I Heart Andy Whitby and David Dunkerley

I was distracted by facebook again yesterday and I went online to check out my favorite DJ at the moment: Andy Whitby. He's really on fire and his latest video just proves that. Originally I was fascinated with this crowd enduring performances and his transition and effect skills. This video really blew me away. Awesome! I think i watched it at least 10 times and heard that twice as much!



Today was my last paper and the easiest paper I dare say in my university's history. I went into the hall aiming for a 2/40 to pass but OMG! The paper was a 16 choose 8 paper and there were 8 short questions. I spent 5 mins doing each question and in 40 mins I was done! Even before they allowed to let us out! Fair enough, its not a bragging session. There were half of the class which wanted to leave earlier before me but they went to the restroom to burn some time instead. O MAN! Thanks David for such a paper!

I don't know what I should do during my upcoming 10 days of break but I am sure I will find for something to do!

True to my word, I have uploaded the remastered and edited version of my 'E Playlist 9' and it's available for listening below. Enjoy!

New Equipments! New Opportunities! Same Old Complaints!

Hi All! It's been a while. Recently i have been busy with my exams. Well not actually since this exam is my least stressful exam of all times. I can't believe doing two geography units can actually take out so much stress out of my usual electrical engineering combination. After two essays in the mid-semester period it seems really smooth sailing for me. However, my exams are not that over yet as I have still 1 exam to complete. However, very little stress on that. I don't aim high for that even if I want because my lecture notes are in quite a mess and my lecturer finds it against the university's policy to upload powerpoints. O well. He's a really nice lecturer, don't get me wrong, just his ideals. I am certain I would get a distinction if i had his powerpoints.

A few things is happening on the music front. Firstly, FileFront, the main host of my mixes have decided that my mixes violate DMCA copyrights rule and decided to remove my mixes, however what was interesting that they could not come out with the necessary proof to their claim. However, their warning letter is kind of scary. Here's the dialog between media darling, Charlie Barr and me.

"Some or all of the file(s) you uploaded to FileFront has been deleted.

The file(s) contained illegal content or were copyrighted and distributed without the
permission of the owner(s). Owners may pursue action against you for the illegal distribution of their creation. Law enforcement agencies will be pursing distributors of illegal
content.

The file(s) were uploaded in violation of our Acceptable Use Policy and Terms of Service. Our policy states you as the uploader are responsible for your actions and will
defend FileFront and anyone associated with FileFront against all claims made.

FileFront has a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY and FileFront will vehemently record and forward any and all
information to help law enforcement agencies investigate and prosecute those who willingly upload and/or download these files to/from our site.

Additionally, FileFront reserves to
right to ban you from use of the file storage system or take any other action it deems necessary.

FileFront's free file storage was conceived and offered solely for gamers to store
LEGAL gaming files and information for their use and for distribution, if desired."

"Hi,

My username is djgrif. I have just received an email from
accounts@filefront.com that my E Playlist 9 has been removed because of
copyrights infringement. However I would like to say that it is
definitely not the case. Firstly, I made the mixes myself and the mixes
are unsigned and all the producers are aware that I am promoting their
tracks on my mixes. So I would like to clarify whether it is alright to
upload my mixes on to the site in the future.

Andrew Yee."

"Without prior notification from every copyright holder we have no way to

verify that the music is uploaded legally. We cannot simply assume that
you have permission when there is nothing to indicate that you do.

Charlie Barr
Hosted Content and Network Support Management
Ziff Davis - FileFront Division
Email: charlie@filefront.com"

Pretty scary huh! However their excuse is pretty lame nonetheless. However, I could see their stance in playing safe. I bought a new black 13" mac book with 2Gb RAM upgrade for myself for my birthday which has passed! I am now 22 and still alive and kicking! Wow! It's so good to be alive! I immediately purchased Ableton Live 6 to go with the Mac Book so I am feeling a little guilty as the price was steep.

I have been trying actively to promote my mixes online ever since Heartest House Vol. 2 and E Playlist 9 especially on some online forums and i can say E Playlist 9 fared the better of the two and I have reaped some dividends somewhat in being given an opportunity to play alongside DJ / Producer Spirral (below) for Transense @ Plush (Singapore) this coming 29th (Thursday). It's really going to be a massive event for Liquid Dancers and Melbourne Shufflers alike. Hopefully, it will pave roads for more events to come!

E Playlist 8 is Finally Out!

After 1 whole month of break on Radio Monash, due to school commitment and event commitment, I have finally come out with the much anticipated E Playlist 8. This is a 2 hours special mix featuring Most of the House Tracks Played at the Entrance leading up to the start of the MUMSU Ball. So for those came up to me and said they like my type of music. Here's a chance to keep them! Unfortunately, I have to say that the mixing techniques are slightly different as i tend to make it more refined on Ableton and more wicked Live. The tracklist has also been concealed deliberately so those artist who are claiming copyrights: don't worry I am not selling them. =P I am only showcasing it. =)

The second segment features a more old skool collection of trance and a few new and yet progressive tracks and the mix of course ends with a high note with LA2DC by Jennings & Hemstock. This track has seriously been the pick of the month for me. Really wicked track that wooed me over when I first heard it over Radio 1.

Overall the mix seems to be alright except some volume control in some areas. Track selection is OK mainly due to the fact that I didn't use MixedInKey and I was following the order that the tracks were being played. Most of the songs were chosen live based on insinct hence I would like to say, I am working hard on track selections. =) I will upload it on imeem.com in due time when my internet speed gets back on track in a few days.

To Listen:





Track production wise: Hadi is still sorting out the business with Beatworks. I hope it will get released because I think it's awesome. I am currently working on a new melody to go well with my new track. I have snitched a few samples from the recording session I had with Grace, including her screwing up. (Opps lets pray she don't see this, since she doesn't reply me on MSN anyway). Anyway it's all good sound. I would expect to work seriously on this track after my exams as exam looms so ETA is around late November, early December. For friends and concerned family members reading this, I am staying to 22nd November as this will allow me time alone to work on my track, use up my internet bandwidth (with full privacy!), and idle myself away until my friends from Singapore finish their exams in their respective unis.

A big shoutout to Dada (who blogs up to 3 times a day OMG!) ,her pretty cousin Yeng (who have been keeping me company online) and Kelly Miyuki (whose latest post on her long hair is outrageously hilarious). All 3 chics above have been inspiration for me to carry on blogging and it's interesting to read their blog. Not to forget Mr. Chubby.Chubby.Cheek (Alvin Ong)! OMG! How did you manage to come out with such an act cute URL!

In RWC (Road Worthy Certificate), the ABs got knocked out by lowly France and It's making a few of my friends go shouting 'referee kayu!' However the sadist me saw that coming. =P

A noteworthy incident that happened was that I headed for a fieldtrip to Aspendale to check out the CSIRO there. To me it was only a change of environment as we were made to sit in the lecture theature there and made to attend 1.5 hours of extra lecutre sessions. The tour was brief and it didn't show any process going on. Mostly view charts around the building, BORING! But the highlight was before that I think. I got out of my studio to find Terry's Camry leveled to the ground. On a closer inspection, all four of his tyres has been punctured. The other two Echo's on the property also had cases of puncutred tyres. Thankfully I drive a Commodore! Seems that who ever was doing it was Anti-Toyota. Word around was that the culprit hit 8 properties on the entire street. OMG he's on a rampage. I hope you accidentally stab yourself with that knife. =) Kudos for Terry to dealing with the situation calmly. He rang his old man up who in turned patched his car and Amy's up. That's some quick work! They were back running when I got back from the field trip. And after that we went for yum cha at Imperial Kingdom. I think we should avoid that place next time. I think other places are prolly better. I saw this chic that entered this restaurant just as we were about to leave but o well. =)

I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to my one-time supper mate: Janet. I would like to say foremost that we did had our problems when we were working for the ball but I think it's over now. Certainly enjoyed myself that night. Thanks for taking your time off your diet and spending your last dollars on that supper. I certainly hope it isn't the last! Or else i would be confined to Maccas or KFC everynight!

I can't wait for my internet connection to get back! So that I can get back to Stargate Atlantis which just started airing and Heroes (when i have the time). When is 24 coming out? =P

MUMSU BALL 2007 Report {with Photo}

Thanks to Guo Chai for the photos!

Firstly, I would like to extend my gratitude to the readers of this blog for prying your eyes over this page as it's been 1 month since my last update and you people still check it out for updates! The truth was I was having a hectic time balancing school work and my DJ commitment and I had to make true of my promise to my dad which was to concentrate on my studies. For that I made sure that I completed all the assignments before their deadline without requesting for an extension (because i will let it drag on and affect my other deadlines if i should get an extension). I have been neglecting my radio show for the past 2 weeks in preparation for the big event at Melbourne Aquarium and my studies. I would like to give a big ups to fellow Radio Monash members like Grace and Zoo (the programming manager) for keeping up with their commitment even though they had their pre mid semester break blues like examinations. When I meant school work, I actually means plenty of assignments including a 1.5k essay which would seem demeaning to my friends studying in Singapore unis however I had to summarize it and had to use a incredulous amount of diagrams to put my word across.

Pirates and the Poles

     I really enjoyed that show when I crashed in with Grace the last time. Hope to do it again before she leave for KL. (Hope you see this). Had a interesting conversation with Zoo yesterday as I was in sch when I saw him retagging the radio's mp3 files. Had an interesting chat with Arun from Bio Medical Science and his group of pals during the SAM BBQ. He's one of the friendliest guys in the halls. He would even say hi to me even when I don't know him! =)

Da Pirate Kings on that day.

    Preparing for the MUMSU ball was a hard task for me. It was something like coming out of retirement. (Actually Fengz commented that I have just been sticking my head out of the closet lol.) I had to juggle with a 1 week of research of what's hot in the RnB / Hip Hop scene as well as researching and finishing the essay (Credits to Aik Yong and Sylvia to sending my plenty of songs to let me take into consideration). Speaking of which I have an assignment and another essay due after this week even though this this somewhat of a break. it's looking like one of those study breaks.

Okay I look like a fag here.

    Initially, I had problems aliasing with my contact and hence was really frustrated with it however I am glad that things turned out to be really well by the end of the ball. The ball proved to be quite a fine performance, a show of experimental mixing and scratching off the rust inside of me. I had an nervous wreck moment though when I was asked to play music from a cd which my system was not cut out to play although a quick 10s hear of it seem to give it an OK. the file bailed on me while i was in the middle of the session and I was playing absolutely nothing. The system crashed and I had to spend 5 mins converting the files into mp3 format for it to be compatilble with the system. All hail iTunes. Yes there were boos but people do like to get at you if you are impressive =P. I sorta gave an explaination that my mac hung but that wasn't really the case. Would like to keep things simple ain't it. That was my highlight hahah I guess in a way.

He got it lucky =P

    I had loads of equipments to load and unload from the car that I was half an hours late to the event (dress up, city pm peak traffic and sound checks) had I had to set it up briskly and I am grateful that I was all done in time. With sound checks and everything made available by 7 pm I was a safe man. the committee were pretty late as well so I was pretty stressed in getting things done in time. I found myself swearing unnecessarily it sort of reminds me when i was in council and my department would always comment that I swear plenty but in fact i think it normally happens when I get stressed. I guess its my way of de-stressing...however things turned out well. There was no fault in my setups and everything ran smoothly music and mic wise. I tried alot of experimental mixing there with myself bring out my attitude by playing different music when the best dressed couples were doing catwalk auditions and scratching when i am not playing any music. I guess from the complementaries, feedbacks and the number of people walking up just to chat with me i can interpret that I was doing quite a good job. Packing up went really fast because I had the members of MUMSU helping me. A big thank you esp to Janet and her bf (for providing me with valet parking, lol) and the president and raymond helping me out.  Had a bit of problems with the masking which i thought would cost me extra while returning the equipments but it went alright. Another problem which i encountered was that I could only return the equipments the next day. and the equipments was 15 mins away from the city in the opposite direction from where i was living. So 3 hours journal to and fro was something i don't wanna do. a waste of fuel and sorts. So i decided to spend the night over in my car until Ada offered me to bunk in which was really kind of her considering the fact that she was leaving for Perth in the early morning. leaving me 'home' alone. Settled down there went for the after party which i had some fun partying with the committee members. Free booze. =)

The committees who made it possible

        In the morning woke up at 9ish and made my stay worthwhile by washing the dishes and clearing the trash. After which returned the equipment and i had a early lunch at Sue's Delight. To be frank the food is not bad there considering they served fish soup on last Monday which i dearly missed. However recently Sue's temper is making the place abit negative in terms of atmosphere. The constantly squabbling between the couples in the kitchen is making it a turn off place for me even if the food is decent. I always think food is best made with a calmness in the head. However, I have to take my hats off to sue for making decent food with a fiery temper.

I like that dude's hair!

Toodles for now. Photos available when Serene and (god knows who)  send me the photos of that night which I can grab.

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That's me in the middle of the picture in white. =) What a terrible shot this was =P

That's be in the background while mixing it up for the poledancers.

Releases. {Edited}

This fortnight has been a fortnight of releases in all aspects. Firstly to have some continuity from the previous post. I completed the assignment a day before my original dateline just to stick it up his bunny tooth that I didn't need that extra day off. A few days ago, I also released my girlfriend back into the society for the taking. Yes it's a weird way to put it i know. We had our fair share of out problems and we both thought it would be the best. So ladies, I am up for grabs again. Please try your best. =). 2 weeks, 2 releases. Music Mixes. I apologize for not posting a blog last week as I was keeping myself busy with a mid semester test which I was late because I overslept. =.=. I was kind of disappointed with me not waking up when my alarm went off. Maybe I heard it and i just unconsciously turned it off. I have a feeling I have a Mr. Hyde inside me. Because somebody turned the alarm off and i certainly didn't remember doing it! (I had like 5 / 20 for a 20% test) how well is that! and now i have to get 10/10 for the rest of my labs in order to pass. (better finish up those optional questions >.<)

E Playlist 6
1.Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own (Alix Alvarez Sole Channel Mix)
2.Chocalate - Ritmo De La Noche 2007 (Latin House Mix)
3.Tribalishious - Underground Sound (Tribalishious Chant Mix)
Dmitrij Filatov - Esche Odin Den' (Aurosonic Remix)
4.Hoxton Whores, Gavin Lampitt - Fusion (Hoxton Whores Remix)
5.Cerf Mitiska and Jaren - Saved Again (Oringal Mix)
6.Gabriel & Dresden - Tracking Treasure Down (KYau & Albert Mix)
7.ATB with Heather Nova - Renegade (Ronski Speed Remix)
8.Paul Maddox Pres. Olive Grooves - Feeling 94 (Flash Harry Remix)
The Beach and Tia - Suntan (Accapella)
9.Massive Djs - Calling Your Name (P.h.a.t.t. Remix)

To Listen:





Luck-E Playlist 7
01.Secret Stealth - Hooked On You
02.Aris and Allis - Volume 11 (Original Mix)
03.X-Rate - How Do You Like Your Sex (Antoine v.s. Mad Mark Straight Remix)
04.Booty Luv - Boogie 2nite (Carloss Da Silva Remix)
05.Ninelives the Cat- Dog Food (Santos Pool Pet Remix)
06.Dada feat. Sandy Rivera - Lollipop (The Drill Remix)
07.Woody B feat. Brent St. Clair - Holdin On (Club Mix)
08.Monako - Saxo Anthem (Extended Vocal Mix)
09.No Tone feat. Inusa - Life is Love (Nerios Dub Worm Mix)
10.Bob Sinclar feat. Steve Edwards and Pitbull - World Hold On (Children of the Sky)
11.Liz Kay - Castles in the Sky (Sunset Crew Mix)

To Listen:




I will edit this post about more recent issues. But right now, I have to rush to prepare my labs.

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Edit:
It's been awhile. I would like to start up by advertising an event in which I will be DJing at.

If the fonts are too small for you in the picture. You can click on the picture and a enlarged version will pop out. =) I will be using the Serato Scratch System to DJ for this ball. It will be really fun. My first attempt to dip into the Digital DJ era!


It will be a fun event! Lotsa pictures will be taken. (A rare occasion to catch me in my PJs! It's frankly my first major club activity after 2 years of studying in Monash University. Haha. I would like to give credits to Melissa for asking me to do this job. I needed the promo badly! =P Recent weeks have seen people moving from Friendster to Facebook as "Facebook is the fad now wad" ~ Toy-kia. Haha. I loved the way she puts it. I should also thank Kelly Miyuki for being my first friend on Facebook! It's an honour! Haha. I have recently set up this To Be Prowled list. To See who should I prowl on this summer. =) Don't worry ladies, it's only down to one. I am not giving out any clues. =P. O and talking about Facebook, I have set up a group under my name. So that I could promote to my friends my DJ Sets as well. Haha, I needed to create the inner circle first yeah? O and I had my first 'fan mail' on Facebook! How wicked is that! It turns out to be my DJ Buddy's friend hahahha. Poor Wayne, did she send you a mail? =P



My DJ buddy (DJ Mystikal) from Sydney has extended his hands to invite me to DJ @ a possible underground party in Sydney somewhere in March, details are still being finalised. Readers living in Sydney who's interesting in finding out who's he can head down to 'One Home Club' near the Darling Harbour. Sydney Here I Come! RAWR!



Meanwhile to show gradtitude, I will be linking his latest mix, 'Spring Trance Mix 2007' it's available for download by clicking at the link. Check it out!

Double Release! {Re-Edited}

Inspired by my E Playlist 4.2, I have mixed two tasty tracks out. They are 'Morning Fool' and 'Get Alive' Both of them are quick productions (around 2 hours per track) and require mastering or some minor tweaking but the concept is there. If I get time or response to modify the tracks, i might do just so. However it will make minor difference in the flow and stuff. They can be played in the mini player at the bottom of this blog. So enjoy listening! Comments are welcomed!

Tracklisting are as follows:
Andrew E - Morning Fool.
Mike Nichol - Morning Kiss (Original Mix)
Kyau & Albert - Always A Fool (Club Mix)

Andrew E - Get Alive.
Paul Van Dyk - Get Back (Album Version)
Sound Fiction feat. Kate Cameron - Alive (Mike Shivers Catching Sun Remix)
Sound Fiction feat. Kate Cameron - Alive (Dmitri Filotov Remix)
Sound Fiction feat. Kate Cameron - Alive (Vadim Soloviev Dub)

I have no idea why I am doing this instead of my weekly radioshow E playlist. Maybe it's because I was dogged down by flu this weekend and is unable to commit. I have to admit the reason why I was dogged down by flu is because my increasing stress in my studies and my relationship with my girlfriend which is beginning to cause some problems. I have some mid semester tests and assignments due this week which are going to cause some problems to my already lacking sleeping schedule. I suddenly feel like eating Unagi Don.



I am currently also assisting MUMSU with their planning of their ball by digging out equipment rentals they need for their ball. I believe I have a better knowledge in this area compared to normal committee members. So that's why I jumped at this chance to help when Melissa asked me to. She asked me whether i wanted to be the DJ for that night. I think i need to dig into Hip Hop and RnB rather fast if i need to make it for the ball. Maybe a Hip Hop DJ can lend me his tracklist? =) Westwood is really greedy. He only shows half on the songs he plays on Radio 1 and it's proving to be quite a hard task especially me being so busy.

I have completed E Playlist 5. I know i vowed to make it better. But I actually thought it was slightly worse than 4.2 I was acutally inspired to make mash ups and hence I was abit too key restricted in the planning of my set and I tried to squeese 15 tracks into 60 mins. So it does sounds abit rojak. OMG I do sound hungry. 24 hours maccas later.



E Playlist 5
Featured Artist - Paul Van Dyk

ATB with Heather Nova- Renegade 4A
Paul Van Dyk - Another Sunday 3A
Paul Van Dyk - Talk In Grey 2B
John Hujibers - Wanting You (Mikka Leinonen Remix) 3A
Andrew E - Get Alive. 6A

Haris C - Without You (Original Mix) 8A
Paul Van Dyk - Let Go 8A
The Thrillseekers - Take Me Away (Full Breakfast Mix) 8A
Terk Dawm - Barent Blue (Tom Colontonio Remix) 9A
Galen Behr feat. Elle - Weak (Vocal Club Mix) 10A

Paul Van Dyk - Haunted 10A
Andrew E - Morning Fool. 11A
Robert Miles - Fable 2007 (Electro Mix) 11B
Paul Van Dyk - White Lies (L.A Mix) 12A
Haji and Emmanuel feat. Robert Owens - If Only 12A
Axwell, Ingrosso, Angello, Laidback, Luke - Get Dumb 11A

Those are the tracklisting of E Playlist 5. It has a rather dark starting which sorta explains my mood at the moment. The set gets clearer and brighter and harder and then it slowly goes back into house towards the end. It's abit anti climax, but I want to experiment how it like. As you can see there are alot of Paul Van Dyk songs inside. Thats because his album was just released last week and I was so tempted to do it on 4.2 however I did not had enough airtime on 4.2. Still loads of good songs on Paul Van Dyk's In Between Album.



I think I will blog a new post once a week that way it will be better and correspond to my music releases. Toodles.

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At this point of blogging, i am comtemplating about doing my assignment given by a certain lecturer.


That's Him.

I would firstly like to say foremost that I look up to him and the area of specialization that he is into, and I do see that area as an area of specialiaty which I am working hard to, however what he did today somewhat changed my impression. It's really disappointing. I was sick through the weekend (3 days) but I only see the doc and had an MC on friday. (1 day). I think the doctor made a mistake in the MC by not including the TO date when the MC expires..so it's From (last friday's date) to ____________. and he thought it was really ridiculous and he flung that sheet of paper across his desk to me. With the things I am going through I think a one day MC is surely an underestimation, I deserve a week's MC. Maybe counsellors give MCs as well? The thing was that I didn't even wrote that MC, the doctor did! What I didn't do however was to finish the assignment in advance and I was left rushing complaining over the one day extension that he has approved for me.