SIPA Sessions Are A Must!!

Whoever thought you could learn how to DJ, make beats, and record music for free without being a hot girl or having a Dj in your family or circle of friends. Well people this is your chance to learn it all. Come to SIPA (Search to Involve Pilipino Americans) Sessions, where the love for music brings together men and women of many different races, ages, class levels, and religious backgrounds to do one thing, make dope music.

Learn how to DJ from Laurent with opportunities to learn more from seasoned vets like Linotype, Jeffrey.Soulspeak, Phatrick, Waxstyles, and myself, Spingineer. Feed off each other in roundtable type mix and scratch sessions. Making beats your thing? Soulspeak and Phatrick are there too provide priceless knowledge in making beats, recording tracks, and so on. With a good amount of MCs that make their way to SIPA for every session are always down to freestyle with you over some hot beats.

So make your way to SIPA Sessions at the corner of Temple St and Dylon St every Monday and Thursday from 5PM-8PM. This also a great place to network for those DJs, producers, and MCs who already know a little something about the business. I was a DJ for almost 11 years when I first got to SIPA Sessions and the networking opportunities are never ending.

DJs currently affiliated with SIPA:
Linotype
Jeffrey.Soulspeak
Phatrick
Waxstyles
Laurent (Don’t know his alias)
Matt (His either)

MCs/Producers currently affiliated with SIPA:
Budda Baboon
Proda-Gz
Phazze Beats
Queen Herstory

SIPA Sessions Official Flyer

Shots from previous SIPA Sessions:

4x4 Session

Making Beats

More Session

New Mix Posted: Post-Diggin’ Sunday 11.16.08 Update

So Diggin’ Sunday was fun. The guy who runs the monthly open turntable jam session took a break and let Mike “Waxstyles” and Maya “equanimous1″ run the session. A good amount of people showed up to spin including author Ruben Molina, who laced us with some old soul 45s. Ruben wrote “The Old Barrio Guide to Lowrider Music: 1950-1975″ and “Chicano Soul: Recordings & History of an American Culture.”

Old Barrio Guide to Lowrider Music: 1950-1975 by Ruben Molina

Chicano Soul: Recordings & History of an American Culture by Ruben Molina

The big difference with this Diggin’ Sunday and those of the past was the inclusion of Serato Scrtachlive. Waxstyles decided to bring it along and it was not welcomed with open arms by the regulars but helped me to express myself the best way I knew how without the use of the limited selection of records I have. Don’t get me wrong, I have about 1000 records but I came up as a working DJ and most of the stuff is not fit for Diggin’ Sunday. I wanted to get down like they got down. The “Yes on Serato Scratchlive” speech is coming…But for now, I will try my best to use the records I have at Diggin’ Sunday. It will be a lot of 90s hip hop though…

My Record Collection with matching Ikea Shelf Converted into DJ Table

Here is a mix inspired by the chillin’ on a Sunday afternoon style that you get at Diggin’ Sundays at Tribal Cafe. It is a real loungy/downtempoish sounding mix and I had to pump it out after coming from Diggin’ Sunday last night. Enjoy.

11.16.08 Loungin’ Mix (Click to Download)

1. 7 Samurai – Uptown Rankin
2. 40 Winks – Soulful Sensitivity
3. Dean Zigoris – The Seasons: Barcarolle
4. Bjork – I Miss You (Dobie Sunshine Mix)
5. Everything But The Girl – Mirrorball (DJ Jazzy Jeff Sole Full Remix)
6. Freddie Cruger – Over the Ocean feat. Desmond Foster
7. Dela – La Bonne Attitude
8. Nujabes – Reflection Eternal
9. Kruder & Dorfmeister – Ocean Beat
10. J Dilla – Sometimes (Instrumental)

Here are pictures from Diggin’ Sunday.

Oooooh, Nice headphones

One Way of Lounging at Diggin' Sunday

Yours Truly on the 1s and 2s, Taken by Matt Nailit

Donald Byrd is Dope. Matt in the Background is as Well.

Ruben Molina Spinning and Discussing Life with Joel

Ruben Molina Spinning

Maya, Equanimous1

New Mix Posted: Diggin’ Sunday 10.19.08 Mix

This was my first time doing a whole set at Tribal Cafe’s Diggin Sunday which goes down every third Sunday of the month in Historic Filipinotown. Although there are themes for each session, I could not find any current information about what kind of music to play. I created a set with the understanding that the session is on more of a positive vibe. I chose more songs that were soulful and positive. But without Serato my selection is limited. I have almost a thousand records but most of it doesn’t work at Diggin Sunday.

Diggin Sunday Official Flyer

After completing my set I found out that the theme was positive music and that my set worked. The only thing is that there was a little too much bad language in my set and their was a pre-teen girl at the cafe sitting right in front of the speaker doing her homework. But in the end there were no complaints.

I immediately recorded the mix when I got home and here it is for your enjoyment:

10.19.08 Diggin’ Sunday Mix (Click to Download)

Playlist:
1. Common – Reminding Me (Of Sef)
2. Nas – One Love (Remix)
3. Arrested Development – Easy My Mind
4. Kurious – I’m Kurious
5. Common – This Is Me
6. Fugees – Fu-Gee-La (Remix)
7. Hieroglyphics – You Never Knew
8. Reflection Eternal – 2000 Seasons (Instrumental)
9. Spearhead – Hole in the Bucket
10. The Roots – You Got Me

Enjoy. I hope these songs bring you back…