2012 Live! DJ Set

2012 Was a great year for music for this guy. Admittedly, I'll probably looks back and see this as the year of Jonny Jewel, whom you'll hear across several tracks. I've always been interested in the sort of breakneck speed that DJs like Girl Talk will mix, sort of creating a sonic tapestry of different styles that becomes its own thing. So that's what I went for here. The rules were: all music contained herein is stuff that I discovered in 2012, not necessarily released that year, though I try not to include too many throwbacks. Second rule is that I have to move on to the next song or mash as soon as possible, so most songs are not around for more than 2 minutes. The result is something that I think really represents my memory of 2012, music-wise. 45 tracks clocking in at nearly 2 hours. Although I arranged my track list by BPM, I didn't have a setlist in mind. I just had the intention of starting somewhere in the middle, around 95 bpm, going up till I maxed out and then dropping back to the mid nineties and dopping down from there. The ultimate song choices were made on the fly, no do-overs. Now the appologies. I'd say 3 out of every 4 tracks are mixed well. Then there's the odd transition that didn't work or beats that should have sunk up but befell a Traktor fail. Such is the raw-ness of playing live. Also, thanks again to lame soundcloud, a track has already been pulled, because I'm making BANK off this mix, and haters gonna hate. Shame, I really liked track 35 too.

Winter Chill Mix

UPDATE:
I'm only allowed 2 hours of free space on sound cloud and I'm not giving them my money just yet.  So I had to brush aside some old songs including the ones on this setlist.  If you're interested in hearing them, message me or comment and I'll get them to you straightaway.


Hey listeners!
It's been nice and cool and overcast down in LA the past couple of weeks and I don't know about you, but I've just been in the mood for some chill electro.  Nothing like seeing the lights reflected in the wet concrete, driving home at night, the raindrops on your windshield like a giant lite-bright.  So I've been picking through a lot of Johnny Jewel's mixes and cuts from the Vallerie collective.  When I find something I can't do without, I have to take it into protools to cut out and EQ the one song from the hour-long mix.  After that, during a sleepless night, I decided to power on the tables for a bit to see what comes out.  The result is this mix, live and uncensored.  This is the first mix I was able to "cut" into pieces while recording live through Tracktor, enabling me to upload individual tracks into a seamless mix via Soundcloud setlists.

Unfortunately, soundcloud was being a butthole and would freeze when the upload was 90% complete.  I've been trying to upload for days, and finally I got it working.  Lame soundcloud.  Anyway, the great thing about soundcloud is that I can share this mix with you.  Enjoy, and please share/like/comment/download!

Mailbag Airfunction EP - FULL SET LIST

UPDATE:
I'm only allowed 2 hours of free space on sound cloud and I'm not giving them my money just yet.  So I had to brush aside some old songs including the ones on this setlist.  If you're interested in hearing them, message me or comment and I'll get them to you straightaway.


IT'S FINALLY HERE!!!


In case you've missed any of the mashups I've been toying around with over the past year, I've put them together in a setlist for your listening pleasure for the first time EVAR!

You can play it right off the page here:


Please SHARE, LIKE, DOWNLOAD and play back till your heart's content.

FIRST KISS!

No, not my first kiss.  I'm talking about a short film written and directed by my very talented buddy Charles Hood.  Chuck is always great about trying to work with fellow USC alumni and close friends on projects.  This film marked the second time I was able to do location sound with Charles and his crew.  The first was another funny project called ALLISON.  Very funny project, shot in a single day (with some pickups here and there).  We had to lock down the whole street to do the running sequence at the end.  Looks great, sounds great.  A festival winner if there ever was one (and it did).  Hopefully this wont be our last collaboration, Chuck is a very prolific writer and director, completing his first feature when most of us were still looking for internships.  This was shot a year ago I think, which goes to show you how long it takes to turn around a good film, even if it's a short, and it just finished the festival rounds.  So take a break and watch it.  It will make your funny.