http://www.djshagz.com DJ Shagz's Record Bin. Shagz is a Toronto DJ who plays all kinds of music but specializes in house, breaks and funk. Visit his site for mp3s, internet broadcasts, news and more. en-us Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:12:25 -0400 http://www.djshagz.com/files/logoForRss100x32.gif http://www.djshagz.com/ 10032 http://www.djshagz.com/content/news.php#art282 Just a heads up, I'll be spinning chilled out this Friday at the Linux Cafe, 326 Harbourd St, Toronto, as part of the CONTACT Photography Festival. Local Toronto photographer Andrew Drown will be showing off his work with abandoned playgrounds in the Toronto Area. Show details here. The show o... Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:12:21 -0400 http://www.djshagz.com/content/news.php#art280 Another cool article from the peeps at Remix Magazine, this time talking about buying the right sound card. I used to have a subscription to this magazine way way back, but I never got around to reading any of the issues. The mailing list has proven to be an excellent source of cool stuff though... Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:01:37 -0400 http://www.djshagz.com/content/news.php#art279 Flash-based music making with a TR-909, a pair of TB-303s and an array of BOSS-look-a-like effects pedals. Amazing flash prog skills going on here, and lots of fun to play around with too. But really...did the world really need another Roland emulator? :) The host site, Hobnox.com, is kind of... Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:09:43 -0400 http://www.djshagz.com/content/news.php#art278 Inspired by recent mixes from dj friends Shazbot (a tight drum 'n bass mix) and J Puddy (fresh trance/prog sounds), I thought I should get on the decks and throw down a little, as a warm up to a new mix I'm working on. It's actually been a very, very long time since I got onto the decks just to m... Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:47:41 -0400 http://www.djshagz.com/content/news.php#art277 Yet another project I've been working on has finally come to fruition. I present to you, the DJ Shagz Box Set! (Click for pics) The Box Set contains (almost) everything I've ever made as a DJ, including 10 mix tapes, 10 CDs and 3 CDRs of digital releases and broadcasts. That's over 45 hours of... Sat, 5 Apr 2008 14:45:04 -0400 http://www.djshagz.com/content/news.php#art276 My good dj friend JPuddy has recently dropped a couple of really good trance dj mixes over at his site. Really excellent stuff, great tune selection showcasing current sounds in the world of trance and progressive house. Get The Beatitudes Vol 1 and The Beatitudes Vol 2 and his site. I kind o... Fri, 4 Apr 2008 12:37:02 -0400 http://www.djshagz.com/content/news.php#msg275 Yup, it shames me to say that I've somehow managed to fall headlong back into the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering. This is still a relatively recent change - I'm only 4 days into my slide - so there is no telling how long it will last. Indeed, there are signs - weak and ineffectual si... Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:42:54 -0400 http://www.djshagz.com/content/news.php#art274 The manufacturers don't want you to know this, but the truth is you don't have to plop down $1,500 for the latest Allen and Heath mixer or $3,000 on a JazzMutant Lemur to do creative things with MIDI and DJ software. Sure, having a brand new DJ controller with all kinds of bells and whistles will get ... Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:55:44 -0400 http://www.djshagz.com/content/news.php#art273 Was just having a quick look at the MixMeister Scratch a free app for your iPhone or iTouch, and DScratch, a homebrew app in beta for the Nintendo DS. Both apps to similar things, allowing the user to load up an audio file and use the touch screen interface to interact with that audio and "scratc... Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:28:03 -0400 http://www.djshagz.com/content/news.php#art272 After two years of thinking, planning, acquiring, compiling, mixing, tweaking, sourcing and designing... I finally have my 25th DJ Mix, Source Material, in my surprised hands. Surprised 'cuz I didn't think I was ever going to get this mix done. It took several months to get the double discs in ... Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:51:20 -0500