My boy David Garcia hooked me up with an electro track that he and Jeff T. did - they remixed Paradiso Girl's new club hit "Patron Tequila". The original is a little cheesy but I think the remix is pure fire; I did an edit of the two that I've rocked at Foxtail, Opera, Area, and Suki 7 in the last week... and the crowd's gone bananas every time!
You can download or listen to the edit I did below. Give it about 2 minutes in to catch Garcia's electro version.
As always, comments are welcome.
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-rockwell
Friday, April 17, 2009
KANYE WEST = RAP MUSIC?
TRUE STORY: Earlier tonight I was playing Kanye West ("New Workout Plan") when some broad asked me to play "rap music".
It sounded like Kanye was rapping to me... so I just nodded my head and gave her a thumbs up.
-rockwell
It sounded like Kanye was rapping to me... so I just nodded my head and gave her a thumbs up.
-rockwell
Friday, April 10, 2009
MADCON
Madcon rocked Area last Wednesday night. This is one of my favorite songs right now.
-rockwell
-rockwell
Thursday, March 19, 2009
ROCKWELL ON THE... 2'S?
My unfortunate impromptu 1-turntable set at Foxtail last Friday got me thinking to the last time I had to rock a set on 1 turntable...
Flashback to this video from Area on 02/11/2009. It was an eventful night with the beautiful Jessica Burciaga hosting (and celebrating her being chosen as Playboy's Miss February '09), Dj Mister-E celebrating his 30th birthday, Dj Skribble stopping by for a quick minute, and of course Paris Paul hyping the crowd.
I was opening for Mister-E and since he plays on cdj's (he rocks them), there weren't any turntables set up when I got to the club. Since we were both being lazy and I was only playing till 11ish anyway, we decided to set up just the right turntable for me to rock my set. Video evidence is below. Note how the left side has a cdj. I was thinking this could be a recession-approved rider any time cdj / turntable djs run into a similar situation.
Keep in mind this was early in the night before the party really got cracking. Hey!
-rockwell
Flashback to this video from Area on 02/11/2009. It was an eventful night with the beautiful Jessica Burciaga hosting (and celebrating her being chosen as Playboy's Miss February '09), Dj Mister-E celebrating his 30th birthday, Dj Skribble stopping by for a quick minute, and of course Paris Paul hyping the crowd.
I was opening for Mister-E and since he plays on cdj's (he rocks them), there weren't any turntables set up when I got to the club. Since we were both being lazy and I was only playing till 11ish anyway, we decided to set up just the right turntable for me to rock my set. Video evidence is below. Note how the left side has a cdj. I was thinking this could be a recession-approved rider any time cdj / turntable djs run into a similar situation.
Keep in mind this was early in the night before the party really got cracking. Hey!
-rockwell
ANOTHER NYE 2009 VIDEO
I came across this footage from New Year's Eve at The Vanguard shot and posted to YouTube by some loving patrons in attendance. This video is right at the countdown at midnight, where I am playing PJANO by Eric Prydz (and which I then followed with my 2-0-0-9 remix, which you can barely hear the beginning of in this video).
The first thing I'd like to point out after viewing this video is that the MC (my friend Paris Paul) counted down 10 seconds too soon! Watch the earlier NYE video that I posted and you'll notice that when he finishes the countdown Paris actually turns around, sees the big screen, realizes he counted down too soon, and laughs at his error (he's the guy holding the mic).
The second thing I'd like to point out is that the 3,000 people in attendance counted down incorrectly with Paris rather than with the big screen - I guess for the most part people are audio, not visual, learners (?).
The last thing I'd like to point out (again, if you've watched the earlier video) is that 3 videographers were in the house on New Year's Eve and not one of them shot any content from the crowd's point of view... hence making this new video rather unique in my eyes.
-rockwell
The first thing I'd like to point out after viewing this video is that the MC (my friend Paris Paul) counted down 10 seconds too soon! Watch the earlier NYE video that I posted and you'll notice that when he finishes the countdown Paris actually turns around, sees the big screen, realizes he counted down too soon, and laughs at his error (he's the guy holding the mic).
The second thing I'd like to point out is that the 3,000 people in attendance counted down incorrectly with Paris rather than with the big screen - I guess for the most part people are audio, not visual, learners (?).
The last thing I'd like to point out (again, if you've watched the earlier video) is that 3 videographers were in the house on New Year's Eve and not one of them shot any content from the crowd's point of view... hence making this new video rather unique in my eyes.
-rockwell
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
HEADPHONES
Okay, the other day I mentioned how 'ghetto' my headphones were because the padding fell off of them. What I failed to mention is that I keep a back-up pair of headphones at home at all times and (guess what?) the padding fell off of them too!
I actually didn't realize this when I posted the other day, but noticed it when I was practicing at home last night (yes, I do ocassionally practice... one must do so if they want to shed themselves of the title 'worst dj ever').
Perhaps this is less a testament to my laziness in making sure I have the proper dj gear and more to the deteriorating quality of Sony MDR-7506 headphones, but to me they're still my favorite.
-rockwell
I actually didn't realize this when I posted the other day, but noticed it when I was practicing at home last night (yes, I do ocassionally practice... one must do so if they want to shed themselves of the title 'worst dj ever').
Perhaps this is less a testament to my laziness in making sure I have the proper dj gear and more to the deteriorating quality of Sony MDR-7506 headphones, but to me they're still my favorite.
-rockwell
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