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San Diego DJ
San Diego DJ Justin Kanoya in the Enlighted booth at the 2016 Lightfair International.
DJ Dave Cutler and I split time inside the Enlighted booth at the 2016 Lightfair International Show in San Diego. Check out my collection of "snaps" during the day.
Prince was a music icon. As I sat down today -- the day of his death -- and listened to his catalog of music, my goal was to do a seamless mix of a few tunes. I quickly realized that was not going to be easy.
The beauty of Prince's music is that no two songs sound the same. As a result it's a challenge to mix them. I instead decided to grab some of the more emotional parts of some of my favorites.
This isn't a Prince Mega Dance Mix ... it's just meant to be touching and I hope you enjoy it.
Track List:
1. 7 (w/ "Post to Be" back beat)
2. Diamonds and Pearls
3. Purple Rain
4. Let's Go Crazy
5. Nothing Compares 2 U
The Intimidator Wave IRC from Chauvet DJ
Moving head light fixtures, the type with strong, bold color beams, are a sure fire way to upgrade a mobile DJ’s lighting show. But at the very minimum, moving heads work best in multiple units. One beam of colored light shooting around a ballroom is okay, but add another one, or two … or five?
However, hauling around several moving heads, along with its cabling, can get a bit cumbersome. Enter the Chauvet Intimidator Wave IRC from Chauvet DJ. Today’s review takes a look at this compact, multiple moving head light fixture.
My complete review of this light fixture is available on Digital DJ Tips and the video is below.
While DJing in Los Angeles, even I was a bit surprised to see a Josh Duhamel. But moreso because I was actually playing his wife's song when he walked up to me.
For as long as I can remember, I've had this weird “attribute” about me. It happens when I’m thinking about something and then suddenly that thing or something related to it comes up. It might be a song I'm thinking of that will come on the radio. Or I could be thinking of an actor and as I’m flipping through the TV I come across him on a random showing of a movie at 2 p.m. on a Saturday.
Well it happened again, in Los Angeles with Stacy Ferguson, A.K.A. Fergy Ferg, A.K.A. Fergie, A.K.A. Mrs. Josh Duhamel.
I was in L.A. with Fitbit to DJ at the Mile 22 cheer station of the Los Angeles Marathon. Exactly 28 songs into my “marathon, six hour” gig I figured it was time to drop the Fergie song, L.A. Love … I know, so cliche.
As I started playing it I see this guy walk up with his kid in a stroller. He starts recording me on his phone. This didn’t seem like too out of the ordinary, as it is fairly common that people will take photos or video of me DJing.
However, a minute or so later, I see him still hanging out and smiling back at me. Understand, where I was set-up was not an area that people were standing around and cheering. There were large groups gathered in other areas nearby, and here was this guy, with his kid, just standing behind me.
About 30 seconds later I look back at him, we make direct eye contact and then it hit me. It’s Josh-freaking-Duhamel .... Fergie’s husband!!
I literally shouted out “oh my god,” stunned at the coincidence that had taken place.
As I walked up to him, about five steps away, because remember he was standing so unusually close to me, and said “I just had that song ready to go, I didn’t even see you or realize you were there.”
To which he replied, “That’s funny, I just assumed you saw me walk up and decided to play it. And thanks, she will love it.”
Note he said “she will.” So I’m going to just digest the fact that at some point that day, while they were sitting on their couch at home, Josh showed Fergie a clip of me spinning L.A. Love.
And that’s a memory and an L.A. moment I’ll hold onto forever.
Here's a short video of the moment.
Josh Duhamel does a little lip sync to his wife's song, L.A. Love. F.Y.I., his wife is Fergie.
Employees from Pacific Marine Credit Union celebrated the end of the year with a party at South Coast Winery in Temecula and made this great slow motion video.
Another year and another awesome slow motion video from the employees at Pacific Marine Credit Union. This video was made even better since this event was masquerade party themed of their 2015 Holiday Party, which took place at South Coast Winery in Temecula. As a result, there are a lot of great masks, many of which were made by the guests themselves.
I also provided DJ services for their dance party, more about that in this earlier blog post.
