Month: February 2009

First, I want to apologize for any anger that may have been perceived in my last post.  It wasn’t my intention to be so forthright, however, this site will in all likelihood continue on but may still turn into a pay-for-download service in the near future or I may just take it private.  I’m sorry that it needs to be that way, but I can’t have the same handful of people contributing month after month to this site for the benefit of everyone who never makes a small donation, much less comment.  Fortunately, a few of you came through allowing me to continue uninterrupted.  I want to give a shout-out to Glenn A., David V., Ian K., David H. S., Gary K., Charles R., and Rale E.

All of these guys have made generous contributions since the beginning of the year which has allowed me to cover my costs for the business account I have with Podbean.  I expect that account will be downgraded by early April once I’m able to archive all of the mixes I re-uploaded for those of you that didn’t get them the first go-’round.  It’s a shame that it will have to be this way, but I personally sink a lot of time and effort into the mixes, the cover art, and my own personal money into everything that constitutes this site.  If you can’t appreciate that, then I don’t know what else to say.

In the meantime, I’ve got the second and final installment of the BPM Edition v2.  I know I said there would be a third, but I decided it wasn’t worth my time to generate another cover, so I took the last two mixes and combined them, throwing out half the songs that will most likely never appear on any future mix. I hope everyone has a great weekend and as always.ENJOY!

Album : BPM Edition v2
Genre : Electro, Funky, House, Progressive
Year : 2009
Total Time : 1:26:59.00

Track : 1
Title : Spin It Again (Strump Dump Mix)
Artist : Amanda Wilson

Track : 2
Title : La Disco Loca (Christopher S & DJ Flava Bigroom Remix)
Artist : Mike Candys

Track : 3
Title : Supaconstellation (Raul Rincon Extended Remix)
Artist : Sosua & Mad

Track : 4
Title : This Is Your Life (Club Junkies Mix)
Artist : 7th Heaven feat. Banderas

Track : 5
Title : Leche (Thomas Schwartz & Fausto Fanizza Vocal Mix)
Artist : Sudha feat. Zoe Johnston

Track : 6
Title : Near The Ocean (No Turning Back) (Nightrhymes Remix)
Artist : Alfred Azzetto feat. Robin S

Track : 7
Title : 76 Ocean Drive Apache (Vocal Mix Master)
Artist : Nicola Fasano vs. Pat Rich

Track : 8
Title : Saturday (Alex Gaudino & Jason Rooney Remix)
Artist : Cunnie Williams feat. Monie Love

Track : 9
Title : Can’t Get Enough (Henrik B Remix)
Artist : Soulsearcher

Track : 10
Title : Open Minds (Original Mix)
Artist : Daley Padley & Fribbs

Track : 11
Title : Halo (Gomi & RasJek Club Mix)
Artist : Beyonce

Track : 12
Title : If This Isn’t Love (Stonebridge Club Mix)
Artist : Jennifer Hudson

Track : 13
Title : Beat Of My Heart Feat Errol Reid (Redroche Remix)
Artist : Olav Basoski

Track : 14
Title : Back 2 Da Old Skool (Club Mix)
Artist : Da Robsta & Franky B feat. MC Justice

Track : 15
Title : Sweet Honey (Original Extended Mix)
Artist : Cassey

You may be asking yourself why I’m putting this out a little bit early.  It looks like this will be a three-part mix, so I thought getting it out now made better sense rather than being bogged down trying to get these out this weekend.

At this point, it’s not clear whether I’ll be continuing this blog or not.  I’ve had little input from you guys since the beginning of the year and only two donations.  Thankfully, everyone came through during the Christmas season which covered my costs for January and February, and for that, I thank you.

However, as is typical in my life, things have taken a turn for the worse.  Rick’s company just did some consolidating and laid-off several people.  While he hasn’t lost his job, he’s been asked to take some unpaid time off.  My work situation hasn’t improved and I finally got the Georgia Department of Labor, whom I’ve been working with, to admit that they screwed up the process to which I had been applying for several jobs at the federal level.  This means I’ve spent an entire year jumping through hoops for these douchebags for nothing.

Now, I’m back to square one as far as my employment and am actually now considering applying for some low-level positions within the Navy.  If the DOL (who I have no other choice but to work through) has finally gotten their shit together, I might very well land one of these low-paying crappy jobs.  To add insult to injury, the University of Texas wants $530 for an emergency loan that I took out in 1999 that went unpaid.

Well, that was because I withdrew immediately at the beginning of the semester and was told that the loan would be refunded in full.  Since I no longer have the paperwork, I don’t have any other choice, or they’ll hold my transcript, hostage, until I pay up.  Without that transcript, there will be any furthering of my education.  At the moment, that’s pretty much where things stand.

If it sounds like I’m in a crappy mood, I can assure you that I’m not.  This is the story of my life, so welcome to my world.  I realize that “things” happen to people on a regular basis, but as I mentioned before, every day I wake up there’s a new obstacle I have to overcome.

It doesn’t help when I have to rely on people and/or agencies that don’t know their head from their ass much less understand the position for which they are being paid to assist others.  Rest assured, I’ll keep plugging away, just like I always do.  The same can be said for the mixes, however, whether or not I continue to post them on the site is entirely up to you guys.  If you don’t care, then why should I?

I no longer have the money to spend on my Podbean account.  I think I’ve shelled out enough time, money and effort to make this site worth something to the folks that keep coming back week after week and downloading all the mixes and doing God knows what with them.  Sure I could charge $5 a mix, but to what purpose?   So that one person buys it and shares it with the rest of the world and takes credit for it?  Heck, that’s already happening even though it’s free, go figure.  Enough said.  If you want the blog to continue on, you know what to do.  If not, I’ll wrap things up by the weekend.

Sincerely,

Keith a.k.a. K j A M

Album : BPM Edition v2
Genre : Electro, Funky, House, Progressive
Year : 2009
Total Time : 1:19:23.00

Track : 1
Title : Tell U Y (Chris Lake Remix)
Artist : ATFC feat. Yasmeen

Track : 2
Title : Rhythm Is A Mystery (Reza 2009 Remix)
Artist : K-Klass

Track : 3
Title : Hangin On (DJ Umile Vocal Mix)
Artist : The House Keepers

Track : 4
Title : Let The Music Play (Chris Cox & Trent Cantrelle Remix)
Artist : Shannon

Track : 5
Title : Weekend Love (Bellatrax Club Mix)
Artist : Electric Allstars feat. Mia J

Track : 6
Title : Heard It All Before (Original Mix)
Artist : Soul Avengerz feat. Krysten Cummings

Track : 7
Title : T.O.N.Y (Mark Picchiotti Club Mix)
Artist : Solange

Track : 8
Title : Rapture (Tune Brothers Remix)
Artist : Tiger & Dragon

Track : 9
Title : I Wanna Be U (Hydrogen Rockers Vocal Mix)
Artist : Chocolate Puma

Track : 10
Title : Esperanza (Teo Moss Remix)
Artist : L B One feat. Danovan Blackwood

Track : 11
Title : Belfast Kiss (Original)
Artist : Jay Kay

Track : 12
Title : Feel The Love (Cristian Marchi Main Extended Mix)
Artist : Marchi’s Flow & Love feat. Miss Tia

Track : 13
Title : Shadows (Inpetto Club Mix)
Artist : Those Usual Suspects

Track : 14
Title : Something In Your Way (Arnold T Remix)
Artist : Kinky Roland feat. Andrea Briton