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Welcome to ◄◄Rewind! In ◄◄Rewind you will be transported back to one of those Stay House live streams that was on Twitch., Instagram, or Mixcloud. I will sometimes re-record the DJ set and sprinkle in some newer tracks.
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It is mind boggling and humbling how much can change in a couple of years.
Two years ago we were all already or about to be plunged into a phenomenon that hasn’t been experienced by our world in at least a century.
For me, I started live streaming again.
No, it wasn’t the first time. When the option became available a few years prior on Facebook and Instagram, I dove right in with a few BSB shows. Now the whole world was doing it–really doing it.
I did go back and try live streaming on those platforms. Unfortunately, they were mired in the same lameness as they were on my prior broadcasts.
I then shifted to streaming on Mixcloud. That was better–much better. They have the proper copyright framework set up for DJs like myself. So the take downs and the media black outs during shows went away. But I made one more change.
I landed on Twitch. Yes, Twitch! Although Mixcloud has since caught up, the in-show sound and video quality were quite a bit better.
Welcome to ◄◄Rewind! In ◄◄Rewind you will be transported back to one of those Stay House live streams that was on Twitch., Instagram, or Mixcloud. I will sometimes re-record the DJ set and sprinkle in some newer tracks.
Don’t forget to catch a show live on Twitch!
Curious about a certain track? Use the form below to get in the know…
Flash is one of my favorite places in DC these days.
There are a lot of places that have electronic music in the DC area and frankly most of them are junk. Yeah this is rather judgmental, but hear me out.
Yes a lot of electronic music has become more mainstream and this in of itself is not a bad thing. More mainstream means more ears will hear it right?
True, more people will hear ‘something’, but this does not mean it is the right somethings. As anything that becomes overtly popular, other forces start to have an impact.
We forget to keep being curious about the ‘why’ behind something and turn into the dumb, blind, non-thinking, zombies that consumerism is really all about.
Money, instead of quality, becomes the driver. With the focus on the bottom dollar, the often difficult and or accidental paths that delivered uniqueness to us is replaced with just trying to rubber stamp the results in.
More mainstream means more ears will hear it right?
Okay, I’ll stop ranting about the negatives.
Why do I like Flash? Because they seem to keep looking for the forward and edgy while not forgetting those paths I mentioned that have described what some would call a tradition. Yes, they do look for what is popular but with an eye to what might be next. This is not without much risk, which is just the opposite one gets with pop (read= that EDM term).
However, there isn’t any adventure without some risk.
I have 2 or 3 more places in the DC area that are on my short list of where to get good curated electronic music from the popular to the emerging. Send me a note to get the list of those places in your inbox via the Contact Me page.
Tonight, I am joining the Preview DC gang again on the roof top of Flash for Happy Hour. Don’t worry it’s free and we start at 6PM.
So, apparently I am “so Long Beach”. I was just told this by one of my new friends here.
Yeah, I had to chuckle.
This is the same couple who allowed me to impromptu DJ their Pride party a few weeks ago. Pride weekend in Long Beach is a bit ahead of the national Pride celebration.
I will be providing the music vibe for another of their private affairs this coming weekend.
I guess I get to be “so Long Beach” again.
I’ll be quite OC as well as I get to DJ a private event down in Dana Point the following weekend.
I think I could get used to this. Hehehehe…