The Beginning Is Near

dear family and friends,

you're invited to a special gathering celebrating life as we know it.

tj milian

"the beginning"

american debut live performance

wednesday, february 10, 2010

6:00 pm

mater academy

7901 nw 103rd street

hialeah gardens, florida 33016

in just 3 days, i hope you'll join us for a fun night of musical and visual performance art. i will begin telling the story of my life and dreams, beginning with my conception, birth and first 12 years as a boy growing up in miami, florida.

this week we're celebrating my father's birthday. this is my gift to you, dad. happy birthday!

and wednesday is my birthday. it's my birthday, too, yeah!

the festivities begin at 6:00 pm on wednesday. please email me to let me know if you can make it. check back here soon for more info. see you soon in miami!

Launchpad Footbath Rap

Japanese actress Ikeda Yukiko performs a rap song [Rapper's Delight] while Morley Robertson hacks out the bassline on a Novation Launchpad... with his feet in a warm foot bath and his legs being licked by a dog.

If you must watch more, here's Ikeda Yukiko rapping "The Message" along with her sticky iPod in a Tokyo subway and Morley Robertson spazzing out on his Launchpad and visiting the chiropractor.



youtube: tibetronica via @dannylohner

Noise Angels

Noise Angels from Peder Norrby.

Graphics and Music by Peder Norrby of Trapcode.

After Effects Audio Waveform + Trapcode Particular

Wired Old Media Jamboree

Wired Old Media Jamboree from jankworks:

"This was shot on a bare bones Canon HV30, no fades, no video effects except speed and resizing, no foley, no reverse, and no color correction were used (not because I'm lazy, I liked the challenge). A Zoom H2 was used for some sound, but proved to be a pain syncing with the video, so the onboard mic was my fallback. I wish I had more time to work on this, deadline had me rushing.

All sound appearing in this video plays through first at regular speed, while simultaneously linked with its original video source, before any speed was changed, audio looped, or audio was decoupled from source video. Hope that makes sense to you editors out there. There is one continuity error in this video, left there on purpose. See if you can pick it up. Also, the riff with the bells sped and slowed is a very weak tip of the hat to the breaking bells on Run DMC's Peter Piper.

This video is also my submission to Wired's media room contest... http://www.wired.com/magazine/wiredmakeover/"

LCD Soundsystem Mansion Studio

clip 1 from lcd soundsystem.

by david baum

via ihavesynth

Monorocket Mission6 Modular Synth Case

Tonight I put together the modular synth I'll be using in Miami.

I picked up this new Mission6 case from Shawn from Analogue Haven last night.

It was custom-built for me by Steve R from Monorocket. Thanks, Steve!

The construction is solid, and the dark red snakeskin looks great!

After a few hours of planning, screwing modules in place and patching cables like a mad scientist...

I was cranking out some super wild sounds. The delays in the new Tiptop Audio Z-DSP module are really amazing!

So good...

Z.Vex Inventobox

Zachary Vex showing his new DIY guitar effects pedal creation: the Z.Vex Inventobox.

Video by premierguitar.

Coachella 2010 Lineup

The Coachella 2010 lineup has been announced:

Thom Yorke????, Them Crooked Vultures, Gary Numan, LCD Soundsystem, Les Claypool, Z-Trip, Devo...

FRIDAY APRIL 16: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Deadmau5, Public Image Limited, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Benny Benassi, Fever Ray, Grace Jones, She & Him, Erol Alkan, The Avett Brothers, Calle 13, The Whitest Boy Alive, The Cribs, La Roux, Yeasayer, Lucero, DJ Lance Rock, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Proxy, Ra Ra Riot, Deer Tick, Wolfgang Gartner, Aeroplane, Iglu & Hartly, Sleigh Bells, P.O.S., Baroness, Hockey, Little Dragon, White Rabbits, Wale, Kate Miller-Heidke, As Tall as Lions, Jets Overhead, Alana Grace, Pablo Hassan.

SATURDAY, APRIL 17: Muse, Faith No More, Tiësto, MGMT, David Guetta, The Dead Weather, Hot Chip, Devo, Coheed and Cambria, Kaskade, 2Many DJ's, Major Lazer, Dirty Projectors, Gossip, Z-Trip, The xx, John Waters, Les Claypool, The Raveonettes, Mew, Sia, Camera Obscura, Tokyo Police Club, Porcupine Tree, Old Crow Medicine Show, Aterciopalados, Bassnectar, Frightened Rabbit, Dirty South, Flying Lotus, Corinne Bailey Rae, Pretty Lights, Shooter Jennings, RX Bandits, The Almighty Defenders, Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros, Craze & Klever, Zoe, The Temper Trap, Portugal. The Man, Band of Skulls, Girls, Beach House, Steel Train, Frank Turner.

SUNDAY, APRIL 18: Gorillaz, Pavement, Thom Yorke????, Phoenix, Orbital, Spoon, Sly and the Family Stone, De La Soul, Julian Casablancas, Plastikman, Gary Numan, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sunny Day Real Estate, Yo La Tengo, MUTEMATH, Deerhunter, Infected Mushroom, Club 75, Matt & Kim, The Big Pink, Gil Scott-Heron, King Khan and the Shrines, Florence and the Machine, Yann Tiersen, Little Boots, Miike Snow, Talvin Singh, Ceu, B.o.B., Babasonicos, Owen Pallett, The Glitch Mob, Mayer Hawthorne, Local Natives, Rusko, The Middle East, Hadouken!, The Soft Pack, Kevin Devine, Paparazzi, Delphic, One EskimO.

Tickets for COACHELLA go on sale Friday, January 22 at 10:00 AM through Ticketmaster. Three-day weekend passes are $269.00, plus surcharges.

www.coachella.com