Break Science's new EP 'MONOLITH CODE' just dropped today.
It's pretty straight-up electro house but just like last January's 'Further Than Our Eyes Can See', it's straight dope. Here's Whole World Locked:
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
The Audio Genesis Device
We've had many discussions about how best to found and promote a night... but let's take the conversation up a notch:
How does one go about intentionally creating a scene?
It doesn't happen often - usually it requires a new genre of dance music, a DJ willing and able to spin it, and a promoter that is in-touch with enough of an audience.
I am considering embarking on such a task, so I figured here is as good a place as any to vet my plan. One of the genres I have been focusing on is gaining traction in the area, and I think it's time to consider founding not just a night, but fostering a scene.
To do so, I think I'm going to have to do the following:
How does one go about intentionally creating a scene?
It doesn't happen often - usually it requires a new genre of dance music, a DJ willing and able to spin it, and a promoter that is in-touch with enough of an audience.
I am considering embarking on such a task, so I figured here is as good a place as any to vet my plan. One of the genres I have been focusing on is gaining traction in the area, and I think it's time to consider founding not just a night, but fostering a scene.
To do so, I think I'm going to have to do the following:
- Identify the audience
- As this is a fairly new style of music, but one rooted in familiarity, there is a lot of crossover from a variety of scenes - without being a direct competition or threat to any. Find and document all events held by all crossover scenes. Estimate potential audience.
- Discover and assist willing DJs
- There are definitely DJs interested in this genre, but no one is spinning exclusively in it.
- Research and approach appropriate venues
- As with any dance night, venue is critical
- Promote the music
- People need familiarity. If I learned one thing from the nights I've been loosely involved with, it's that mixes help A LOT towards building a scene.
- Promote the event(s)
- Find promoters who you trust and want to work with, and saturate the new potential audience with teaser mixes and eventually, promotions for the first night.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Internet Censorship
It should be clear that me linking you to tracks you might like is blatantly against copyright restrictions.
It should also be clear that without people (such as your humble narrator) free to spread the word about otherwise copyrighted content... music would not spread and flourish the way it has in the internet era.
Instead of blacking out my blog... I'm going to link you to some more awesome music, noting that this action would result in all of Blogger being blocked from the internet.
Without others' sharing copyrighted music, I would never have been able to spread music to each of you. I would never have been able to buy the music I enjoy - because I would never have found it. The sites I use to research new music will be shut down, without question.
But where this really gets hairy, is this:
Flevans - Easy Go (feat Kylie Auldist) by Flevans
Even the perfectly legal - and encouraged - act of embedding an artist's track from soundcloud is enough to have not just this blog, but Blogger.com shut down for POTENTIAL copyright violations without due process. Even though the artist asked us to share his work, this site could be shut down. And even though your own blog might have nothing copyrighted on it... you would be shut down too.
Call your congressmen. Tell them you oppose SOPA and PIPA, and that enabling mass censorship is not the answer.
It should also be clear that without people (such as your humble narrator) free to spread the word about otherwise copyrighted content... music would not spread and flourish the way it has in the internet era.
Instead of blacking out my blog... I'm going to link you to some more awesome music, noting that this action would result in all of Blogger being blocked from the internet.
Without others' sharing copyrighted music, I would never have been able to spread music to each of you. I would never have been able to buy the music I enjoy - because I would never have found it. The sites I use to research new music will be shut down, without question.
But where this really gets hairy, is this:
Flevans - Easy Go (feat Kylie Auldist) by Flevans
Even the perfectly legal - and encouraged - act of embedding an artist's track from soundcloud is enough to have not just this blog, but Blogger.com shut down for POTENTIAL copyright violations without due process. Even though the artist asked us to share his work, this site could be shut down. And even though your own blog might have nothing copyrighted on it... you would be shut down too.
Call your congressmen. Tell them you oppose SOPA and PIPA, and that enabling mass censorship is not the answer.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Dancing Makes You Smarter
http://socialdance.stanford.edu/syllabi/smarter.htm
Excerpts from the study:
One of the surprises of the study was that almost none of the physical activities appeared to offer any protection against dementia. There can be cardiovascular benefits of course, but the focus of this study was the mind. There was one important exception: the only physical activity to offer protection against dementia was frequent dancing.
Reading - 35% reduced risk of dementia
Bicycling and swimming - 0%
Doing crossword puzzles at least four days a week - 47%
Playing golf - 0%
Dancing frequently - 76%.
That was the greatest risk reduction of any activity studied, cognitive or physical.
Excerpts from the study:
One of the surprises of the study was that almost none of the physical activities appeared to offer any protection against dementia. There can be cardiovascular benefits of course, but the focus of this study was the mind. There was one important exception: the only physical activity to offer protection against dementia was frequent dancing.
Reading - 35% reduced risk of dementia
Bicycling and swimming - 0%
Doing crossword puzzles at least four days a week - 47%
Playing golf - 0%
Dancing frequently - 76%.
That was the greatest risk reduction of any activity studied, cognitive or physical.
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