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@Mixmag
premiere of my new track "felthat" off Air Texture's IYKYK comp drops today. 🛰️💜
Stream at
@Mixmag
soundcloud:
Full comp out now on bandcamp:
p.s. what an amazing bday week its been - feeling blessed sending love
DJ's its just a party - ya'll need TO CHILL. your job is to make ppl happy and share the music you love and love to make. What you do consists of alchemy, frequency and love. NOT psychological warfare and politics - check your ego-residue at the door and be of service.
REMINDER : No one operates in a lonesome silo. Artists need community. Community doesn't always equate to parties. As an autistic closeted introvert I have to constantly remind ppl that skill-sharing, checking in, collaboration, consideration and BUYING THE MUSIC is community.
R.I.P. PHIL NIBLOCK - you really encouraged me to keep going when I felt less than welcome in a very male-dominated noise music, music tech, and sound design music scene -
I sat down with Silent Servant (Juan Mendez) in 2017 for an in depth interview for that I'll never forget. It was a very bad time in my life. His words inspired me to keep going. I won't forget you Juan.
#silentservant
Cancelling anything is cancelled.
DONE with these sweeping statements on people, genres and preferences.
Cancelling keeps us from having vital conversations needed and perpetuates short fuses akin to violence and aggression.
These are not my values and
I am NOT here for it.
I'm a horrible friend when it comes to relationship advice. I decentered sex, romantic relationships, and dating out of my life 5 years ago. My friendships ARE the love, my peace is the center and i'm basically married to music. So yeah i'm gonna tell u to just dump them - sorry.
Just found out I got accepted into the Grad School Program of my dreams. And also - it happened - an NYU student cited me in one of their final papers/thesis. REAL TALK THO CUZ I AM REALLY JUST OUT HERE LOVING AND LEARNING AND MENTORING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. TBC. OK 💋💋💋💋❤️🔥
1. VERY IMPORTANT: if you're a DJ + book at a club please be VERY CAREFUL how you speak on other producers/DJ's genres and what they play. This morning I had to email and text one of these individuals cuz 1. Two random promoters told me this DJ/booker claims i 'go 2 hard' and
If there's a problem: communicate
New development: communicate
Can't make a deadline: communicate
Need to express concerns: communicate
Boundaries: communicate
Avoidance solves nothing - it creates more anxiety, problems and assumptions.
Communication is also free.
Dear
#google
it’s nice you want to be relevant in the music world but after firing AI ethicist
@timnitGebru
- a woman of color - for asking hard hitting questions about your new search capabilities and privacy my trust levels are ZERO.
You’ll know right away who has your back, who is faking it and behind the scenes just trying to swerve you to get something from you. Always always trust your intuition.
STOP pissing on other ppl's
creative outlets.
STOP being a dick towards ppl who use DJing as a way of processing joy/life.
STOP being a judgmental prick just cuz you're not happy where you are in your career.
AND STOP dragging a whole creative process thats literally saved lives.
Please don't offer me gigs knowing that you need me to DJ for 4 hours and then low-ball me by saying "well, you'll only be DJ-ing for 2 hrs technically cuz bands will be playing in the other room." NOPE. I am not a stand-in DJ for 'bands.' I am a DJ that holds a room.
#MoneyMoves
Just woke up to a tiktok DM from a futurist - tech leader w/ 100 Gazillion followers asking if they can make a Video Game Character out of me for a major VR project . Meanwhile OMW to bodega to get Toilet Paper. This is my life.
Over 1,000 artists took part in our latest survey about the cost for artists as Spotify becomes the latest platform to reward promotional videos. Full story ⬇️
I've never felt I needed 'gigs' to be validated as an artist. I already feel validated by the impact my art makes on my brain and when I find out it inspires others. I made a decision a long time ago that my art has to travel farther than a gig or a one-night party.
3. Please educate yourself on genres and stop calling everything "hard" just cuz its not HOUSE. --- now I did contact this person, establish firm boundaries that they come correct about my "style" of playing cuz its a small town
If your a male DJ and you saw your follower count go down 1% this morning - that was me. Oh and it very much counts.
I 👏🏽 WILL 👏🏽NOT 👏🏽 SUPPORT 👏🏽MALE 👏🏽 DJ's 👏🏽THAT 👏🏽HATE 👏🏽 WOMEN
you know exactly who you are. Get it together get therapy or get OUT of my city. YOU HEARD.🫰
i wish ppl would get the concept that becoming a bitter, cold, and transactional asshole as a result of other ppl or situations that hurt you is not the path. Healing means its on YOU to break cycles + become a better person than those situations or people that tried to hurt you.
4 drunk NYC fire marshalls walked into me and
@ariellenyc
- 's set last night and told my friends that we both made life worth living. Anyways LAST NIGHT WAS SUPER CUTE.
reminder: You have to be a beautiful person inside and out - you have to vibe as high as the tracks and the art you make. They are NOT two separate entities. Cuz personally, IDGAF how smart/good your art is - if you're an arrogant selfish asshole to ppl then your art is a LIE.
It’s amazing what 8 hrs of sleep, reading, long walks, and and letting go can do for creative blocks and cognitive dissonance. I have to remind myself we’re going through a paradigm shift. Nothing’s linear.
Its sad when ppl confuse being passionately supportive of another dj/producers work with "social climbing" - genuinely pulling up for ppl is the most powerful, healing thing you can do - i speak from experience cuz its helped me combat my anxiety and depression 1000 %
My 62 yr old father asked me to send him music and i sent him a whole .zip of
@LoJamMusic
and he said "i love it what planet are they from and why didnt we have this when i was younger."
if i seem overly excited about a dj tour + live / av dates coming up its cuz i did it myself along w/ an independent booking agency taking a risk on me - we put in that work towards community, craft and love every day. i srsly cant worry if your blind to the shine.
#lightwerk
I am really not interested in the top 10 trax that “shaped” you of the decade lists. But I am very interested in the top 10 ways we are going to monetize our efforts as dj’s, producers, and creators in a fair, transparent, and sustainable way.
speed racer playing neo perreo electro latin club industrial dance hitz 11 - 1 en loisada
password: oya
dm for addy on insta
p.s. - upstairs now open 🏎️🏎️
Got my first MIXING AND MASTERING client!!! - smiling on the inside I PROMISE ! Since i am building my portfolio / business i am offering services on a sliding scale (nothing over $100) for infos and consultatjon email me ai
@anaroman
.space
5 people in less than a week asked me why I don't offer mixing and mastering services. I guess its time for me to bust a move and offer mixing and mastering services.
GM. I LOVE MAKING ANIMATIONS AND ARTWORKS FOR MY FRIENDS AND FOR MUSIC LOVERS
FML Mixtape Vol. 1 comp drops 3/3 - mucho thank you's to
@SUCIANYC
@DjManny_Music
for entrusting me w/ this project - Comps full of tracks and grooves that inspired the visual WERK. Track by Bojaq
My mom was a single mother when she put me in piano lessons and its taught me that good Arrangements + full grasp of chord structures are the sacred geometry of tracks. If it doesn't sound good stripped down on the piano-- even down to drum-programming notes, it won't vibe.
dj-ing in Manhattan tmrw night last min. Booked DJ got sick. Breaking in a new space before my actual event on 3.17. My angels told me not to say no and take the damn gig. crowd will be a good challenge for me gonna be serving latin club baile funk disco diva cumbia electroclash
I love my life in NYC cuz its like "no no no fuck you" then 5 min later "HEY BITCH your gonna play two pride parties in two different boroughs in one night dont fuck it up."
2. These 2 random promoters don't know each other, yet they notified me TWICE in one week about this 3. Since when is Latin Club, Mash Ups, Breaks, Electro, and UK Funky "hard techno?" Yeah we're not doing this or spreading false rumours about me going "to hard."
@stephwritestuff
@therapy4latinx
@Jezebel
@REMEZCLA
I tweeted
@REMEZCLA
about this multiple times. I am in contact with former employees that worked under Herrera via instagram. I also have a lawyer that specializes in workplace abuse. And yes, this is abuse. He needs to step down.
Back in NYC. Working on my EPK - and I am dreading it cuz my brain goes to - what have I accomplished? fuck that tho I am ready and I am worth it.
Anyways do we like this pic
The face of someone who just got a new radio residency in Asia, got sent more music to remix & more art exihibition opportunites but still can't get a job so spending her weekend applying for arts grants for . The universe says music = abundance. keep going
I am dj-ing tonight with another Barceloneta named Anna who just played
@SonarFestival
and runs a huge collective called Abundance is You. This is her first time playing in the states EVER. So BKLYN u better be nice.
Confidence is calm, quiet, collected inspired and excited for themselves and everyone else.
Ego literally screams, pushes, is desperate, doesn't encourage others, and only thinks of themsleves.
Its that obvious ppl.
Nothing like a good delicious disgusting cry you've been holding in for 2 weeks to get you to achieve a huge artistic breakthrougn. A reminder to go easy on oneself - i can drop my sword and fly with the dragon instead of fighting it.
MY READ: You got ONE job as a dj-booker hunny - do it right please - and dont drag my name or other ppl down I know cuz you dont know your Dark Techno from your U.K. Funky - i run my business tight i'll let it slide once but not again - best study. Period.
Manhattan has been looking real fckn kewt lately - its no joke once you find your crew and know where 2 go - been hittin the pavements showing face + support cuz this manhattan art shit goes just as hard - soundtrack:
@1marvelito
1st ever public speaking engagement today w
@water_and_music
+
@cheriehu42
- honored to share my journey from dj-producer to generative artist. I'll also demo music-tech tools that helped me become a better music producer and opened new creative pathways along the way. C u soon👽
Okay but let’s talk about how excited I am to go from the plane straight to
@BossaNovaCivic
4 this
Celebrating the official video drop 4 “Psychopass” 2 morrow night with
@_amal301
and
@Escaflowne_III
—— more tba
Woke up 2
@jukebouncewerk
track drop "thicplug" off the
#JDUBZX
comp 🎶 hononred 2 be a part of one of the world's best labels that delivers the truth and ROOTS of true dance music. the biggest love to all these producers
#JDUBZX
#jukebouncewerk
blows my 🧠 - just uploaded an unreleased track 2 holly +
@hollyherndon
/
@heardsounds
and it's the perfect blend of neural frequency, also didn't predict the harmonics/melodies would be this sonically rich.
#ai
#machinelearning
Despite the NYPD creeping through
@Surfbk7
—
@halfmoonbk
just want to tell you all ONE THING — I woke up with a lot of love in my heart because its hard work and moments like this that spark music revolutions. It keeps inspiring me to produce and keep on keeping on. 💘💘💘
don't over analyze your art/tracks/sounds. stfu with the brain-chatter while creating. TBR if you over analyze it to death the original, true feeling behind it ceases to exist. then what you're left with is an over-analyzed over-processed time-wasted LIE.
Pay attention to the words and impressions someone throws your way when they are angry at you. And don’t forget it. Because not enough Sorry’s can erase how much they just revealed about themselves and how they truly feel about you. Even if it doesn’t resonate - it resonates.
ever look at flowers and think to yourself : wow I'm so happy to be alive. Yeah. I am one of those. When I am sad/having a bad day I just stare at some flowers at the bodega or buy some - a reminder that beauty and new beginnings can be found everywhere.
so much this THANK U
@annabel_ross
; techno-legacy doesn't cancel out abusive behavior. we gotta read the room when it comes to the 'brotherhood of techno' vs 'STFU we got a legacy to protect.' and the final read is no, that's just not gonna work anymore.
Just finished a beginner's Ableton lesson with a Marine Vet who lost his eye and his left hand while in Afghanistan (he's not a republican keep politics out of this pls.) He used to make electronic music for years b4 but now wants to start a duo with his son.
Its never 2 late.
I am dropping one track a month because it helps my soul and the returns physically and emotionally are worth way more than clout contests - as an artist I am way more concerned with being prolific rather than "popular."
helped my 83 year old neighbor install shelves from Ikea, move her bed, install zoom on her computer so she can talk w/ her son in Dominican, set up her tiktok/instagram + walk her dog. Then she made me eat a huge piece of flan. IDK how i got sucked into this but love is real.
what happened to disagreeing with ppl, having sincere discourse/critical thinking while still being a decent person and then breaking bread and laughing about things? I don't need yes men around me all the time, i respect differences of opinion -- guess I'm an old soul.
🦾 coming out of DJ hibernation 🦾- first gig of the year Saturday 2.25 with U.K.-Montreal based
@sim_mtl
- deets and full line up incoming at
@FokusGlobal
- haven't been behind the decks since last MAY - v. Excited about this.
I know its weird - and some what delusional to say this but - I am excited about all the possible futures ahead of me - and that's exactly why I create at the pace that I do.
So yeah - I stay delusional.
My interview w/ one of the godfather's of Chicago House on mentor-ship and mastery on
@halfmoonbk
last night was beyond. This 👽 has reaffirmed so much 4 me in music and life. Let's give back, keep the dream dancing, breathing, ALIVE
#HieroglyphicBeing