Something’s Trying to Tell Us Something
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- Key
- 7A · D minor
- BPM
- 64
- Double-time
- 128
- Open Key
- 12m
- Energy
- 3/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 1:43
- Released
- 2019
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -30.3 dB
- Dynamics
- 16.3 dB
- ISRC
- NLQ881800191
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
A trance cut, Something’s Trying to Tell Us Something sits in D minor (7A) at 64 BPM. The feel is brooding and low-slung. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 16 dB). Calmer than 99% of Ferry Corsten's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Tempo:
- slower than 99% of Ferry Corsten's catalogue
- Reach:
- more underground than 99% of Ferry Corsten's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 95% of Ferry Corsten's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 37%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 40%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 2%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Something’s Trying to Tell Us Something in?
Something’s Trying to Tell Us Something by Ferry Corsten is in D minor, or 7A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Something’s Trying to Tell Us Something?
Something’s Trying to Tell Us Something runs at 64 BPM.
What mixes well with Something’s Trying to Tell Us Something?
From 7A it blends harmonically with 8A, 7B, 6A. Moving to 8A lifts the energy a step.
Is Something’s Trying to Tell Us Something good for peak time?
With energy 3 out of 100 at 64 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
7A → 6A · 8A · 7BFrom 7A, 8A (A minor) lifts the energy a step; 7B (F major) brightens to the relative major; 6A (G minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 7A at 64 BPM: 8A (A minor) — move to 8A to push the floor harder; 7B (F major) — switch to 7B for a mood change without losing the groove; 6A (G minor) — drop to 6A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 60-68 BPM — anything in that window beatmatches without sounding stretched.
Key on the fader: without key lock (Master Tempo on CDJs), above roughly +5% it plays a semitone higher, so treat it as 2A rather than 7A; below -5% it reads as 12A. With key lock on, it stays 7A across the whole range.
Programming: a warm-up or breakdown cut — early set or after a peak to reset the room.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 64 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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