i see what you mean by not very inventive, what i like to do is to kick in with some hard ass techno and whip into hard nasty schranz.
i appreciate that it aint for everybody and thats cool, what makes being human great is diversity. we all have our own shit.
mixing to me is about putting myself into it, trying to use my imagination, breaking what sometimes comes across as a monotonous mix.
surely if you hear a shit schranz mix it would be 90% down to the DJ?