So although all the really super dope parties for WMC happen over the weekend, we all had to come back because of gigs at home! And it was a nonstop weekend (good reason to come back!)

Thursday night was the first round of a DJ spinoff that’s going on here in Raleigh (see previous posts). Anyway, I think I could have done better, but people seemed to be happy. Couple of pics:

Only had 30 mins to play a demo set, so I was kind of just throwing stuff together. Also I just found out I was in it when I was in Miami, so I didn’t have ANY prep time at all. I ran through it real quick tho, lots of bmore and electro with hiphop to start it out.

On to Friday. During the day I was spinning at the Guess store in Crabtree Valley Mall. Never done that before, gotta say it was decent. Only downside is playing clean music so that eliminated a lot that I had (again, found out I had it in Miami so no prep time, haha). Sadly, no pics of this. I packed up everything and headed STRAIGHT to the next venue!!Friday night I handled a party for UNC’s and NCSU’s KSA (korean student association) clubs. Location was Touch Ultra Lounge. This one started slow but ended up being alright:

My friends Carolina and Marco, who usually hang out in the booth

But then they kicked me out of the booth to take over the party

Saturday I rested a bit but I knew I needed it because that night was the Glamour Party I was doing for Seven Entertainment. This party was insane! By 130, it was shoulder to shoulder. I went in with the mentality that I had to kill this party, and I think I did well.

Eventually it was just too hot for the button up and tie, especially when you are trying to mash out

Flashing…Lightssssssss!!

There were professional photographers at both of the parties at Touch, so as soon as those pics come back I’ll put them up as well.

Also, I don’t care what anyone says, O’Neal McKnight’s “check your coat” is the jam! I hope it really takes off! Word to Greg Nice!!!

The trip to Miami was outstanding! I met a lot of new people, got exposed to a lot of new music, and overall just had fun. Part 1 of pics follows:

First meal was at a sushi spot, which I won’t name. Food kind of sucked!

After we ate, we walked to the beach real quick. Honestly I expected we would never make it to the beach, so I didnt even bring my flipflops OR any shorts. What a dummy I was for that one…

SK and applejuice enjoying the beach.

Since Red Bull Music Academy was paying for our stay, we went to a few panels they were sponsoring. This is leroy burgess, his contributions to music are crazy. He’s a founding member of black ivory, who I’ve sampled a few times, and many others have as well. I gotta get the pic from SK, but I asked Leroy how he felt about producers sampling his music. He said he likes it, and that if music he made years ago can inspire someone today, then he’s all for it. He also mentioned getting unexpected royalty money being nice, haha

The last day we were there, my homegirl Michelle from Toronto came to hang out. I had to show her the beach real quick because the rest of the day was gonna be nonstop!

That night our first stop was a party Red Bull sponsored near the hotel. Each table we sat at had a bucket of red bull, orange juice, cranberry juice, glasses and ice, and an unopened bottle of vodka. We stayed here for a while and enjoyed the music and drinks

The next spot was to Skybar to check out The Rub (we’d been talking about it the whole week because we really wanted to see them). Thanks to the homie Kaos, we didn’t have to stand in line at all. There were two parties going on, one by the pool, and one inside with a dope bar and club environment. We thought the rub was inside so we went there to hang out. The rub wasn’t there, but dj mauricio was, and he was MASHING OUT on the set! We had a lot of fun inside

Eventually Michelle and I thought “i bet the rub is outside.” So we ventured out only to find out they already finished spinning! We expressed our disappointment to DJ Eleven and just chilled outside while Cosmo finished up before heading back to Moshi Moshi for some 3 am sushi (where we met up with a wasted DJ SK, haha)

There was a lot more that happened but I’m still waiting on everyone’s pics to tell the stories. Next up is a post from the stuff that happened when I got back from Mia, cause I was going nonstop the whole weekend!