This past Thursday, I was fortunate to watch the Red Bull 3 Style Canadian Finals in person at the Fortune Sound Club here in Vancouver. It was an eye-opening experience for someone who, up until this point, had only watched edited clips and videos from various championships.
Read MoreOn October 7th I volunteered as an MC/Announcer for a special event with the Valkyrie WMAA called "Catacombs: Choose Your Champions" at SHUX.
Read MoreI've been contributing to #BADproject to get into a more regular habbit of wokring on music production.
Read MoreBack in the beginning of August, I bought a Roland Boutique JU-06. I hadn't seriously considered buying a hardware synth up until that point... I also learned that Roland was hosting a contest...
Read MoreI've started working with Gracelle Mesina, a branding and logo designer based here in Vancouver. I've been putting more and more thought into what I want to do with DJing. A big part of that is defining my image and values.
Read MoreI found myself getting into the habit of practicing less frequently, but for longer sessions. I'm not sure if this is an effective method, but it certainly helps to have more time to bounce between trying to develop a new technique, playing, exploring, and experimenting.
Read MoreThis past Wednesday evening was the final summer session at Table Tutors. Hard to believe it's already come to a close.
Read MoreWe're coming towards the end now. This past week instead of having an instructor, three of us students had the practice room to ourselves. Our task was to agree upon a beat and start thinking about an 8-bar routine we can each have ready for a video shoot the following week.
Read MoreYesterday was one of those telling days where my whole mood was impacted by an underlying suffering. It wasn't intense, but the fatigue was just enough to make mundane tasks tedious, and annoyances quietly enraging.
Read MoreMy second class with TableTutors proved to be enlightening. We built upon the lessons from last week, moving on to faster chirps and expanding on different flare techniques.
Read MoreThis evening marked the first of a four-part, weekly session on developing scratching and turntablist skills at Table Tutors.
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