Jay Def inaugurated the next chapter in the Digeum Mix Session saga today, by opening Volume 04 in peak form.
Jay’s new mix is two hours of lush, ambient jungle and spaced out drum & bass grooves. The music here melts into the background if you want it to, but still keeps a [...]
What a treat. Jay Def volunteered to snag today’s mix, so I eagerly awaited his newest Digeum mix. I posted it after I got home from hanging out with a friend of mine.
Are you ready? This one is just over two hours of seriously thumping electro house grooves in a very interesting [...]
Last week, I got a new right fan for my MacBook Pro, which has been having crash problems for most of 18 months, possibly because the right fan hasn’t worked at all for a long time. I’m pretty used to seeing temperatures, according to smcFanControl, of 165 – 185°F. So, after some frustration, [...]
Yesterday, in a stunning redwood grove near Ben Lomond, California, my friend, Steve, married Nan, a gorgeous brunette with a quick laugh, bright smile, and upbeat personality. I was honored to be asked to be one of the groomsmen. The ceremony was touching. I don’t have the words to express how thrilled [...]
Today, I played music in front of a crowd for the first time in a very long time. In addition to my duties as a groomsman and usher, I closed the evening after a bluegrass band finished their live music. The Front Porch Band played a selection of bluegrass songs. The lead [...]
So, over the last week or so, I’ve been shoring up the playlist for my buddy’s wedding. I have a big bin of wedding staples, including a ridiculous amount of disco, funk, pop, and soul. According to iTunes, I could play continuously for 18 hours without playing the same track twice. That [...]
Jay Def treated us to another set of aggressive electro house thumps. His track selection is superb and the groove just keeps kicking. I’m totally going to raid his iTunes library the next time I’m in his presence.
Don’t mess with Jay Def. He’s bringing it tough and relentless. Damn, brother. [...]
Jay Def has been practicing mixing dubstep. Today, he mixed up Digeum’s first non-house mix. For nearly 90 minutes, he throws down an aggressive, take-no-prisoners dubstep mix. It’s enough to make you say “Damn.” Go listen now.
Digeum Mix Sessions – Volume 02, Session Kilo — Sickday Dubs. Mixed by Jay [...]
This weekend, my best friend, Jay Def, flew down here to rainy, windy Northern California for a weekend of fun and hijinks. This afternoon, I took him to the airport.
Jay lives in Idaho, but the only reasonably priced plane tickets we could find him required him to change planes in Phoenix. The weather [...]
Today is Jay Def’s birthday. Happy birthday, brother! I am so happy to know you. I don’t even like to think about who I’d be without you in my life.
I hope you get crazy amounts of presents and I’m looking forward to you flying in to hang out for the weekend next [...]
Jay Def and I got together on my last day on my Spring Break Road Trip to hang out, eat some grub, and throw down our first tag team mix since December.
It’s always really fun to hang out with Jay and mixing beats with him is a real pleasure. Jay takes risks with his [...]
My friend, Robert, invited me to a concert tonight of the San Francisco Symphony featuring piano soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. After scrambling to find the Flint Center entrance at De Anza College, I arrived, just in the nick of time.
Robert had gotten us perfect seats, right in the middle, eye level with the orchestra. [...]
It’s about time to close out Digeum Volume 01. Today’s a rest day, so I jumped on the bullet train, ate my chow, and got all set up. I mixed up a set of grooves that started out in electro territory and wandered into my beloved jazzy deep house. I tried to [...]
Jay Def celebrates President’s Day in style with an absolutely bewildering mix that features a smattering of tech house, minimal techno, and chunky house stompers. There are some crazy surprises in this and it may well be the best mix posted yet on Digeum. Jay, my brother, you knocked this ball over the [...]
Tonight, I got to hear my friend, Sunshine Jones, play his music live for the first time in about a year. As the cofounder of Dubtribe Sound System, he’s responsible for a catalog that goes back nearly 20 years. In the last few years, he’s been performing as a solo artist, playing some [...]
Jay Def came over to my grandmother’s house to hang out on December 26, while I was in the area. While we’re both in the same place at the same time, we might as well throw down some beats, right? We shut the door of the family room, so as not to disturb [...]
Yay, Christmas. I’m still foggy on why it is that the price of gas has dropped by three dollars over the last four months, but my air fare to Boise is more expensive than it was last year. I guess that’s not the most important thing in the world to focus on, but [...]
Jay Def mentioned that he’d lost 24 pounds since he started trying to eat more healthy. Big kudos on him. I decided to show my love with a mix full of Latin flavor. It’s Sierra, after all. We need some spicy spicy, don’t we?
Jay, keep on keepin’ on, brother. I’m [...]
Jay Def throws down another ass-kicking set of stompers. This one gives back the thumps for just over an hour, a mix session filled with electro and tech house grooves. Yeah. Dirty, Nasty, Filthy indeed, sir!
Digeum Mix Sessions – Volume 01, Session Quebec. Mixed by Jay Def in Boise, Idaho, USA, [...]
Four days off for Thanksgiving! That seems like an excellent opportunity to get out of dodge. I decided to drive down to Southern California, pick up my friend, and take a short road trip to Phoenix and Flagstaff. Might as well see some new country, right?
On Thursday, I took off bright an [...]
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