Creating a new radio station for TS3 - help me out!
In The Sims 3, a game with a certain emphasis on parties and going out to the clubs, I’ve always thought that there isn’t enough fitting music.
Of the 20 packs released for the game, only 3 have added music to the Electronica station. The newest is Late Night, from 2010.
In total, there's probably little more than 20 tracks on the radio, all from a very specific time period.
So there's definitely room for more, newer and more varied music. With some effort, it's possible to add tracks to existing radio stations, or to create entirely new radio stations. So I intended to at least double the amount of available music. Of course, I’ll create my new station (thinking of “Club”) and release it like all my other mods.
And that’s where I need the help of others!
I couldn’t possibly know all the good music out there, all the house, trance, EDM and everything else of the last decades. I need tracks!
There’s a few questions I ask to determine whether a track is suitable for use in the game:
Is the track the right length (3-5 minutes)? If not, I can edit it?
Are there lyrics in the track? And if so, could they be mistaken for glibberish? If there are, but they couldn't, can I find an instrumental version?
Does the track sound good in the game? Is the pacing right, would the devs perhaps have picked this track themselves?
Would you hear this track in a club? And would you dance to it?
Is this track available for free on YouTube or Soundcloud?
Keeping in mind all that, I’ve already made a start. Here’s the current track list.
Jokers of The Scene - Baggy Bottom Boys (Electro House / 2009)
New Order - Blue Monday (Instrumental / Hi-NRG / 1983)
Deadmau5 - Complications (Progressive House / 2008)
Underworld - Cups (? / 2000)
EDX - Dharma (Deep House / 2017)
Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica (EDM / 2011)
Major Lazer & DJ Snake - Lean On (Instrumental / Deep House / 2015)
Mord Fustang - Lick The Rainbow (Electro House / 2011)
Daniel Avery - Naive Response (Chill House / 2013)
Mr. Magnetik - Remanence (Trance / 2012)
Bleaker - Untitled (Techno? / 2014)
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray (Acid House / 1988)
The Bloody Beetroots ft. Steve Aoki - W.A.R.P (EDM / 2009)
Please leave a comment or send me a PM if you have suggestions, thanks!