Street Knowledge

The world of music and entertainment has never been the same since N.W.A.’s sonic assault on the world in the late ’80s. Dr. Dre is a music, technology and business mogul with his fingers in the jar at the world’s biggest company. Eazy went early in a Shakespearean death, Yella is well, Yella. And that […]

The Art of Float: Sensory Deprivation Tank Therapy for Creatives

Putting yourself in an oversized body capsule full of hundreds of pounds of lukewarm salt water isn’t most people’s idea of good time. Flotation restricted environmental stimulation therapy as it’s formally known, involves spending a significant amount of time in a tank that has been filled with 800 pounds of epsom salts. This makes you […]

DJ Basics

5 Tips for Beginners Pursuing a career as a DJ can be an exciting and sordid affair. Like most things in life, if you get into it for the wrong reasons, then you’re probably not gonna get very far. The early stages in most career pursuits are paved with times of economic uncertainty, self-doubt and […]

Leon

Artist Profile: Leon Bridges Have you every heard an artist’s voice and immediately felt a connection? Something about them, be it the gritty angst seeping through their vocal chords or their carefully chosen words, just resonates. If we are self-professed music lovers than this has no doubt happened a few times. Such was the case when […]

The Noughties

I’ve played plenty of retro nights in my day, and any DJ will tell you that there are certain tracks that have aged to a particular vintage that can have a huge impact on your set. Whether it is a remix, interpolation, cover or original, songs with a bit of history pack a punch of […]

Hiring a DJ

Hiring a DJ: Ask These 3 Questions By JT James March 8, 2018 Chances are if you are reading this you have been tasked with hiring DJ entertainment for a corporate event, club night or wedding. Music is such an important component of almost any type of event, so it has […]

Housepital

House music has been a huge part of my life since that first big party back in the day. I honestly couldn’t tell ya where it was exactly. Industrial park in Burnaby? By the water in Richmond. Who knows?! I can tell you that musically, it was a life-changing event. After that, I would venture […]