Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Feb 1, 2012, 6:50 pm
LMFAO tracks are getting a lot of love to start the year: BMC Top 5 Singles for January 2012: 1. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO 2. Levels - Avicii 3. Sexy And I Know It - LMFAO 4. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People 5. Look At Me Now - Chris Brown Top 5 BPMs for January 2012: 1. 130 bpm 2. 125 bpm 3. 70...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Jan 31, 2012, 7:04 pm
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Jan 26, 2012, 7:20 pm
Speed: 123 bpm The DJ's Take: Three things I will never understand: skinny jeans, facial piercings, and Autotune abuse. But I can somehow see 19 year old white kids liking this song, so it's not all bad. Cop it and keep it in your back pocket for the right crowd. DJ's - turn on key adjust and mix wi...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Jan 23, 2012, 10:00 pm
Speed: 116 bpm The DJ's Take: This is danceable enough for a flash mob, right? Sounds like another female empowerment anthem that's gaining steam on the charts. I definitely respect the talent - she's got a good voice. Plus, she's the one American Idol champ with staying power. If you're a dude who ...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Jan 21, 2012, 11:47 am
Speed: 87 bpm The DJ's Take: Solid. Not really exciting or head-nod inducing, but decent filler for a hiphop mixtape. Just be sure that if it's blasting on your speakers, give any kids in the room the Vince Vaughn earmuffs. Some foul, foul language that would make Tim Tebow blush. Turn on key adjust...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Jan 21, 2012, 7:25 am
Speed: 78 bpm The DJ's Take: Q: What's wrong with taking your shirt off every once in awhile, twisting it round your head, and spinning it like a helicopter? A: Absolutely nothing. Turn on key adjust, slow it down a bit and mix with What You Know to make a room full of 30-something Southern African ...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Jan 9, 2012, 7:06 am
Speed: 127 bpm The DJ's Take: Will this be a hit? I think it could be. Right bpm from an artist people know. Plus, the female singer sounds just like Fergie. Turn on key adjust and mix with: Beautiful People - Chris Brown, Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO, Firework - Katy Perry, I Like It - Enrique Iglesia...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Jan 6, 2012, 6:31 pm
Speed: 99 bpm The DJ's Take: Let me tell you something about Rack City - when you leave, your soul and your wallet will feel a little emptier. But that's ok. It's the journey that counts. As for the track itself, not bad. The cool thing is you can turn on key adjust and mix with songs in a couple bp...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Jan 3, 2012, 8:47 pm
Speed: 128 bpm The DJ's Take: I am not a fan of this song at all; seems like it was just thrown together. But it's David Guetta and Nicki Minaj, and somehow it might just work on a big sound system with a bunch of drunk chicks dancing around. Try integrating it with some of the tracks in the mega-mi...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Jan 1, 2012, 7:06 am
BMC Top 5 Singles for 2011: 1. Don't Wanna Go Home - Jason Derulo 2. Black and Yellow - Wiz Khalifa 3. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO 4. E.T. - Katy Perry ft. Kanye West 5. Firework - Katy Perry Top 5 BPMs for 2011: 1. 130 bpm 2. 125 bpm 3. 100 bpm 4. 90 bpm 5. 120 bpm Top 5 Artists for 2011: 1. Black E...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Dec 31, 2011, 7:56 am
This month, pop EDM still rules and LMFAO is #1 & #2: BMC Top 5 Singles for December 2011: 1. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO 2. Sexy and I Know It - LMFAO 3. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People 4. Levels - Avicii 5. The One That Got Away - Katy Perry Top 5 BPMs for December 2011: 1. 130 bpm 2. 125 bpm 3...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Dec 29, 2011, 7:26 pm
Are you dj'ing on New Year's Eve? 4 quick tips to keep in mind: Know your demographic. Play accordingly.Collect your money by the end of the night.Put out a tip jar for the drunk & generous.When in doubt, play pop EDM in the 125 to 130 bpm range.Good luck and have fun. (Photo via Morguefile)
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Dec 25, 2011, 8:32 am
Speed: 95 bpm The DJ's Take: I could see this being on the soundtrack for some kids' animated movie because of the piano, but that's about it. I can't listen to it for more than 30 seconds without feeling really immature (and I'm immature enough as it is). Probably good to spin at a high school par...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Nov 2, 2011, 5:41 am
LMFAO tracks are the bookends for this month's Top 5: BMC Top 5 Singles for October 2011: 1. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO 2. Don't Wanna Go Home - Jason Derulo 3. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People 4. ET - Katy Perry ft. Kanye West 5. Sexy And I Know It - LMFAO Top 5 BPMs for October 2011: 1. 125 bpm...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Nov 1, 2011, 6:37 am
Speed: 84 bpm The DJ's Take: I can sum up this track in 3 words: Unorthodox, but effective. It's very festive, which kind of brings to mind a lighter, slower version of Get Me Bodied. Is it a hit? I wouldn't go that far, but it's definitely a candidate for girls' dance recitals and high school footb...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Oct 29, 2011, 7:20 am
Speed: 80.5 bpm The DJ's Take: Smooth, warm & laidback; I like it. Will people recognize this? Maybe. That said, they'll definitely recognize the voice, so it's all good. Not that I've spun it, but I'll guess young African-American females will be feeling this track. Download the MP3:
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Oct 25, 2011, 7:37 pm
Speed: 80 bpm The DJ's Take: I can't lie; this one's a bit of a head-nodder. If 80 bpm hipPop ever becomes cool again, it's worth a spin. Give it a go with the tracks below. Turn on key adjust and mix with: Rude Boy - Rihanna, Walk It Out - DJ Unk, Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys, Cyclo...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Oct 25, 2011, 7:12 am
Speed: 127 bpm The DJ's Take: I Gotta Feeling anyone? It's like the Black Eyed Peas and Katy Perry did a collabo. All I can say is this one has girl power written all over it. And you know the food chain - chicks bring the dudes out, which brings more hype for you. And that's a scientific fact. Turn...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Oct 22, 2011, 8:26 am
Speed: 134 bpm The DJ's Take: Somehow I feel like Katy Perry does better when she stays away from sentiment and focuses on fun. Then again, maybe this gets on the soundtrack for The Notebook 2: The One That Got Away. Who knows. In any case, I'm going to say don't play this until you get requests for...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Oct 20, 2011, 6:45 am
Speed: 92 bpm The DJ's Take: Just a good, solid pop song. Wish we could hear more of this kind of music on the radio. Definitely worth a spin if you're managing to hold it down in the 90-95 bpm range. Turn on key adjust and mix with: I Got To Have It - Ed OG, Say Aah - Trey Songz, Single Ladies (Put...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Oct 12, 2011, 7:07 am
Speed: 74 bpm The DJ's Take: This track broke into the Billboard top 10 right away, and it's got a head-nodding quality that should have some staying power. Even Lil Wayne tones down his Precious routine and sounds reasonable here. If you do top 40, give it another week or two and listen to local ra...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Oct 11, 2011, 7:13 am
Speed: 128 bpm The DJ's Take: You know how you know you're getting older? When you realize you can't dance to EDM anymore. In my case, the only thing I should be doing is driving 20-30 mph above the speed limit on the highway to this. Simple, invigorating, and already a hit. Download it, spin it and...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Oct 5, 2011, 6:16 am
Finally - a new #1: BMC Top 5 Singles for September 2011: 1. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO 2. Don't Wanna Go Home - Jason Derulo 3. ET - Katy Perry & Kanye West 4. TGIF - Katy Perry 5. Look At Me Now - Chris Brown Top 5 BPMs for September 2011: 1. 125 bpm 2. 130 bpm 3. 100 bpm 4. 120 bpm 5. 140 bpm Not...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Sep 30, 2011, 7:09 am
Speed: 128 bpm The DJ's Take: You know, it sounds sort of strange when you have a pop dance track featuring a guy who can actually sing. Aren't these songs meant to either feature cold, stoic performances or auto-tuned vocals from starlets who can't do it on their own? The beat seems a little light,...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Sep 24, 2011, 6:21 am
Speed: 112 bpm The DJ's Take: The instrumental sounds so much like 90s video game music, I had flashbacks to renting obscure Sega Genesis & Super NES RPGs at my local video store back in eighth grade. On a side note, is there any way a lady can take it the right way when you tell her she looks bette...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Sep 16, 2011, 6:13 am
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Sep 15, 2011, 9:42 pm
 Just wanted to share a message I got from someone who found the blog through a forum I used to post to: "Dude!! I just randomly was looking through the forum and saw you posted that you're the creater of the beatchmatch blog. I just wanted to say I owe you BIG time. I got asked to do my first to...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Sep 13, 2011, 4:18 am
Speed: 128 bpm The DJ's Take: On paper, Avicii, Etta James, Flo Rida, and an organic-sounding guitar seem like an unconventional Top 40 combo. But it's a pop EDM track with some personality that's at least on par with everything else on the charts. Not quite ripe if you're doing a standard bar gig ...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Sep 9, 2011, 3:57 am
Speed: 132 bpm The DJ's Take: You know how there are generic top 40 dance songs that make you feel like anyone can roll this stuff out? This is one of them. Add in the detached-looking female with the exotic-sounding name singing the hook, and the formula is complete. A disposable track that's hot n...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Sep 4, 2011, 7:49 am
Other than LMFAO jumping up to #2, no changes from last month: BMC Top 5 Singles for August 2011: 1. Don't Wanna Go Home - Jason Derulo 2. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO 3. ET - Katy Perry & Kanye West 4. TGIF - Katy Perry 5. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 Top 5 BP...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Sep 2, 2011, 6:54 am
Speed: 95 bpm The DJ's Take: Looking for a track to play at an outdoor eco-friendly fundraiser filled with earthy, crunchy granola types? This is it. Personally, I think it's the whistling-tweeting sound that makes you feel like you're listening to birds outside in the warm sunshine. Probably not so...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Aug 30, 2011, 6:44 am
Speed: 95 bpm The DJ's Take: Feel like giving your crowd a little taste of New York? Try mixing this song with the tracks below. Not my favorite Kanye-produced single (maybe a tie between Heart of the City and the underrated Guess Who's Back), but it's getting more and more popular by the day so get...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Aug 25, 2011, 8:03 pm
Speed: 93 bpm The DJ's Take: Strange to think today is the 10th anniversary of Aaliyah's tragic death in a plane crash after filming this video. I remember it was around then that I decided to be a dj, having lived in NYC that summer for a college internship, and hearing the news about her was shock...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Aug 24, 2011, 1:22 am
Speed: 90 bpm The DJ's Take: I know this song is already a hit, but come on. Ignore the lyrics and the instrumental sounds like it came straight out of the CGI-intensive movie re-make of Care Bears (due out in theaters Summer 2015; you just watch). That said, if you injected me with estrogen, maybe ...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Aug 22, 2011, 4:10 am
Speed: 128 bpm The DJ's Take: Normally I wouldn't cover stoner beach music, but this is popular enough now, right? It's got that sleepy, hazy quality that's reminiscent of the feeling I get after a few adult beverages. Whether that's good or bad is open to interpretation. Anyway, probably not the be...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Aug 18, 2011, 6:22 am
Speed: 80 bpm The DJ's Take: Thursday's close enough to the weekend, right? This isn't bad, but it doesn't feel like an anthem to me. Then again, you have an easy to remember chorus, and it's rising fast up the charts, so maybe I'm wrong. What's your opinion? Let us know in the comments below or on ...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Aug 14, 2011, 6:28 am
Speed: 127 bpm The DJ's Take: This song sounds so Euro to me that if it were a person, it would wear skinny jeans and talk in a heavy accent. But I guess that's why people are starting to feel this one; foreign is sexy. Anyway, if you're a dude who can still dance to this without a fine female post...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Aug 10, 2011, 9:47 pm
Speed: 128 bpm The DJ's Take: I'm just gonna say that somewhere in a party limo or club in Vegas (or Miami), or a strip club in Manhattan, this song will probably be playing full blast on the stereo within the next few months. Not that I've been in any of the aforementioned types of venues. Just a m...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Aug 3, 2011, 7:37 am
Speed: 72 bpm The DJ's Take: This is a good song for people who like to creep around the streets at night in hoodies with ski masks on. Or druggies. On a side note, I notice dj's and promoters using the expression 'get on my level' on Facebook & Twitter. What the hell does that mean? That you're so ...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Aug 1, 2011, 6:57 am
Some newcomers to the top 5 over the past month: BMC Top 5 Singles for July 2011: 1. Don't Wanna Go Home - Jason Derulo 2. ET - Katy Perry ft. Kanye West 3. Last Friday Night (TGIF) - Katy Perry 4. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO 5. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 Top 5 BPMs for July 2011: 1. 125 bpm 2. 130...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Jul 25, 2011, 6:03 am
Speed: 90 bpm The DJ's Take: An easy, breezy pop song that I think will do pretty well in the weeks to come. Although the fact that I kinda like this makes me wonder if I'm going soft in my old age. Yes, I probably am. But like a chick shedding tears watching the Notebook, I can't help it. DJs - tur...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Jul 22, 2011, 3:57 am
Speed: 128 bpm The DJ's Take: Pitbull is like that gauntlet of immigrants offering strip club flyers on the Vegas Strip - he just keeps pushing the same product over and over again, and it keeps working. To find out who's been reading celebrity gossip news, try mixing this with On The Floor and see ...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Jul 20, 2011, 6:38 am
Speed: 130 bpm The DJ's Take: One of those tracks where I feel like I can't identify with the generation, but then it grows on me little by little. The more important part is that we can add it to our growing key-adjusted mix (see below). If anyone wants to actually execute this (I am too lazy) and ...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Jul 13, 2011, 6:50 am
Speed: 77 bpm The DJ's Take: When in doubt, make a song where you go down a list of major cities and talk about how beautiful the females are in each one, right? Yes. Another disposable piece of summer pop that you'll probably hear on your local top 40 radio station at some point. On a side note, th...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Jul 11, 2011, 5:08 am
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Jul 9, 2011, 6:31 am
Speed: 99 bpm The DJ's Take: If you need proof that I am a fickle human being, look no further - first time I listened to this a couple weeks ago, didn't like it. Listened to it again yesterday at work, and I was nodding my head the whole afternoon. I don't know how far this can go on the charts, bu...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Jul 6, 2011, 5:17 am
Speed: 128 bpm The DJ's Take: You know pop dance music has been dominant when an established pop rock band puts down the instruments and samples what sounds like Modjo's Lady (Hear Me Tonight). In any case, I think this'll be popular among Caucasian females. The whistling is kinda catchy too. DJ's -...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Jul 1, 2011, 7:17 am
Some notable turnover this month, including a brand new #1: BMC Top 5 Singles for June 2011: 1. Don't Wanna Go Home - Jason Derulo 2. ET - Katy Perry ft. Kanye West 3. Just Can't Get Enough - Black Eyed Peas 4. She Ain't You - Chris Brown 5. Look At Me Now - Chris Brown Top 5 BPMs for June 2011: 1....
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Jun 29, 2011, 7:10 am
Speed: 130 bpm The DJ's Take: Will this become a hit? To quote some of the texts I've gotten recently from people in Generation Y, "idk." Sure, there are some famous names on this track, but I'm not giving it a ringing endorsement. Regardless, the important point is that this fits right into the swe...
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Taeho L posted an article on Beat Match City - Jun 26, 2011, 8:44 am
Speed: 88 bpm The DJ's Take: Currently climbing up the charts over the past few weeks, but I think it's kinda boring. Good thing I was in heavy traffic on the way home from work when this came on the radio the other day (so I could nod off with no consequences). More interesting: this sounds a lot l...
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