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
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Saturday, September 22, 2007
MUMSU BALL 2007 Report {with Photo}
Thanks to Guo Chai for the photos!
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!
That's be in the background while mixing it up for the poledancers.
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.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Calm Before The Storm
Hello World!
I have finally finalized my trip to Brisbane/Gold Coast with Gwen. We'll actually be going to 3 of the Worlds (Dreamworld, Movie World, Wet N Wild costing 135$ for the 3 of them as a package). Those who intend to go there for a holiday should tune into my blog more cos i will most probably put up some photos here. We will be watching Queens live too at , they were the ones that brought you the track "We Will Rock You" and a lot of songs sang by the boy group 5ive. We'll be climbing a certain Story Bridge (I think the view would be absolutely amazing) and parading ourself by the beach (This is obviously rubbish, beach in the middle of winter?). I guess that's the lowdown of our trip. O yes we also be checking out the beautiful university campus of UQ in St. Lucia, Brisbane.
The accommodation issue with at Gold Coast side turned up a bit tricky as I was forced to fork out extra dollars to grab a better hotel. Mate, it's right smack beside the beach. Would be awesome if she don't mind the 5 mins walk to the Gold Coast Highway where most of the public buses commute through.
O yes, I am also really excited to say that the doctor has just returned from UK with my favorite album at the moment. BK aka Ben Keen - 'Under the Influence'. He's a top notch hard house producer/dj. Here's the video of his album release party in the Ministry of Sound, London. It features some of the top tunes in his album as well.
While at the same moment of being 'high' due to the fantastic tunes going thru my headphones, I have compiled a shortlist of tracks that I think would be noteworthy after going through the new releases on Tidy Digital. The tracks are purely Hard dance. A sample of them can be heard if you click on the links.
The Sneaky Russianz - Deeper Underground (Original Mix) (Scum Records)
This is immediately became my favorite tune when I heard it on Tidy Digital. It features some great synth melody and beats making a great track to shake your booty even though you don't know what's going on.
Nik Denton - Freak Right Out (Original Mix) (Vicious Circle)
I love the vibes of this track. It is ultimately fitting if I have this track somewhere in the middle of my set. It has the vibe of 'I don't care what you think of what I am playing' Kinda like the flair of what the vibe my mentor Feng from Frontal normally have.
Firefox - Contagious (Original Mix) (Boshed Hard Recordings)
To be honest, the breakdown killed my liking for this track but it has a great sound especially with the beats and it seemed to do well on Tidy Digital so it's here.
If anyone is wondering, I do listen to other commercial music as well just rarely. Besides the usual stuff I hear on the radio when I am driving my Commodore, i been listening to the OST of this anime called Nana. It features some of the very best in Jrock and Pop. One thing i would say about this anime is it has a sense of realism and has more than a usual share of in-ta-ma-cy compared to other animes. Ok it's not a hentai flick. I can link some of the tracks below but my favorite ones are prolly sang by the beautiful Olivia Lufkin who's half jap and half u.s.
Olivia Lufkin - Winter Sleep
Please note that there's no official video for this song but the track is so wonderful that people on youtube has actually added the audio to the videos of Final Fantasy X. Thanks Jessamyn for sending and letting me know that this song exist in the first place!
Anna - Rose
This is the first opening song of the anime. The song that is but not the video. =) It's a abit punk rockish. But I am fine with that I guess. Did I say I listen to Millencolin?
Olivia Lufkin - Wish
This is my pick of the lot.
I decided to take a break of studies and planning for a while and dive into anime and tv shows. With my 'final' exam (Signals Processing) around the corner (18th on June) and with all my favorite tv shows on season break, its best to keep my involvement with the tele-v at a minimum so I have only been watching these shows. Sola, which is an anime about Sky Dreaming =.=. It's something like my favorite Air in a way that it has the same theme and have fantastic graphics. You guys can prolly find out about the plot thru the link. Another show is somewhat like Cop-catch-bad-guys show spin off. However it's about a different circumstance. The show is called Standoff and it's all about crisis negotiation like hostage situations.
O man, my stomach is grumbling. Charcoal Chicken tonight. No Hot 'n' Spicy.
I have finally finalized my trip to Brisbane/Gold Coast with Gwen. We'll actually be going to 3 of the Worlds (Dreamworld, Movie World, Wet N Wild costing 135$ for the 3 of them as a package). Those who intend to go there for a holiday should tune into my blog more cos i will most probably put up some photos here. We will be watching Queens live too at , they were the ones that brought you the track "We Will Rock You" and a lot of songs sang by the boy group 5ive. We'll be climbing a certain Story Bridge (I think the view would be absolutely amazing) and parading ourself by the beach (This is obviously rubbish, beach in the middle of winter?). I guess that's the lowdown of our trip. O yes we also be checking out the beautiful university campus of UQ in St. Lucia, Brisbane.
The accommodation issue with at Gold Coast side turned up a bit tricky as I was forced to fork out extra dollars to grab a better hotel. Mate, it's right smack beside the beach. Would be awesome if she don't mind the 5 mins walk to the Gold Coast Highway where most of the public buses commute through.
O yes, I am also really excited to say that the doctor has just returned from UK with my favorite album at the moment. BK aka Ben Keen - 'Under the Influence'. He's a top notch hard house producer/dj. Here's the video of his album release party in the Ministry of Sound, London. It features some of the top tunes in his album as well.
While at the same moment of being 'high' due to the fantastic tunes going thru my headphones, I have compiled a shortlist of tracks that I think would be noteworthy after going through the new releases on Tidy Digital. The tracks are purely Hard dance. A sample of them can be heard if you click on the links.
The Sneaky Russianz - Deeper Underground (Original Mix) (Scum Records)
This is immediately became my favorite tune when I heard it on Tidy Digital. It features some great synth melody and beats making a great track to shake your booty even though you don't know what's going on.
Nik Denton - Freak Right Out (Original Mix) (Vicious Circle)
I love the vibes of this track. It is ultimately fitting if I have this track somewhere in the middle of my set. It has the vibe of 'I don't care what you think of what I am playing' Kinda like the flair of what the vibe my mentor Feng from Frontal normally have.
Firefox - Contagious (Original Mix) (Boshed Hard Recordings)
To be honest, the breakdown killed my liking for this track but it has a great sound especially with the beats and it seemed to do well on Tidy Digital so it's here.
If anyone is wondering, I do listen to other commercial music as well just rarely. Besides the usual stuff I hear on the radio when I am driving my Commodore, i been listening to the OST of this anime called Nana. It features some of the very best in Jrock and Pop. One thing i would say about this anime is it has a sense of realism and has more than a usual share of in-ta-ma-cy compared to other animes. Ok it's not a hentai flick. I can link some of the tracks below but my favorite ones are prolly sang by the beautiful Olivia Lufkin who's half jap and half u.s.
Olivia Lufkin - Winter Sleep
Please note that there's no official video for this song but the track is so wonderful that people on youtube has actually added the audio to the videos of Final Fantasy X. Thanks Jessamyn for sending and letting me know that this song exist in the first place!
Anna - Rose
This is the first opening song of the anime. The song that is but not the video. =) It's a abit punk rockish. But I am fine with that I guess. Did I say I listen to Millencolin?
Olivia Lufkin - Wish
This is my pick of the lot.
I decided to take a break of studies and planning for a while and dive into anime and tv shows. With my 'final' exam (Signals Processing) around the corner (18th on June) and with all my favorite tv shows on season break, its best to keep my involvement with the tele-v at a minimum so I have only been watching these shows. Sola, which is an anime about Sky Dreaming =.=. It's something like my favorite Air in a way that it has the same theme and have fantastic graphics. You guys can prolly find out about the plot thru the link. Another show is somewhat like Cop-catch-bad-guys show spin off. However it's about a different circumstance. The show is called Standoff and it's all about crisis negotiation like hostage situations.
O man, my stomach is grumbling. Charcoal Chicken tonight. No Hot 'n' Spicy.
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