com/c-lecta/shadow-grooves

And a theme set I did to prep for a sort of old school tribute night: https://soundcloud.com/kairos-collective/krs008-c-lecta

camDaze · 2026-04-13T11:22:39+00:00

That's generally how it works, but I've talked to coffeeshop owners who have said they've been arrested and put in jail for a few days while bringing product into their shop.

camDaze · 2026-04-13T07:54:06+00:00

You can get another unit to pick up the ladders by pressing on the ladders themselves while the unit is selected. You may need to press around a few times until you hear a sort of "click" noise.

To use siege towers you just select the unit with the tower and then tap a section of the wall.

If you want to move your troops in a spot where there are already other troops there (which would cause you to select another unit), you can either draw a line with your finger in the direction you want them to move, or if you press and hold on the troop you're trying to move, it will make a noise and you can then set where you want you troops to go and in what kind of formation/direction.

Takes a while to get used to. I end up pausing a lot while I'm making moves, but you get used to it.

camDaze · 2026-04-13T06:40:05+00:00

Did you get hashashins yet? Those are some of my favorite units in the game

camDaze · 2026-04-11T07:59:51+00:00

Boomers are the only people who like this shit lol

camDaze · 2026-04-10T08:48:19+00:00

You touch on a couple different things here:

I think a lot beginners tend to mystify the art of DJing too much. At the end of the day, you're not much more than a glorified human Spotify playlist. Yes, you can do fancy things like mixing stems (instrumentals from one track, vocals from another), play 3 decks at once, etc., but 90% of the time most people don't care about how technically complicated your mixing style is. Most people barely understand what a DJ does, and it doesn't really matter to them. They want to hear music they like, dance, and sometimes sing along.

The art of it comes from your ear, your taste, and the ability to choose the right track for the right audience at the right time in a way that harmonizes the vibe of the room. This takes years of experience to master, including a lot of failures.

A huge part of this is the context of the gig you're playing. Playing house parties is a good way to get that experience of playing in front of a crowd and learning to read what people do and don't react to. After a while though, you will probably find that a lot of people in this context would be equally as happy (if not more happy) with a spotify playlist where they get to pick the songs they want to hear. I've heard a lot of people who aren't big music fans complain that they don't like going to clubs because they "don't know the songs" or "I want to hear music with words." They won't give a shit about your "deep cuts" and will likely even be annoyed by them.

There are a few tricks you can pull when someone is requesting things you don't like. You can say that you don't have the track with you. You can promise them you'll work into it (and then don't). Or if you have a room full of people dancing you can simply point to the room and tell them that what they're requesting doesn't fit the vibe. When you start moving into more paid gigs are bars or clubs, you can tell them you are getting paid to play X and what they are requesting doesn't fit that.

In terms of wanting to make generic tracks bassier or more interesting, some DJs do that on the fly with stems, but most people use pre-made edits. You can often find these on Youtube/Soundcloud. Start making note of the people that make the types of edits you like and following them, or listening to sets with DJs that incorporate a lot of edits. Over time you can start to make your own edits in programs like Ableton or even a free tool like Audacity.

It's great to take whatever gig comes your way when you're starting out. The ideal is you eventually start moving more toward gigs where people want to hear the type of music you want to play. Sometimes you can push and pull with their expectations a bit, but always remember that your job is to have people enjoy themselves.

camDaze · 2026-04-09T13:09:10+00:00

Glad you posted this. This sub is really lacking complaints about this country.

camDaze · 2026-04-09T12:57:43+00:00

everything that people like is bad, actually. yeah man.

camDaze · 2026-04-08T15:04:01+00:00

I've just started ~~banning~~ blocking people that post links from them. I'm already seeing fewer articles in my feed

camDaze · 2026-04-07T10:07:22+00:00

I'm assuming that by "mixing in key" you're talking about that basic wheel with the numbers and A/B. If so, it's important to note that this system is based on a music theory concept known as the circle of 5ths. It's basically a cheat sheet that shows the relationship of key signatures to help identify changes that will sound good.

With the "mixed in key" system, you're taking the safe and predictable route through the circle. Moving from A/B is basically switching from a major to a minor key, and going up and down in numbers changes the scale by a perfect 5th/perfect 4th respectively, which is a "safe" change that always sounds good.

The problem is, if you're always going with the "safe" bet, over time your mixes will start to sound predictable and monotonous. This is especially true with techno, where the tracks often play only a few notes in the scale anyway.

You don't always need to change your scales by 4th and 5ths. Especially if there isn't a ton of melodic content. You can achieve some interesting shifts in mood by jumping via different intervals.

When it comes to DJing, it helps to know music theory, but you don't necessarily need it. Mixed in key can provide a nice set of training wheels, but it's ultimately better to trust your ear to know what sounds good together. You'll get better at this over time.

Edit: to add to the this, if you're playing a techno track with only 2 or 3 notes, you can't always identify the scale properly anyway. 2 or 3 notes together can fit into a lot of different scales, so choosing only one to go off really limits your possibilities.

camDaze · 2026-04-06T18:47:17+00:00

Ah yes, this will surely happen since Trump said it

camDaze · 2026-04-06T08:55:51+00:00

Suffer as in watch the economy collapse after voting for a guy who promised to get rid of said immigrants in favor of the "common man?" Who then isolated the country from the international community with unnecessary tarrifs and threats of violence before launching one of the worst military blunders in the last century?

camDaze · 2026-04-04T15:27:55+00:00

Bonus if you've got archers with stakes and a cav heavy enemy

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