Monday, 31 March 2008

SNS TIMELAPSE

We kept getting asked about what we do in the radio studio. So we made this movie in time lapse shot over 90 minutes. You can se really quickly how 2 hours of material gets delivered.

Have a look if you're interested .. Don't blame me for the music . I didn't choose it but i do like it.





HEAR THE SHOW IN IT'S ENTIRETY IF YOU LIKE !!
http://www.zshare.net/audio/983233627a47ab/ first hour
http://www.zshare.net/audio/9832578a3cb94e/ second hour

Sunday, 23 March 2008

REALISTIC RNB??



THIS ACTUALLY QUITE FUNNY ±±

Wednesday, 19 March 2008

MY SERATO STORY

There comes a time in every old school DJs life when technology stares them dead in the face and chellenges them to jump on board . I've been a crate digger and vinyl head for longer than i care to remember and have always championed the value of learning the art and science of DJing with the big black discs. Getting your hands on the music. and manipulting that media something that until very recently , you coul'nt even begin to do or experience with CDs. CDs were hailed as the vinyl-killer i i had a near complete contempt for any so called dj that had never touched plastic. Now the MP3 's have kicked in and certain dj's are running round london pressing automix buttons while they pretend to do something (like twiddling controls or messing with effects)- Hell, If I lined 'em up right,my iPod could do that
So - Why this blog entry??
Well Late 2007 I'd just finished playing at the now defunct CC club in Piccadilly and I was making my way back to my car with about 3 bags of records. I bumped into another DJ I know used to play vinyl, he was happy because he had one bag of cds-as back up- and his back pack had a serato box and his laptop in it. Light as a feather in comparison. 10 minutes later and feeling a little more tired than before.. i bump into another ex vinyl head .. stopped for a chat ( and to catch my breath). Once again he had a wheely box with just serato and macbook in it. I know in the states .. a shit load of djs use serato ..and after a return to the road after xmas and NYE i found myself carrying tunes again . I sat and thought hard weighing up the pros and cons and realised that If I get booked internationally again I'd rather not pay the excess charge like I did on the way to stockholm.. and I'd rather not lug all my shit down Regent street again. I'd rather save my precious vinyl and my back.

I decided -I'm going SERATO. Me!! the Vinyl preacher!! I still get to play like it is plastic but wont have to walk like I'm carrying it all .

I'll let you know how it goes.
i see it as an investment in my carrer and my health..

Peace!

Friday, 14 March 2008

THIS IS GARBZ!! - any publicity is good publicity

Somewhere back in 2006, Ryan leslie was over here in the UK promoting himself and doing a mini club tour. During this period of time he met up with a guy called Sean Garber a.k.a Garbz. Garbz met with ryan with a view to possibly working with the Nextselection life style group in some way shape or form. However Ryan felt the need to submit this HEAVILY EDITTED video clip. R-les made himself look like a bit of a pr*ck in the way he presented his opinion on what he was looking for in a associate producer. I'm saying this and I'm a big R-les fan. Anyways here's that video of Garbz and R-les meeting on that historic occasion.



Now, inadvertently Garbz had the hopes of a lot of UK producers riding on his shoulders. Even though Mr Leslie seemed to reject the beat collective on offer Garbz did well out of the whole thing IMO . Because of this encounter Garbz gained alot more fans to add to an already impressive number of people that know his work. One of those new fans was me ! New fans not just because alot of people saw the above video and thought that Garbz was treated disrespectfully but more because Sean Garber is fluent on more than one musical instrument and seens to have an uncanny knack or continually putting out good product. Sooner or later something had to give.. and it did . After a lot of hard work and years in this industry Garbz is still knocking out bangers and being commisioned for work...
Here's the Garber - produced "Dream come true" by Sheya ..fresh Video! Enjoy!!


Only the future will tell if People like Garz will be able to say : Thanks for the publicity and kiss my ass !!

Sunday, 9 March 2008

DRU HILL DRAMA !!! LIVE RADIO

Sisqo and his buddies recently announced they were gettin back together and went to a radio station near them to publicise the reuninion...

You wont believe what happens next !!!



looks like we wont have to look forward to another DH CD anytime soon .



:-)

Wednesday, 5 March 2008

Scared of Rude n Jammer

This woman is scared on a Sunday afternoon. Every Sunday afternoon. The reason is ..Us!
We purposely scare the crizzap out of her because it's fun for us to watch her jump out of her skin. She's a little innocent cutie who works really hard at delivering product and has already been TV'd for global news networks. You can catch her being afraid of S.N.S for 3 hours between 4 and 7 pm every Sunday on westside 89.6fm.