Exploding Dog?

Well, I have been a bit lax it seems. What can I say, I've been busy! So, I did pitch the night to the owner and he loved the idea. I have since found a business partner and named and branded the thing. Kim and I will be doing "Ravage" at Ghetto London: a night aimed at mid thirties and students playing rave and pre millenia dance music; a full on cargo-nbetted, glowstick waving candy-braceletted event. :) We're very excited!

I had another opportunity arise, but after a bout of enthusiasm seems to have fizzled out. I chose a partner with a real passion for music, unfortunately he's a flame, and he blows hot and cold. I applied for and got a job selling ads for a music mag in Brick Lane which I turned down. Selling ads is not for me, no matter how cool the paper. It was a bold move and a hard one emotionally, but ultimately the right one.

Glastonbury was awesome - probably could've done with it's own entry but it's a little late for that now. The Maccabees were great - I loved the lead singer; he was so shy and unegotistical, it made him sound even more beautiuful. I also enjoyed seeing Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip again; I liked that the crowd were all Radio 4 types. *chuckle*

I went and played some tunes for an American themed party in Christs' College Cambridge, which was a bizarre experience - ripped up the floor with Eddie Cochran, James Brown and Beastie Boys; It was lots of fun!

Going to be doing some DJing at Kill Your Pets at Ghetto, a scene I'm a little daunted at being a part of, but at same time excited! I've been listening to so much awesome music this week, have found some great new artists and bands, ah, fun times. :) I'd recommend Fukkk Offf if you like MSTRKRFT, Soulwax, SebastiAn and other hard electro bleeping.

No, I didn't see Jay-Z

Well! What a week!
We travelled down on the Wednesday, enjoyed some lovely weather and food and company and many beers. Too much to tell so here is a quick rundown with links!
Began with Vampire Weekend, who were really good! very enjoyable set and really connected with the crowd. Plus lead singer is cute! Later went to MGMT which was really good, but the audience was young and silly and a detriment to enjoyment. Stuck by left speaker, so not the greatest sound. Lots of Time to pretend sang around camp all week!
Next day was Holy Fuck who I can't find any glasto footage of, probably cos BBC is too pussy to write their name even though this was one of the highlights of the whole festival. They were unbelievably good. Prog in song form. Truly inspired me. Later that day saw the secret gig by Franz Ferdinand with a sneaky glance at Foals as I passed the Other Stage. Foals were more Mathrock than I had realised and I enjoyed them although I was only waiting for Cassius to come on. :) Franz pumped out hit after hit and no one could resist dancing. So fun! Finally was the amazing Schlomo presenting "Music Through Unconventional Means". A human beatboxer who was absolutley stunning. He had a triple slot on the Park Stage which he used to bring on as many special guests as he could, from Jazz to Indie he got his guests to sing while he beatboxed over the top. Amazing.

So I got back and have so so many ideas for music I want to write now. Want to work out how Secret Machines and Holy Fuck do it and create things along those lines. I think with a sneaky nudge it would lend to some dark electro. Have been messing around, still finding it difficult to get things working, will probably go through the tutorials again. having been trying ot work out wjat I'll need to record some music using my computer - STILL don't understand. I probably should ask a friend, but it means opening myself to critism. Pride is for losers. :)

Back to School

I have downloaded and installed Ableton Live 7! Was pretty daunted until I saw the tutorial programs and I have been going through those. How user friendly! I used to be in awe of DJs who used laptops feeling so archaic using my cd decks, but now I see how easy it is and feel less untalented. At the same time I can see how making it easier on the technical front frees you up for more creative endeavours! Fantastic!

In other news, I got my Glastonbury ticket today. I had a feeling we were going to be unlucky this year, but I was wrong.

I am going to see either Long Blondes or Blood Red Shoes depending on which I can get into as they are next door and at the same time.

Glastonbury '08

Glastonbury tickets on sale this Sunday! Having to work out how we are going to pay for them which is a little troublesome, but I'm sure it will all work out in the end. Line-up doesn't look wildly exciting, but there are a few people I'd see. If there were loads I'd not enjoy the festival as much. Kings of Leon and Vampire Weekend strike me, and I'll almost certainly see Pete, other than that, Cabaret Tent for me. I'm hoping the dance stages will have some hot happenings.