Whatta Week?!
Last week was one to be remembered.
I went out and had some fun times with friends. The Whiskey Saints played and had a video release, which I was late for, but it was fun, none-the-less. Got back in the studio, only to realize that I need to spend more time in the studio. I have been lazy and unmotivated lately. I need some drive. I’ve had a lot of things and people on my mind, draggin me down. So, I need to focus and quit wasting time worrying about everything, especially when I have no control over it. I torture myself sometimes but I’m working on that. Like I said… FOCUS!!!
But that’s not what will go in down in history. (Now I am a very unsympathetic and cynical person, so pardon the lack of sympathy here…)
Before the weekend, Ed Mcmahon passed away. He was a beloved man, a bit before my time, but I still remember him from StarSearch & the Publishers Clearinghouse deal. Those were the days… Early in the week, it was reported that Farrah Fawcette died. In her day she was the epitome of hotness & even up until the day she died, she was a fox.
Before the news had had a chance to rest after that news, about five hours later, I saw a post on Twitter that said Michael Jackson was rushed to the hospital, & by the time I went to find out more about it, he too had passed away. That was very weird & for some reason not surprising news. Everyone was crazy with reporting about it as they usually are. It was all you heard about all day & his music was seemingly playing from a universal speaker, no matter where you were. I went to the Chinese restaurant next to work & “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” was playing!?
Now I grew up LOVING Michael Jackson! He was an incredible musician, talent, dancer & artist galore. I would listen to his music and watch him dance from as long as I can remember. He had an unfortunate life, despite being, perhaps the most famous person in the world. As he became less relative in popular culture, he seemingly began to become less in touch with reality and quite frankly, odd.
I think Sarah Silver man said it best today on Twitter, when she said…
“Had the scariest dream that Michael Jackson died& no one knew why& we all suddenly appreciated his talent& I thought, what good is that now?”
I plan on doing an MJ mix very soon. I’ll post ASAP, stay tuned.
Oh yeah… Me &Fink went to see Phoenix. The sound was INCREDIBLE!!!
You know who it is… It’s The BUCK JUAN CRIZ!!!
The boys & I have been in the studio practicing for Shawpalooza on May 16th. It’s pretty damn good if you ask me. Stay tuned…
Posted: May 1st, 2009
at 12:48am by Jake
Tagged with Bransby, BUCK JUAN CRIZ, Fink, Jake, Music, Sam, Studio, Tim
Categories: Music
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Some more mixes
After a brief hiatus Tim & I finally got back into the studio for some practice. Here are a few mixes we turned out…
You can also find all my/(our) music and my other work on my website…
04.15.2009 MIX
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04.14.2009 MIX Part 2
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04.14.2009 MIX Part 1
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New Duo Mix from after the final poker game (& More!).
Though Tim & I made it to the final table of the poker game, we regrettably did not win. The competition was fierce and the unsuspecting folks, definitely came to play. I was 6th or so and Time was 4th.
We did however make it out to the studio and cut a good mix out before it was time for bed. Check it out…
You can also find all my/(our) music and my other work on my website…
03.28.2009 MIX Part 2
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03.28.2009 MIX Part 1
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03.18.2009 MIX
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Pendulum show
On Saturday I started off at a gathering at Sparrow’s place before the premiere of Sam’s movie “The Clubhouse Chronicles.” It was at the corner bar in Burbank. I could not stay long however, as I had to meet up with Tim & Angela downtown at Club Nokia to see Pendulum.
I had never seen Pendulum live before, but was told by Tim that it was going to be spectacular. A group called the Glitch Mob opened up the show. They were pretty sick. I would hope to have a digital group like that one day, because performing that way looks soo fun.
I won’t go into what we were doing at the show, as that’s not important. Pendulum however did not disappoint. They were set up as a live rock band, which I did not expect. Their sound was full and pounding, the lights were mezmorizing, and the crowd was lovin’ it.
After a quick search for someone I am afraid I’ll never see again, we left downtown and headed right to the studio at the Shaw. Some of Angela’s friends came back with us to chill and hear us spin. Personally I feel as though we get better with every session we have. I am not quite sure what time it was when we finally quit, but it was late or early, or whatever. Overall, it was a great night, needless to say i did absolutely nothing on Sunday. ATRAK on Friday & Calvin Harris with Paul Oakenfold on Saturday. This weekend should be equally as wonderful.
