DanceCast Episode 32
Long Island’s finest return to the DanceCast with some of the best club house out there. For the next hour you get the best of what current, but with an old school flavor. All you gotta do is click the giant DanceCast button in the top right of this page.
Duration: 59:59
01. Umek & Beltek – Army of Two – EP
02. Mowgli – Pa Po Pon (Chris Kaeser Mix)
03. Planet Funk – Lemonade (Planet Funk House Mix)
04. Re United – Sun Is Shining (Funkerman Remix)
05. Armin van Buuren feat. Jaren – Unforgivable (First State Smooth Mix)
06. Candy Williams and Whiteside – Love Will Keep Us Together (Chris Kaeser Remix)
07. DJ Jean – Play That Beat (Extended)
08. Doman and Gooding Feat Dru and Lincoln – Runnin (Radio Edit)
09. Global Deejays – Everybodys Free 2009 (Radio Edit)
10. Incredible Melting Man – Bionic Bigfoot (Original Mix)
11. Kurd Maverick – Blue Monday (Vandalism Remix)
12. Jason van Wyk & Vast Vision – Oceanblue (Dennis Sheperd Remix)
13. Benny Benassi Ft Channing – Come Fly Away (Soha And Adam K Remix)
14. Maurizio Verbeni and Damian Wild – Back For Good (Frenk Dj and Joe Maker Remix)
15. Vincent Medugno – We Are Meant To Be (Jay Skins Club Mix)
16. Paul van Dyk – For An Angel 2009 (Inpetto Remix Edit)
17. Tune Brothers Feat Tyree Cooper – Make Your Body Pop (dub deluxe remix)
Where To Go From Here?
I recently stumbled across a rant by Trent Reznor thanks to CDM, one of the few sites I visit daily. It really got me think about where this is all going. I just finished my first real track entitled Alpha 243. I sent it out to a group of people I thought would be for providing feedback, and I got mixed reviews. Some people liked it, others didn’t and its pretty much what i expected. Now what? Its not exactly a dance track, its more like mellow dubstep, so do i really want to start contacting a million labels and deal with all that rejection?
Like most artists, I lead a semi-normal life while flying under the radar and eking out a living in this world. Someday I dream of quitting my day job and being a full time electronic musician, but I’m pretty sure that day isn’t gonna be anytime soon. So where exactly am I going with all of this? Does anyone give a sh*t? I’ve been trying to build slowly over the last few years; first the podcast, then the blog, all the dj gigs, and now making music. I’d like to think that if and/or when new people do discover me, I’ve at least made myself interesting enough to hold their attention.
Back on track… Trent says give it away free, because its all gonna end up on mp3 blogs and torrent sites anyway and I think he’s got a valid point. “Making it” as an artist is probably more difficult that ever as we approach critical mass. No matter what your medium its easier than ever to become an “artist” so the amount of content people now have to sift thru requires a digital machete. There is so much crap on beatport now, because everyone can make “music” with a cracked copy of ableton and a few torrented loop packs and server storage is now cheap, that finding new things like requires hours of dedication.
So where do I from here? I don’t know… I guess back into the bedroom I refer to as a studio and get back to work. Back to the podcast I’ve worked hard on for the last few years. Back to the blog so people will have something interesting read if they ever show up. And back to the DJ booth, where I’ll hope I can get a decent dancefloor to rock every once and a while. At least I know one thing for sure, I can’t be accused of not trying.
This is one for the ages. For 4 years, Daddy Charles has been saving a Heart Shaped potato chip in a zip lock bag. He recently rediscovered it while cleaning in preparation of his move to Florida. He gave it to me with strict instructions to put in on eBay. Check it out here. I figure we’ve got 6 days to turn this thing into an international sensation. Tell your friends, email Denmark, do whatever you have to do. This is important people.
In quasi-related news; a shell resembling “The Money You Could Be Saving With Geico” has also been put up on eBay. Check it out here. Don’t ask, just check it out.
File this one under; You’ve got to be kidding me right? A New Jersey man was just arrested for his 15th DUI. Apparently in 22 years he has had license suspended 78 time and when nabbed his blood alcohol content was triple the legal limit. Why is this guy not in the Guinness Book of world records? I didn’t even know it was possible to have your license suspended an average of 3.5 times a year for 22 years. He told the judge this time that he was guilty, which is probably for the best. I mean with a record like that I would be pretty hard to claim a momentary lapse in judgement. So congrats Mr. NJ Bad Driving guy, you get my vote for Budweiser’s next “real men of genius” commercial.
DanceCast Episode 31
Mike Hindle, from our UK office, returns with his latest Dirt and Grime mix. Its a wild ride of house, dubstep, and D&B.
Duration: 49:37
1. Will Bailey – The Dutty Clem (Aniki’s Will Loves The Bass Mix)
2. Gtronic – Iron Man
3. Foreign Beggers – Hit That Gash (DJ Primecuts Itchy Naaan Re-Rub)
4. Edison vs Bootyslapperz – Pump Repeat (Mowgli Remix)
5. Gigi Barocco – Pumping Up The Meeter
6. AC Slater – BanGer (B. Rich Remix)
7. Shock One – Adachigahara’s Theme
8. Shimon & Disazt – Lightspeed
9. Camo & Crooked – Get Funky
10. Kos & Tenchu – Toxic
11. Camo & Crooked – The Fear
12. Monoman – Dirty Games (G Dub Remix)
13. Burner Brothers ft Erik Kang – Police Raid
14. Dirtyphonics ft Tali – The Secret
So like i mentioned a few weeks ago, I sold my old 15 inch MacBook Pro on eBay. eBay, which essentially requires you to use its wholly owned subsidiary paypal, got 7.14% from the transaction. Now I’m not against eBay trying to make money, and the do provide a valuable service and should be compensated for it, but WTF. 7 percent! That’s loan shark prices. eBay will claim they only take 3 to 3.5 percent, but then they get the rest by making you use paypal. How about giving users a free paypal pass when selling on eBay? Maybe then I won’t have to start looking for alternatives…