New free download from the homie Khingz Aquino titled "Khake & Khool-Aid". One of my faves this month.
-Mr. DJ
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Mix luv...
Here are a couple of new mixes that I recently uploaded to the web. As always I share what I do with you, so here ya go!
Quick mix-tech house by Dj Dev-j
Quick mix-jackin house by Dj Dev-j
-Mr. DJ
Quick mix-tech house by Dj Dev-j
Quick mix-jackin house by Dj Dev-j
-Mr. DJ
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Who We Are vs Who We Want to Be...
I was just thinking to myself about life...
I was thinking about being an American male and thinking about what that means...
I was thinking about perception, and thinking about who we are vs who we want to be...or moreso who we want to be seen as to others-whether they be loved ones, family or perfect strangers. I was thinking about how comfortable we as people may or may not be with ourselves, and how...as much as we may want to be excepted, liked and appreciated for who we are as individuals, we may not really want anyone to really know who we are. Maybe...maybe because we don't really know who we really are ourselves. Maybe we don't want to accept that we're fragile, silly, emotional, funny or whatever else that makes us..."us". Maybe we don't want the drama of perception vs reality, or we don't want people to ask questions or make assumptions about who we are really. Or maybe we just want to keep the stories of ourselves a private diary of sorts...tucking away the good parts for a limited amount of exposure...
I don't know...I was just thinking about myself and thinking about what I say and do in this modern world of mine and thinking about what I do let be known about who I am. Do I want people to think I'm full of bravado and pimpery or do I tell all of my sob stories, or do I want to seem wise and enlightened yet very humble and open...
Things like this I view as lessons along the road to understanding one's self. Moreso, I see them as a chance to connect to being human. I guess all of it is just funny in a sense, because at the end of the day what does it matter? We will always be who we are who we are no matter who we want to be. Maybe if we could find the balance between what we know and what we think we see in ourselves...well...if we learned to love ourselves regardless of who we were we wouldn't worry about who we wanted to be...because we'd already be there.
I was thinking about being an American male and thinking about what that means...
I was thinking about perception, and thinking about who we are vs who we want to be...or moreso who we want to be seen as to others-whether they be loved ones, family or perfect strangers. I was thinking about how comfortable we as people may or may not be with ourselves, and how...as much as we may want to be excepted, liked and appreciated for who we are as individuals, we may not really want anyone to really know who we are. Maybe...maybe because we don't really know who we really are ourselves. Maybe we don't want to accept that we're fragile, silly, emotional, funny or whatever else that makes us..."us". Maybe we don't want the drama of perception vs reality, or we don't want people to ask questions or make assumptions about who we are really. Or maybe we just want to keep the stories of ourselves a private diary of sorts...tucking away the good parts for a limited amount of exposure...
I don't know...I was just thinking about myself and thinking about what I say and do in this modern world of mine and thinking about what I do let be known about who I am. Do I want people to think I'm full of bravado and pimpery or do I tell all of my sob stories, or do I want to seem wise and enlightened yet very humble and open...
Things like this I view as lessons along the road to understanding one's self. Moreso, I see them as a chance to connect to being human. I guess all of it is just funny in a sense, because at the end of the day what does it matter? We will always be who we are who we are no matter who we want to be. Maybe if we could find the balance between what we know and what we think we see in ourselves...well...if we learned to love ourselves regardless of who we were we wouldn't worry about who we wanted to be...because we'd already be there.
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Sorry, I meant the other white woman...
So I'm at the club with some friends and I just finished spinning. I order a white Russian at the bar, get it, and join my friends on the dance floor. So they asked, watch got there, to which I replied I got my white girl. So me being me, I wasn't paying attention to my surroundings and apparently my comment was over heard by some young (white) ladies who were huddled in a group directly behind me.
Well I guess that didn't go over too well because I hear "WHAT?!?!" directly behind me...
So I turn around and look at the group and they immediately turned around and refused to make eye contact. Which is good because I had a few drinks prior to the "white girl" and I was not in the mood for getting my ass whipped by a crew of over tanned model wish-they-weres, who have the shittiest eavesdropping skills known to man.
Jussayin...
Well I guess that didn't go over too well because I hear "WHAT?!?!" directly behind me...
So I turn around and look at the group and they immediately turned around and refused to make eye contact. Which is good because I had a few drinks prior to the "white girl" and I was not in the mood for getting my ass whipped by a crew of over tanned model wish-they-weres, who have the shittiest eavesdropping skills known to man.
Jussayin...
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Technology is BOLLOCKS!!!
UGH!!! My laptop is dying. Stupid stupid technology...UGH!!! Here's the deal:
I have an Apple PowerBook G4, which I know is by now in the same category as the Tyrannosaurus, but it's what I have by way of cool gadgetry and for what it's worth it's worked pretty well for me since I picked it up in 2007. It's been very sturdy and fast and has held up against the multitudes of upgrades that apple have launched since I was able to afford this one on eBay clearance.
Well anyway...
Like I said my laptop is dying. Since picking it up it's had 2 battery replacements, a power cord replacement, a hard drive replacement, and now it's looking like it's going to need a logic board (i.e. Mother Board for you PC users), which honestly means I need to replace it completely because let's be honest-the way Apple Corp likes to charge to the moon for any and everything it sells, a logic board will probably run me just under the cost of a new MacBook Pro...(BOOOO THAT SHITE!!!)
So for now I have the defibrillator on standby just in case my PowerBook decides that today, tomorrow etc is the day it needs to join Elizabeth, with hope that I can hold out for a little while longer before I give in to Steve and his coven down in Frisco...but I gotta be honest, it ain't looking so good for the home team.
-Mr. DJ
I have an Apple PowerBook G4, which I know is by now in the same category as the Tyrannosaurus, but it's what I have by way of cool gadgetry and for what it's worth it's worked pretty well for me since I picked it up in 2007. It's been very sturdy and fast and has held up against the multitudes of upgrades that apple have launched since I was able to afford this one on eBay clearance.
Well anyway...
Like I said my laptop is dying. Since picking it up it's had 2 battery replacements, a power cord replacement, a hard drive replacement, and now it's looking like it's going to need a logic board (i.e. Mother Board for you PC users), which honestly means I need to replace it completely because let's be honest-the way Apple Corp likes to charge to the moon for any and everything it sells, a logic board will probably run me just under the cost of a new MacBook Pro...(BOOOO THAT SHITE!!!)
So for now I have the defibrillator on standby just in case my PowerBook decides that today, tomorrow etc is the day it needs to join Elizabeth, with hope that I can hold out for a little while longer before I give in to Steve and his coven down in Frisco...but I gotta be honest, it ain't looking so good for the home team.
-Mr. DJ
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Trak Luv...
Really digging this tune today. Heard her stuff before, but this one just speaks to me today.
-Mr. DJ
-Mr. DJ
Progress...or just an update
I forgot to mention what I've been up to lately. Well here are the highlights (short entry):
I started work on my own original EP-which means I've started learning how to produce music and have churned out several crappy pieces of music in hopes that I can learn how to create one really cool piece of music. So far I'm still in the crappy phase.
I've started P90X (I know-the informercial got me). Wish that there was more to say there, but...yeah I'm still XXXL...let ya know how it goes when it goes.
Actually...that's it. Those have really taken up my time as of late, and will be for a while lol. I promise that I'll keep you updated with both as I progress with both.
-Mr. DJ
I started work on my own original EP-which means I've started learning how to produce music and have churned out several crappy pieces of music in hopes that I can learn how to create one really cool piece of music. So far I'm still in the crappy phase.
I've started P90X (I know-the informercial got me). Wish that there was more to say there, but...yeah I'm still XXXL...let ya know how it goes when it goes.
Actually...that's it. Those have really taken up my time as of late, and will be for a while lol. I promise that I'll keep you updated with both as I progress with both.
-Mr. DJ
Potholes & Bumps along the road to fame...
Ever have one of those days where you just feel like you're in way over your head? Well I'm having one of those days. One of those days where it just seems like nothing I do is going to get me over that hump/hurdle that I need to get to where I want to be. I know that lief is full of setbacks and I'm not really complaining...just stating that sometimes I have moments where I feel like I bit off way more than I can chew. Days where I have to ask myself...do I really want this? Do I really deserve it? Knowing that you're good enough to have what you want in this world vs knowing that it's gonna take a lot more than skill to get there is often a hard pill to swallow. In these days of pre-fame I know that these questions will be there...today is just one of those days that I don't have the answers.
-Mr. DJ
-Mr. DJ
Dev-j vs The Dead Computer
Funny how some sleeping dogs just won't lay...
So I used to have this computer that I built myself. It was my baby. It held all of my secrets, my musical projects, pics of my son, and a lot of original digital art that I did. It also held a ton of programs that I used to make the projects and art. It was a beast. Sadly, my computer made it's transition one night in Oct of 2009. I'm not exactly sure why of how it happened...but one night before bed, I decided to back up my computer. Something inside of me was worried that anything could happen, and I needed to be safe. Now, I do make it a habit to back up my computer about twice a month as it is, because it's just the right thing to do, but for some reason, something inside of me just wanted to it one more time. So I prepared a the back up drive, and shut off the main computer for the night to give it a break (I usually run my computers non stop, only putting them to sleep when not in use). So i was tired and decided I needed to go into sleep mode too, so I crashed for a few hours, looking forward to getting back to work the next day...but little did I know that tomorrow would never come. The next morning I woke up, went to the office to start my baby up...nothing. No hard drive recognized. After trying everything in my very locally limited power to bring my hard drive back from the dead, I conceded defeat and was heart broken over my loss.
Now, the reason why I even bothered to mention the above is because in the last year I have had moments where my current life is still feeling the impact of the death of my deceased computer. Every now and then I may need a picture, or a song sample or something like that. Well today was/is no different. Today I had a chance to finally talk with the good people over at Incentive Solutions, about some t-shirt marketing and what's requested? Old logo PDF files that were located on the old computer. If you haven't had a chance to see any of my dj logos, check them out here. so now I'm faced with trying to redo all of them, or trying to convince the marketing team to work with PNG files or worse.
...ahh...you are still missed computer...
-Mr. DJ
So I used to have this computer that I built myself. It was my baby. It held all of my secrets, my musical projects, pics of my son, and a lot of original digital art that I did. It also held a ton of programs that I used to make the projects and art. It was a beast. Sadly, my computer made it's transition one night in Oct of 2009. I'm not exactly sure why of how it happened...but one night before bed, I decided to back up my computer. Something inside of me was worried that anything could happen, and I needed to be safe. Now, I do make it a habit to back up my computer about twice a month as it is, because it's just the right thing to do, but for some reason, something inside of me just wanted to it one more time. So I prepared a the back up drive, and shut off the main computer for the night to give it a break (I usually run my computers non stop, only putting them to sleep when not in use). So i was tired and decided I needed to go into sleep mode too, so I crashed for a few hours, looking forward to getting back to work the next day...but little did I know that tomorrow would never come. The next morning I woke up, went to the office to start my baby up...nothing. No hard drive recognized. After trying everything in my very locally limited power to bring my hard drive back from the dead, I conceded defeat and was heart broken over my loss.
Now, the reason why I even bothered to mention the above is because in the last year I have had moments where my current life is still feeling the impact of the death of my deceased computer. Every now and then I may need a picture, or a song sample or something like that. Well today was/is no different. Today I had a chance to finally talk with the good people over at Incentive Solutions, about some t-shirt marketing and what's requested? Old logo PDF files that were located on the old computer. If you haven't had a chance to see any of my dj logos, check them out here. so now I'm faced with trying to redo all of them, or trying to convince the marketing team to work with PNG files or worse.
...ahh...you are still missed computer...
-Mr. DJ
Monday, November 8, 2010
Neat video
So here's a video that I found via YouTube that actually has me in it lol. Every month I participate in the Scratch Lounge which is hosted by the Groove Technicians (kind of like the hip hop version of my house crew Gruv Mechanix). Well Carter Johnson of Carter Films (www.carterfilms.com) filmed the one for this month, and this is the video!!!
-Mr. DJ
-Mr. DJ
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