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Anyone got some hard candy? Uh oh, K-hole! The music made me not want to try this. Well, that and the $1000+ projector cost. I'd have to start dressing differently if I did that too, there's that expense on top of everything. It would work well with Deee Lite albums though, Ohhh, and I could do the backwards running man!

Stupid question, but how do I publicly follow you? I see subscribed but don't see myself as a "follower" I use googles blogspot, maybe this doesn't have that?

nice one, link me and I'll definitely do the same. Good lookin!

^Good call djfoly. What I wanna know Vekked, is what kind of crazy, coked-up, after-hours, back to mine, hipster parties are you planing on throwing with this chill out shit and what time does it start? I'll be there with bells on.

Thanks Dopp, that's a nice piece! Appreciate it, and I owe you one now! and thanks Wax On!

You're not getting cool jazz and smooth jazz confused a bit there are you? Nope, I'm not confusing the two, although there are similarities between the 2 subgenres. If not just for the sake of this discussion, for genuinely great education reasons please watch this short clip. This is definitely the best definition of cool jazz I have ever heard. If you don't want to watch the whole 3 minute clip, go to the 1:06 minute mark and listen to the author of the documentary's definition. If you disagreed with his assessment, I seriously would be very surprised. ^I doubt anyone would disagree with that definiton. Jopa, no offense, I just disagree with you thats all. My definition of cool jazz was obviously a bit tounge and cheek, I realize as an Italian Angelo Badalamenti is a white guy. I also know that usually he's a composer and primarily known for his soundtracks. But it's definitely a Jazz composition, and since I completely agree with the video documentary above, (that definition of cool jazz) I'll stick with my story that it's not cool jazz. Barry Adamson is as close as I can get to that sound Vekked for a recommendation. I don't know if there is a lot of that kind of jazz prominantly out there any more. Twin Peaks made that sound more popular at a time when it was basically dead. Since that time I've heard music like that only a handful of times. If you do a bit of digging for post hard bop 1950s club jazz you may be able to find a few similar tunes, but it's probably not easy to dig up enough to put together a short compilation of that style. Let me know if you find more examples of that, I really like that style myself. I have a compilation from Blue Note called "Mostly Modal" which has some nicer laid back vibes like that, but it's primarily hard bop.

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Nowadays if you search for club jazz or modern club jazz you'll find a lot of Japanese artists. Seems like they have taken over the club jazz scene completely and have speed it up X10. Older club jazz was slower and more smokey sounding like Angelos. For similar sounds I would also check out Barry Adamson, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbbRqMN495U&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KTV8uL3dNs ^He's got that slow smokey sound down to a T. I love that guy too, very diverse. Also check out Soil and Pimp Sessions (Japanese modern club jazz) for some much faster but sometimes equally haunting jazz sounds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQMgXPFzdg8

Here's a great short description of Cool Jazz defined in the 1950s documentary called "The Cry Of Jazz" Watch this clip it's only 3 minutes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFazy47FUEc&feature=related

BTW, it's definitely not cool jazz. Cool jazz is basically white guys trying to make jazz for old white guys. Cool jazz is jazzes' awkward white redheaded step child, so it's not a good thing to be classified.

Yeah, it's definitely Jazz. Angelo Badalamenti is a bad ass soundtracker. File under smokey room filled lounge lizard jazz. Or club jazz. I LOVE this guy. Some good ones of his from the Lost Highway Soundtrack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_qkQqBWKYw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIhb6FWMqbM

Hopefully this is cool, but I'd like to recommend an enhancement... Any way you can have a pop up appear when a new PM is sent? I never seem to notice the subtle red flag in the upper left, I've gone days without even noticing I had a PM. I don't want an email reminder, just a pop up saying "you have a new PM". Other then that, I guess this place is perdnt ner perfect as far as functionality goes. Honestly I wish my forum had half the features this one does.

First off good topic Steve, I often wondered myself. One thing you forgot was mailing hard copies out to people. Here's something that I do with all my mixes. I have a list of my own friends and family who get every mix I make in the mail. I do it because I love doing it, it's not about the money at all, it makes them happy so I'm happy. Plus friends and family are the best promoters by the way, my little brother in particular talks about my mixes with all his friends, so I get a lot of downloads from his friends and friends of friends. I also do it because mp3s are so plentiful, that often people think they are completely worthless regardless of where you post it, mp3s are less then a dime a dozen. There are literally thousands of mixes floating around and no one has time to download them because they are so cheap you can't even GIVE away free music any more no matter who you are or how good you are. BUT, if someone opens their mailbox and sees a CD sitting in there it becomes real, the hard work is instantly recognized and they feel obligated to listen to it. For me I see it like this... If they didn't listen to it, it would be like you painting them a picture and they didn't look at the picture, they just left it wrapped up. "Oh I'll look at the painting later when I have time." The mixes I ship out get listened to, relistened to and enjoyed. My mp3 uploads on the other hand (with a few exceptions like Dumpster Funk and Solar Powered Space Trees) never take off. It's not because they suck (I hope) it's because people don't wanna be bothered with free music from some dude out there. Sad but true, I see it even with HUGE names like DJ Premier. BTW: I noticed as DJForums has gotten back on it's feet that the mix submission forum is back to it's old self. I deposited my Beck mix there and before 3 hours went by it went to page 2 where no one looks. Certain forums you post it on won't get noticed. On the other hand, if you put it on my mixtape submission forum and it'll be on page one for years LOL.

If dopp is down with Beck, I'd be honored if he posted it on his blog, but I don't wanna push this on anyone, it's a best of Beck and if it's not his steez I'd not be offended at all. A few people have requested I posted this at Mixcrate so I did so hoping it would be easier for listeners to share and access the mix and tracklisting. Here it is... http://www.mixcrate....59/Modern-Dylan

^That link is my new friend, awesome.

Not at all please spread it around as much as you want. Thanks!

Thanks dude, hope u dig it man. 0 downloads and counting! Wowzers, LOL.

Don't know how many Beck fans are on here, but if you are, this mix should be right up your alley. Disc 1 is just the funky side of Beck Hanson. On the opposite disc (not uploaded) is Beck's opposite side, (country, folk music) reminds me a bit of a modern dylan the way he tells stories, thus the name. Anyway, not much to blabber about, hope you enjoy it. Hit me up w/ some words if you peep it. DOWNLOAD PS - Diggla, I got a hard copy on its way to you of both discs. But If you want the mp3 of it grab this.

Here is a short mp3 example of when clicks, pops and hiss is a good thing... I had to keep that in when I was messing around. Rushin Ops

Good topic. I think clicks and pops suck when they are overbearing only. Otherwise, if they don't detract from the song by becoming something hard that is to ignore, they are a nice constant reminder that you are listening to the "real thing". I'm a romantic when it comes to vinyl collecting so to me that just adds warm fuzzys when I hear it on a mix. I'd add, having clicks and pops for certain genres are more acceptable than others. It's great for a funk or blues mix, ok in small doses for a Hip Hop mix, but you don't want any of that when you are mixing up a straight up techno or electronic music mix. You don't wanna hear a big pop in a techno mix, since techno is supposed to sound futuristic, unorganic and crisp, beat up records detract from that greatly. I still buy an occasional techno album but never if it's in bad shape.

The writer of that blog is a dumb ass and if I could send my fist through my computer screen all the way to San Fransico to punch his winey little face, I would do it. On his blog title he actually states that he wants to ban instrumental Hip Hop. Ban it? COME ON! He doesn't even know what it is, he referenced Diplo as an example for God's sake. What a pansy. I hate clueless fucks like that who blog about shit they know nothing of. What a genuine waste of bandwidth. Instrumental Hip Hop is just like any Hip Hop, it can be dope or it can be wack. It totally depends on how good the producer of the beat is. I got all kinds of instrumental albums that I bought because the beats were dope and the rappers sucked, or maybe the beats were just as dope as with the rapper, either way, there's plenty of room for that kind of boom bap in my collection. Not to mention all the sub-genres of Hip Hop that are purely instrumental that are worth rotating.

^Download and lemmie know if that Homeboy Sandman's Subject: Matter EP is worth copping on wax.

I'm pretty hooked on Groovy Cleaner, I've got a giant refill bottle of it and it has rescued some seriously abused wax in my collection.

Hmm. Nothing I'd be interested in, my preferred media is vinyl but I can see how that'd be a hell of a good deal for cats that rock mp3s. Stones Throw has been very hit and miss lately, I haven't heard a good Hip Hop album come out of there in years. Anyone heard that Homeboy Sandman?

I tried that a couple of times, maybe I didn't wait long enough before I brought it back in, or maybe it wasn't hot enough that summer day, or maybe not sunny enough, but it didn't help. The record still plays so no harm done but there is just so many factors that effect the glass in the sunlight or oven remedies. A whole lot of guesswork. The nice thing about this product is that they did all the research on how much weight, how long in the oven, what temp, and they factored in the various record weights. I'd buy it for that information alone. Hell 80 bucks isn't that bad considering what I'd be rescuing. It woulda been nice to see a before and after shot of that record on that video though, WTF.