Fitbit Flex 2; Charge 2 Product Launch - The Battery San Francisco

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San Diego DJ, Justin Kanoya, spins music at the launch producut event for the Fitbit Flex 2 and Fitbit Charge 2.

Fitbit announced inside and out upgrades to the Flex and Charge, two of its most popular fitness trackers this week. The new devices, simply named Fitbit Flex 2 and Fitbit Charge 2, were unveiled at recent media events in New York and San Francisco.

I had the opportunity to DJ the San Francisco event, making it the second product launch event I partnered with Fitbit on. In February I was on hand for the launch of Fitbit Alta.

In San Francisco, the event took place on August 25, 2016 at The Battery, a boutique hotel and private social club. It was divided into two sessions, each attended by approximately 25 members of media from technology, fitness, network and fashion publications, websites and TV outlets.

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San Diego based fitness DJ, Justin Kanoya, and fitness expert Gabby Reece. 

After a product overview of both of the new devices, including updates to other products in Fitbit's existing product line, the attendees were brought outside to the Battery rooftop for a 20 minute workout led by former professional beach volleyball player and fitness expert, Gabby Reece.

It was a fun experience for me to put together her setlist, which had a lot of old school hip-hop requests coupled with current tunes. She was awesome to hang with and I was honored to have the chance to meet her.

Here’s a look at the setlist I played for both sessions.

• T.I. - Bring Em Out
• DMX vs Jackal - Ruff Ryders Anthem (Kaos Animal Style Bootleg)
• Terror Squad - Lean Back
• Jay-Z - I Can't Get With That (DJ Clark Kent Version)
• Fetty Wap f./Snoop Dogg - Westside (Promo Only Quick Edit)
• Fetty Wap, Monty - 679 (Street Tracks Remix)
• V.I.C. - Wobble
• Iggy Azalea - Team (Promo Only Quick Edit)
• Dr Dre ft Snoop Dogg & Kurup & Nate Dogg - The Next Episode (DJCiRCLE K & DJ Jay2 Bpm Supreme West Coast Blend)
• Dr. Dre ft Snoop Dogg - Nuthin' But A G Thang
• Drake f./Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance
• Selena Gomez ft ASAP Rocky - Good For You (Caked Up Remix)
• House of Pain - Jump Around
• Rob Base & DJ E Z Rock - It Takes Two

And what about the news on the new devices? Read all about it in this brief overview I put together.
 

Shruti and Leo’s Dance Party - San Diego Museum of Man Wedding

Leo and Shruti wedding celebration was so big, they took over the entire Museum of Man in San Diego. With seating on both the first and floors for their guests, this wedding was beautiful as it also recognized Shruti’s Indian culture.

Friends and family traveled in from all over the world for this night, which was actually the cap to a full week of celebrations as per Indian wedding tradition. But that didn’t slow anyone down, as a great dance party concluded the festivities.

Here’s their setlist.

First Dance
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home

Dinner

• Ed Sheeran - Photograph (Westphal & Whyman Remix)  
• Rudimental ft Will Heard - I Will For Love (SYV Remix)  
• Sam Feldt & Kimberly Anne - Show Me Love (EDX Remix)  
• Nora En Pure - Saltwater  
• Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Kandy Space Remix)
• A Tribe Called Quest ft J. Cole - Can I Kick It (J. Cole Remix)
• Kaskade ft Estelle - Day Trippin  
• The Beatangers - Do The Funk
• DJ Dan & WhiteNoize - Hey Ho  
• Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Edge Remix)
• Mariah Carey - Emotions (Select Mix Remix)
• Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me
• Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy (Select Mix Remix)
• Stevie Wonder - Do I Do
• Jane Child - Don't Wanna Fall In Love (Select Mix Remix)
• Hall & Oates - Out Of Touch (Select Mix Remix)
• Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage (Hot Classics Remix)
• Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack
• DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - Summertime
• Paperboy - Ditty
• Mindi Abair - The Joint
• Kungs vs Cookin On 3 Burners - This Girl  

Open Dancing

• Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
• Boyz II Men - Motownphilly
• Bell Biv Devoe - Poison
• Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling (Select Mix Remix)
• Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (Select Mix Remix)
• Shankar Ehsaan Loy; Vasundhara Das; KK; Shaan; Loy Mendonsa - It's the Time to Disco
• Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round
• Earth Wind and Fire - September
• Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Till Get You Get Enough (Hot Classics Remix)
• The Clash - Train In Vain (Edge Remix)
• Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations (Select Mix Remix)
• Shankar Ehsaan Loy;Sadhana Sargam;Sujata Bhattacharya; - Maahi Ve
• Panjabi MC - Beware Of The Boys
• Beyonce - Crazy In Love
• Sia, Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (Select Mix Remix)
• Mary J. Blige - Real Love
• Meghan Trainor f./John Legend - Like I'm Gonna Lose You
• Al Green - Let's Stay Together
• Natalie Cole - This Will Be an Everlasting Love
• DNCE - Cake By The Ocean
• Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby (Select Mix Remix)
• Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake - Love Never Felt So Good
• Clash - Rock the Casbah
• Naked Eyes - Always Something There to Remind Me
• Britney Spears - Work Bitc

Last Dance
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

Vendor Team
DJ/Master of Ceremonies: Justin Kanoya, DJ Kanoya Productions
Venue: San Diego Museum of Man
Videographer: Timecode Media
Caterer: The Abbey Catering
Cake: Flour Power
Photographer: Bill Rice Photo

Other weddings hosted by DJ Kanoya Productions

Gina and Tim’s Dance Party - Mission Beach Women’s Club Wedding

Tim and Gina with San Diego DJ Justin Kanoya at their wedding at the Mission Beach Women's Club. 

Tim, with my dog Rinny, is a dog behavior specialist with Sit Means Sit Dog Training. 

I’ve been booked to DJ a wedding inside of two months from the wedding date in the past, but my meeting of Tim and Gina were true happenstance. My family adopted a dog in May 2016 and less than a month later, were recommended by our veterinarian to call Tim of Sit Means Sit, a dog training company.

Through conversation, I found it he had a wedding soon. He and Gina had bounced the idea of having a DJ, but decided against it …. until we found each other. 

So it was on. Tim and Gina had great wedding celebration at the Mission Beach Women’s Club on August 5, 2016. Many friends from all over the country flew in to be a part of this day and what a good time it was.

Oh, and I have a well behaved dog now too!

Check out their setlist below.

First Dance
Lonestar - Amazed

Dinner

• Spyro Gyra - The Deep End
• Kenny G - The Joy Of Life
• Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life
• Eagles - Take It Easy
• Sugarland - Stuck Like Glue
• Pentatonix - Can't Sleep Love
• Maroon 5 - Sugar
• Gwen Stefani - Make Me Like You
• Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack
• Mary J. Blige - Real Love
• White Town - Your Woman (Select Mix Remix)
• Crystal Bowersox - Midnight Train to Georgia
• Mayer Hawthorne - The Walk

Open Dancing First Set

• Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love
• Steve Winwood - Higher Love (Select Mix Remix)
• Michael Buble - Everything
• Frank Sinatra - Summer Wind
• Kool & the Gang - Get Down On It
• The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On (Hot Classics Remix)
• Al Jarreau - We're In This Love Together
• Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

Cake Cutting
James Taylor - How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You

Open Dancing - Second Set

• Diana Ross & the Supremes - Baby Love
• The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg
• Zac Brown Band - Homegrown
• Kenny Rogers - Through The Years
• Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight
• Al Green - Let's Stay Together
• Darius Rucker - Wagon Wheel
• Blake Shelton - Sangria
• Earth, Wind & Fire - September
• Michael Jackson - P.Y.T (remix)
• Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations (Select Mix Remix)
• Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! (Promo Only Intro Edit 1)
• Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (Select Mix Remix)
• Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
• K.C. & the Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight
• J. Geils Band - Centerfold
• Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out
• Rihanna ft Drake - Work (Lost Kings Remix) (Dirty)
• Sia, Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (Select Mix Remix)
• Otis Day & the Knights - Shout
• Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Woman
• Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
• Big & Rich - Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)
• Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried
• Sam Hunt - House Party
• Fifth Harmony - Work From Home (Select Mix Remix)
• Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (SeeB Remix)
• Drake f./Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance (Promo Only Quick Edit)
• Natalie La Rose f./Jeremih, Fetty Wap, Sage The Gemini & Troy Ave - Somebody (Promo Only Intro Edit)
• DNCE - Cake By The Ocean (Promo Only Clean Edit)
• Whitney Houston - How Will I Know (Select Mix Remix)
• Madonna - Holiday
• Bon Jovi - Livin On A Prayer
• Prince - Little Red Corvette
• Prince  - I Would Die 4 U
• Meghan Trainor f./John Legend - Like I'm Gonna Lose You
• Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing (Kygo Radio Edit)
• V.I.C. - Wobble
• DJ Snake f./Bipolar Sunshine - Middle (Promo Only Quick Edit)
• Rudimental f./Ed Sheeran - Lay It All On Me
• Kungs vs Cookin On 3 Burners - This Girl
• Village People - YMCA
• B-52's - Love Shack

Last Dance
Journey - Don't Stop Believin'

Vendor Team
DJ/Master of Ceremonies: Justin Kanoya, DJ Kanoya Productions
Venue: Mission Beach Women's Club

Weddings Hosted by DJ Kanoya at the Mission Beach Women's Club

Greg and Jessica's Dance Party - Bali Hai Wedding

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Greg and Jessica's wedding ceremony at the Bali Hai Restaurant in San Diego. 

Greg and Jessica have one of those cinema like starts to a relationship, but there’s is all real. Meeting in a Texas bar while Greg was on a trip to the state, and staying in touch after, they fell in love, Jessica moved to California and the rest is history.

They celebrated with friends and family at the Bali Hai Restaurant in San Diego on July 30, 2016. This party kicked off with a special dance to get the crowd hyped up, followed by dinner and dancing.

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And what a great dance party it was … here’s the setlist.

First Dance

• Collie Buddz - Gimmie Love
• Open Dancing First Set
• Al Green - Let's Stay Together
• Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight
• Sia f./Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills
• Rihanna ft Drake - Work (Lost Kings Remix)  
• Beyonce - Crazy In Love
• Party Break - Montel Party Break
• Usher - Yeah (Wedding Crasherz Break)
• Will Smith - Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
• Rob Base, DJ E-Z Rock - Joy & Pain (Select Mix Remix)
• Boyz II Men - Motownphilly
• Bell Biv Devoe - Poison
• Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up (Hot Classics Remix)
• The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg
• The Supremes - Come See About Me

Cake Cutting
James Taylor - How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You

Garter Toss

• Jack Black - Let's Get It On
• Game - How We Do

Bouquet Toss
Iggy Azalea - Fancy (Seize Where The Ladies At Edit)

Open Dancing Second Set

• Adele - Right as Rain
• Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl
• Nelly Furtado - Say It Right (Foldcash Remix)  
• Rudimental f./Ed Sheeran - Lay It All On Me
• Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream
• Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til' You Get Enough
• Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling (Select Mix Remix)
• Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
• Tupac - California Love (Original Version)
• Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre ft Nate Dogg - The Next Episode (Loczi & Rafi Remix)
• DJ Snake, Lil Jon - Turn Down For What (Select Mix Remix)
• Miley Cyrus f. Jay-Z - We Can't Stop (DJ Scooter Twerk Remix - Clean)
• Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
• R. Kelly - Step In The Name Of Love
• DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - Summertime
• Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
• Cheap Trick - I Want You to Want Me
• Brooks & Dunn - Boot Scootin' Boogie
• Darius Rucker - Wagon Wheel
• Meghan Trainor f./John Legend - Like I'm Gonna Lose You
• Maxamillion - Sexual Healing (Intro Clean)
• Mariah Carey - Heartbreaker
• R. Kelly - Ignition (Remix)
• Drake f./Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance
• Blackstreet - No Diggity (Mayeda Twerk Remix)
• Missy Elliott - Work It (Mayeda Remix)  
• Justin Bieber - Sorry (Mr Collipark Remix)  
• Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (SeeB Remix)  
• Major Lazer, DJ Snake, MO - Lean On (Select Mix Remix)
• DNCE - Cake By The Ocean (Promo Only Clean Edit)
• Bob Marley - Could You Be Loved
• Fifth Harmony - Work From Home (Promo Only Quick Edit)
• Natalie La Rose, Jeremih - Somebody (Select Mix Remix)
• Calvin Harris f./Rihanna - This Is What You Came For

Last Dance
Bob Marley - Three Little Birds

Vendor Team
DJ, Master of Ceremonies: DJ Kanoya Productions
Uplighting: DJ Kanoya Productions
Venue: Bali Hai Restaurant

Other weddings hosted by DJ Kanoya at Bali Hai

Yoga Sculpt Live DJ - Corepower Yoga Pacific Beach

Another sweat inducing, beat bouncing yoga sculpt class at Corepower Yoga. This time with Sophie, who was experiencing her first live yoga DJ set. She did great, as you can tell by the smiling faces in the pics below. 

My cobra pose, on the other hand, could use some work. Check out the setlist below.

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• Le Flex - La Ritournelle (Original Mix)
• Zedd & Aloe Blacc - Candyman
• Smookie Illson & Keno - Yoga Pants
• Jennifer Lopez ft Iggy Azalea - Booty (Tommie Sunshine & Halfway House Bootleg)
• Cassie - Me & U (Scott Forshaw & RAI Remix)   
• Run D.M.C. vs Reid Stefan - It's Like That (Kaos Bootleg)  
• Run D.M.C. vs The Scene Kings vs Aylen - It's Tricky Wild Style (LOCZI Show Edit)  
• Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft MO - Lean On (FUTURE LINES Bootleg)   
• 50 Cent - In Da Club (Bender Remix)
• Afro Rican - Give It All You Got
• DJ Snake ft George Maple - Talk (Aylen Remix)   
• Cedric Gervais & Willy Monfret - Make Me Feel   
• Beyonce vs Dillon Francis vs Skrillex vs DJCJ vs Blootone  - Formation Dance (LOCZI Show Edit)
• Ferreck Dawn & Redondo - Love Too Deep
• Sia ft Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (Xemi Canovas & David Pateo Mambo Remix)   
• Ty Dolla Sign - Saved (James Hype Remix)   
• The Weeknd - In The Night (Jayco Remix)   
• Salt N Pepa - Push It (Mayeda Remix)
• Adele vs Gotye - Rumour I Use To Know (DJ ItchyFinga MashUp)
• Beyonce - 7/11 (Tracy Young's Smack It In The Air Radio Edit)
• Next - Too Close (Manufactured Superstars & dEVOLVE Remix)   
• Fifth Harmony ft Ty Dolla Sign - Work From Home (Ray Rhodes Remix)   
• DJ Kool - Let Me Clear My Throatt (Ronnie Lopez Snake Bootleg)  
• Nora En Pure - Saltwater   
• Robert E Cole - Walking in Heaven (Original Mix)
• John Judd - Serenity (Original Mix)
• Sunlounger - Another Day On The Terrace (Chill Mix)