New mix and NYE 2010 @ Red Maple

So NYE 2010 is coming up and I am more excited about that than the Xmas season. There is going to be two rooms with different things going on and all of this is going to happen at Red Maple! I am not gonna say anything else but the response has been huge and you just need to read the info below:

RED MAPLE, MOOG, & SHANTA present
DEEPLY ROOTED : New Years Eve 2009-2010!

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introducing two separate dance areas
hosting world class dj entertainment until 6AM

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Fresh off of his Nov - Dec South African tour and playing the 10th Anniversary of Fabric in London, Red Maple presents:

HALO (CityDeep Music, San Francisco)

with
IVAYLO (Elevation, Varna Bulgaria)
ROBERT TARTER (Intense Sound)
PATRICK TURNER & BRANDON RIGGS (Moog)

Dinner soundtrack by ALBORNOZ (Colombia)

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SHANTA LOUNGE :: In the Front Room

Afro-Latin ~ Brazilian ~ Mediterranean ~ Arabic ~ Indian
~ global-ethnic beats all night long ~

KEREM ULKEN (Istanbul / Brazil)

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TICKET OPTIONS
(Please note tables will only be available
to guests choosing option with dinner)

(1) TABLE ALL NIGHT W/ DINNER!
$70pp plus tax l tip
3 course special NYE menu! view online
Includes champagne toast at midnite / party favors!
Call 410.385.0520 to reserve. Seating is limited!

(2) THE PARTY!
$35pp w/ pre-confirmed rsvp or $50 w/out.
Includes champagne toast at midnite
and party favors!
For Guaranteed Admission before 11pm rsvp to
sremulla@930redmaple.com. Admission will be limited!

red maple
930 north charles st baltimore usa
410.385.0520 www,930redmaple.com
"Moog At Red Maple" (FB) www.shanta.com (Web)

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HOTEL INFORMATION - Excellent accommodations within walking distance:
* Peabody Court Hotel on west Mount Vernon Square.
612 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 727-7101
For Reservations: 1-800-292-5500

TRAVEL INFORMATION
Bolt Bus ~ Amtrak ~ BWI Airport w/ Light Rail service to Penn Station (Baltimore)

http://www.boltbus.com/
http://www.amtrak.com/
http://www.mtamaryland.com/

The main thing to take from this is that if you are planing on coming to get your tickets ASAP! There is a chance that you may get reduced price tickets and to do that just rsvp at the address stated above. Don't wait til that night cause you will pay $50.

So I just made a new funky mix that you should check out! Let me know what you think!

The Rundown by calvingarner

I don't wanna go to work

I don't wanna!!!!!

Good times!

I have had a lot of them recently.

This past Thursday I was able to DJ at the Moog party for the Scorpio Party event. It was a great time, great energy on the floor, and I was glad to see some people make it out that night. Even though I locked myself out of the car, it was a memorable evening.

Checked out Deep Sugar last night at the Paradox. I think that I am going to try to get there as often as possible, and just disregard my currently horrible work schedule. I love being able to go somewhere and just being able to dance til 6am (I think we all only made it to 4 am, but we all had been raging since 8 pm basically, so cut me some slack). The Paradox is hands down the best club in Baltimore and you should definitely check out a Deep Sugar event.

My Dad came down today and it was fun. We tore up steamed crabs, shrimp, and he ate a lot of raw oysters (not my thing). We were happy to see the Bengals beat the Steelers.

I really hate the Steelers.

Back on the DJing tip, I am hoping that I will be able to play out at more events, provided that my work schedule does not get in the way. So far I have been lucky to move things around and I think that will continue to be the case. Stay tuned here or on twitter (or facebook) for any future announcements.

I now leave you with this song, since the sun came out and my windows are open!

New Layout and Shiz

So basically I am trying to come up with a blog that is more pleasing to the eyes than what what I had going on here before. There are a couple of new things I added.

Hopefully you will find that reading my posts are a lot easier than it used to be. I was seriously getting a headache myself.

Over to the right you will now see my twitter feed. I like this thing a lot because I am a hardcore tweeter, and there is an option to follow me.

The thing that I am most excited about is the "Call Me" widget. Basically all that you will need to do is click on the icon and then put in your name and your phone number. When you finish that process, it will ring you phone and if I am available I will pick up and talk to you. Thankfully for me you will not know my number unless I decide to give it to you.

Let me know what you think when you get the chance. Holla!

Moog @ Red Maple 10/22 TONIGHT!!!!

I have written about this party before, of which I am proud to be part of the team. Tonight is going to be an amazing evening and if you can make it out, you should! More info now:

This Thursday, October 22
Moog presents ...


JEROME HICKS
(Deep Sugar, Paradox)

SOULMINER
(Moog)

C-DUBZ
(City Cafe)

MARK BROWN
(Wham City, Served)


Moog happens every Thursday @ Red Maple 930 n. charles st. in Mt. Vernon. Free admission before 10pm. $5 after. No dress code. Tapas menu served with over 20 selections at just $5 each. http://www.930redmaple.com

Neglect

That is what I have down to this site. I have gotten so caught up in the twittering and the facebooking that I have forgotten that it is really lame trying to get your point across in a 160 character sound byte. You really don't get a good idea of the things that have been going on with me. Not that I plan on giving up either one anytime soon, but I am going to try and keep up with this site, and try to focus on music.

In terms of DJing things have been going quite well. I have been fortunate enough to play at the Moog parties at Red Maple a few times. The response has been very good, especially since my lastest gig there on September 17th. I was very honored to be given an opportunity to headline and to reach out to a broader crowd. It is a very humbling experience to get a lot of people to dance to what you are playing and to have them let you know how much they enjoyed it. I am hoping to do some more shows in the near future.

Next up on my plate and very much on my mind is trying to figure out how I am going to get down to the Winter Music Conference in Miami in March. It is pretty expensive to get down there and I am honestly stressed out about trying to get the money together for this thing quickly and to get people to go in order to keep the costs down. I wasn't able to go last year, and I have a strong desire to go, but they only thing standing in my way is money. This is probably the same problem for millions of others as well so I do not feel so bad about it. I am hoping for a big break of some kind, or maybe if I can get extra hours at my job I will work and make some serious overtime. We shall see....

Until next time, I am putting up a link to the recent moogcast (podcast). It is a very interesting take on how the Chicago sound is making it's way back into house music in a big way. I like this moogcast because I usually play tracks that have that funky Chicago jackin sound, but I am also featured on it at some point. I am not going to tell you where because I actually want you to listen to the entire thing. It also features music from Fangs Yeo, a vocalist from Britain who will be in Baltimore this week and I am looking forward to meeting her. It also features a DJ set from Audio Soul Project, who performed at Red Maple last Thursday. Enjoy!

Moogcast

My three days are up....blah

Gotta go back to work tonight for the last round of night shifts for a while. After this however some cool things start coming up very quickly.

First on Tuesday at Towson University I am having a fun gig in the union at Paws. Expect to hear good music and see awesome dancers getting down. This will be occurring (barring any difficulties) from 730 pm to 11 pm. If you are a Towson U student this is a good chance to catch a break from your studying.

March 13th is the gig at Shorty's in Baltimore and then I have a house party on March 14th. More info to come soon regarding those events.

My days off so far were very good and quite memorable. Hanging out with friends and getting my house fix made these days off the best I have had in a while. I also redid my room a bit so it helped me to get some good sleep.

I am going to enjoy the rest of my day. I hope that the next time I post something on here that it will be more interesting.