Labels: BASIS, blog, design, family, jobs, mixing, music, MySpace, school

I once was a DJ and enjoy making mixes, but don't have time for it lately. So I find other people's mixes...

When I have my computer online, I will stream some of them. I am not making any money off of this, and the mixes are usually intended to bring relatively unknown music to light.

If any artist feels that their copyrights are being infringed, fine, I'll take your song off. It's your loss, not being exposed to new ears.

So far I have three mixes and will post them in the next few days. More will follow, when I feel like doing them, and no sooner.

Obviously, these mixes are different from the music above, which I wrote myself. That music I have all the copyrights for, thxvrymch.

Cheers
Steve

Currently listening :
Everything All the Time
By Band of Horses

Labels: DJ, mixing

The most interesting part about it - the part the justifies a blog - is that I realise that there's a striking similarity between DJing a house party and a big club (like my old job at Maloney's). When the presents come out, you have to have the music people want to hear but won't really dance to. You can't have too many big dance songs in a row because people almost never manage to keep their insecurity down for more than 15 minutes (especially high school kids). There is an ebb and flow to be maintained, in every presentation of music in sequence: a rock show, on the radio, in a club, in a house, anywhere. Heh ... and in mix tapes. But if you want to know more about that, watch High Fidelity.

Recent books: Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Fight Club, White Teeth.

Currently reading : The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume 1: Charmed Life / The Lives of Christopher Chant By Diana Wynne Jones

Labels: DJ, Maloney's, mixing, music, teenagers

The one troublesome thing about having a job that involves creativity - being a DJ or a musician, for example - is that if you aren't excited about it at least on some level, it's almost impossible to do a good job. Most jobs, you can go in one day feeling fairly unenthusiastic about being there but the job can be done.

I, obviously, was not feeling particularly keen on working tonight and so I used one of my old sets (thank God we use MixMeister and I save my sets).

So there's a conundrum: would I want a relatively menial job that I can consistently do well in, or a creative job that I can usually excel in? Well ... I'm not quitting either DJ or design so ..

Currently reading : Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief By Bill Mason

Labels: DJ, Maloney's, mixing, music, work