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Hijacking Music Festival 2010 @ Lenny’s in Atlanta – Saturday July 17th

July 14, 2010

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If you havn’t heard me talking about my upcoming music festival, then I suppose I have not be talking loud enough!

Coming up this Saturday, July 17th, at Lenny’s in Atlanta, I am throwing my very first Music and Art FESTIVAL. That’s right…a FESTIVAL!

For a long time now, I have wanted to set up a music and art event that would bring together people from different scenes, outlooks, view points, etc. My personal music collection is broad, there is no one style of music that I listen to, I listen to all styles. I listen to GOOD music.

Good music is surely a personal taste thing, but being a musician, and understanding not only the fundamentals, but also theory, song writing, structure, and more, I know when music is unappealing on a musical level.

The thing is, I do not think I am alone in this.  I am pretty confident that many people who really enjoy music for what it is, really enjoy good music.  The problem is filtering through all the mediocre and terrible crap in order to find the really good stuff…and there is sooooo much music so I can see why people just give up and listen to whatever is on the radio, it’s easy.

The Hijacking Music Collective is some what of a filter for quality music here in Atlanta. The Hijacking Music Festival is taking that another step farther and bringing in other types of artists such as painters, photographers, dancers, and some other entertainers as well.

We want people that spend any amount of time at this event to be constantly bombarded with high quality visual and audible artwork that is stimulating, thoughtful, and creative. We want people to come out of their comfort zones and embrace something new that might change the way they view things in the future for the better.

Really, when it all boils down, we want to open some minds.

This is easily the largest event I have ever coordinated and put on and I am really looking forward to it and would LOVE to have your support.

Please come out and support an amazing local music and art scene here in Atlanta and party with us!

For more information about the Hijacking Music Festival, or to download a FREE Digital CD Sampler including all bands performing at the festival, visit: http://hijackingmusic.com/hijacking-music-festival-2010

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Recording Studio Tips – What The Artist Needs To Know Before Entering The Studio

February 16, 2010

A few months ago I posted a overview of my background in recording music called My Audio Background. It is time to revisit this theme and I wanted to go over a few recording studio tips that I feel the artists need to know before entering the studio.

There are two sides of recording music, the engineering and the performance. Typically the performer is coming into the engineers ‘space’ or ‘world’ in order to capture as best as possible, their art.  That being said, and myself having played both roles, I am confident that if you take these suggestions into consideration the next time that you record, it will go much smoother for everyone involved.

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The Ozone Lair Recording Studio

January 31, 2010

Atlanta Recording StudioToday I am launching the web presence for my recording studio, the Ozone Lair.  During the month of January, I have been putting together all the pieces required to really make this thing happen.

Over the past 3 years, many bands from all over the country have come through and recorded some fantastic music at the Ozone Lair, some of which you can hear by visiting the Portfolio page over at the Ozone website. Working with these bands has given me the hands on experience to use the knowledge that I have gained while being a student this world of audio.

Already in 2010 I have had the chance to record some old and new clients. As well I have been extremely fortunate to be introduced to a high level professional in the industry. This person is allowing me to sit in and learn from their years of experience which I am soaking up like a sponge.

Needless to say I am very excited about what this year has in store for the Lair, and I hope that you can be a part of it as well.

What can you do? Some very easy things, and while I certainly do not expect you to do all of these, I am definitely not apposed to the idea…

Word of mouth and getting that ‘warm contact’ has definitely been the key to meeting and working with all of the artists that I’ve had the pleasure to record, so please keep my service in mind :)

To everyone that has supported me in this endeavour thus far, please know that I appreciate it more than you might know. Without the support of my own family and friends I would not be able to follow this path and do the things that I love to do.

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It’s the future..what have YOU been doing?

January 15, 2010

So here we are, the year is 2010, what have you been doing? Have you been slacking off, slowly churning along in the daily grind, or pushing things forward?

Christmas and the new year came and went by fast. I had already been working on getting some things together in order to help jump start my progress in 2010, but it still feels like the time flew by and I have more to do still.

Now into the second work week of the year, I am feeling a bit overwhelmed, but by no means unmotivated. There are a few new years resolutions and some long term goals to get cracking on this year, so lets cover a few of them shall we?

Number one on my list of things to do in 2010 is work on my businesses. There are a few ventures that have started to get off the ground, but have not made the kind of progress I would like to see. Part of this, I am sure, is due to me working on all of these at once instead of focusing on them one at a time which is something I plan to remedy during the course of this year.

What ventures am I talking about?

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Jungol, Stokeswood, The Zou @ Drunken Unicorn 12-19-09

December 21, 2009

Another magic music night in GA.

This past saturday was a much anticipated show featuring Jungol, Stokeswood, both from Atlanta, and The Zou from Ohio.

All I can say it is was very sweaty in there.

Here are some videos I managed to catch.

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DJ Rusko @ New Earth – Athens, GA

December 19, 2009

A good friend of mine insisted that I see this show.  After having recently heard some of his stuff online I did not appose.

This was my first time at New Earth and the place is nice, especially for a party like this.

SeaDub was hosting throughout the night with some awesome mixes. Also the live drum and bass set was great.

While we were waiting for Rusko these guys were doing some sick popping and locking right beside us, then eventually disappeared.

They then reappeared when Rusko hit the stage, wearing gold outfits and masks.  They did their thing for about two songs and it was awesome.

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Then it was time to turn the bass up and get crazy.

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Pandora Radio – Holiday Channels

December 17, 2009

If you have not heard about Pandora yet, it is time that you check it out.

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Pandora.com is a serviced based on the Music Genome Project.

I have been listening to Pandora for a few years now and it continues to get better and broader.

Today I wanted to talk about the holiday stations.  Typically around this time of year one would need to either play from their own collection of holiday jams, be it CD’s, records, MP3s, etc., or they would need to tune into that one radio station in the city playing all holiday jams exclusively.

Sometimes though, especially from personal experience, this is not enough.

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Favorite Albums 2009

December 15, 2009

I have been debating on whether or not to post a ‘top’ albums for 2009 list, mostly due to the fact that I might indulge in posting a top albums of the decade which would require a good bit of time.

Over the past decade I have listened to 90% of the music I have ever listened to in my life.  My musical pallet has sampled many a sound in that time.

This year I have also sampled a good amount of new music, some from bands I already enjoy and some from new bands that I have come to enjoy. Unfortunately some of the music I have come to love this year, was not necessarily released this year so I might just have to make that Albums of the Decade post after all.

Normally I would throw in some “key” songs for album reviews, but all of these albums are all good all the way through, so if you are going to give them a try, just go all the way. Go big or go home…

My top 5 picks are the albums that I listened to the most when I first heard them.  They inspired me and played with my emotions more than the rest.

In no particular order:

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Arablak – A3C @ 529, Odist EP Release @ Drunken Unicorn

October 6, 2009

Saturday October 3rd proved to be a stellar evening of music. To start the evening I was at 529 in the East Atlanta Village to catch my man Arablak open up the night for the A3C hip hop festival. Shortly after he went off stage I got word that my people Odist were setting up on stage and I rushed over to Drunken Unicorn to catch their set at their EP release show.

Lets start with Arablak. A good friend of mine that I have been working with as an engineer and producer for the past couple of years, Arablak aka Jermaine Edmonds, has been doing random shows down here in Atlanta, typically being on nights that my band 13 Day Mission has a show. That said I’ve been unable to catch his live set until last Saturday at the A3C festival.

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13 Day Mission – Last Show of 2009

October 5, 2009

Tonight, Monday Oct 5th, is 13DM’s last show of 2009. I could not be more excited about the line up to be honest.

13 Day Mission:  I’ve always liked these guys….

Vegan Coke: Another Atlanta instrumental band doing some mathy stuff, should be more of these IMO. We got a chance to see them at a BeAtlanta show that we played with 6 other bands on the bill.  These guys were by far the most exciting for me and I look forward to hearing them on the awesome sound system at DU.

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