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Who's out there? The folks in SF are making me wish I lived out west - where's the love in the big apple?

Yo mang:

I lived in NY for 10 years as a kid. Now I have plenty of friends out there. NY has a serious scene! Everywhere I went (the village mostly), was frickin kickin! I would imagine the saturation of artists in NY is higher than here. Maybe a little darker tho... I love NY's potential but I'm too earth friendly to handle living under a highway...

If you need more contacts, I can bug some of my freaky buddies and see where you can hook up with others...

peace, light and the eternal cosmic groove...
grig

That would be awesome, bro, though I hear you about the darkness. Me & the Mrs. really don't want to live here, but we're in the nice catch-22 of not being to move out cuz we can't save enough, and not being able to save since it's expensive. In any case, the concrete bothers us both, and the clubs here, the big ones, at least, lack a good vibe.

I'd love to get in touch with a good crew - I'm awaiting the acquisition of a laptop. In the meantime, I made my 2nd Live mix (http://www.djrx.com/mix/) and working on downtempo & tech-housey tracks.

Rx wrote: Who's out there? The folks in SF are making me wish I lived out west - where's the love in the big apple?

i'm in NYC too. you should check out "Share" at []pen Air on Sunday nights. it's dope. bring your laptop and jam, trade software, etc. it's a good time and it's free. lots good stuff happening this summer all over town. i'll be using Live with Reason in a bunch of upcoming shows. if anyone wants to jam or try to organize a show drop a line right here. i think it would be sick to have a night of good electronic music for a change. maybe even get some video peeps involved. there's plenty of spots in Manhattan and Bklyn. i'm feeling suddenly motivated.

Sounds great - as soon as I acquire a laptop! I'm all for moving out of NYC, but might as well enjoy it while I'm here.

Where is []pen Air? I'd love to drop in. I generally avoid the clubs and bars since the music is always spotty. (I suppose that's why I'm making music ;)) Check out my last mix if you're interested - http://www.djrx.com/mix/ . It's more a regular-type mix (songs by other artists), though Live allows me to only play the parts of a song I want, match pitches, etc. I threw in one original track - took a bunch of loops I made in Reason and sequenced them on the fly.

anemone, me, of offshore recordings a left field breakbeat orientated label will be going a live performance using live friday night at a club called housion in brooklyn, forgive me if the spelling is wrong, this will also be a sort of release party for offshore# 2 a drum and bass 12" single with tracks from tundra (breakbeatscience) and asc(uk) and a celebration of the aquisition of a worldwide distribution deal via vinyl distribution of the uk. ill be playing some drum and bass tunes ive done on dubplate and doing a mostly found sound and dub pa and clever of offshore will be djing some proper tunes. cool.

offshore recordings wrote: anemone, me, of offshore recordings a left field breakbeat orientated label will be going a live performance using live friday night at a club called housion in brooklyn, forgive me if the spelling is wrong, this will also be a sort of release party for offshore# 2 a drum and bass 12" single with tracks from tundra (breakbeatscience) and asc(uk) and a celebration of the aquisition of a worldwide distribution deal via vinyl distribution of the uk. ill be playing some drum and bass tunes ive done on dubplate and doing a mostly found sound and dub pa and clever of offshore will be djing some proper tunes. cool.

very cool. i'll be down there friday. hopefully i can check it out. that's a great venue too. good scene for that stuff.

Rx wrote: Sounds great - as soon as I acquire a laptop! I\'m all for moving out of NYC, but might as well enjoy it while I\'m here.

Where is []pen Air? I\'d love to drop in. I generally avoid the clubs and bars since the music is always spotty. (I suppose that\'s why I\'m making music ) Check out my last mix if you\'re interested - http://www.djrx.com/mix/ . It\'s more a regular-type mix (songs by other artists), though Live allows me to only play the parts of a song I want, match pitches, etc. I threw in one original track - took a bunch of loops I made in Reason and sequenced them on the fly.

every SUNDAY
SHARE at [ ]PENAIR
assemblage of portable computers. data exchange, performances, MP3Jing
sunday afternoons 5-9
As always, come to listen, come to trade, or drive that hangover away. computer not required.
121 St. Marks St (near Avenue A) NYC
212-979-1459 / FREE
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also check out http://www.pinknoises.com/events.shtml
for a list of other weekly events in NYC and elsewhere. all pretty much reside "far to the left" and are very interesting. intelligent dance and digital soundscapes. good stuff.

hi:
nyc peeps should definitely check out UNDERCITY at HALCYON in brooklyn. it is every sunday night from 7-12am. HALCYON is definitely one of the coolest places in the city area. it is a coffee shop/record store/ beer bar/ food is awesome/ sounds system is absolutely SPECTACULAR!!! great place.
UNDERCITY is all experimental/ ambient/ dub/ minimal...

definitely check it out.

F train to bergen (3rd stop in brooklyn), 207 smith street.

FREE

oh, and instruction shuttle uses LIVE when he plays there.

the weekly share event is definitely cool . . . and seems to be picking up momentum (after the wired article a couple of months ago) . . . and there is actually a website now:

http://share.ffem.org/index.html


finally got me a kickin' laptop. . . . and just got live yesterday . . .

c u there!


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Those weeklies sound good - now to do something about the fact that I work on Sundays til midnight...

share this info why don't cha

sure . . . here goes:

Toshiba Satellite 5105 S501
P4 1.7 GHz / 512MB RAM / WinXP Home
40GB HD
32MB Nvidea Graphics Card / 15" display / 1400x1050 rez
DVD/CD-RW drive
3 USB / 1 Firewire (and other various ports/jacks/slots)
Yamaha audio chip (disabled)

Also, to be complete:

EMI 2|6
Keystation 61 ('cause i live in a shoebox and had to crate my SG-1D) :-(

LAPW 5.1.3, Reason 1.01, Reaktor 3.0.5, Battery 1.01, Live 1.5, Sonar 2.0, all stable. (absynth on the way!)

still putting it through it's paces, though . . . have only had it for a few weeks, and as you can see there are quite a few configs to test out . . . but so far i'm a happy camper. the only known issue with the satellite is its weak-ass battery -- only lasts for about 01:45:00. so i'm gambling that some kind of power outlet will be available when i'm gigging . . .

cheers

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being a Powerbook owner, i am obviously broke ; )
could you make me punch something by telling me what you paid for that computer? oh, and what's "LAPW 5.1.3"?