Busy, Busy, Busy
11/03/2007 07:06 PM Filed in: Personal
Almost a month with out any updates.... I feel
bad. It's the same for the West Coast Collective
site. I've been stupid busy since I got back from
Ibiza. Some of you know that I own a Visual
Effects company that I founded almost 4 years
ago. I don't just work there, I run the company
with my partner and I am the lead artist. When I
started Below the Radar I figured
I would work less and have more time for my
favorite hobby (DJing of course) since I
would make my own hours. Boy was I wrong...
Being successful means that you are working
non stop with lots of returning clients.
That's where we are right now. In a business
where a lot of our competitors are down
sizing or closing we are expanding. This
year we've double in size and are well off
to make more than our numbers from last
year. When I got back from Spain I had to
jump right away and finish a big television
campaign that I had started before I left
for Suzuki Cars. If you live in the US and
you watch TV you've seen some of the new ads
that are running. As soon as that was over I
was on two BMW commercials for the Chinese
market that had tons of visual effects and
CG. I was working 12 to 14 hours a day for
three weeks straight (including week ends).
The only break I had was when I was playing
at my residency Glow. After that it was
back to more Suzuki and right now I'm
finishing a job for Bridgestone that is a
real funny commercial. We are also bidding
for three really good commercials for the
Italian market that involves people who turn
paper thin but live in a 3D world.
October is also a big month because all of my close friends have birthday in that month including me. Sandra, my wife, is in October and so are 9 other of my friends. Two of them on the same day as me, October 23rd. For my birthday we celebrated at Glow since I was playing there and since it was close to Halloween everybody dressed up in real great costumes. Every girl was dressed as a "sexy (insert what ever you can think of here)". I loved that my wife Sandra came as a "Crazy Ho". She had a real sexy asylum straight jacket costume. The biggest surprise was that my good friend Jay-J came all the way from NY with his girlfriend to attend the party. I love Jay-J. He has become a close friend. One of the perks of that is that I get to hear and have a chance to get my hands on a lot of his new productions and remixes that he is working on for the launch of Shifted Music. Unfortunately I can't play these on any of my radio shows or online mixes until they are officially release or come out as promos. I do play them at live gigs and I can tell you that the reaction I always get is "OMG what was that?!" Be on the look out for a real sexy track with Michelle Shaparow that will remind you of the good old days of Naked Music, a peak time dance floor destroyer with Jay-J's partner in crime Latrice Barnett, a track with Random Soul that just oozes soul when you play it and of course Jay-J's artist album. Anyway the party was a blast and I will put up some pics as soon as I can gather them from all the people who were there.
Finally I would like to apologize to all the people who have email or contacted me and whom I haven't reply to yet. My goal this week is to catch up with all of that and if you wrote to me I will reply even if it's late. Thank you all for your understanding and support!
October is also a big month because all of my close friends have birthday in that month including me. Sandra, my wife, is in October and so are 9 other of my friends. Two of them on the same day as me, October 23rd. For my birthday we celebrated at Glow since I was playing there and since it was close to Halloween everybody dressed up in real great costumes. Every girl was dressed as a "sexy (insert what ever you can think of here)". I loved that my wife Sandra came as a "Crazy Ho". She had a real sexy asylum straight jacket costume. The biggest surprise was that my good friend Jay-J came all the way from NY with his girlfriend to attend the party. I love Jay-J. He has become a close friend. One of the perks of that is that I get to hear and have a chance to get my hands on a lot of his new productions and remixes that he is working on for the launch of Shifted Music. Unfortunately I can't play these on any of my radio shows or online mixes until they are officially release or come out as promos. I do play them at live gigs and I can tell you that the reaction I always get is "OMG what was that?!" Be on the look out for a real sexy track with Michelle Shaparow that will remind you of the good old days of Naked Music, a peak time dance floor destroyer with Jay-J's partner in crime Latrice Barnett, a track with Random Soul that just oozes soul when you play it and of course Jay-J's artist album. Anyway the party was a blast and I will put up some pics as soon as I can gather them from all the people who were there.
Finally I would like to apologize to all the people who have email or contacted me and whom I haven't reply to yet. My goal this week is to catch up with all of that and if you wrote to me I will reply even if it's late. Thank you all for your understanding and support!