DJ Festival and Electro Thirst Thursdays
Just a Quick Update for those 9 followers on tumblr…. haha anyways working on a bangin’ setlist for the DJ festival with Drumstep and Dubstep so I hope to see everyone there. Heh, Electro Thirst thursday, this’ll be interesting. I really love spinning music, especially Electronic Dance Music be it dubstep or house or w.e. I just love it. So if you’re in the area come on out to Curva Ultra Lounge this thursday, i’ll be playing tons of EDM, trance, dubstep, house and a lot of stuff in between.
In other news, I joined a production group full of talented DJ’s and producers called Bonefish. Check them out at: http://www.facebook.com/ABoneFishProduction
One last quick thing, Looking for someone who has experience in EL/ LED wiring and costume design. I’m sure by now you’ve all seen the gas mask I had, the wiring died out and no longer functions so I am looking to build a more advanced mask with possible LED’s on the face plate of it kinda like… lets see… I don’t wanna say it, lol. Anyways hit me :D
DJ Pandemic:
Haha Travis I will…
1. Set Daily, Weekly, or Monthly Goals
Having deadlines isn’t always a bad thing. While it is impossible to force yourself to be creative, having a date in mind by which you need to complete your project will help your brain to focus on creative problem solving to bring your project to a close.Pull out your calendar. Mark your due date. Work backwards from that due date to today’s date, and develop a progress checklist for each day. Also include end of the week goals and monthly progress goals as well, if you are planning that far in advance.
If you have a plan, a structured plan, it’s far easier to be productive every day when you are working on creative projects.
2. Keep a Journal/Sketchbook Handy
Never go anywhere without some method of recording flashes of inspiration, whether it is a journal, a sketchbook, or a note-taking app on your smartphone. This is helpful for recording ideas as they come to you, so that you don’t have to wrack your brains later and waste time “being creative” to come up with a new idea. You’ll be surprised just how much time you can save yourself by keeping an idea notebook for future projects.3. Outline EVERYTHING
This sort of goes hand in hand with setting progress goals. And it probably seems a little weird to intentionally set up restrictions for creative projects. But actually, creating a detailed outline for your project keeps you focused on the task at hand, and minimizes the chance that you will distract yourself during a brainstorm. Open-ended creative projects have unlimited possibilities…and that level of freedom can sometimes prevent you from making progress in a single, unified direction.4. Don’t Skip Meals
Between 20 and 30 percent of your daily caloric intake is used to regulate your brain functions. Skip a meal, and you’ll have to struggle to meet your creative goals. It can be hard, of course, to walk away from your studio when you’re in the zone, comfortably cruising through your creative project. So keep snacks on your studio or at your desk, whether its fresh fruit, trail mix, protein bars, or whatever.5. Structure Your Brainstorming Sessions
In order to manage your time more effectively, setting clear goals is paramount during brainstorming sessions. It’s easy to start wool-gathering when thinking creatively, so setting goals like “I want to come up with 5 article ideas to pitch to my client in the next 20 minutes.”In situtations like this, you might want to try time structuring tools like the Pomodoro Technique.
6. Master Your Tools
As our own Leon Ho covered previously, mastering your art form’s basic tools means that you can maximize your creative output.“When I’m not competent enough with my tools, I can’t enter the flow state,” the post stated, with Leon quoting Steve Pavlina. “Despite using Adobe Photoshop for many years, I never invested the time to master its complex interface because I only used it intermittently. Consequently, I seldom achieve the flow state when using Photoshop because I spend too much time consciously thinking about the low-level action steps. This stunts my creativity because I remain stuck in my left brain instead of shifting into my right brain.”
Hey Alex! pay double attention to number 4 lolol.
Its been Awhile
Its been awhile folks, been busy working on graduating, producing, DJing a lot and all around traveling. Things are going pretty well, played a good night with LEP in Portland, that mix is on my soundcloud if you didn’t make it. Played at Curva while in school for a couple last epic nights before the college folks went home. Played at the Sight and Sound Festival, even though that was a giant cluster at least I got to play and meet some cool people.
Ableton Stuff is going well, finally getting more comfortable with production and what not, specifically the lovely compression effects and the stacking of the synths I will call it. Perhaps I can produce something that actually sounds good on everybody’s speakers besides mine, even though they are crappy tiny m-audio speakers :(. Some hardcore ableton time is going to be spent in the next few weeks producing, maybe some Das Uber Lab time as well :D. Well thats all folks :D Stay tuned, will try to do this more often, probably with actual tunes and mixes… actually i’m gonna post a groovy electro house mix with some buildups and just flow :D
Peace!
The Angry People
Not sure if the moon was out of line or if something was in the air tonight, but damn people were in a foul mood. Some dude threw a cup of ice at me, more people kept asking for the same damn song over and over again…so I didn’t play it, teach you to request the song you just heard. Actually, you know what, i’m replacing that song with a parody version of it next weekend. If you can tell what song I replaced you win the prize! The folks at Curva can’t answer this one, thanks for the idea Kory!
Anonymous asked: Why are you so fucking rad?
Haha I appreciate the enthusiasm! I’m working on some new tracks :D hopefully you’ll enjoy them!
This is my first track made from ableton. It is a work in progress but have a listen, I enjoy constructive comments. Mind you this is the skeleton of the track.
Anonymous asked: why are there so many social media sites? lol
I honestly have no idea why there are so many, I just tried to make myself websites that I thought were popular including facebook and tumblr and twitter, and my own website, those are the only ones I will be making. Anyways….
