This Saturday, October 3rd, I will have the pleasure to open up for my friends Yogi & Husky of Random Soul at BALANCE. They are kicking off their US tour here in Los Angeles. If you live in the LA area do yourself a favor and come check out these guys. Yogi is an amazing singer and he also plays keyboards during their DJ sets. I hope to see you there. I'm playing from 10pm to about 12:30am and Random Soul will close the night.

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My good friend Jay-J has spent the last two years crafting his debut artist album, LOVE ALIVE which is a smooth collection of meaningful and positive songs about love and sensuality. I also pretty much spend the last two years talking about it on this site as I saw the album progress from a few rough ideas on his laptop to what it turned out to be today. More than just "dancefloor music", Jay-J delivers the goods and raises the bar with this strong, lyrically driven, warm and uplifting album. Not bound by any particular genre, Love Alive touches upon a wide range of music ranging from soulful house to downtempo chill to R&B and electro. Thoughtful lyrics and beautiful vocals are provided by Big "Brooklyn" Red, Michelle Shaprow, Charlene Moore, Brian "BAM" Morgan, Judy Albanese and Fabian Leo with lush sounds and edgy instrumentation performed by a slew of notable musicians including Scott Wozniak (Large/Defected) and Tim K. (Home & Garden/Collette/Lucy Woodard/OM Records).

The remixes are also coming and they are going to be hot! I again had the privilege to hear some of them and I am itching to play them out and on the radio show but I can't yet.... for now they only live in my car until the promos come out. Some of the names that are remixing for Jay-J are Miguel Migs, Jon Cutler, JT Donaldson, Giom, Ron Carroll, Morten Trust, Random Soul, Roberto De Carlo, Joshua Heath, Ethan White (Tortured Soul), DJ Meme, Deep Josh, Harley and Muscle, Christian Alvarez and many more.

Jay-J has a dedicated web page to the album on his site where you can see videos and hear radio interviews about how the album came about. You will also find there links to all the different retailers that carry the album and all of it's bonus tracks. Please visit the LOVE ALIVE page to get all the details.

As I mentioned previously Jay-J had contest which allowed fans to remix the title track from his album. The quality of all the remixes was really amazing and it was hard for him to pick the winner and the runners up but after many hours of listening to the submissions here are his 3 picks in their respective order (my favorite was #2 the Jon Milson remix):

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As mentioned in the last post Jay-J will be releasing this summer his first full artist album named LOVE ALIVE.

To promote it Jay-J and I had an idea to create a video which includes a 2 minute medley of all the tracks in the album. The idea is to make it go viral. We will soon upload an HD version of the video on YouTube where people will be able to embed it in their blogs and so on.

In the meantime you can it preview it right here.

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I am so freaking excited about this coming Saturday night.  I'll have the privilege and the honor to open at BALANCE for my favorite producer and DJ in the House Music scene.  The legendary and only Jay-J.  He truly is my inspiration and I aspire to be as good as him someday.  He defines the West Coast Sound like no one else.  I'm not just saying that to suck up to him cause over the years he has become more than a friend. He is family. So my admiration for him is genuine (plus I know enough dirt on him to black mail him:)

Jay-J is touring right now to promote the release of his first artist album LOVE ALIVE.  I've had the oportunity to hear the finish album and it is amazing.  The artists lined up to do remixes for the singles of this album are the cream of the crop in House Music.  People like Miguel Migs, Kerry Chandler, Random Soul, Chuck Love, Giom to name a few.  Not only that but Jay-J is also giving the opportunity to an unsigned up and coming producer to remix the title track of the album.  If you produce that could mean YOU.  Jay-J will pick himself the winning entry and the remix will be release on his label Shifted Music.  There is also additional prices from some of the sponsors.

The contest officially starts on July 17th.  So on that date check out the Shifted Music Remix Contest for all the details and on how to get the samples and sound files to do your remix.

If you live in Los Angeles or will be here next Saturday please come by. It will be a night to remember.  If you live somewhere else keep an eye on when Jay-J will be visiting your city with his tour.

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I have two new fans. My status of international bedroom DJ is groing ! LOL

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