Hope that everyone had a good Easter and that the Easter Bunny didn't scare the crap out of you. I got some Easter design motivation over the weekend so I thought I would share it with you all.



So I thought I would find something interesting to write about on this Monday. I stumbled upon Stukenborg's Letterpress Dice Prints. Each pattern is built by laying dice, one by one, on the bed of the letterpress and rolling ink directly onto the face of the dice for each impression. It looks to be very time consuming and well planned out before each dice is laid out. Here are some of the final prints. It’s amazing how many different patterns can be made with just dice. If your interested he does have prints available for sale. Check out his site.

Can I have a drum roll please (sound of drum rolls in the background). The winner of the 200th Post Giveaway Contest goes to Anthony Rich. Congratulation Anthony on your winning and being an avid reader and supporter of Damion DJ & Producer Blog. If you could email me your address I will mail out your Silent Thoughts Poster. You can email me at damion[at]scsav[dot]com. If anyone who enter the contest or anyone who would like to purchase my poster print can on Cafepress. Again I would like to take the time to thank all of the readers and also those that enter the contest. I look forward to bring you more great post in the future.

Well it's arriving in less than 11 post away. We will reach the 200th post on Damion DJ & Producer Blog. I would like to take the time and thank everyone who visits, comments and supports this blog. It definitely has been a learning experience and its nice when I get feedback. I basically started this blog because I kept finding so many cool things online and didn't want to forget them. So I started this blog and have watched it grow slowly but surely.

So with that being said as a thank you I would like to have a Giveway Contest. The Winner of the contest will win a New 11x17 Poster designed by Damion Schweizer (see below). Here is how to enter: Leave a comment explaining what your favorite post was, or sign up to my RSS feed, or follow me on Twitter. You can be enter into the contest by three different ways (be sure to include an email so I can track you down if you win). Also if you do subscribe leave me a message so that I know that you have become a subscriber. If you’re already a subscriber, then just add a comment or follow me on Twitter and you’re good. The winner will be chosen randomly and will be notified. The winner will be announced on the 200th post.

So again Thank you and I value your opinions so please feel free to take this as an opportunity as well to make any suggestions.

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Welcome to the new installment of the playlist series with Playlist-11 Compiled by Damion. In this playlist I have included some upbeat songs with some interesting piano synth sounds in a lot of the tracks that give each song a unique appeal. I would advice though to check out the last song "That White Girl" by Track Rockers Ent. It was written by Raybones and Produced by Mic Vicious. It currently is a promo track that as of yet is an untitled project by Raybones. Raybones and his partner Mic Vicious, the two collaborated on Raybone's first EP Dirty White Boy; together, the pair established Track Rockers, a dynamic duo who creates original beats and lyrics. Mic Vicious is actually a good friend of mine who is very talented in the producer arena. This man can put together a nice hip hop track for your listening pleasure. If you want to check out more by Raybones and Mic Vicious then check out their Myspace pages. If you want to check out any of the other playlist then click on Archived Playlist in this post or on the right hand side of this blog.



Cover art by: Damion Schweizer

Tracklist

1. Buoy by The Nightgowns
2. Falling From The Sun by Album Leaf
3. Flashes by Spirit Spine
4. Folding Under Stories Told by Letting Up Despite Great Faults
5. He Was Worse Than The Needle He Gave You by The Delta Mirror
6. I Can't Wait To Come Home by Dreamboat Money
7. Icarus by White Hinterland
8. In A Dream by Skybox
9. July Flame by Laura Veirs
10. Artichoke by Pandit
11. Sundy by Field
12. The Kids Don't Stand A Chance (Miike Snow Remix) by Vampire Weekend
13. The King and All Of His Men by Wolf Gang
14. Wide Eyes by Local Natives
15. Young Intentions (Feat. Goddamn Electric Bill) by IMMOOR
16. That White Girl by Track Rockers Ent.

Do I have a nice treat for you. In this playlist I decided to do a deep house/house mix. I have been digging on some good deep house lately and thought I would share some of my most liked tracks with you. So have a listen and get down. Listen to the stream mix or download it. If you want to hear other Playlist sets click here.



Cover Art by Damion Schweizer

Tracklist

1. Bay Hum (orginial mix) - City Walkers
2. Volar (Montano Sunset Mix) - Mike Montano
3. Beautiful - Stryke
4. Yearning (Shingles Edit) - Basti Pieper & Florian Dalinger
5. You're Special (Ralf Gum Gogo Music Dub) - Soul Creation Feat. Stephanie Cooke
6. Fearless - Nacho Marco
7. Keep On (original) - Pascal Dubois
8. Remember When (Orgininal Mix) - Phonic Funk & Teika
9. Que Me Levante (Original Mix) - Miss Jools
10. Schaumbad (Original Mix) - Smalltown Collective & Dj Miguel
11. Gotta Use it (Gorge Remix) - Solan
12. Garuna (Original Mix) - Gorge
13. Solbel - Kresy & Handrus

Welcome to the year 2010 where new possibilities can become reality. Where new sounds and music can fill your ears with new tracks to go with new memories. In this endless array of music possibilities let me introduce to you the new TCL Playlist-08 compiled by Damion.



Cover Art by: Damion Schweizer

Tracklist

1. Animals by KiT
2. Jogger by Gorilla Meat
3. Haikuesque(The Gentleman Losers' Whispers In The Rain) by Bibio
4. In Steps by Letting Up Despite Great Faults
5. Love's Not Worth It by Lee & Wilbee
6. New Wife New Life by Truman Peyote
7. No Surprise (Earth Version) by James Yuill
8. Big Black Car by Gregory Alan Isakov
9. Picture Frames by Georgia Fair
10. Poison In Our Pocket by Whitley
11. Sleepyhead (Streetlab Mix) by Passion Pit
12. Skeleton Keys by Omni Trio
13. Slick by Chew Lips
14. Together in Electric Dreams by Lali Puna

Well it is that time again for another Playlist. This playlist is one to chill to with some really good new and upcoming bands. This playlist has a lot of folk influence and if you like folk you will like this playlist. If you want to hear more Playlist then click on  TCL Playlist in the menu.  Enjoy!



Cover art by Damion Schweizer

Tracklist

1. Always Like This by Bombay Bicycle Club
2. Bad Connection by Eulogies
3. Harder Hit by Loquat
4. Eden Was A Garden by Roman Candle
5. The Truthspeaker by The Language ft. Lateef
6. False Alarm by The Wooden Birds
7. Burning Stars by Mimicking Bird
8. Lemon aka (BigFishLittlePond) by Amos the Transparent
9. James Blues by J. Tillman
10. Format U by 6pm
11. Lost in Time by Whitley
12. Now We Can See by The Thermals
13. Roman History by Pet Lions
14. The Cave by Mumford and Son

Have a listen to the new mix by Damion. Its an ambient style mix with an upbeat and soothing sound to help you get lost in thought. As a DJ I always like to step outside of the box and try to see if I can mix different styles and sounds that I may have not mixed before. So being a fan of ambient and chill style music. I wanted to put something together for my enjoyment as well as yours. So take a listen, and leave a comment and let me know what you think.


Cover Art by: Damion Schweizer

Playlist-06 is here and it is banging. This mix consists of some top 40's remixes and it will get you dancing and flowing through out this whole mix. So take a listen and get down to some good music. Download


Cover art by: Damion Schweizer

Tracklist

1. The Reeling by Passion Pit (Groove Police Club Mix)
2. Sexy Bitch (Featuring_Akon) by David Guetta
3. She Wolf by Shakira (moto blanco club mix)
4. Sexual Eruption by Snoop Dogg (David Garcia and High Spies mix)
5. Ghosts & Criminals by Michael Jackson vs Deadmau5 (Mash-Up)
6. Talk by Coldplay (Dave Aude Vocal Club Mix)
7. Not Over by Oakenfold Ftg One Republic(Robert Vadnaeys 3am Goodbye Remix)
8. Take A Bow by Rihanna (Seamus Haji and Paul Emanuel Club Mix)
9. 4 Minutes by Madonna ftg Justin Timerlake (junkie XL Mix)
10. Feel The Vibe by Axwell (Jakob Carrison Remix)
11. Wow by Kylie (mstrkrft remix)

So I have returned from vacation and what a trip. It was a great time with friends and with the new ones I made on the trip. So in seeing how I was on vacation it would be a given that I would have taken some photography pictures with my Samsung camera. Here is what I took and with a little use of Photoshop these are my results. Let me know what you think?

I will be unable to do any blog post this coming week due to vacation. I will be returning on Nov 13th and will continue posting more great posts upon the return from my vacation. In the mean time enjoy this picture I took a couple weeks ago on my way to work.

It has arrived, the Hundredth Post. So being that it is the hundredth post I have decided to put up the new Playlist-04 for your enjoyment. I have a special track added to this playlist that was provided to me by my good friend Diddle.

Diddle has been djing for 10 years and has been a musician since the age of 4. He has performed many events all over the East coast of the United States. He has also been producing some great tracks since 2001. So check out his track KJ Sawka My Girl(d!ddle remix) on the New Playlist-04 Compiled by Damion.

Since were in the celebrating mood today I added "Wake Up" by Arcade Fire to the playlist because today is the movie release of Where the Wild Things Are, plus it's a good song.


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Take a listen to the New Damion Mix "A New Change". It has some sick tracks that are worth taking a listen to. If you like some Nu Skool and Progressive breaks this is a mix for you. Get ready to get your dance on.  Go ahead and start rocking out! Download it on Soundcloud


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So I ended up doing a blog the other day about the Samsung ST550 and well I ended up buying one. Good thing I did to because it's awesome! So I took it for a nature walk and here are some of the pictures that I took yesterday at Phillipe Park in Safety Harbor, Florida. Enjoy the pictures and to make it more effective listen to this promo song by the band "Soft". There CD Gone Faded comes out on October 23rd.

Time for another compiled Playlist. This is a more chilled and folk kind of sounding playlist. It has some great bands that worth checking out. Hope you enjoy. ;)


Cover Art by Damion

Tracklist

1. Mrs. Cold By Kings Of Convenience
2. These Streets By Trolle Siebenhaar
3. We Sleep In The Ocean By The Cloud Room
4. Something To Believe In By Aqualung
5. Heading For Nowhere By Jets Overhead
6. One Of These Days By Joshua Radin
7. Hold You In My Arms By Ray Lamontagne
8. Vagabonds And Clowns By The Mostar Diving Club
9. Charmed Life By Joy Division
10. How I Remember By David Bazan
11. To Be Alone With You By Sufjan Stevens
12. Black Tables By Othher Lives
13. Bulletproof Weeks By Matt Nathanson

Pandora has a contest going on right now to find out what does the new American Music look like? This is Pandora's 3rd Annual Poster Contest with the help of Levi's® Company.

The goal was pretty simple: create a poster about Pandora - the rest is up to your imagination. So I thought why the hell not. I wanted to give this a shot and see what my imagination had in store for me. Plus it had cash involved as well but that was not my main motivation.
It will take some time for my profile to get setup and my entry validated. Then you the public will have a chance to vote. Here is how the contest will be judged.

• Editor's Choice Award Winner – Selected by the In-House Pandora Panel.
• Viewer's Choice Award Winner – The entrant whose eligible Entry receives the highest number of eligible votes in the Second Judging Period.
• Viewer's Choice Runner-up Award Winner – The entrant whose eligible Entry receives the second-highest number of eligible votes in the Second Judging Period.

Grand prize: $500 cash prize.
Runner-up: $250 cash prize.
Editor's Choice: $500 cash prize.

Here is my final poster design

Here is the TCL Playlist-02 mixed by Damion. I decided for this Playlist that I would mix this set instead of just playing track by track to give it that continuous feel. Go ahead and take a listen to this mix. It has a nice flow that will bring you up and down throughout this mix. Leave a comment and let me know what you think.


Cover Art By Damion

This is one of the best representation of a blast from the past. You can't get more modern and retro in the same breath as this. This tape (see below) is an MP3 player that follows the 45/60/90 minutes norm, holding 10/15/20 select songs in digital format. Who doesn't love the Tape. Right?

There are a couple of things regarding this player that really stands out. Like for example, if you want to forward or rewind a song, you need to manually do it by rotating the spools with your finger or pencil. To play just slide the Play Button. Charging it depends how good are you at …you guessed it…rotating the spools! Rotating the second hole of the tape charges the kinetic battery. An LED light indicates the power status: Green-full charge; Amber- Medium Charge; Red- will die out any moment.







Go ahead and leave a comment.

Well it has been a minute since my last mixed set. So I decided to make a new one after the idea popped in my head while drinking at the pool. I put together some progressive and dark dirt breaks up in this mix. This set is bound and determined to get your body moving. You can download it at www.damion.scsav.com or click on the cover below.