Last month, I got shipped to Vancouver for a weekend work session. Despite the long hours, I got to see some of my buddies, and catch Jay Brannan when he was passing through town.
I recorded a bit on my Nokia N82, to post and share. He sang a lot of the song we know and love from his youtube page or myspace page, but also some great covers, too. The second and third song in in the video are covers - but amazing songs that I came to really love, thanks to his version.
bravehound - resuscitation.mp3 (to download, right-click and choose save. Apple users control-click and choose download.)
Shameless, I know. Self-indulgence, anyone? :)
This baby took a lot of work. But I’m really proud of it.
I got an overwhelming amount of track suggestions once I posted that I wanted to do a fan-based mix set. And I got quite a variety of ideas thrown my way - and a few of you really surprised me with what you came up with… so here you go.
I love that many of you found some HOT remixes of artists I love. There’s one artist in this set that appears throughout - Robyn, no surprise there. But there’s a couple other themes going on… some SWEET modern, electro versions of 90’s tunes you’ve long since forgotten, some new stuff, and a few surprises. Surprises like Missy Elliott with backing fiddles.
Most of my sets, I start with my favorite track combo… and I thought I was doing the same here. I love every second of the sucker. When I test a mix, I export it, take it to the gym…. and if I ever wanna fast-forward, it still needs work. Now I feel minute 16 is where it starts just going crazy. In a good way.
Most of the songs in the mix came from you guys - and I put a few in - but I certainly didn’t put anything in this set that I didn’t love 110%.
Each time I try to do a mix, I wanna trump what I’ve done previously. I’m still pretty damn happy with my last efforts, so this took a long while to perfect. I love it… but it wouldn’t be what it is, without your input.
Oh yeah. There’s one track I knew I was gonna get shit for including… but I can’t help but love it more every time I hear it.
Hope you guys like it - thanks for everyone’s support!
