Soulful House Competition 2023
These are the final results of the Soulful House Competition 2023.
I would like to thank Chris Haines for being our guest judge this time. I will also thank all the DJs that competed, all the judges and our great sponsors.
This is what Chris had to say about the semi-finalists:
"I would definitely like everyone to know I really enjoyed listening to them, and will be listening to a couple again :-).
Happy to share how I was judging them:
I obviously listened to the track the selection - and this was the biggest factor of course.
I looked at the levels and waveforms, to see if there was any post production, clipping, volume and EQ quality etc. In a digital world, and for a recorded competition, there's no excuse for not having some post production, limiter, compression type of thing.
Transitions need to be clean. Not necessarily seamless, but they need to make sense to the listener - no overlapping "muddyness", vocal or layer confusion sort of thing.
For me there was a clear winner, so in order from 1st to 5th, here are my thoughts and notes." - Chris Haines
1st place:
Mix 56 (LoveVinyl) https://www.house-mixes.com/profile/LoveVinyl/soulful-house-competition-2023
"Tune selection was spot on.
Waveform was also spot on - no clipping, consistent volumes and levels.
Mixes were clean and smooth, and there was a clear sense of direction to the track selection.
The DJ worked well to fit a few extra tracks in.
As a listener I was entertained, tapped my feet and happy to listen to this again.
As a judge - I'd be interested to know what kit was used, only to satisfy my curiosity, as it was so clean it could have been an Ableton produced mix."
2nd place:
Mix 37 (STEVE DAVIS) https://www.house-mixes.com/profile/STEVE%20DAVIS/soulful-house-competition-2023
"This was a good mix, good tunes, good volume and levels.
The only thing that brought this mix into 2nd place over mix 56, was mix 56 having more tracks worked into it.
37 played tracks for longer, so less tracks, less overlays, less work and so on.
It was a very good mix, just pipped with that extra effort in mix 56."
3rd place:
Mix 20 (JFKMIX) https://www.house-mixes.com/profile/JFKMIX/soulful-house-competition-2023
"Great music selection, kid of Miami vibe, I was tapping my feet all the way through.
But, the volume was very low, so no post production had been done. That let it down compared to the first 2.
This felt like a more "traditional" mix - song in, song out - which made me wonder if it was a vinyl mix rather than digital."
4th place:
Mix 11 (Jay Tipa aka JT) https://www.house-mixes.com/profile/Jay%20Tipa%20aka%20JT/jt-soulful-house-30-min
"Soulful tunes all the way, I really liked the track selection.
But, volume and levels were not great - quite a lot of clipping and fairly bad distortion around the 13 minute mark (I don't like the FX - the volume was too high and the sound was clipped)
Some of the mixes felt a bit long and less clean than the other mix submissions."
5th place:
Mix 28 (DJ In10so) https://www.house-mixes.com/profile/DJ%20In10so/dj-in10so-30-min-solful
"This was still a good mix, and hats off for the number of tracks fitted into the 30 minutes.
But it felt a bit like a "megamix", and the brief wasn't to play as many tracks as possible.
The energy across the mix also dropped, as we started with soulful dipped into a deeper vibe from 17 minutes on.
Overall this mix just seemed less planned and organised than the other submissions."
PRIZES:
1st PRIZE:
- 1 Limited Edition custom T-shirt from Head Space Stores.
- 1 Free Month subscription on MyMP3Pool.
- 2 weeks promotion of a mix on the website.
- The winning mix will be featured for 1 week on our Facebook page.
2nd PRIZE:
- 1 custom DJ Drop from Music Radio Creative.
- 2 tickets to one of the events by https://4themusic.club/events/
- 3 weeks promotion of a mix on the website.
3rd PRIZE:
- 1 promo code for Lucid Samples.
- 2 weeks promotion of a mix on the website.
The Top 3 will also have a mix included in Chris weekly show on 4TheMusic over the next few weeks.
4th + 5th PRIZE:
- 1 promo code for Lucid Samples.
- 1 week promotion of a mix on the website.
Rules
In order to compete, you need to follow these simple rules:
- Genre: Soulful House
- Name: Soulful House Competition 2023
- Primary Tag / Genre: Soulful House
- Additional Tags: Soulful House Competition 2023 (Important!)
- Length: Approximately 30 minutes (not over 35 minutes and no less than 25 minutes).
- Include an accurate tracklist.
- Only 1 entry per person.
- Use the cover art provided.
- Be creative!
- Once you submitted your mix you can't re-do it and submit again.
If your mix doesn't match the rules, the judges will exclude it in their evaluation.
So please read the rules carefully before you submit your entry.
HOW THE JUDGING WORKS:
The competition will comprise of 2 segments.
Advancement from round 1 will be determined by our special jury and they will choose 5 mixes that stands out. Those 5 semi-finalists will be presented on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/housemixespage and on Telegram https://t.me/housemixesgroup before they move on to the next and final stage.
Top 3 placements of round 2 will be determined by our guest judge along with reasons why those 3 are the best mixes.
Start / End Date
08 Jun 2023 12:00 AM GMT - 25 Jun 2023 12:00 AM GMT
Tag
Soulful House Competition 2023
(tag your entries with this tag to qualify)
Disclaimer
Cover Image made by Alex Rossi
Contestants are informed of the rules and must meet eligibility requirements to receive announced prizes.
You may NOT in any way modify, distribute or reproduce the cover image outside of the competition.
You have no right to provide the cover image through the Service to any other party in any other way, without obtaining the written consent of the owner of such ownership rights.
Special Guest Judge Chris Haines
Chris Haines
Founder & resident DJ / Producer with 4 The Music.
Chris has been involved in the music scene since the 90's.
He started DJ'ing around London, played with legends like Bobby & Steve, Steve Silk Hurley, Grant Nelson, Spoony and loads more. Through those meetings he moved on to play in many more venues including Garage City, Ministry of Sound in London and Miami Winter Music Conference.
His mix style is Soulful house, Deep house, jazzy elements and a laid back feel and that is what is reflected in his productions.
Chris also runs the music company "4 The Music", delivering live shows, events, DJ services and a record label (4TM Records).
https://linktr.ee/chrishaines
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