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Reasons to become a DJ
Paul Oakenfold is reportedly makes $7.5 million dollars a year and there are plenty of DJs who charge as much as $50,000 for one gig (Tiesto, deadmau5). ... You might be a champ with ‘guitar hero’ but learning to play real guitars or keeping time with a live band on with drums is actually hard work.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestOne email per week with the tracks worth your time. No spam, no Coldplay. -
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Laidback Luke with Robin S
Read more . . . →This track has an amazing live vocal performed along with the DJ in the club. Sweet party!
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Sander van Doorn at Creamfields 2009
Read more . . . →A quick shot of the helicopter ride over to Creamfields and a bit of footage from the event itself. The first part is the really cool part, then it starts to get a bit boring, hope you enjoy!
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PvD pulls a dirty trick by cancelling ATB at Planet Love 2009
According to the myspace and Twitter account of trance DJ ATB, Paul Van Dyk told the organizers that he would refuse to play if ATB was on stage before him. ... The reality is, that the organizers just told me and my manager one our ago at the festival, that Paul van Dyk told them, that when I play (my contracted playtime was 10-12 PM) my set right before his set 12-2 AM, he will not play!Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogSome shirts are statements. This one is a verdict. -
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Sebastien Leger brings down the house . . .literally!
"Suddenly the wind ripped the roof off and then the speakers collapsed almost on top of me. ... Leger and many caught the incident on cameras and the footage is now on YouTube.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogMade for people who left the room during Yellow. -
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Deadmau5 "For Lack of a Better Name Tour" Ottawa September 23, 2009
Read more . . . →In four weeks Ottawa clubs are getting a revolutionary change; deadmau5 returns! Often found in the creative lab known as the ‘deadmau5 disco den of despair and inequity’ this creative genius is comparable to no other. For the last two years his releases have steadily GROWN from the first time I heard him featured by Tiesto. deadmau5's magnificent stylings have a captured an audience that moves with him and his sounds. Ranging from electro to progressive one thing has become synonymous with deadmau5; consistent quality. Currently working with the group 24twentyfour, the future is powered by the sounds of deadmau5....
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Laidback Luke - Club FG 30-08-2009
Read more . . . →I would classify Laidback Luke as one of my "intermediate" DJ's that I like to follow every now and again. ... Most of the stuff he produces is a bit too banging for my likings, but there's always a gem or two, take a listen and decide for your self!
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With the Gay pride parade just passed in Ottawa . .
Read more . . . →I found an appropriate comic about a "gay pride." Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net
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Sebastien Leger - The People (Pryda Friends)
Read more . . . →Here is a fairly new track from Leger. It's an interesting mixture between the alternative metal version from the 90's and a solid pumping house track. My favourite part is how it manages to retain the feel of the original while still bringing something new in the way of production technique. "The Beautiful People" is a song from Marilyn Manson's second full length album, Antichrist Superstar, released as a single in September, 1996. An alternative metal hit written by Marilyn Manson and Twiggy Ramirez, and produced by Trent Reznor, Dave Ogilvie and Manson, its lyrics discuss two major themes: what...
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Sebastien Leger playing a new track in the studio
Read more . . . →Very exciting to see the techniques and tools that this techno/house master is using. "I was jamming today with one of the elements of the live show i'm working on at the moment - This is a very smooth and groovy part of the live, track is called "Labyrinthe". For the nerds ;-) I'm using here Ableton Live 8 as the sequencer, an Akai APC40 (on the left hand side) that i'm using to launch clips/loops and also effect from Live. Also using a UC33 as the main midi controller for synths and FX (on this video especially), but also...
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