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It’s been busy here as it sounds like for everyone else. Here’s some unfinished business that I’ve been trying to work on. It’s a blend of indie disco house. A few artists included in the mix are Phoenix, Whitest Boy Alive, Temper Trap, Chromeo, Vampire Weekend, Lykke Li, and more… Enjoy the noise. (cover is work in progress)

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New mix featuring Drake, Clipse, B.o.B, Chiddy Bang, Wale, Kid Cudi, Mayer Hawthorne, Jay-Z, Ccommon, T.I., Travis Mccoy & more.

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I made a stop by Best Buy today to make an exchange and do some browsing. As I was using their Macs to do some shopping research, I decided to try to launch Chat Roulette on all the Macs. How funny would that be, right? Maybe not that funny, but anyway, they blocked the site before I had the chance.

My eyes then jumped to the iPad. Finally, a chance to try out this oversized iPod touch. the apps didn’t interest me much, so I went and downloaded Baby Scratch App to try it on the iPad. Now I can see a use for it, well, almost. It was fun though. Try it if you have the chance.

I only had one hand so I couldn’t shoot any video while I was doing some transforming on here, but here’s some photos so you can get an idea. I haven’t seen anyone do it on the iPad yet, but here’s yt clips of it being used on iPhones.

Somebody posted a video of them using this app on 2 iPads, but it’s a poor demonstration since you can do all of this on one iPad (playing a beat while scratch tones).

The changing of LeBron James number from 23 to 6 would probably also spawn the changing of his logo used by Nike. I took a moment this morning after reading about him changing numbers to do up my idea of what it could be while keeping the spirit of the current logo mark. It’s an honorable change, but is it necessary? I don’t know. It could be some big marketing fiasco for all we know. (This is unofficial NIke work. W+K, call me.)

I wouldn’t even be surprised if they created a new logo for LBJ that didn’t inject the number 6 into it as they did with the LBJ23 logo (which I think is great btw) in case for whatever reason his number changes again. Maybe they’ll ride the lion direction, or go with the Dunkman logo (too similar to Jumpman23 logo imo), or perhaps it might be something more symbolic such as the Kobe logo that Nike currently uses. Who knows if they’ll even change it at all? Since this was something that LBJ brought up in November of 2009, I would imagine that Nike probably already has a solid amount of design ideas created as they waited for this moment to come. We’ll have to wait and see.

Freestyle flashback! This is an old mix I made that a few (yes, maybe 3 people) have been requesting me to upload so here you go. Some artists include: Buffy, Jossette, Lil Suzy, Pinay, Angelina. Backstreet Boys (what?? don’t hate!)

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Worked with DJ Teddy Rockspin of the Commission crew out of Norcal on his new mixed CD dropping this weekend! (January 8, 2010). It should be an amazing release that includes 7 mixes for over 8hrs of music mayhem.

Design, Illustration, Retouching
Photography by Cathy Nguyen

I don’t know about you, but I hate having all my project files just dumped into one directory and then digging for them as I work through a project. This is how I start and manage my project files as I go to help keep them (less) clutter free. This helps to make the work flow more efficient and helps other people that are also working on the project find things just as easily. I’ve put together this process over time while working at different places and adapting to their work flows. The image above should be self explanatory.

One gripe I have about using dates in file names is that, if you don’t already, use this format: YYMMDD rather than the standard American way of MMDDYY. I use this for managing photo albums and other files that go over a year as well. By doing this, you won’t get last year’s 121408 files sitting next to 121409 files when it gets listed by file names.

I’m sure everyone has numerous ways of keeping their work flow organized too. Please share your ways here. There’s always room for improvements.

It’s been almost forever since my last mix, so I decided to blend together all the tracks that I’ve been meaning to put together all into this mix. It’s broken down into 4 segments, but it’s only because it’s about 3hrs long. Make sure you download both zips to get all 4 segments of the mix!

Download both zip files:
Disc 1of2
Disc 2of2

(Track listings are saved in each file in the lyrics section.)

(1 of 4) Day Dreams

1. Adele – First Love (Remot Remix f/ Naledge)
2. Mike Posner & the Brain Trust – Still Not Over You ft. Eric Holljes
3. B.O.B – Nothin On You Ft. Bruno Mars
4. Common Ft Kanye West-  Go!
5. Musiq SoulChild – Forthenight
6, Wale – The Light
7. Consequence – Whatever U Want
8, Drake – Extra Special
9. Amy Winehouse – You Know Im No Good
10. Adele – Daydreams
11. Regina Spektor – Fidelity
12. Amy Whinehouse – He Can Only Hold Her
13. Nas – Can`t Forget About You
14. Grizzly Bear – Knife [Girl Talk [clipse] Remix]
15. Jay-Z vs the Knife – Roc Knife
16. Jaydiohead – Fall In Step
17. Jay-Z – Dope Boy Fresh
18. Jay-Z – D.O.A.
19. Jay-z feat. the dap kings – 99 problems
20. Jay-Z – Fuck All Night
21. Jay-Z – Excuse Me Miss
22. Mya Ft. Jay Z Best Of Me
23. Jay-Z ft. Rihanna & Kanye West – Run This Town
24. Jay-Z vs Coldplay – The Reverse Fix
25. Lupe Fiasco vs Radiohead – Reckon A Superstar
26. Kid Cudi vs The Postal Service – Man On the Moon

(2 of 4) Heart Attacks

27. XV ft. Cassie – Addicted
28. The Dream – Take You Home 2 My Mama
29. Trey Songz – Invented Sex ft. Usher, Keri Hilson
30. Iyaz – Replay ft. Flo-Rida
31. J-Co – Two Piece
32. Trey Songz – Talk About The Girls
33. XV – Used To ft Ne-Yo
34. Ne-Yo – Miss You Crazy
35. Ne-Yo – Lonely Girls
36. Ne-Yo – That Girl
37. Ne-Yo – Won’t Say I’m Sorry
38. Jay-Z vs Spandau Ballet – True Song Cry
39. Kanye West – Selfish ft. Slum Village
40. Pharcyde vs Ghostland Observatory – Passin Me By
41. Q-Tip – Lets Ride
42. Black Moon – Buck’em Down
43. Notorious B.I.G. – Kick In the Door Part 2 ft. Kanye West
44. Kanye West – Consequence
45. Kanye West – Improvise
46. Kanye West Feat Adam Levine – Heard ‘Em Say
47. Kanye West Out – The Game Ft. Consequence & John Legend
48. Jay-Z – My 1st Song

(3 of 4) Funky Little Beats

49. Drake – Little Bit ft. Lykke Li
50. Melanie Fiona – Give It To Me Right ft. Talib Kweli
51. Keri Hilson – Since U Been Gone
52. Ne-Yo – Let Me Know
53. Robin Thicke – Wanna Love You Girl ft. Pharrell
54. XV – Start A War ft. Colin Munroe
55. Common – Universal Mind Control
56. The Dream – Walkin’ on the Moon
57. LMFAO Steve Dub – Your Love Still Haunts Me Over La La La
58. Lee Carr – King & Queen
59. Lloyd – I’m Wit it
60. Ciara – Promise
61. INOJ – My Boo
62. Lloyd – Get It Shawty
63. Chris Brown ft Lupe Fiasco – Girlfriend
64. INOJ – Time After Time
65. Ghost Town DJs – My Boo
66. Rockell – In A Dream
67. Kai – Say You’ll Stay
68. Timmy T – Time After Time
69. Lil Suzy – Take Me In Your Arms
70. Connie – Funky Little Beat
71. Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam – I Wonder If I Take You Home Ft. Full Force
72. Stevie B. – I Wanna Be the One
73. Pinay – Is It Real
74. Ne-Yo – Mad
75. INOJ – Love You Down In Bed
76. Jay Sean ft Sean Paul & Lil Jon – Do You Remember

(4 of 4) Shooting Stars

77. Kanye West – Paranoid ft. LMFAO
78. MSTRKRFT – Heartbreaker ft. John Legend
79. Chromeo – Needy Girl
80. Wiz Khalifa vs. Empire of the Sun – The Thrill vs Walking On A Dream
81. Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars ft. Rhys
82. Treasure Fingers – Cross The Dancefloor
83. Kennedy – Let it out
84. Helix – No Can Do
85. Black Kids – Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You
86. Kennedy – Karate
87. The Twelves vs Asobi Seksu – Thursday
88. Royksopp – Circuit Breaker
89. Royksopp – What Else Is There?
90. La Roux – Colourless Colour
91. KiD CuDi ft. MGMT & Ratatat – Pursuit of Happiness

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I’ll try to keep updates with the war between these two mobile carriers here. I found these campaigns to be as interesting as beef in hip-hop history. There’s been failed lawsuits and some cat fighting that’s came out of this and I’m sure there’s going to be more coming. This epic battle will go down in the ad books.

Verizon 3 – AT&T 0
The truth hurts. AT&T’s better 3G is 5x spottier than Verizon’s 3G network.Verizon jumps out the gates with a “Map for That” campaign showing their dominating network here:

Verizon 3 – AT&T 3
AT&T tries to come back with some help from Luke Wilson to come back with some of their own truths.

since79.com gets refreshed with a new logo, new blog, and some updated pieces.

I finally stole some time to refresh everything since79.com —from logo to business cards. since79.com has been my online home for about 7 years and is currently on version 5. This new version is focused on creating a more personal communication with you through a few ways. I would like to meet more folks out there through social media networking, building conversations with viewers through the blogs and being able to share the things that evoke and inspire me.

The new brush script was hand drawn by myself to add that personal touch as since79 is really my second identity. The fluid strokes used helps to represent my adaptive style.

Looking forward to see how this evolves. While you’re here, please let me know what you think.

James

Being a student in advertising, I’m always searching for advice and inspiration. I’ve stumbled on this great article posted at Makin’ Ads about professional advice from Hal Curtis, a CD from W+K who’s been around around a lot, seen a lot, and don’t a ton of work. I’m not going to try to rewrite an intro to the article, so go ahead and check it out here.

Playing with this idea for making some new business cards.

book

Flipping though this book that my classmate let me borrow (thanks Mel!) and read some interesting words from Johan Tesch properly titled “The Death of Advertising As We Know It.”

To paraphrase, he talks about the campaigns that succeed in attracting people by their own free will is the new advertising. Those that don’t will be rejected. Suddenly the consumer is in charge.

This is a good book to check out, especially for folks like me that are playing catch-up from print to online media.

Click here, you know you want to.

My 2009 Demo quick mix made for everyone and used as a sampler for company and other private events. There’s something for everyone here—some old school and new school all mixed up, so don’t expect the flavor of my other mix tapes here. 35 tracks in 30 mins!

If ya don’t know, I still DJ private events like weddings, company parties, clubs, and all kinds of events, so if you know anyone that’s in need, please forward this mix and my contact to them for me.

James
james@since79.com

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This is a collection of gems that you might not hear on the radio (with the exceptions). Some of these new artists are hot on the come up still so keep an ear out for them.

TRACK LIST:
1. Drake – Replacement Girl
2. The Dream – Mr. Yeah
3. Kanye West – Robocop
4. Lil Wayne – Hot Revolver
5. Drake – Lets Call It Off ft. Peter Bjorn & John)
6. Ya Boy – We Run LA
7. LMFAO – La La La
8. Kid Cudi – Maui Wowie
9. Chiddy Bang – Kids ft. MGMT
10. Wale – Chillin ft. Lady Gaga
11. Santogold – Find a Way
12. Common – Everywhere ft Martina Topley-Bird

May 09
by sensei
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Flowers die, chocolates make you fat, jewelery is expensive, but music makes you dance. Give my mix to your mom.

TRACK LIST:
01. Slim ft. Faith Evans – So Gone
02. Ne-Yo ft. Niggalas Cage – Be On You
03. Trey Songz feat.Fabolous – In Ya Phone
04. The Dream ft Mariah Carey – My Love
05. Jodeci – Come & Talk To Me
06. Janet Jackson – Let’s Wait Awhile
07. 112 – Cupid
08. Musq SoulChild – 143
09. Groove Theory – Tell Me
10. Ne-Yo – Sexy Love
11. 112 ft. Notorious B.I.G. – Only You
12. Queen Latifah – Weekend Love
13. Adriana Evens – Remember the Love
14. Mario – Just a Friend
15. Soul 4 Real – Every Little Thing I Do
16. Lucy Pearl – Dance Tonight
17. Musiq SoulChild – Just Friends
18. P.M. Dawn – Set Adrift On Memory Bliss
19. Slum Village ft. Kanye West – Truly Selfish (RMX)
20. Chris Brown – Yo
21. Tamia ft. Talib Kweli – Officially Missing You (RMX)
22. Marques Houston ft. J. Rocwell – Sunset (RMX)
23. Ne-Yo – Because of You

mixed on 2/14/09
60min — an hour of love
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Somebody told me to stay hungry and stay focused. Well, I took a quick break from the hunger (since79.com)and grinded out this mix. Keep coming back. I’ll be posting 1-2 new mixes every month.

For those that are itchin for new music, here’s some links that might help.

DJ BUDDY - weekly mini mixes every Tuesdays and more
http://buddytapes.blogspot.com/

Pandora – free internet radio. customize your own stations and discover new music
http://pandora.com

Hype Machine – sort of like Pandora, but you can download songs as well. lots of new stuff all the time.
http://hypem.com

Loserboimusic Blog – new r&b every day.
http://loserboimusic.blogspot.com

Now back to the grindage. 09 is the time to grind til the shine wears off. Leave a comment, lemme know what you like or don’t like.

-J

TRACK LIST:
1. Justin Timberlake ft. T.I. – If I (prod. by Timbaland)
2. Jamie Foxx – Digital Girl (Ft. Kanye West & The-Dream)
3. T.I. – Slide Show (Ft. John Legend)
4. Mark Ronson – You’re All I Need To Get By (ft. Wale)
5. Regina Spektor – Fidelity (reginas tipsy remix)
6. Jay-Z vs. A Tribe Called Quest – Sweet (THOSE MFs remix) (Can I Kick It)
7. team9 vs. Stereogum – Rok Knife
8. Lil Wayne vs The Beatles – Help
9. Diplo Mix ft Amanda Blank – I’m a Lady
10. Ben Folds, Regina Spektor vs T.I. – B.F. Meets T.I. (team9 vs. Stereogum remix)
11. Feist – Mushaboom (down temp mix
12. Lil Wayne Ft. Robin Thicke – Tie My Hands
13. Coldplay – Lost+ (feat Jay-Z)

1/12/09
mixed by SENSEi
30min

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Nuff said!

TRACK LIST:
01. The Ting Tings – Shut Up And Let Me Go (Risk One Remix)
02. Ida Corr – Let Me Think About It
03. Global Deejays vs. Benny Benassi – San Fransisco Dreaming (Musical Racket Mix)
04. The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby (FIGURE remix)
05. Tiger Baby – Love Will Tear Us Apart (US Bonus Track)
06. U2 – With Or Without (DJ SINcere Bass Remix)
07. Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto – Girl From Ipanema (NASA Remix)
08. Persephone’s Bees – Nice Day
09. Katy Perry – Hot ‘N’ Cold (Feat. Yelle)
10. The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name (Doctor Werewolf Bmore Remix)
11. Crookers – Embrace The Martian (Round Table Knights Remix)
12. Who da funk – Shiny Disco Balls (Don Nola remix)
13. MGMT – Kids
14. King Amir – Samir’s Theme (Madskillz Miami Bass Remix)
15. Sammy Bananas – Ooh Bop
16. Bobby LaBeat – Say Yeah (Remix)
17. Young MC – Bust a Move (Diplo Remix)
18. Purple Ribbon All-Stars – Bounce That (Girl Talk Remix)
19. Anita Ward – Ring My Bell (Solly Bmore Bell Remix)
20. Chromeo – Fancy Footwork (Death To The Throne Remix)
21. Journey – Separate Ways (Sticky K Remix)
22. Estelle – No Substitute Love (Wideboys Miami Mix)
23. Q-Tip – Gettin Up (Hot Pink Delorean Remix)
24. Young Joc vs. Elite Force – Goin Down
25. Shwayze – Buzzin (Villains Remix v.2)
26. Kanye West vs. Yelle – A Cause De Kanye
27. Lykke Li – Little Bit (CSS Remix)
28. Sia – Buttons (CSS Remix)
29. Santogold vs. Shwayze – What Am I Doing Here?
30. Kanye West vs. MGMT – Electric Touch (Mighty Mi/Steve1der Mix)

12/8/08
mixed by SENSEi
65min

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Ne-Yo’s got a lotta heat out from his album, “The Year of the Gentlemen” in addition to some new unreleased tracks, so I thought I’d just blend some tracks together to keep that juice box poppin.

SONG LIST:
01. Yours
02. I Love You
03. A Little Space
04. Over My Head (Accidentally)
05. She Want Me
06. Take A Bow
07. In The Way
08. Mad
09. Real Thing
10. Single
11. Let Go
12. So You Can Cry

12/02/08
30min

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