#trapqueenheath

So I’ve always loved Timeflies... fell in love with them freshmen year. I went on YouTube today and this video popped up in my recommended feed so I thought “why not I’ll listen to it”.... and it’s actually REALLY GOOD. 

#TRACKONREPEAT

I HAVE REACHED THE FINISH LINE

Have you ever worked on a homework assignment for 7 months straight? Well I can finally say that the longest, most stressful, academic assignment I have ever had to curate in my entire collegiate life is finally complete.

After spending seven long months of research, observing concertgoers at The Middle East, and interviewing fans on this single topic, my senior thesis is finally finished. Happy to have handed this sixty page baby in this week and although it was hell, I couldn’t be happier with not only how it turned out- but with what I have learned and taken from the entire experience.

Cheers to myself for this one because I survived (oh & you should really check this out it’s an amazing case study, let me know if you want to read it)

#TRACKONREPEAT

I’m patiently waiting for Ape Drums to come to the east coast because I’ve loved him for YEARS... I’m actually surprised he hasn’t blown up yet because he has such a unique and dope sound to his tracks.

Listen to his latest mix on Beats 1 & fall in love like I did

Track List:

R3hab & Nervo & Ummet Ozcan - Revolution (Chocolate Puma Remix) 

LA Riots - The Drop w/ MAW - Work

Diplo & Ape Drums - Duttiest Wine

Jack U - Jungle Bae VIp

Boombox Cartel - Jamba 

Baewatch - Rave Level 9 (Herve Pagez Remix)

Robin S. - Show Me Love w/ ZHU - Faded

Herve Pagez - Yo Ready! (Ape Drums Edit)

Machel Montano Ft. Major Lazer - One Wine (Ape Drums VIP)

Baauer - DumDum

Diplo Ft. Nicky Da B - Express Yourself (Gent & Jawns Remix)

Ape Drums - Bring It Back

Ape Drums & Phat Deuce - Dude 

Choppa Dunks - Freakython

Diplo Ft. Faustix & Imanos and Kai - Revolution (Deejay Theory Edit)

Steven A. Clark - Can't Have (Ape Drums Remix)

Ape Drums - Bashment

Datsik - Firepower (Munchi Remix) w/ Diplo Ft. Nicky Da B - Express Yourself 

Godwonder - Ay Que Rico

Ape Drums Ft. Major Lazer & Busy Signal - The Way We Do This (Bookshelf)

Major Lazer - Watch Out For This (Ape Drums Edit)

DJ Snake - Propaganda (Dillon Francis Remix)

Missy Elliot - Pass That Dutch (Reid Stefan Bootleg)

ROUND2 - Dumm

CLB - Booty Bounce

Torro Torro - CA$HVILLE w/ Jack U Ft. Justin Bieber - Where Are U Now

Stoltenhoff - Tuddle McBuddle

Daft Punk - One More Time (Laidback Luke Remix) 

ID - ID 

Laidback Luke - Be 

Reid Stefan & Henry Fong - Come Around (JAXX Bootleg)

Eptic & Habstrakt vs Nom De Strip - On The Bad Thing (M3B8 Edit)

Kovalenco Gennadi - E.W. (Ape Drums Edit)

ASAP Ferg - New Level (Shelco Garcia & Teenwofl Bootleg)

Makla & M3B8 - Nazulu 

Reid Stefan Ft. (Awsumo & Ultra Cat)

LH4L Ft. DJ Funk - MDB

Rihanna - Work (Ape Drums TING)

Rell The Soundbender Ft. Sudden Beatz & Kafu Banton - Subela 

Marshmello - Keep it Mello ft. Omar LinX

Have you seen Marshmello’s newest music video? Because there is SMORE many DJ’s in it... how many can you count?

Because I spy Dillon Francis, Getter, Ghastly, Mija, Ookay, Kayzo and Yultron, but I’m sure there are more that I can’t recognize.

#GoviaRadio just posted this on Facebook yesterday, even though it’s an interview from a couple years ago.. check it out because it TRULY is a great interview with Bassnectar’s opinion on DJ’s!

“I want the end result to be amazing. For myself, I’m obsessive. I’m an obsessive creative person so I work the whole time and make myself dive deep into the music, and I open up as many options as I can creatively but I’m not going to judge if somebody wants to take another route it’s really everyone’s decision and life it so short to sit around hating someone cause you they’re not DJ-ing the way you want them to DJ- go hang out in Syria for a week and tell me why this is a problem.” -Lorin

Avicii’s retirement... 

Now we all know that last week, he shared with the virtual world a letter explaining that this is his last year with music and that he is going to retire. #MIXMAG released an article telling us why and it’s extremely mind blowing. 

Think about it, Avicii averaged one set every week from January 2011 to January 2016... resulting to 220 DJ sets in 261 weeks. 

The article says, “Avicii’s exhaustion only took a further toll in 2013 when he was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis due to alcoholism, leading to surgery to remove his gallbladder. According to a statement given to GQ, performances made him “so nervous” that he turned to alcohol in order to give him the “encouragement and self-confidence” needed to execute. These aspects, combined with his willingness to spend more than 60 hours a time in the studio, led to a subsequent need to quit altogether.”

“You are able to let loose, you are able to forget about all the worries of school, work, life, and for maybe only a couple of hours; you are able to be free. “

Honestly I don’t understand why people are saying the “EDM is dying” because it is SUCH a beautiful and amazing community and culture that has JUST made it into the “mainstream” media light.