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Community Management Protip

As a community manager sometimes you need to reach out to certain individuals and tell them what’s up. Quoted today:

M: Aww… this guy makes glitch videos.

D: Reach out to him and tell him we like his stuff so stop  being a dick. 

“Oh damn you look good.”

Me: Is she hot?
D: Uhh… She is certainly cuter.
Me: Aww…
D: What do you expect? She’s like 34-35 now.
Me: Well sometimes it can be like “damn you are hot.”
D: L, you’re looking at it. Oohh…
Me: DAMN. You went there.

I’m A Racist

Yesterday, a Korean BBQ with the crew:

Ajer: Linda, doesn’t like Black people.

Me: Yup!

Francine whispers to Ajer: She does know Daevon is black right? [referring to Daevon, who is the couple’s roommate and to the note, I was spending the night at their house]

Ajer: It’s just a joke.

Francine: Oh!

Google Instant Experience

Ben: Use Google right now! I don’t care what you type!

Me: P-O-R-N-

-Realizes Google instantly searches for the characters/words you type-

Me: OH SHIT!

-Delete search-

Luckily nothing loaded but I realized it was loading what I was typing. XD

Wolf Mix

I’m finally mostly happy with this version of my next mix. In this one you’ll find the mood darker than my first mix. It’s not perfect but I am a little burnt out from it lol. I’m happy and it’s progress. Enjoy!

Wolf Mix by Reori

Spotlight Tune: Marcus Schössow & Reeves feat. Emma Hewitt - Light (Original Mix)

This track really warmed up to me after listening to it a couple of times.

I at first thought the vocals of the tune was a bit overpowering, but I must be too fond of Emma Hewitt’s voice. Her voice is amazing. A lot of producers describe her voice as of an angel. It’s pretty spot on. After listening to it a couple of times, the melody really compliments her voice. 

This tune introduces this light, cute, bubbly loop right before it drops into Emma’s vocals where the melody slips into the background. But this isn’t it. As the vocals fade, the loopy and bubbly melody resurfaces, which keeps you going. This is a very sweet vocal track unlike the darker tone with previous week’s feature.

You can listen to the track here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyPj0jEZUl8.

Ferry Corsten’s Once Upon A Night @ Palladium Hollywood

On Friday, April 2nd I attended Ferry Corsten’s Once Upon A Night at the Palladium in Hollywood.

Location - 5/10

Located in the heart of Hollywood, the traffic there wasn’t too bad that night. However, driving around Hollywood to find cheaper parking or street parking would have been a bigger inconvenience than it needed to be given it was Hollywood. The Palladium had parking which was $15. That is like rape price. It was a chilly night too so parking closer had its benefits.

Decor - 6/10

It didn’t anything that was too fancy about the Palladium. It did have a balcony area on the left and right side of the main floor, which I found nice and convenient. The light effects were good. I’m a big fan of closing my eyes at these events so having the lights dance across my eyelids gives a good effect w/ Trance music. Though the strobe lights were a bit blinding, literally lit up the entire venue. Bright.

Dance Floor - 8/10

The Palladium had a huge main floor so its good that it can fit everybody.

Sound - 4/10

When I first entered the venue I didn’t think it was so bad. Maybe they didn’t turn up the sound because Ferry wasn’t on yet? Anyways, I managed to get myself 15 feet away from the front railing of the DJ booth. I thought the sound there was good. We were slightly in front of the left speakers or behind it, given how many asshats tried to squeeze themselves closer or how many people were stepping all over me. I left my spot because these 2 girls there was rolling were literally rolling all over the place behind me. One bang her head against mines and I thought it was funny. They were kicking and flailing, real bitches ruining my night. Seriously, if you’re going to do that shit, do it in the back or the side so the others can enjoy the fucking music. So when I left the my spot, I headed over side of the club on the floor and wow the sound was pretty piercing. I walked to the back and it just got worst. Bad acoustics and overall bad placement of the speakers. I didn’t have earplugs and I felt the horrible sound really just killed the show. So if you ain’t down in front, get ready to have your ears raped.

Crowd - 2/10

I’ve been to a few events and even Nocturnal Festival didn’t have as many douchebags. I think the location of the event just lured them out. Not cool. Just not cool.

Conclusion

Unfortunately, I don’t think I’ll be returning to the Palladium unless my favorite DJ plays there. If you do go, bring your earplugs or get ‘em there for $2. There is also coat check I believe for another $2.

My Flickr photo set of the evening - http://www.flickr.com/photos/underthebluesky/sets/72157623768902592/

YouTube video of Ferry Corsten spinning Right Back by Yuri Kane - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAh6eTjP3sc