Both the dance and the more acoustic version of this song written and produced by Kaskade are very well done. Great direction that Kaskade took on the production of this track and the use of Skylar for the vocals!
I’ve included a copy of the “Ice mix” version. Enjoy!
“Work In Progress” of a Deep/Progressive House style mix I put on SoundCloud a few months back.
This song by Frankie Knuckles and The Shapeshifters, “The Ones You Love” fits the bill to a “T”. Great up tempo House beat at 126 BPM’s. House all the way! Enjoy
TGIF everyone! The Ides of March is now behind us by a day, so time for me to venture forth with a new blog post.
In regards to watching live acts, I prefer smaller venues to see life shows these days; two thousand people max if possible. Ideal venue sizes are in the five hundred to thousand people range such that one can get up close to the band, singer or DJ if they like, but still have enough people in the venue to give the live act the right amount of energy. That being said I’ve attached a YouTube video of Deadmau5 performing live at the Roskilde Music Festival last Summer, “Sofi Needs a Ladder”, featuring Sofi on the vocals of course! The venue used at the Roskilde Festival is rather large so Deadmau5 is far to removed from the audience in my view.
According to the Roskilde web site “Roskilde Festival is the largest North European culture and music festival and has existed since 1971. they are a non-profit organization consisting of about 25 full-time employees and thousands of volunteers. Each year, The Roskilde Festival Charity Society, which is the association behind Roskilde Festival, ensures that the profits from the festival are donated directly to humanitarian and cultural purposes.” Here is a link to the Roskilde web site: Roskilde Music Festival.
Given that so many people are not buying music anymore, I guess I can understand why performers are playing bigger and bigger live venues if they have the draw capacity. The positive cash flow for professional performers these days is from touring not in the selling of their music. In any event, this is a live recording of Sofi Needs a Ladder (I hope it’s not lip synced) and Ms. Sofi of course adds her visual charms and vocal talents to the live performance too by Deadmau5! The crowd is into it, it’s a great song and the energy is up beat! Enjoy!
DJ Splash Kidd (me, myself and I when I decide I need a digital 3D holiday) is schedule to rezz into Second Life (“SL”) this evening to spin a variety of dance/club related tunes. This is a rare Wednesday night gig time for me, as my regular DJ time each week is 10pm to Midnight on Thursday nights. I’m really looking forward to spinning tunes this evening as I’m DJ right after DJ AFI, who is a very close friend and a super virtual DJ and a very talented real life (“RL”) DJ too from Los Angeles California. Here is the link to DJ AFI’s RL web page so you can check out her style of DJ and earlier work history in the TV and Film industry in Los Angeles too! DJ AFI DJ AFI is on at 8pm to 10pm Second Life Time (“SLT”) which is the same as Pacific Standard Time (“PST”) for you not meta-verse readers of this blog posting. I’ll be DJ from 10pm SLT to Midnight. If you’re a member of Second Life and “out and about on the grid” this evening, please drop by to hear either DJ AFI, DJ Splash Kidd or both of us spin some tunes this evening on the internet!
I’ve been Digitized!
Who: DJ Splash Kidd ~ The Original Digital DJ
Where: The Digitized Virtual World of Second Life Second Life Web Site
Date: Thursday November 24th, 2011 (Gobble Gobble Day for the US of A followers)
Time: 10:00PM to Midnight Pacific Standard Time (PST = SLT)
Style: Dance Club Type of Mix; Up-Scale
Experience: Real time interaction with real people from around the world within a three-dimensional virtual digitized environment; bleeding edge baby oh yeah!!!
Morgan Page, Sultan, Ned Shepard and BT current hit “In the Air” that features the sultry vocals of Ms. Angela McCluskey. “In the Air” is making the rounds in the Dance Club’s and over the airwaves too now; hope you enjoy!
I’ll be spinning a combination of Dance Club, Vocal House and Hip Hop tunes this evening.
For those of you reading this blog post and going “what the heck is Second Life; I’ve added in a direct link to the Second Life web page for you so you can get up to speed with respect to what three-dimensional virtual worlds are all about: Second Life So if you’re not up to speed on Second Life and virtual worlds, please check out the web page and give is a full read over. The creation of a Second Life account is entirely free and the possibilities on what you can do via an avatar within a virtual environment is endless!
If you’re an existing member of Second Life, and on the “grid” this evening when I’m DJ, please drop on by and check out my DJ gig. My gig’s are high energy, a great choice of dance club type tunes, the songs are always mixed in key and I typically keep my bpm’s at 128! House music type of structure baby at it’s very best!
Just spreading some of that House music love thing for the first Wednesday in November. Great tune featuring Hannah K on the vocals and the oh so smooth remix via Groovemaster K & Stefan Meetz! A great House tune sets the mood correctly in any DJ’s set and “Rhythm of My Love” has a hypnotic/sexy beat that definitely works for me in my sets when I play it! Enjoy!
This is a bit of a post DJ event review by yours truly on my DJ gig at Burn2 this year in Second Life on Sunday October 3 2011. I DJ from 9pm to Midnight and my oh my what a great time it was! If there is a magical moment each year in Second Life for me it’s the week-long community event called Burn2 that is the metaverse’s equivalent of the RL Burning Man event that takes place each year in the Northern Nevada desert area near Black Rock. Due to real life (“RL”) commitments this year I wasn’t able to be at Burn2 as much as I would like, but I did get to hear several DJ perform at the Tokyo Stage during the week and a couple of live musicians too at the Center Stage. I BIG shout out and thank you to all the volunteers (Rangers, Greeters, Bloggers, Managers, Coordinators, Performers, DJ’s, Builders, etc., who help to make the Burn2 event this year such a cool and fun experience!. A special thanks to several people at Burn2 who I’ve gotten to know; GOLAN Eilde for his faith in my abilities to DJ within the Burn2 vibe, to Doc Gascoigne who’s “burning” spirit is legendary, to Honour McMillan who’s approach to Second Life and eye for detail I find incredibility calming, to Sporty Tone for his faith in my abilities and long hours making sure the streams work at the various stages, to Lixxin for her long hours too when Sporty was allowed to get some rest in RL, and to Joannelynne my Stage Manager this year who help keep the type chat going when I was lost in playing with various nobs (not noobs!) on my mixing board. Burn on everyone, can’t wait to next year.
Here are as few pictures from my gig at Burn2 this year and the various avatar looks of those who were in attendance!
I’ve added int a fun YouTube video that some people made recently at the RL Burning Man festival just to give you a bit of a flavor of what it means to be a “Burner”! Enjoy!
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