Hey guys.

In searching around to learn to mix more accurately, I discovered the website DJ Tech Tools. (http://www.djtechtools.com/) They have great tutorials on how to use Traktor and Ableton Live as well as reviews of new equipment and a lot of information relevant to the digital DJ. Check them out.

Digeum Mix Sessions 02 Kilo is posted to digeum.org.

This is a departure from the usual mix sessions, because this one is not House. That’s right, baby. Dubstep in the house!

There are a couple of flubs, but overall, I’m pretty happy with how this one turned out.

Check it out, here.

Artist: Jay Def
Track: Beccah’s Bliss
Album: The Motivation Project

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Time: 8 m 00 s
Tempo: 129 BPM

New track for the Motivation Project:

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Title: Mace Elaine
Genre: Electro House
Tempo: 132 BPM
Time: 6:49

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Genre: Electro-House
Tempo: 126 BPM
Time: 6:51

After a hiccup on Sunday which resulted in a 1 gb file filled with 2 hours of dead air, I slammed it hard with Digeum Mix 01 Yankee last night.

It’s kind of appropriate that the Yankee mix happened on President’s day.

Check it out.

Last Wednesday, as I was getting ready for work, I started having a problem breathing and started to come close to passing out. After happening the second time, I realized that this was a very serious problem. I called my mom (because you always call your mom when you’re feeling bad) and had her call 911 for me. The EMT’s came to the apartment and after checking me out, rushed me to the Emergency Room.

The verdict:
Pulmonary Embolism. Basically, I got a blood clot in my calf when I took my trip to New York last July. (A lot of sitting without the ability to move my legs.) Some of the clot broke free and travelled into my lungs. I was in the the hospital for 5 days and am on the road to recovery.

Compounding the problem is the fact that I haven’t been taking very good care of myself, especailly my diabetes. So, I am now taking insulin to care for my diabetes.

I now have a General Practitioner that I am seeing and will do what I can to improve my overall health considerably.

I am pleased to announce that Digeum Mix Session 01 Delta, mixed by Jay Def (me) is online.  This is another hour of groovy house tracks. 

I am proud of this mix because, to me, everything fits really well together. 

Listen to it or download it at digeum.org.

Well, my first mix is officially up on digeum.org. This is a project launched by Apollo and myself. The original intent was to host a podcast, but now we’re using our dj consoles and create some music mixes.

This first mix is about an hour of House.

On Thursday, I bought a Hercules RMX DJ Console from Guitar Center. It connects to my computer through USB and allows me to mix songs from my MP3 collection. I’ve been practicing with it all this weekend. I recorded my first mix, (twice, so far). I’ve found some problems with it, so I may try it again.

Once I do, I’ll post it.