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The Mixable Dancer!
Posted by: | CommentsWhat we have here is the world’s first “mixable” YouTube video. It doesn’t always work perfectly but does most of the time and is crazy fun, if even only for a few minutes. Remix video as it plays in real-time using the on-screen timeline-fixed sample bank embedded in the video. As you work the dancer on the screen changes in synchronized fashion.
Have fun Sacramento!!!
Why the early exist for Sacramento party-goers?
Posted by: | CommentsSound.
Proper dance music requires proper sound. There is no way around it. It doesn’t have the be extremely loud, it has to be extremely good! The sound system is what brings quality dance music to life. It’s such an important aspect but almost entirely overlooked at 95% of clubs in Sacramento.
When the sound system is not up to par is has a defeating purpose. It sucks the life right out of the deejay, the 
dancefloor, and the party as a whole before too long. Dancefloors get lethargic and people start to leave. This may not happen with hip hop and top 40 for some reason (that’s an entirely different discussion), but it’s going to happen with house and techno if the sound system blows.
I’m tired of people blaming Sacramento, saying Sacramento sucks, and things like that. Sacramento hasn’t had a chance. There hasn’t been ONE decent Sacramento club in a decent Sacramento location, with a quality sound system to try and grow a house or techno event on a Friday or Saturday night in the last decade. Not one. And when you look around at the parties that some promoters are trying on weekends today you’ll see the same Sacramento people you’ll see at 4AM leaving Ruby Skye or 6AM at the End Up, but they are leaving the Sacramento party at 1AM. How’s that make any sense? They obviously aren’t having a good enough time at the party. There are many reasons for that and the catalyst for many of those reasons is the sound system. It is as important as any element of a good party.
These shitty Sacramento sound systems are sucking the life out of the deejays and the dancefloors and it’s really too bad. The good news is things seem to be changing. Clubs like MiX Downtown, Blush Ultralounge, and The Press Club now have fantastic sounds systems and are doing proper dance music events on Thursdays AND weekends!
Quick look for Sacramento producers: a notable piece of gear at Namm 2010
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Another year, another ton of good gear displayed at the NAMM show. Something that I always like to look for when this show comes around are the less known companies and what interesting things they come out with. It seems that these companies are a little more daring and can sometimes break into an aspect of hardware missed by some of the larger companies (roland, korg, yamaha, etc.).
The piece of gear this year that gets my nod is a piece of gear that I’ve actually been following for some time by a great team in Sweden. No, it’s not Elektron (who I think will probably be demoing a new sampler in the near future at one of the upcoming shows). The company is ‘teenage engineering’ and the great gadget coming out sometime this coming year is the OP-1.
The OP-1 comes with everything you can think of. Sampler, keyboard, sequencer, controller, efx, great interface, color coding so that you don’t get confused when you’re looking in a hurry during a set, and a whole lot more.
One of the main features demoed at NAMM was the newly announced tape recorder function. “It instantly lets you record anything you do on the OP-1 to any track of the built-in Tape feature. Record your sound tweaks or beats in real-time. Change speed during recording, or record backwards. Split, lift and join. Make a loop or record a section with Tape Step Recording. You have twelve minutes recording time in normal tape speed and 4 tracks to put your magic on.
Vote for a Sacramento artist to represent in the Let’s Mix NGDJ Competition!!!!
Posted by: | CommentsOur friend and Sacramento party rocker Gavin Varitech needs your help to acquire at least 200 votes in the Next Generation DJ contest being sponsored by Pioneer DJ, DJ Magazine, Beatport.com, and Letsmix.com. Part one of the competition is to record a mix and promote it to the best of your ability through social media, e-mail marketing, ect.
So far fans and friends of Mr Varitech have given him 127 votes since he entered the contest just three weeks ago. But he needs more. The qualify an entrant needs at least 200 ratings (and then then top 100 entrants with the highest average rating go to the next round) so we need to help him get 73 more votes by the January 31st.
Luckily it’s REEEAAALLLLLLLLYYYYYYYY easy to vote. It takes all but a few seconds and doesn’t require registering or signing up for the website. All you have to do is click the link and click on the 5 STARS. Then put in your e-mail address and you’re done. No confirmation e-mails are sent. No e-mails are sent to you at all actually. We think they just ask for the address to curb cheating. The info and the mix is below. Please help make sure Sacramento is represented in this contest. Our friend Gavin has a real chance of winning if we send him to the final round!!!
VOTE HERE!!!!
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