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Orange UnsignedAct is another “competition” where artists perform every week and judges vote off the people they didn’t like. HipHop, this year, made it to the final ten. But today I saw the reason why it doesn’t regularly reach those levels in competitions like this .As long as the said hiphop artist is doing “poppy” type rap music then they stand a chance it seems. However the 3 judges on OrangeUnsignedAct really pissed me off.

Regardless of lyrical content flow and delivery, only the pop-factor seems to matter to Lauren Laverne, Simon Gavin and Alex James. The idea that these 3 authorities on Music don’t seem to understand urban contemporary music beyond the level of Will Smith. From the get go they seemed to use this years rap entrant as little more than a token hiphop presence.

My point is why don’t they ever just say : ” No hiphop artists unless you are out and out pop because we neither respect or understand that genre”. One of the judges tried to argue that “scratchin” is not relevant in 2008 rap music and have the sheer ignorant effrontery to described it as that “wigga-wigga-noise” At that point I knew that there would be no more black music in this years contest because record label bosses wouldn’t know how to market it even if it won the whole thing. I wouldn’t have minded if they really just didn’t like it but they showed me they didn’t know what they were listening to.

At the very least Pyrelli got some exposure out of it as he took his rejection like a man and didn’t appear to be too fazed by the decision. I hope that R&B and hiphop artists don’t stop entering after the bulls*t I’ve just witnessed because these buffoons need to open up their minds a little bit more or select better judges with larger tastes than these indy-rock focused judges.
Changing Alex James for Damon Albarn would be a great start as they aware from the same group yet Damon went on to create the Gorillas when embraces different styles of music.

Pyrelli, H-money,Phoebes Big Up .. You’re still going to do damage ..

Rudey

There comes a time in every old school DJs life when technology stares them dead in the face and chellenges them to jump on board . I’ve been a crate digger and vinyl head for longer than i care to remember and have always championed the value of learning the art and science of DJing with the big black discs. Getting your hands on the music. and manipulting that media something that until very recently , you coul’nt even begin to do or experience with CDs. CDs were hailed as the vinyl-killer i i had a near complete contempt for any so called dj that had never touched plastic. Now the MP3 ’s have kicked in and certain dj’s are running round london pressing automix buttons while they pretend to do something (like twiddling controls or messing with effects)- Hell, If I lined ‘em up right,my iPod could do that
So – Why this blog entry??
Well Late 2007 I’d just finished playing at the now defunct CC club in Piccadilly and I was making my way back to my car with about 3 bags of records. I bumped into another DJ I know used to play vinyl, he was happy because he had one bag of cds-as back up- and his back pack had a serato box and his laptop in it. Light as a feather in comparison. 10 minutes later and feeling a little more tired than before.. i bump into another ex vinyl head .. stopped for a chat ( and to catch my breath). Once again he had a wheely box with just serato and macbook in it. I know in the states .. a shit load of djs use serato ..and after a return to the road after xmas and NYE i found myself carrying tunes again . I sat and thought hard weighing up the pros and cons and realised that If I get booked internationally again I’d rather not pay the excess charge like I did on the way to stockholm.. and I’d rather not lug all my shit down Regent street again. I’d rather save my precious vinyl and my back.

I decided -I’m going SERATO. Me!! the Vinyl preacher!! I still get to play like it is plastic but wont have to walk like I’m carrying it all .

I’ll let you know how it goes.
i see it as an investment in my carrer and my health..

Friday, 14 March 2008

Somewhere back in 2006, Ryan leslie was over here in the UK promoting himself and doing a mini club tour. During this period of time he met up with a guy called Sean Garber a.k.a Garbz. Garbz met with ryan with a view to possibly working with the Nextselection life style group in some way shape or form. However Ryan felt the need to submit this HEAVILY EDITTED video clip. R-les made himself look like a bit of a pr*ck in the way he presented his opinion on what he was looking for in a associate producer. I’m saying this and I’m a big R-les fan. Anyways here’s that video of Garbz and R-les meeting on that historic occasion.

Now, inadvertently Garbz had the hopes of a lot of UK producers riding on his shoulders. Even though Mr Leslie seemed to reject the beat collective on offer Garbz did well out of the whole thing IMO . Because of this encounter Garbz gained alot more fans to add to an already impressive number of people that know his work. One of those new fans was me ! New fans not just because alot of people saw the above video and thought that Garbz was treated disrespectfully but more because Sean Garber is fluent on more than one musical instrument and seens to have an uncanny knack or continually putting out good product. Sooner or later something had to give.. and it did . After a lot of hard work and years in this industry Garbz is still knocking out bangers and being commisioned for work…
Here’s the Garber – produced “Dream come true” by Sheya ..fresh Video! Enjoy!!

Only the future will tell if People like Garz will be able to say : Thanks for the publicity and kiss my ass !!

This woman is scared on a Sunday afternoon. Every Sunday afternoon. The reason is ..Us!
We purposely scare the crizzap out of her because it’s fun for us to watch her jump out of her skin. She’s a little innocent cutie who works really hard at delivering product and has already been TV’d for global news networks. You can catch her being afraid of S.N.S for 3 hours between 4 and 7 pm every Sunday on westside 89.6fm.

The Jones was in covering a friday .I produced the show and chipped in. I needed Jones to lead the content meaning that I shut up for most of the 2 hour show.
Impossible? Nah. I’m all about the greater good.

I’m sure Young Deezy will upload the show when he’s ready.

I recieved a text today from a disgruntled former colleague on my old station claiming that i had publicly disrespected him and his station live on air and then put it on the web. That former colleague should know me better than that after 15 years, especially after working really hard to help build that station’s popularity and still occasionally playing on it . I’d spoken to him on the phone and he let me know that this mis-information was given to him by somebody else. I then asked him why he didn’t check it for himself as the links are just sitting there for everybody to listen to or download ? I got an unsatifactory answer that didn’t make any real sense. I then told him about the show and what was actually said and aired in order to show him that neither himself or the station were referred to or implicated or even hinted at . However,a former dj of said station did call in to the show and aired his own personal greiviences at being ousted but at no point mentioned any names .

I have decided not to engage ,further than this blog entry, in silly schoolyard chinese whispers and he said she said rubbish when the facts are laid out for anybody to check out .

To whoever it was that started this bullsh*t please be aware that adult schools and colleges are available for people like you that have difficulty understanding the rigours of listening and understanding in order to further your chimp-like intelligence before you run back to somebody and tell tales. Oh, and you’re a snitch too and hope you have the where-withall to realise this is about you whoever you may be . I don’t know or care for your identity .

To my former colleague: You have created a situation that is uneccessaryand maybe you should look a little more before you leap .

Apologies have been offered to me and accepted.

Peace!

Monday, 18 February 2008

SISTER SISTER?

We mentioned that our new producer Nats resembled RnB uberstar Mary J Blige.You can tell us what you think. unfortunately the resemblance ends just before the vocal talent.
You’ve seen Nats and now you can hear he too:

Sunday Night Satisfaxion is on Westsideradio.co.uk (89.6fm) between 7-9pm GMT.

Sunday, 17 February 2008

S.N.S. GETS A FEMALE INFLUENCE

Nat is our super fine special guest producer for a while . She brings a needed female perspective to the show which has had a male leaning to it since it’s inception in 96.
Also with us is CoCoJones who makes his second appearance . The dynamic of the has altered for the better IMO simply because Nat and Jones (pictured ) have opposing viewpoints and personalities which makes for some interesting and entertaining moments.
We took calls from Big Bro and Shivvy who know of the show from years back . We hope you get time to lock in next time we’re on .
Sunday Night Satisfaxion is on Westsideradio.co.uk (89.6fm) between 7-9pm GMT.

Friday, 15 February 2008

GOOD FRIDAY II ft Craig E D

Good Friday NO.2
My Special Guest this week was Craig E D who came in and mixed NU/Niche/bassline and Old school Garage for nearly 2 straight hours . No nerves and or crashed beats and not scared to speak ( trust me you’d be amazed!). Craigy is one of those deejays that will be around for years because he loves it what he does and understands the business.
We’ll put the audio up soon so you can listen to it whenever you want.

Good Fridays: Same time , Same place. Different DJ ,Different style .
Fridays 7-9pm Westsideradio.co.uk (89.6fm)

Tuesday, 12 February 2008

ELEPHANT MAN DOES RICHARD SIMMONS??!?!!?

GO ON YOU KNOW YOU WANNA JOIN IN ..