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FunkyRob

About Me

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Every other DJ out there seems to have a musician page, so I thought "Why Not?" I can pretend I'm a musician too! I've begun to finally experiment with Garageband. It's a cool little app that came with my Mac.

FYI:
Play That Funk was done manually using Garageband
Mash Dat was done using Traktor 3 with Final Scratch 2 interface
Unfaithfully Good To Me was my first time recording with the new Traktor Scratch system......fun stuff.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/05/2006
Band Website: www.your-request.com
Band Members: Left Turntable, Mixer, Right Turntable, Serato Scratch Live running on a PowerBook G4, Various noise makers, and a bunch of musical instruments that I don't really know how to play. I like to dabble a little into live re-mixing, but I can't really figure out how to connect all these toys together.
Influences: DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jam Master Jay, DJ Eddie B (where did he dissappear to?), DJ Qbert, Z-Trip, Grandmaster Flash, also Cameron Paul & Michael Erickson for basic beat mixing. My brother Henry who helped me get my first turntables out of lay-a-way when I lived in Virginia at 16 years old. That Rocker chick at Santa Clara High who let me DJ my first house party at her house back in 1988. I had all these hip hop records and all these headbanger dudes where like, "that was cool" when I mixed in some Ozzy. And this guy named William Farmer who taught me the importance of knowing the Beats Per Minute (BPM) of your songs. He went by DJ Emm-N-Emm back in 1989, it stood for Musical Maestro. I met him when I was serving in E 2/11 on Camp Pendleton in the Marines. I haven't seen him since back then, so I guess he's probably going by another name these days due to the rise of Eminem.
Sounds Like: Um, music being played from 2 different sources and then being combined into 1.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Blog 2.9 Discogs.com - Buy My Rekkids, Otay!

If ya'll ain't hip to discogs.com, you should be. It's a great place to get album art, label art for vinyl singles and get good stuff like year of release so you can properly ID your MP3's and stuff....
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:43:00 GMT

Blog 2.8 - Serato Scratch Live

Just want to say, I've made the switch.I've gone from Final Scratch 1, to Final Scratch 1.5, to Final Scratch 2, to Traktor 3, to Traktor Scratch. And Now........Serato Scratch Live.The back of the Tr...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:20:00 GMT

Blog 2.7 - the iPhone chronicles

OK, the the first night I was pretty pissed. I couldn't get the phone activated. Apparently because AT&T was doing system maintenance. So, the next day I was able to get it activated. I've now had...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:25:00 GMT

Blog 2.6 - my very expensive and unactivated iPhone

I'm a huge fan of the iPod. I thoroughly enjoy mine, mostly in the car. I'm scared to death to leave it in my car. So I keep my cell phone in one front pocket and my ipod in the other pocket.When I ...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:06:00 GMT

Blog 2.5 - Traktor Scratch Session 2

This time I played around with some live drums, recorded them with a standard mic (I don't own a proper set of drum mics) and looped back a section and messed around for a little.This time it's on vid...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:27:00 GMT

Blog 2.4 - Traktor Scratch Session 1

Huh?Well, my back pain is flared up to hell and I missed the pharmacy for my prescription, so I took a few Captain Morgan and Diet Pepsi's so I can sleep tonight.I should have known better, I always a...
Posted by on Tue, 29 May 2007 22:41:00 GMT

Blog 2.3 - New Mixer & Traktor Scratch

I went to my local Guitar Center on April 22 to look at mixers.I ended up with the Numark DXM09 while I was getting it I asked the guy. "Hey I just got a postcard in the mail offering me the crossgrad...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:12:00 GMT

Blog 2.2 - Looking for a good 10" Mixer

Right now I'm looking at the Gemini PS-04 or the Numark DXM09.The Gemini's got more effects, but the Numark has 2 Mic Inputs.You see I'm planning on adding Karaoke to my DJ rig and that 2nd mic would ...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:16:00 GMT

Blog 2.1 - Cancelled :(

Crap, I called to ask "what time you need me". He says "I was going to call you".Opening night and not many reservations, bad weather, blah, blah, blah.So I'm free now. I'm going to Guitar Center and ...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:23:00 GMT

Blog 2.0 - DJ gig this Saturday, April 14

It's a newly remodeled restaurant called Palms located at101 Brentwood Dr.South San Francisco, CA 94080I'll be playing tunes in the bar lounge area. Show your boy some love and show up if you're near ...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:02:00 GMT