VOTE DIRTY: Dirty Beatport Remix Submissions: voting period is 2nd-16th November

[Lx_Nen]

Don't forget you can vote for ALL the dirty mixes( if you like them) you don't have to pick just one ;-)

[Professor]

Yeah, it's a little sad... the amount of attention some of the top people are getting.... One can only spam the forums and FB so many times before it's annoying..... and it's already past that I think.....

Dirts....show some love.

[timsk]

There ya go, there's a big old Uncles of Wise spin for all you dirties.

I'm happy to be spun back of course

http://www.beatportal.com/remix/deta...lue-smoke-mix/

Good work all. And good luck.

Mr Tim

ps. how nice too work with the stems and hear some of the nuances and subtleties that are more subliminal in their final mixes.

[timsk]

and unwound floors spun too

[Lx_Nen]

I've already spun yours, Timsk :-)

Sad to see three fairly unexciting mixes high up the list with more spins than plays... if you're going to turn it into a popularity contest (and let's face it, a lot of this is so far), at least try not to be too obvious about it?

[froopy seal]

Originally Posted by Lx_Nen

It's not as bad as it looks, the ones that get judged are the top 10 most spins after 2 weeks, plus 10 picked by the staff. I think Beatport know they have a problem with 'ballot-stuffing' (actually, it's bleedin' obvious when someone has 41 spins but the track has only been played 27 times!), which is why the 3 big prizes are not awarded on number of spins, there's just a small $50 prize for that.

If you look through the other contests that have closed, they nearly always say that the top prize winner wasn't the one with the most spins, so I think we just have to aim for the front page, where we stand a decent chance of spicking up votes from in dependent people, and of being picked by the editorial team on quality... because having heard about 50 or 60 so far, I can say that the Dirty mixes do stand out on quality!

So much for the wisdom of the crowd...

Originally Posted by Lx_Nen

Don't forget you can vote for ALL the dirty mixes( if you like them) you don't have to pick just one ;-)

Did comply and registered purely in order to vote for all the dirty mixes. Keeping my fingers crossed for some of you to get picked by the jury.

[Professor]

thanks Dirts! I'm climbing up that hill....

[Dunwho]

I have done a little investigation and as if to confirm the obvious...

I googled "bird1 - (DeadHouse Remix)" as a tester...and also the same with "Bird 1 (Nas1 Remix)" (including the quote marks to make sure just that phrase was used)

Both times the only thing that came up was the remix on beatportal itself.. and a link to their soundclouds.. (uploading it on any other place is not allowed but clearly the rules are irrelevant)

interestingly Deadhouse has only 58 followers on soundcloud.. a few plays maybe 49... its not like this guy has a huge fanbase! andwhen i refreshed the beatportal page after 5 mins he suddenly had 5 more spins...

its just a bit silly really.. and i know i went to a lot of trouble to confirm the obvious but I had to be sure

[dubnobasswithme]

+1 vote for every link that was posted here

I listened to each one too. There really are some quality remixing skills here at the forums!

[reactorstudios]

I wouldn't worry to much about those guys at the very top. Quite frankly, the mixes just aren't very impressive and it is painfully obvious that they are gaming the system. ...and for a $50 top spot prize. Not worth it, really. The real prize is getting your mix in the top twenty, and heard by UW themselves. Winning the whole thing is a nice extra. Yes, a couple of dopes will steal as many as ten of the twenty spots, but that still leaves ten spots for the talent among us. I'd rather be in the talented 10 than the 'popular' ten.

That being said, please spin the hell out of my mix. Legitimate attention feels good.
I am also in this mainly for the feedback I hoped to elicit from the lot of you. It's my first completed production, after a dozen years of piddling, and I'd love to hear where you think I'd be wise to direct my attention in the future. Areas to improve?

Thanks, again.