Today we are delivering you yet another Canadian based electro label: Bugeyed Records. Based in Toronto, these guys represent some of the hottest electro producers from around the globe. Felguk, Digital Freq, Spencer & Hill,Calvertron, Zedd, Cold Blank, Deadmau5, and other Canadian electro producers like Robb G, Jelo and Adam K all have releases on Bugeyed. I first discovered this label when Sean Finn's bootleg remix of My Sharona by The Knack titled My Eye was released. Check out their Beatport page here: Bugeyed Records.
Upcoming Events
Summer is fast approaching and there are lots of new events popping up as my schedule really starts to ramp up. You can keep up to date with my latest events on Facebook here: DJ Sonny D Events. Make sure you catch Fridays at Rouge Premiere Lounge in Moncton for Trust The DJ where I play all sorts of new promos, the latest remixes, and whatever I am feeling at the moment. Check out my monthly video dance party at Oxygen Nightclub. Peake's Quay in Charlottetown has signed on for a season of video dance events starting Wednesday April 25. I am back at Menz/Mollyz in Halifax on April 21.
Ableton Live 8/Soundcloud
If you're an Ableton Live 8 license holder, you can get a Soundcloud Pro account free for 5 months by clicking here: Ableton/Soundcloud. The latest Ableton Live 8.3 update allows you to upload your tracks directly from the Export Audio/Video window by turning on the "Upload to Soundcloud" radio button. If you haven't tried Ableton you can download the trial version and run it free for 30 days. If you're a Serato user then you really have to try The Bridge which incorporates the Ableton Live interface right inside Serato. You can link Ableton to the track you are playing or even load your Ableton set onto one of the decks and beat-match it yourself. It makes mash-ups a breeze, add instruments, or add one of Ableton's many incredible effects.Ableton is an essential tool in my DJ kit, whether it's for effects processing within Serato, sending midi notes to control my lighting or video programs, or remixing audio or video. Do it.
Mix of the Week
DJ Myagi/Soleclaw has released his second artist album: Ape and Essence. "Drawing its title from the novel of the same name by Aldous Huxley,
the album is a statement of reinvigoration and evolution, a return to
the roots of Myagi’s experience with music after 10 years of releases
and 6 years of worldwide gigging and traveling.
With one foot placed in rock and funk and the other in acid house and
dance music culture, it has already been described as his best work to
date, with its lead single “Chaos // Quokka” garnering a whopping 9.5/10
in the August issue of the UK’s esteemed DJ Mag.": source Myagi Soundcloud. Myagi gives us a preview of the tracks on the album through a mix on his Soundcloud account here: Myagi on Soundcloud. You can check out the entire release on Beatport here: Ape & Essence on Beatport.
Be sure to check out Myagi's newest project: Cooking with Myagi in which he displays his culinary skills through a series of Youtube videos, preparing all his favorite dishes. My personal fav is the Maple Pecan Crusted Chicken seen here: Chicken Video Link.
It's never been easier to start your own record label thanks to UK born Canadian Resident and chart topping electro house producer, Lazy Rich. Label Engine provides users with a simple web-based interface that works on any platform. The goal of Label Engine is to provide you with everything you need to run a record label including artist management, accounting, promotion and distribution. Label Engine helps you keep track of royalties, sales and expenses. It helps you get your tracks into the hands of some of the greatest DJs in the world by giving you a template to create your own promo page, upload your MP3s to a server, and send out emails to the DJs of your choice for just $0.10 a hit. Label Engine provides you with distribution channels to get your tracks into Beatport, iTunes, Juno Downloads, Spotify and more.
Syphon
I am a complete geek when it comes to VJ technology. I have been running Resolume Avenue for years and recently started using Serato for videos. I always wanted to be able to run my videos through Resolume so that I could add layers, effect the video, change the size, blend live video feeds with my Serato videos, etc. I tried several video capture cards to no avail. It was all just a dream until the release of Syphon.
"Syphon is an open source Mac OS X technology that allows applications to share frames - full frame rate video or stills - with one another in realtime. Now you can leverage the expressive power of a plethora of tools to mix, mash, edit, sample, texture-map, synthesize, and present your imagery using the best tool for each part of the job. Syphon gives you flexibility to break out of single-app solutions and mix creative applications to suit your needs." - http://syphon.v002.info/.
Serato Video SL Plug-In doesn't run Syphon so I had to make the switch to Mix-Emergency. Now I can drop a simple Quartz Composer file from the Syphon forum into Resolume and my videos show up as a layer in the output of Resolume. With some creative midi mapping using Serato, Ableton and the Bridge, the entire set up is controlled from within the Serato Interface! There is no switching screens, no external processing, it's all run on 1 Macbook Pro using just 1 interface. Winning.
Vancouver's School Of Remix
Here is a little blurb about Vancouver's School Of Remix:
DJ IS THE NEW ROCKSTAR: DISCOVER YOUR TALENT WITH THE SCHOOL OF REMIX
VANCOUVER'S ONLY DJ SCHOOL GETS THEIR STUDENTS ON THE RIGHT TRACK
Vancouver BC, February 27, 2012 - DJing has become an increasingly popular trend, now more than ever people are being inspired to learn and the only place in the Lower Mainlaind to provide the proper DJ education is The School of Remix. With critically acclaimed local DJs teaching you the “how to”, School of Remix is the perfect environment for spreading and inspiring local talent.
Learning to DJ gives people a chance to express themselves, explore their creativity and find their unique talent. “We wanted to take a personalized approach on learning and help people realize their own goals as opposed to a rigid form of learning. We give people the freedom to discover their own personal style and learn from their individual work flow”, Tyler Hazelwood, Founder.
Located in East Gastown in a developing creative and trendy neighbourhood, School of Remix opens its doors anyone who is willing to learn, from ages 9-99, it’s never too late to discover your talents. School of Remix provides an education that can resonate into various areas of development: personality, communication and self-esteem. Creativity is the expression of the self and School of Remix wants to help people discover that self, whoever that may be.
For further information please contact:
Lisa H.
School Of Remix
t// 604-681-5586
lisa@schoolofremix.com
Moombahton
Introduction
Moombahton is a sub-genre of electronic dance music and Reggaeton that was created by American DJ and producer Dave Sarnet Nada (aka Dave Villegas) in Washington, D.C., in the fall of 2010. Moombahton is essentially Dutch House or Electro House at a slower BPM (typically 110BPM) with heavy reggaeton influences--most notably new drums and percussion elements. Other features of moombahton are extended and enhanced build-ups.
Origins
Dave Nada agreed to play a "school-skipping party" for his younger cousin in the fall of 2010. When he arrived he realized the attendees were dancing to reggaeton and bachata, while he was planning on playing house and club music. He solved this predicament by slowing down the Afrojack remix of the Silvio Ecomo & DJ Chuckie song "Moombah" from 128BPM to 108BPM. The name of the sub-genre itself comes from the portmanteau of "moombah" and "reggaeton."
Between fall 2009 and spring 2010, Nada perfected his vision of the new sub-genre in the recording studio to create a five track extended play of newly-developed Moombahton tracks that was released in March 2010 with the promotional assistance and support of DJ Ayres and DJ Tittsworth at T & A Records
Although Dave Nada has been properly credited with the naming of the genre and beginning the movement known as Moombahton, the concept of combining reggae/dancehall/reggaeton percussion with electronic elements dates back much farther . Examples include Diplo, CTLGD, Dj Blass, which can be seen clearly with his track "Guayoteo", Luny Tunes, Jowell & Randy, witnessed in their composition "Esto Es Perreo", Dj Scuff, and many more Djs across the globe. Sam Kleefisch: "There was some electronic influence in both reggaeton and dancehall pre-moombahton, I would say some people who could definitely lay some claim to being legitimately ‘pre-moombahton’."
Moombahton is also heavily influenced by the dubstep movement.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moombahton
Upcoming Events
This week I got 2 events but they are both going to be nuts. The first is a "Shooter Party" at Rouge Nightclub in Moncton. This means lots of students and lots of booze. Last year's shooter party was a huge success. This years promises to be even better. Friday night I am performing at the Right To Play Red Ball Party at Oxygen Nightclub. This is one of my favourite events each year and is always sold out. The Right To Play group always bring the best vibes. If you feel like attending you had better there before 11 as it will be packed again this year. If you feel like donating to Right To Play, visit their website here: Right To Play. Easter weekend we got the Coors Light Easter Sunday Funday event at Oxygen Nightclub as well. It promises to be a great time. Don't miss it.
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I have become a big fan of house/techno label Supermarket Records lately. I always take notice of their releases when they show up in the pool or in promo. Their aim is to get the music from up and coming producers into the hands of the world's top DJs, and so far they have been achieving just that with support from Roger Sanchez, Erick Morillo, Jesse Voorm, Stonebridge, Olav Basoski, Niko Di Luka, Federico Scavo, Joe T Vannelli, DJ Wady, Jewel Kid, Luca Ricci, Aga Heller, Danny Verde, Markus Schulz, Peter Gelderblom, Dj Chus, Jerry Ropero, and many more. Check out JJ Mullor, Coqui Selection, Dani Sbert and Rico Martinez, they are some of my faves from Supermarket. Check out all their releases on Beatport here: Supermarket Recordings.
Quartz Composer
Mac OS X comes bundled with some very cool developer tools that can be used to create stunning visuals. One of those developer tools is Quartz Composer. "Quartz Composer is a visual programming environment, included with Xcode, that allows you to quickly create sophisticated motion graphics compositions without having to write code. By simply connecting together building blocks of graphics processing functionality, you can rapidly design dynamic visualizations that, for example, combine images and real-time information over video feeds. After perfecting your composition, you can use Cocoa bindings to embed it into your application." Quartz composer files make nice tight little files that you can drop into Mix Emergency, Serato Video SL, Resolume Avenue, Modul8, or whatever your favourite VJ program might be. Quartz composer files can react to sound or to midi and makes an awesome VJ tool. There are lots of tutorials on line and there are a lot of examples you can find on sites like http://quartzcomposer.com, http://www.quartzcompositions.com, and http://kineme.net.
Saint Patrick's Day at Oxygen Nightclub
What a crazy weekend! Saint Patrick's Day fell on Saturday night. Matty Jay and I teamed up at Oxygen Nightclub with a 4 turntable set up with extra lights and extra sound in the club. With a university pub crawl filling up the place by 11:00pm it was set up to be an epic night. Matty and I threw funk, hip hop, and moombahton back and forth for the first hour, which helped set the tone for the night. When the room really started to get going we stepped it up and played some electro club bangers, some moombahcore and dubstep remixes, and some really fun mash-ups. DJ Oli even dropped in for a few tracks as he hyped the crowd on the mic. All in all, a super great night. If you're on the East Coast of Canada, Oxygen is definitely somewhere you will want to visit. You can check out their Facebook page here: Oxygen. See Pictures from the night here: Pics.
Mix of the Week
This weeks mix comes to you from Moncton duo, Cyn L and Opus. Cyn L has helped shape the face of the Moncton DJ scene and deserves mad respect. Her love of music and DJing is absolute. She always delivers an awesome performance, choosing tracks that really mean something to her. Wether it's straight up funkiness or charging electro, it's always got that Cyn L flavour. And Opus, aka Ryan Greene, is one of the few cats in Moncton who can keep up with my obsession with nerding out on technology. He is very talented musician and a very talented DJ. He's been a staple in the DJ scene for years and is now ready to showcase what he's got. Even his Fan Page describes him as a "new old school artist".Check out their latest mix of electro house and breaks. It's funky and fun and keeps the pace up throughout. http://soundcloud.com/viralsounds-ca/cynl-opus-bangin-da-funk-2012
Bonus: As an added bonus we give an entire evening of music from Rouge Premiere Lounge in Moncton NB presented by yours truly, Sonny D. As great as big clubs and festivals can be, I really like the intimate setting that is Rouge. Their "no request" policy means that the crowd is there because they like what I like: lots of house music, electro, progressive, remixes and mash-ups. Thursdays I play with Mizz LeiYa, Fridays I host "Trust The DJ" and Saturdays are presented by Eric Dee: All Roads Lead to the Dance Floor. The following is a recording from last Thursday. I split it up into 3 neat and tidy parts that fit on 3 CDs. http://sonnyd.podomatic.com/
Funkagenda has been one of my favorite progressive/tech/house producers for years delivering his ‘tough but melodic big room house sound’ – (quote - DJ Magazine). With releases on Positiva, Subliminal, Defected, Azuli and Big Love, Funkagenda now runs the Funk Farm label and is a key member of Toolroom Records with Mark Knight. His colab with Mark, The Man With The Red Face, won him the Ibiza DJ ‘Best Ibiza Track 2008’ and the Beatport ‘Best Tech House Track 2008’ award. He was nominated for "Best Pop Vocal Album" and Album of the Year for his work on the Black Eyed Peas album "The E.N.D." Check out his latest releases on Beatport here: Funkagenda on Beatport.
Controlling Lighting Software through Serato.
Today we will show you how to control your favorite lighting program from within the Serato interface by using Ableton and The Bridge. (Click here to learn more about: The Bridge.) We will assume that you have MyDMX or LightJockey (LJ) installed on another PC and that you have some scenes created for you to map. (Learn more about creating lighting scenes here: MyDMX or LightJockey)
The first thing I like to do is open Ableton and create a list of MIDI notes. Open a MIDI track and double click in one of the slots. Scroll up the piano roll and start with note G8 at the top. Double click on the first slot next to the note on the piano roll. Right click the MIDI slot or hit "command" r to label this MIDI note. Label it so that it corresponds to a scene in MyDMX or LJ such as "blackout" or "intense strobe". Create as many MIDI notes as you would like to map in MyDMX or LJ. You are going to use these notes later to create MIDI lines or MIDI loops that you will trigger inside Serato. But for now we are going to use them to map to our scenes in MyDMX or LJ.
You will need to get MIDI signals from Ableton to MyDMX or LJ via a MIDI Interface such as M-Audio Midi Sport series of interfaces. Many MIDI controllers have midi output ports, such as the Korg padKONTROL. You will need 1 interface for your lighting PC and another for your computer that is running Serato/Ableton. Use a MIDI cable to connect the output from your Serato/Ableton computer into the MyDMX/LJ PC. Once you have your MIDI interfaces connected start MyDMX or LJ. In
Ableton choose the MIDI interface in the output section of the MIDI
channel you are using.
In your lighting
software you will want to select the correct MIDI input as well. Select the interface in the drop down box under the "Set Up" tab in the MIDI in window in LightJockey.
Next you will want to choose whatever scene you
wish to map in your lighting software. For MyDMX you will want to go to
the "User" tab to see the list of MIDI mappable scenes. Right click on the scene and click "Learn MIDI command". When "Waiting for
MIDI command" appears click on the corresponding MIDI note in Ableton.
Now when you click on that MIDI note it will trigger the scene in MyDMX. The same goes for Light Jockey. You open the sequence list, click on the
corresponding sequence and select "Learn" in the "MIDI in" window under the "Sequences" tab.
Now you can start to create MIDI
lines that follow the progression of your track, or create some loops
that you can trigger to run in time with the grid in Ableton. To create a MIDI loop select a MIDI note while in the Session View, hit the "tab" key on your keyboard and drop the note into the MIDI line in Arrangement View. Select more MIDI notes from Session View and drop them in Arrangement View. Highlight all the MIDI notes and right click on the title bar for the notes and select "consolidate" or hit "command" j. Drag the newly created loop back to Session View to be able to trigger it with in Ableton.
You can then drop your loops or single notes in Arrangement View to follow the line of the track. I like to select "blackout" for breakdowns, slow or fast strobes for those snare roll buildups, and multi-colored loops for the chorus.
Once you have all your loops or notes dropped in the entire length of your track, you can consolidate the entire thing by hightlighting the length of the midi line and hitting "command" j. Hit "Command r" to rename it.
Once you have consolidated and renamed your MIDI line you can export
your MIDI line to a folder containing all your MIDI lines. Navigate to the folder in Ableton's browser and find the MIDI
line that corresponds to the track you would like to play. Drag it
into a MIDI slot in Session View.
Drop all your midi lines in one channel and navigate through the list
of MIDI files using a MIDI controller like the APC 40 while still inside the
Serato interface. You can then trigger the MIDI track from inside Serato via the Bridge. I
usually loop the first bar of the track in Serato and when I am ready
for my track to start I trigger the MIDI line at the same time I release
the loop.
Be sure to sync up the corresponding deck to the grid in
Ableton. The lights will then follow the MIDI line in time with your
track in Serato. You can also trigger your lighting loops or one shots
live while you play from inside the Serato/Ableton/Bridge interface. Don't forget to edit the grid of your track in Serato so that you have a nice tight sync with Ableton.
I use a Novation Launchpad to trigger my lighting cues. It gives me an 8x8 grid to use to trigger MIDI cues, drum loops, acapellas, and more. We won't go deep into it but you can also map faders and buttons to faders or dials in Ableton and control the parameters of MyDMX or LJ from Ableton. You can also MIDI map directly to a controller. I like to map the X/Y axes of a a scanner or MAC to the X/Y pad on my PadKONTROL or NanoPAD. Then I can control where I want the light to point making it a spotlight that I can control from the booth to highlight something on stage or in the crowd.
A Skillz Review
Last Friday we presented A.Skillz at the Oxygen Complex in Moncton. The opening act were locals Cyn L and Opus with Nayles as MC delivering a healthy dose of scratching over some serious Electro beats from the likes of Lazy Rich and Felguk to name a few. Then A.Skillz tore up the place with an amazing display of incredible turntablism. He lead the crowd through a fully funky blend of Hip Hop, House, Drum and Bass and Electro, mashing up acapellas and specially made samples designed to hype the crowd. He left the crowd sweaty and spent. The crowd was made up of a huge chunk of the Moncton old-school classics, some die hards from Saint John and Fredericton, and the serious DJ fans. Big thanks to A.Skillz for playing Moncton.
Mix Of The Week
This week we have a podcast from Jay Hamilton's Repercussions Radio. Jay is living in Toronto and has 4 remixes under his belt, most notably a dubstep remix for
Wynter Gordon released on Atlantic Records under the moniker Dirty Triqs, with production partner JLR. Jay has put together a solid set ranging from disco house to tech house and back again,
including tracks by one of my favourite Canadian producers of the
moment, Jerome Robins, as well as Prock & Fitch, Danny Leblack,
another amazing Canadian beatsmith Matteo DiMarr, the man with a midas
touch Jay Lumen, NYC house maven Peter Bailey and a brand new disco tech
house monster from the mighty D.Ramirez. March guests The B-Team are a lot of fun to listen to because they really
try to meld new school tech house flavours with the old school vibes of
more classic house music. The pair have played at clubs and parties
alongside such DJs and artists as Deadmau5, JFK, John Acquaviva,
Hatiras, DJ Dan, Jojo Flores, Wynter Gordon, The Angry Kids, Robb G,
Dekoze, Manzone & Strong and Jelo as well as performing at the 2011
BPM Festival in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. Check out the mix here: http://soundcloud.com/jayhamilton/jay-hamilton-b-team .
Welcome to the second installment of Sonny's Sounds. Today we feature progressive house Producer Dezza, we are introduced to Ableton and Midi, we look at some of my events, present a mix from a DJ and showcase my favourite tracks from ZipDJ this week.
Dezza
From Halifax NS comes Derek Silvester: Dezza. His progressive sound is catching the attention of some heavy hitters including Sander Van Doorn and Tiesto. Dezza's first four singles with Oxygen/Spinnin' Records, "Hefty" "I Wonder" and "Allure" and "Seven71" quickly made it into the Top 20 Trance chart on the industry's leading digital store, beatport.com. You can check out
Dezza on Beatport or on YouTube. If you really want to see what Dezza is about then be sure to check out Forever Friday, his weekly podcast full of upfront progressive house mixes. And to keep up with his latest productions follow him on Soundcloud.
Ableton Live/Midi Routing
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is an industry specification for encoding, storing, synchronizing, and transmitting the musical performance and control data of electronic musical instruments (synthesizers, drum machines, computers) and other electronic equipment (MIDI controllers, sound cards, samplers). Wiki. MIDI can be used to communicate between programs on the same computer or even between computers.
While Ableton can send musical performance information to your synthesizer, drum machine, etc., it can also send information to VJ software or to your lighting programs. Midi notes can be sent to trigger lighting scenes in LightJockey or MYDMX. A few well placed midi notes that follow along with your track can trigger strobe lights when the song hits that crucial buildup, or blackout the lights entirely to create a moody vibe during that epic breakdown. Those same midi notes can trigger your visual software like Resolume Avenue or Modul8. Here is a great video explaining how to get Ableton to communicate with Resolume.
Now keep in mind you can access the Ableton interface within Serato via The Bridge. With some creative Abletom templates and a controller like the Novation Launpad or even with the midi mappable buttons on the DJM 800 or 900 Nexus you can control your sound, your lighting, and your visuals all while mixing music using Serato vinyl. This can give you the performance capabilities of 3 people, the DJ, the lighting guy and the VJ. What's better is you can pre-program midi lines that follow the grid of your track allowing you to focus on the music or break loose and freestyle with the lights and visuals if you prefer. You can even sync your audio effects with your lighting and video effects so it all runs in the background while you mix your songs.
Events
March is a busy month for me. Aside from the incredible A.Skillz show later this week, we have the Right to Play fundraiser at Rouge. This event benefits the U De Moncton students' trip to Haiti to help rebuild after the devastating earthquake.
March 16 is a special event at Triangles Bar,
March 17 I will be presenting my video show at Oxygen Nightclub. You can catch me again at Oxygen on Wednesday March 21st for Student night.
Then it's Rouge Premiere Lounge Thursday March 22 and Friday March 23. I should have the new lighting system installed by then.
Then we head to Halifax for my monthly residency at Menz/Mollyz.
We end off the month with the U De M Red Ball Party to support Right To Play. This is always one of my favourite sold out events hosted by Right To Play following their incredible Ultimate Frisbee Tournament.
Mix Of The Week
Here is a mix from my old buddy Byrd from Halifax. Here is what he says about the mix: "Bangin, funky house. Reminiscent of the early to mid 2000's when guys like DJ Dan, Bad Boy Bill, John Acquaviva, Steve Angelo, Sebastian Ingrosso, Bryan Cox and Hatiras were filling up my record crate with that good, hard funky fun house music. Ive been searching and waiting and waiting and searching for these kinda tracks for years. Finally I have found them.
Hope you like it :)"
http://soundcloud.com/byrd-is-his-name/byrd-its-like-that-feb2012
Welcome to my first blog. I will be trying to keep you up to date on new music, noteworthy events on the East Coast of Canada, and all the technical nonsense I have been getting up to lately including Ableton, Serato, Resolume Avenue, LightJockey, MYDMX and more.
SpekrFreks SpekrFreks.com
First I would like to share with you a group/DJ outfit that I have been a fan of for quite some time: The SpekrFreks. These guys have been at the forefront of the Electro Sound for years but are also producing some great Progressive House, Dubstep and more. With releases on Play Records (Mellee Fresh and Deadmau5) and Big Fish (Lazy Rich) their Canadian connection is tight. Check them out on Beatport here: SpekrFreks on Beatport. Bio
SpekrFreks hail from San Francisco. They’ve had radio hits on XM/BPM Satellite and FM Radio. They have also charted on Beatport's Electro House Top 100 and have been featured on Beatport’s Must Hear Electro House series. In 2011 working with Universal Music Group's breakout artists Owl City, and Dev & The Cataracs landed SpekrFreks on UMG’s popular Club Promo Series. They are now remixing more popular artists off of UMG's roster as well as providing soundtrack music for Television and Film. Recently, SpekrFreks debut Dubstep track found it's way on Beatport’s Dubstep Top 100 which lead to their second release finding a spot in the Top 20. There's no end in sight for these two freaks and their speakers.
Serato/Ableton/The Bridge http://www.ableton.com/thebridgehttp://serato.com/thebridge
Ableton Live has been the backbone of my studio set up since 2005. I started using it in my DJ set up shortly after I moved to Moncton in 2006. It changed the way I view playing music. Mash-ups are a breeze, and learning Midi really opened up the possibilities of my live set. There are an endless number of effect chains and a ton of VSTs that are available to really shape your sound and bridge the gap between Live P.A. and DJing. But after DJing for over a decade on vinyl, I missed the feel and control that you get with vinyl. So when Serato teamed up with Ableton to introduce The Bridge it was a no brainer. And it was everything that I hoped it would be and more! It took me a while to figure out how to implement it into my DJ set up but it's been a trip ever since. Ableton Live is still the backbone of my live DJ rig but having the interface show up right inside Serato makes for endless possibilities and true ease of use. In the future I will be showcasing some of the other elements of my DJ rig and will be digging deeper into Ableton Live. Here are a few videos to get you started:
Video 1Video 2Video 3Jazzy Jeff on Ableton Live
A.Skillz in Moncton March 9 at O2!
A few years ago I had the pleasure of seeing A.Skillz perform at the Evolve Festival. I was mesmerized at the way he transitioned seamlessly from one genre to the other. And his scratching skills were simply incredible. Every cut was spot on, the juggling was insane, and the track selection perfect. So when we had the opportunity to present A.Skillz in Moncton at O2, I was very excited. I have always been a fan of his remixes and his "Insane Bangers" series. And it only seemed fitting to have a staple in the Moncton DJ scene, DJ Cyn L, open the show with Opus and Nayles. Tickets are on sale for only $10 at Spin-It and Franks in Moncton.
Facebook Event
Mix of the Week
This is a mix from Rouge/Traffik resident DJ, Eric Dee. Each week Eric records his live sets from Rouge and posts them on Sundays on his Soundcloud account. Check out his latest mix here: http://soundcloud.com/djericdee/eric-dee-generation-303-02-25
DJ Eric Dee has been making a name for himself all over New Brunswick by staying true to his house and progressive roots. Eric currently holds residencies at Rouge Premiere Lounge in Moncton and monthly at Traffik Lounge in Shippagan NB. Eric is responsible for several major events in New Brunswick including Sensation 2k10 and 2k11 as well as the very popular annual Kanicule and Kanicule Reload events. Recently Eric was chosen by Molson to headline their Coors Light Silver Bullet Express event in Saint John NB. Look for Eric to be playing a club near you as his popularity continues to grow.
