Motivational speaker, Eric Thomas is the motivation behind this week’s title (I even went with Detroit Lion’s colors for him). On one of his mix tapes, he asks God, ‘when is it going to be my turn’ to have things go right. God responds, ‘It’s been your turn’. The message being that God has provided Eric a wealth of opportunities for success, but Eric didn’t grind hard enough to make them a reality.
I feel like I’m in a similar position. As I am really getting into my goals for 2018, I look at the obstacles ahead of me, and I think that I am the biggest one. Fear of failure. Accepting, ‘good enough’. Being lazy. For everything that I want in life, there will be obstacles, but it is on me to put forward my best. If I do, I think the results will be great. I was thinking about that all weekend and while I made this mix.
The mix is far from perfect. It’s short (3 tracks), I think the intro of ‘Body’ came in a little too soft, and there wasn’t a ton of new techniques. But wanted to keep my mixing skills in practice and hope that just the repetition will inch me a little forward.
In transitioning between ’17’ and ‘Body’, I did use a loop. I first fliped the lows after the first run then did a drop after the 2nd. So, something a little different. I also set a cue point for my ident. It seems like it needs about 1 bar at 120 bpm. Good to know for future reference. All and all, a fun mix to put together.
Enjoy!
