Devil’s Pie: Siik Edition at Verdugo Bar on Nov. 18, 2009

Come check out The Come Up Crew homie, DJ Siik, perform a Siik remix set at Devil’s Pie at Verdugo Bar in Los Angeles on November 18, 2009. Also, The Come Up Crew’s LinoType will be standing in for DJ Roza and resident DJ Phatrick will be there laying down soulful tracks, as always. No cover! No dress code! Great beer selection! Great music!

WED 11.18.09

DEVIL’S PIE | LOS ANGELES
SIIK EDITION

Featuring:
DJ SIIK(The Come Up)

Remixer Extraordinaire!!

And Guest Substitute:
DJ LINOTYPE (The Come Up)

With Resident:
DJ PHATRICK

***EXCLUSIVE***
DEVIL’S PIE KOOL & THE GANG TRIBUTE CDs
available exclusively to folks who come to the party!

10pm-2am
FREE!
21+

VERDUGO BAR
3408 Verdugo Rd
Glassell Park, Los Angeles
90065

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New Mix: Hollywood Dive Bar Musical

I really have no thought process for this mix. I just wanted to use some nice Indie and Electro tracks I have been dying to get to all your ears ASAP. I think it came together real nice and I hope you enjoy it. I call it “Hollywood Dive Bar Musical” cause I can imagine the cracked out/hipster versions of the “High School Musical” (which I have seen 20 times; 1, 2, & 3) cast singing the tracks and dance walking (is that what its called?) all over the shadiest Hollywood dive bar. Now that I think about it maybe I should have called it “La Cita Musical,” but I think the more generic name is equally as corny as “High School Musical” and I can’t un-dumb it down, so I’ll stick with my first choice. This is shorter than usual too, take that LinoType. I will start doing 20 minute mixes just so I don’t hear “your mixes are too long” from you anymore.

Hollywood Dive Bar Musical (Week of 03.23.09) – Click to Download

Tracklisting:

1. Jesse Rose – Touch My Horn (Mad Kids Remix)
2. Esser – Let’s Work It Out (A1 Bassline Remix)
3. The Outrunners – These Girls Are Dressed To Kill
4. The Hours – See The Light (Calvin Harris Remix)
5. Breakbot – Happy Rabbit
6. Animal Collective – My Girls (HATCHMATIK Disco Bootleg)
7. The Juan Maclean – One Day
8. Breakbot – Please Don’t
9. Beirut – My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille
10. Sportsday Megaphone – Meet Me In The Middle (David E Sugar Remix)
11. The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name (LA Riots Remix)
12. Bonde Do Role – Quero Te Amar (Douster Remix)
13. Royksopp – Happy Up Here (Breakbot Remix)
14. Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars
15. Adele – Cold Shoulder (Basement Jaxx Classic Remix Edit)
16. Hey Champ – Cold Dust Girl (DJ LA*Jesus Remix)
17. MGMT – Kids
18. Kanye West vs. The Knife – High Heartbeats (A-Trak Mash Up)
19. The Knife – Heartbeats
20. Metronomy – A Thing For Me (Breakbot Remix)

New Mix: Neo-Soulish Styles + Some: Part 1 & 2

I always wanted to put together a neo-soul mix but I just never got around to it. With dope neo-soul songs, as well as songs from other genres that just seem to fit the mood, this is what I put together. Check parts 1 & 2. Thanks to DJ Siik, DJ Linotype, DJ Ocir and endless list of music blogs for some of the tracks and remixes that helped bring this all together. Sorry for the excess 4Hero, but they just make good music…

Part 1:

Neo-Soulish Styles + Some: Part 1 (Week of 02.02.09) – Click to Download

Tracklisting:
1. 4Hero – Look Inside feat. Face
2. Chico Mann – Dilo Como Yo
3. Jazzanova – Look What You’re Doin’ To Me feat. Phonte
4. Amel Larrieux – Bravebird
5. Maxwell – Changed
6. 4Hero – Sink or Swim (No Choice for Me) feat. Lady Alma
7. 4Hero – Take My Time feat. J Davey
8. Goapele – Closer
9. Erykah Badu – Soldier
10. Iman Williams – You R feat. Nebulus
11. Maxwell – Ascension (Don’t Ever Wonder)
12. Common – Funky 4 U feat. Jill Scott & Bilal
13. Adriana Evans – All for Love
14. Amerie – One Thing (Siik Remix)
15. Zhane – Request Line
16. Soul II Soul – Back to Life
17. Ave.To – Mama’s Koolaid
18. Flying Lotus – Camel (Nosaj Thing Remix)
19. New Mastersounds – Your Love is Mine feat. Corrine Bailey Rae (Fred Everything Mix)
20. Raphael Saadiq – Get Involved feat. Q-Tip
21. Common – I Am Music feat. Jill Scott
22. Adriana Evans – Hey Now

Part 2:

Neo-Soulish Styles + Some: Part 2 (Week of 02.02.09) – Click to Download

Tracklisting:
1. Jill Scott – High Post Brotha feat. Common (Live)
2. 7 Samurai – Without Luv
3. Jill Scott – Love Rain
4. Corrine Bailey Rae – I’d Like To
5. Amy Winehouse – Help Yourself
6. Cooly’s Hot Box – What A Surprise
7. Raphael Saadiq – Be Here feat. D’Angelo
8. Aaliyah – If Your Girl Only Knew (Siik Remix)
9. Glenn Lewis – Don’t You Forget It
10. Carmen Rodgers – Dream
11. Common – 8 Minutes to Sunrise feat. Jill Scott
12. D’Angelo – Devil’s Pie
13. Ryan Leslie – Rescue Me
14. Amy Winehouse – Stronger Than Me
15. Corrine Bailey Rae – Trouble Sleeping
16. Erykah Badu – Love of My Life feat. Common
17. Erykah Badu – The Healer
18. Dwele – Hold On
19. Raheem DeVaughn – Woman
20. Lupe Fiasco – Daydreamin’ feat. Jill Scott
21. Chico Cesar – Mama Africa
22. Akon – Mama Africa
23. Stone Mecca – In Love
24. Estelle – Come Over
25. Gnarls Barkley – Who Cares
26. Angie Stone – Baby
27. Alicia Keys – You Don’t Know (Siik Remix)
28. John Legend – Another Again

Top 2008 Lists of this Blog

Check these links out because everyone else couldn’t get enough…

Top 5 Posts
1. New Mix Posted: Post Diggin Sunday 11.16.08 Update
2. New Nikon 50mm F1.8D Lens
3. The Come Up Crew Podcast Vol. 2: Bay Area Rap
4. History of Pre-Hyphy and Non-Hyphy Bay Area Hip Hop
5. Day 7, 8, 9: San Francisco

Top 5 Pages
1. Music: Mixes, Remixes, and Podcasts
2. Music, DJing, and Life
3. About Spingineer
4. Photography
5. Music Videos: Mixes and Remixes

Top 5 Clicks
1. Downtempo Mix
2. The Come Up Crew Podcast Vol. 2: Bay Area Rap
3. Siik’s Blog
4. The Come Up Crew Podcast Vol. 1: 90s Hip Hop
5. Loungin’ Mix

Top 5 Referrers
1. Facebook
2. The Come Up Events Blog
3. WordPress Tag: Music
4. WordPress Tag: Photography
5. WordPress Tag: Downtempo

Top 5 Search Engine Terms
1. Monterrey
2. Nikon 50mm F1.8
3. Dorothy Moyrong
4. Tiny Toones
5. VJ Music Videos

From these stats I found out that posting on facebook is the way to go in getting people to your blog, especially if you got friends with hella friends that recommend your post to others. Case in point, after I posted my “downtempo” mix, LinoType suggested it on facebook and I got a huge amount of hits that day and its popularity has slowly decreased. Big ups to Mr. Manansala for that one. Being as specific as possible with tags can also help. People also like to hear music and look at pictures, but I believe people want to hear the story behind the mixes and photos where they may have the opportunity to walk in your shoes or see through your eyes. And lastly, people want to hear your opinions about music, events, activities, places, and so on, so they can either justify their feelings about something or find someone to disagree with about something. It’s only human…I’m just trying my best to feed the masses.

Prince Paul

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

Best Weekend in a Long Time

I didn’t plan to do much this weekend as is true of most weekends. But I felt I needed to do more things without my girlfriend (meaning with friends, my girlfriend is always fun to be around), so this weekend I partied it up on my own.

The weekend started off good on Friday night at Foot Work at the Terrace in Pasadena. The Come Up resident DJ Linotype is also a resident DJ at this club. I heard that this club used to pack all guys with nothing but 90s hip hop and was strictly on that head bobbin’ tip. It was totally different when I went. There were a lot of women in there and even though 90s hip hop was played, a lot of danceable music was played too. The crowd was pretty diverse as well, where The Come Up has a mainly Asian following. This party seemed like a place that I would want to spin at and I already expressed my interest to Linotype.

Foot Work, Every 2nd Friday

Linotype, Business As Usual

Footwork Partygoers

Not feeling so good the next morning due to excessive drinking and wasting a morning shopping for clothes that didn’t fit (need to shed some pounds) in Glendale, I attended The Scorpio Party at the Oiwake Restaurant in Little Tokyo. Again, DJ Linotype was spinning along with Waxstyles and The Optimist. The party’s proceeds from the cover charge went directly to the Tuesday Night Cafe Project. The bar was a different story since the fundraiser did not take home a percentage. So instead of spending most of my money at the pricey bar, me, Gabe, and Come Up DJs Dumlao and Mike Deuce decided to swig whisky in the car. It didn’t save me much though. I paid the $5 cover, had a $9 hen and coke, $5 sake bomb, and a 22 oz. Sapporo of unknown value, but I took $40 out of the ATM and had $4 when I left at the end of the night. I tip too much…

The Scorpio Party

Waxstyles is for the People

The Optimist Back From SF

Finally, I woke this morning to another hangover but I was still determined to spin at Diggin’ Sunday at 1PM. I stayed up until 4AM after getting back from the Scorpio Party choosing music for Diggin’ Sunday. So now that I am sitting in Tribal Cafe with my first set done I am a little dissatisfied with my performance. It is real hard to hear the output and the beginning of my set was pretty bad, awful actually. But I am ready to go on again if I can and maybe I’ll play more soulful stuff. I actually just got mad props from one of attendees here who wanted more info on where I spin at and if I got mixtapes.

Diggin' Sunday, Every 3rd Sunday at Tribal Cafe

More pictures to come from Diggin’ Sunday, 11.16.08