THE SHAKEDOWN

This is a dope line up to be a part of.  I’ve got the opening set, so try to make it out early.  I promise, its a party as soon as the doors open!!  See you there!!

free mixes for download at the bottom of the post.

Here’s the line up for the weekend:

1. -Highh Lounge (Hotel Erwin, Venice Beach) – Saturday July 3rd, 2010 – 3pm-7pm
2. -JAMN 94.5 – Boston, MA – Time: TBA

I’ve mentioned it plenty of times… High Lounge on the rooftop of Hotel Erwin in Venice Beach, CA. I get to play an eclectic blend of music.  Everything from Hiphop, R&B, Old School, Soul, Rock, Classic Rock, Dance, Electro, Reggae, Salsa, Samba, Bossa Nova, Jazz, and even a sprinkle of Radio/Top 40.  I’ll be there Saturdays, sometime between 3pm and 11pm.  This weekend, I’ll be there from 3-7pm.  Again, at the bottom of the post there’s some mixes you can download.  It was recorded live from here a few weeks ago.

Also later this weekend, tune into JAM’N 94.5.  Soon as I have an exact time, I’ll let you all know.  Shout out once again to the homie Pup Dawg for putting me on.

and now… the reason you clicked on this to begin with… Free Music.  It was recorded live from Hotel Erwin on the 19th.  One of the days where we couldn’t use the monitor, so this is all “in the headphones” mixing.  I broke it down by the hour, so if you load it into your iTunes or iPod, and set your gaps to 0, it should play seamless.  Had to throw in a bunch of random drops, cause I can’t give you 4 hours of music and not tell you who put it together.  Enough reading for you?  Fine… go ahead and download here:

• High – June 19 2010 part 1
• High – June 19 2010 part 2
• High – June 19 2010 part 3
• High – June 19 2010 part 4

Come by.. I’ll be DJing here.

I’ve been workin with The Scratch Academy LA/Rehab Projects for the last few months.  High Lounge is our new spot for the summer.  It’s on the roof of Hotel Erwin in Venice.  We’ll have someone there Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.  I got to open this up for all of us last Saturday, and I get the honor of being the first one to come back and rock it again. Its an amazing view of LA!!  Venice beach behind the DJ, and  on a clear day, you can see all the way into downtown. Come hang out with me!!  I promise you some good music, a variety of music, your favorite tracks, some classics, some new stuff, some stuff you haven’t heard in a while, some stuff you’ve never heard at all, some stuff you can sing along to, pretty much music across the whole board.  Hope to see you there!!!

May 14, 2010 from 7pm to 11pm
High Lounge on the roof of Hotel Erwin
1697 Pacific Avenue
Venice Beach, CA 90291

My original plan for my birthday was to do nothing, but then a lot of things came up, and I ended up with several events planned.  I got a little too busy to post up on the blog, but last Friday, I had two events.  I competed in the semi finals of this KIIS FM DJ contest.  which I will get into another time.  Then right after that, we all walked upstairs from Level3 to The Highlands, and I did a set with the Usual Suspects.  Saturday, I had a BBQ at the fam’s house.  Pictures up soon.

OK… here’s whats comin up!!!!  This Friday, I’ll be rockin with the homie Hey Mesa at his party SugarFoot at The Verdugo Bar.  Flyer up soon.  And on Saturday, its the return of The Bridge.  Brought to you by DJ Hapa and Mr. Choc.  We’ll be celebrating my birthday, along with Mr. Choc and DJ Dynamix.  DJ Babu will be in the mix.  Hope to see you there!!!

If you don’t know about The Bridge…. watch this!! Anything can happen, but whatever happens, the music will be GOOD!!!

Ok.. not a full recap for now.  But in case you couldn’t make it to Kevin’s birthday party.  I recorded the whole night.  Please ignore my excessive, and mediocre cuts and doubles.  No one was there yet, and it relieves stress.  The cool thing is, that its a LIVITUP reunion for me and the guys.  We don’t all DJ together that often…. let alone 3 of us in one spot.  So up first is me… then DJ Rewind.. then Hey Mesa, then I went back on for a few minutes at the end.  Then Bad Knews himself grabs the mic in a drunken state.  (OK.. they were headphones… you old school DJs know whatsup with that).

A lot of people who said they were coming didn’t show, but it worked out cause the place was pretty packed anyway.  More people woulda just been too much.  It was good to see people that I haven’t seen in a long time.  I’ll see if I can get pictures from Kevin… In the meantime.. here’s the links to download the music.  One link is just me… the other one is the whole night.  The second one is probably the better choice, cause you get mine and the other guys too.

BAD KNEWS Birthday Shindiggity (DJ SHAKEE set)

BAD KNEWS Birthday Shindiggity (The whole night)

Last Friday I DJed at Sugarfoot @ The Verdugo Bar.  The resident DJ happens to be none other than Hey Mesa.  One half of the Cocaine Kids, and Original member of Livitup Productions.  If you know me, then you should know Livitup is my original DJ crew.  If you couldn’t make it out last Friday, You can download these mixes.  Just like I did with the re-MOVE mix, its not live from the event, but its live from home.  Scratch Lives keeps a good history if what you played, so I took that list and recorded these, as close to how I did it that night, as possible.  In part 2 I threw in an extra song.  If you were there, see if you can pick it out.  Anyways.. download and have fun.

DOWNLOAD HERE:

Footnotes (The Sugarfoot Set Part 1)

Footnotes (The Sugarfoot Set Part 2)

Tracklisting:

Footnotes (The Sugarfoot Set Part 1)

1. Fly Robbin Fly – Silver Connection
2. Superstition (with Disco Tech Drums) – Stevie Wonder
3. Its Ecstacy When You Lay Down Next To Me – Barry White
4. Act Like You Know – Fat Larry’s Band
5. Looking Up To You – Michael Wycoff
6. Hey DJ – Zhane
7. Back To Life – Soul II Soul
8. Every Little Thing I Do – Soul IV Real
9. Outstanding – The Gap Band
10. Before I Let You Go – Maze ft. Frankie Beverly
11. P.Y.T. (Demo Version) – Michael Jackson
12. Pubic Enemy (Saturday Night Virus Disco Mix) – A Tribe Called Quest
13. U Make Me Sweat – Jungle Brothers
14. Humps for the Blvd. – Rodney O & Joe Cooley
15. Brooklyn Queen – 3rd Bass
16. Saturdays – De La Soul
17. Elevate My Mind – Stereo MC’s
18. Hip Hop Junkies (DJ P-Sol Disco Mix) – Nice & Smooth
19. Can’t Believe It (DJ P-Sol Remix) – T-Pain
20. Paranoid – Kanye West
21. Woman – Mirage
22. When I Think of You – Janet Jackson
23. Housequake – Prince
24. Midas Touch – Midnight Star
25. Dangerous (DJ Nicky T Mash-up) – Busta Rhymes
26. Footprints (Doc’s Big Booty Retro Mix) – A Tribe Called Quest
27. Say Say Say (ft. Michael Jackson) – Paul McCartney
28. She Wants To Move (Native Tongues Remix feat. Common, Mos Def, Q-Tip & De La Soul) – N.E.R.D.
29. Rappers Delight – Sugarhill Gang
30. I’m Just a Sucker for Your Love (ft. Rick James) – Teena Marie

Footnotes (The Sugarfoot Set Part 2)

1. Da Whole Kit and Kaboodle – Mad Kap
2. Keepin’ The Faith – De La Soul
3. Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (DJ SHAKEE EDIT) – Indeep
4. Clap Yo Hands & Stomp Yo Feet – DJ P-Sol ft. James Brown
5. Body Dancer – Magic Fire
6. Love Come Down – Evelyn “Champagne” King
7. Let’s All Chant – Michael Zager Band
8. Controversy – Prince
9. Never Can Say Goodbye (Shinichi Osawa 3000 Mix) – The Jackson 5
10. The Tears of a Clown (Hotsnax Remix) – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
11. So Fucking Disco – Pase Rock
12. Karate – Kennedy
13. Tenderoni – Chromeo
14. Rockin to the Beat – Black Eyed Peas
15. Brazillian Rhyme (Tittsworth Remix) – Earth Wind & Fire
16. Blame it on the Boogie (Flowinsky Remix) – The Jackson 5
17. Get On The Floor – Michael Jackson
18. Musics Takin Over – The Jacksons
19. Give it to Me Baby – Rick James
20. The Groove Line – Heat Wave
21. Livin It Up (Friday Night) – Bell & James
22. Feels Good – Tony Toni Tone
23. Why You Get Funky On Me (DJ SHAKEE EDIT) – Today
24. D-O-G Me Out – Guy
25. Ain’t Gonna Hurt Nobody – Kid N Play
26. Funhouse – Kid N Play
27. Unfaithful – Full Force
28. The Fly – World Class Wreckin Cru
29. Egypt Egypt – Egyptian Lover
30. And The Beat Goes On – Orbit
31. P.Y.T – Good Life (Thee Mike B Down Dirty Transfer) – Michael Jackson & Kanye West
32. Luchini (This Is It) – Camp Lo
33. Not telling you this one.  Its beat digging 101, you should know it by now.
34. Note telling you this one either.  Big ups to KJButta, cause he played it, and didn’t list the artist either.
35. D.O.A. (Death of Autotune) – Jay-Z
36. Flava In Ya Ear (Remix ft. The Notorious B.I.G.) – Craig Mack
37. Get Money (Hey Mesa Edit – with original break) – Junior Mafia (thats another easy original break to find)
38. I Left My Wallet In El Sugundo (Vampire Mix) – A Tribe Called Quest
39. The Bizness (ft. Common) – De La Soul

Come out this Friday!!!!  I might play something like this….

A few weeks back my good friend  DJ EvilLincoln asked me to come out to his weekly Tuesday night and do a set.  They do MOVE, every Tuesday night at Holly’s.  The idea behind it is.. “good music”  or “non typical music”.  Its no hassle, no dress code, no cover.  Its Hollywood without the bullshit.  I definitely recommend stopping in to check out the spot.

Of course, I always invite people out, but some people couldn’t make it.  Maybe 2 people asked “what did you play?”  I kinda made it up along the way, so I couldn’t remember everything…. but… Taking advantage of the updated history feature on  Scratch Live’s newest version, I had exactly what I played that night in order.  So I decided to just record it, exactly as it is.  Live, one take, as close to that night as I can remember.  (Slight cheat… the last 2 songs, I switched the order.  Other than that, its exactly as it was on my play history)

So here’s a free mix… and again… be sure to check out MOVE @ Holly’s (in Hollywood) every Tuesday night!!

DJ SHAKEE – “re-MOVE”