Win the opening set at Future Music Festival

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It’s the stuff dance music dreams are made of… for all you budding superstar DJs out there anyway! Here at inthemix we’ve teamed up with the crew from Future Entertainment to offer one lucky bedroom banger the chance to open up the day at a date on the upcoming Future Music Festival tour.

To be in with a chance all you have to do is submit your DJ mix of no more than 30 minutes before midnight, Sunday February 15th. Judges will then choose the best of the bunch and place them online for public voting. The mix that’s then deemed #1 will receive a prize that any aspiring DJ nationwide would happy to offer their firstborn for…

The winning DJ and a lucky friend will be flown from their nearest capital city to Brisbane (unless, of course, they already live in Queensland!) and put up in a hotel for two nights. They’ll receive tickets for them and their guest to the event at Brisbane Turf Club on Saturday March 7th, and – most important of all – they’ll play the opening DJ set at the festival!

Entries are open to DJs playing techno, electro, house, hip hop and trance, but remember your mix must be sent to us before midnight, Sunday February 15th. How do you submit your mix? Read the steps for entry below and make sure you follow them exactly for your submission to count.

NOT A DJ? DON’T WORRY, YOU CAN STILL WIN!

We’ll be selecting the best of the mixes for public voting and you’ll be able to tell us which one is your favourite simply by listening at inthemix.fm. There’ll be 10 double passes to Future Music Festival dates nationwide up for grabs to anyone who votes, so be sure to let us know which one rocks your world when we announce finalists in a few weeks time!

STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS

1. Record your mix of no more than 30 minutes, then save it as an mp3 file at 128kbps. No files are to exceed 30 megabytes in size.

2. Name your mix in the following style: “Real name – DJ name (if applicable) – mobile number.mp3” For example: “John Smith – DJ Johnny – 0400 000 000.mp3”

3. Head to the upload page here. Enter your name and email address, then attach your file and upload it in full.

4. Sit back and wait for the announcement of finalists here on inthemix, February 18th!

For the full terms and conditions of the inthemix Future Music Festival DJ Competition check out our festival page here.

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tylerj23

tylerj23 said on the 3rd Feb, 2009

What an awesome competition!

youngman

youngman said on the 3rd Feb, 2009

This is great - time to get busy!

djbricksta

djbricksta said on the 3rd Feb, 2009

Over 18's only i presume? I wish I could enter in that case :(

ianwil1976

ianwil1976 said on the 3rd Feb, 2009

No DnB. First the DLT comp, now this. I'll be entering again anyway, I'm sick to death of this racism. The UN will hear about this, mark my words.

boot

boot said on the 3rd Feb, 2009

yeah no dnb or dubstep = discrimination Future music my arse

djanni

djanni said on the 3rd Feb, 2009

Wicked comp.. doing this for sure. Get ready Tech Trance fans

El Kranky

El Kranky said on the 3rd Feb, 2009

lame genre restrictions :(

primus

primus said on the 3rd Feb, 2009

I cant DJ but would just play random 80's metal. I think everyone would dig it.

sweatybeats

sweatybeats said on the 3rd Feb, 2009

will the kids appreciate techno, i wonder?????

SlicyDicer

SlicyDicer said on the 3rd Feb, 2009

What if I combine like 100 tracks into 1 track and submit that. What 'mixes' are deemed good? Anyone with half a brain and traktor can create a mix these days...

lovetronic

lovetronic said on the 3rd Feb, 2009

cool. ill submit sumthn fsure. V.

WADZA

WADZA said on the 3rd Feb, 2009

no braykz?? i rekon i'll throw together a electro set for this one!!

FunkyJ

FunkyJ said on the 3rd Feb, 2009

Oh why does it have to be picked by voters??? Public polls suck. The inthemix 50 proves that year after year...

Rocca

Rocca said on the 3rd Feb, 2009

haha cool! i'll have a go :)

natenatenate

natenatenate said on the 3rd Feb, 2009

haha slicy, just submit the latter half of cd2 balance 14 that'll show em :)

natenatenate

natenatenate said on the 3rd Feb, 2009

ps: what stage? i think knowing this could help determine a suitable track list. you dont want deep house into jewelz's hard trance per say.. heh

Sam_N

Sam_N said on the 4th Feb, 2009

can you submit more than one?

Heist9000

Heist9000 said on the 4th Feb, 2009

So you cant play Breaks in your comp entry? Does that mean Krafty Kuts are banned from all Future festivals from now on?

staefn

staefn said on the 4th Feb, 2009

@Heist9000 LOL!!!!! Breaks = house as far as Future Music is concerned. Aslon as they aren't underground dubby breaks i'm sure they'd love some broken beats. Afterall they do have breaks DJ's at most of their events!

powerstruggle

powerstruggle said on the 5th Feb, 2009

why is your avatar a foot

El Kranky

El Kranky said on the 6th Feb, 2009

Stuff it, Breakbeat entry comin' up!

Citizen

Citizen said on the 7th Feb, 2009

What criteria will the judges be looking for? Mastery of the flange?

crabman

crabman said on the 9th Feb, 2009

School them with some Fly Lo/GLK/Dabrye type Hip Hop imo.

Sideshow Rod

Sideshow Rod said on the 9th Feb, 2009

Just enter with some breakbeat if you want. I certainly have.

lissylissypink

lissylissypink said on the 9th Feb, 2009

clearly this is a talent quest! you should be required to submit video footage to show you can actually use decks not a "program' that auto beat syncs for you... anyone can click a god damn mouse!

kidelement

kidelement said on the 9th Feb, 2009

great prize, but just a popularity contest, a monkey with abletonlive/traktor etc can enter, flange and color as much as possible for 30 mins, get all his mates to vote and win... lissypink youre spot on with the video thing

Dj Blend

Dj Blend said on the 9th Feb, 2009

DAMN SOME PEOPLE JUST WHINGE DONT THEY.. LOL! JUST DO YA MIXES SEND EM IN AND SEE HOW IT GOES, REGARDLESS IF YOU ARE USING A PROGRAM OR DOING IT LIVE, ITS GOING TO BE JUDGED ON CREATIVITY ID PRESUME haha. Im confident in what i am talking about regarding

CentralStationRecords

CentralStationRecords said on the 9th Feb, 2009

Sounds good guys... great competition good luck to all entrants. Peace Love VINYL to all... djEvilMcNASTY

heaney

heaney said on the 9th Feb, 2009

Track selection might win this i think

garygee

garygee said on the 10th Feb, 2009

what better way to give dj's out there a shot to show their stuff and also give everyone else a chance to hear some dj mixes without being munted at a club!

garygee

garygee said on the 10th Feb, 2009

lol imagine those using programs then they arrive at Future to play and they have to use decks... they will looks like right tools... and sound just as bad trying to REALLY beatmatch

tiesto87

tiesto87 said on the 10th Feb, 2009

yeah i hope i can win

djraven

djraven said on the 11th Feb, 2009

Awesome!!! good luck to all deejays entering and I hope to see some Trance in the finalist DJ mixes!

GoRgEoUs GaL

GoRgEoUs GaL said on the 12th Feb, 2009

hey does anyone hav a spare ticket ??? not more then 110 please let me kno basketballbabe13_ok@hotmail.com Thankssssss

Yourstruely

Yourstruely said on the 14th Feb, 2009

yeah i just posted my Indie Nu Rave mix cant wait to see who the finalists are

dj_blitzer

dj_blitzer said on the 14th Feb, 2009

Just added my trance mix - good luck everyone!

davobradley

davobradley said on the 14th Feb, 2009

Who says you cant go up and play off a lappie? I didnt see that in the criteria..not that I would, mind you.

dre101

dre101 said on the 15th Feb, 2009

Just added my electro mix - good luck!!!

ziadz

ziadz said on the 15th Feb, 2009

mine's in; i think goodluck pple

lowbass

lowbass said on the 15th Feb, 2009

Electro/Tech FTW! Cant wait to see the finals:)

dre101

dre101 said on the 16th Feb, 2009

To all the haters of digital DJ'ing welcome to the future of DJ'ing lol. Wake up and realize that it doesn't matter how well you beatmatch using decks, if your choice of music sux then u suck! And after all traktors and PC's are just another music tool wh

mangina

mangina said on the 17th Feb, 2009

Fuck off dre. it requires no talent at all. Which respected djs do you know that do it? They may use tracktor or serato but they mix conventionally.

dre101

dre101 said on the 17th Feb, 2009

meangina just try to understand that its just another music tool which is just as good to mix with and that was my point! if u wanna know which respected djs gone digital then google it u moron lol

Dj Blend

Dj Blend said on the 18th Feb, 2009

when are the finalists being posted? :)

i_have_ADD

i_have_ADD said on the 18th Feb, 2009

FINALISTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED TODAY - SIT TIGHT, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF HEATED DEBATE OVER THEM NOW ;)

pauly_c

pauly_c said on the 18th Feb, 2009

where are the finalists?

Dj Blend

Dj Blend said on the 18th Feb, 2009

awesome! haha "heated debate", look forward to the possibility!

sarahh85

sarahh85 said on the 18th Feb, 2009

Hey where can I find the finalists? Ima lookin right now!

lowbass

lowbass said on the 18th Feb, 2009

Well that sucks, neither mozilla or ie will play them for me.

dj_blitzer

dj_blitzer said on the 23rd Feb, 2009

Unfortunately I didn't make the cut :o( Oh well, good luck to all the finalists - and to the winner -> ENJOY!!!