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Production

Sep
14
2011

Back to his Roots – Lee Haslam!

by Helen Lee on September 14, 2011

Trance DJ and former Mastermix Producer, Lee Haslam, has gone back to his roots and produced a brand new Grandmaster for Mastermix!

He took time out from his busy schedule of DJing and being a Dad to twin baby girls, to have a chat to our Label Manager, Richard Lee, and talk about his career at Music Factory, Mastermix and Tidy Trax, and tell us what he’s up to now!

Lee is also playing a set at this year’s BPM Show at the NEC in Birmingham, find out more by clicking here.

Pre-Order Grandmaster Trance Anthems on CD here

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How to Mix – Old Style!

August 18, 2011 Archive Magazine Articles

One of the Mastermix Producers, Chris Fletcher, has been having a dig around in his attic and found all his back issues of ‘World of Mixing’ and ‘Mixology’ – two magazines that Mastermix used to produce back in the days of turntables and vinyl!
So we thought we’d take a walk down memory lane and share [...]

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Making of a Grandmaster – Part 3: In The Studio

April 28, 2011 Production

In previous blogs I have described how I have won the opportunity to have my very own Grandmaster made for me at Music Factory. With thanks to Richard Lee (Mastermix Label Manager) and Helen Lee (Production Manager) I was given complete control over the mix. So, following weeks of deliberating over the tracks, checking labels [...]

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The Making of a Grandmaster, Part 2 – Trimming Down

February 25, 2011 Music

Mastermix DJ, Dave Evans, recently won a competition to produce his own Grandmaster with Mastermix. Here is Part 2 of his blog, chronicling his journey through the production process.

In part 1 I outlined how I started choosing tracks that I wanted to include on my Grandmaster.
Once my initial tracklist of 150 tracks had been trimmed [...]

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The Making of a Grandmaster Part 1 – Track Selection

January 25, 2011 Music

Before Christmas I attended the NADJ Yorkshire meeting at Mastermix HQ in Rotherham.
The top prize in the raffle that night was to have your own Grandmaster produced, imagine my shock and delight when they pulled my number out!!!
So for the next few blogs I am going to chronicle my journey on how a grandmaster is [...]

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More Radio Bloopers!

January 21, 2011 Production

Dave Hoffman is a radio presenter with over 30 years experience both on-air and behind the scenes, as well as being a good friend to Mastermix!
Here’s the second in a series of videos that Dave has put together for us, highlighting that when things go wrong in live radio, sometimes they [...]

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Radio Bloopers!

December 7, 2010 Production

Dave Hoffman is a radio presenter with over 30 years experience both on-air and behind the scenes, as well as being a good friend to Mastermix!
Here’s the first in a series of videos that Dave has put together for us, highlighting that when things go wrong in live radio, sometimes they can go very wrong [...]

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Swinging our Mood all over the Tube!

November 23, 2010 Music

Helen Lee reflects on the making of the Jive Bunny videos, now they’re available again through the magic of YouTube!
When one creates a pop phenomenon that’s based around backbeated, rock ‘n’ roll medleys and fronted by a cartoon rabbit, the first thing that comes to mind isn’t ‘what are we going to use in [...]

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The Mastermix Team

September 23, 2010 Music

In anticipation of the forthcoming Mastermix Producer Seminar at this year’s BPM Show, Mastermix Production Manager Helen Lee gives you a bit of background to some of the people who are responsible for the creation of the Mastermix products.

The Mastermix Issue is a monthly double Album on CD and Download which consists of an eclectic [...]

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Plasa Memories

September 9, 2010 DJing

Plasa is an annual trade show for the entertainments industry held at Earl’s Court, London and is where many of the world’s leading manufacturers showcase their latest products.
My first visit to Plasa was in 1996. I was working for a local entertainments company who had recently opened a retail outlet selling sound & lighting equipment [...]

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