DJ & Photographer Marc Stokes

I have a friend who is a prominent photographer in the Conventry, UK area who has taken upon himself the task of educating the less than photo-able amateurs with the basic information that every photog, both amateur and professional, should know.

A great read that introduces the reader to the mechanics of camera work and the involvement needed to compose great pictures.   Marc takes you through each aspect of trying to capture the perfect image, explaining how composition, depth of field and exposures affect your shots.  He also elaborates on lens selection, advanced photography techniques like macro photography and HDR, goes into some depth on what to and not to do in post processing, and even how to break the rules to be edgy and different.

With his permission I provide you with Photography Basics:

Through The Viewfinder: A Beginner’s Guide in PDF

Through The Viewfinder: A Beginner’s Guide in Google Docs

Big Room House Mix from the l0ckd0wn show, October 1st, 2010.

A slightly out-of-character mix that I did to showcase some more poppy, upbeat house tunes.  A lot of Latin, tribal and mainstream house for you iPod.

This was a live broadcast on www.faderwave.net and started at 7PM PST / 10PM EST.  We recently switched broadcasting hosts to Ustream.tv and this was my first live broadcast of my weekly show, so there is some talk over on one of the tracks in the middle, and at the end of the mix.  Tracklist is included in HTML format so right click and “save as” to download the file for reference.  This was a one shot, so no edits other than normalization for consistent volume.  File is tagged properly and will play in any mp3 player.

44100 320CBR MP3 – 2 hrs

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Tracklist

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I haven’t posted much other than my twitter feed for some time now. I’ve been lazy, unmotivated and uninspired – at least with writing regularly. So, to break that vicious circle I am posting up some links to the last few mixes I’ve made. Most are 2-4 hours in length and are all standard 44100 MP3s that should play in any media player. All shows were from live broadcasts on www.faderwave.net . Come chat live every Friday night from 7PM PST / 10PM EST @ www.stickam.com/faderwaveradio . Many young, talented and unknown artists spinning good tunes throughout your week.

As promised, here are those mixes:

June 4, 2010 – Tech, Prog, Tribal House
June 4 Track List

March 26, 2010 – Tech & Prog House
March 26 Track List

March 19, 2010 – Tech & Electro House
March 19 Track List

Look for new mixes in the next coming month. Will be releasing some shorter 1 hour focus mixes so stay tuned!

In the words of Dennis Ruyer of Dance Department,

Peace, Love & Beats

Audiojack’s mix collection! Awesome tuneage! http://icio.us/jbddo4

Show lineup courtesy of MySpace Music:

Mar 11 2009 10:00P	Scottsdale, Arizona	Scottsdale, Arizona
Mar 14 2009 10:00P	Glass Ultra Lounge, Colima, Mexico	Colima, Colima
Mar 25 2009 10:00P	Dissdent Party @ WMC	Miami, Florida
Mar 28 2009 8:00P	Perfecto Party @ WMC	Miami, Florida
Apr 3 2009 9:00P	Festival of Faith and Music @ Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mi	Grand Rapids, Michigan
Apr 4 2009 10:00P	Las Vegas @ Perfecto Vegas inside Rain	Las Vegas, Florida
Apr 10 2009 10:00P	DETROIT @ Nine Lounge	Ferndale, Michigan
Apr 17 2009 9:00P	San Diego w/ Paul Oakenfold	San Diego, California
May 30 2009 10:00P	Mexico City @ BQM Club	Mexico City, México
Jul 4 2009 10:00P	Los Angeles @ Dreaming in Digital 2	Los Angeles, California

5280: as the house flies

Funky and vocal main room house music collaboration mix from Rox Star & Marc Stokes.  74min 320KBps CBR 44,100Hz Stereo.

Rox Star & Marc Stokes – 5280: as the house flies Front Back

www.djforums.com | www.marcstokes.com | www.faderwave.net

Genre:  Funky, Vocal, Peek Time House

Get it HERE or click the CD cover.

So it is the 23rd of December and all is well in the land of single people. That is, until you realize that everything around you is accentuated by couples, the idea of being a couple, getting gifts for your insignificant other, wife or husband, or the idea that you should suddenly ask that “special” person to be yours. When did Christmas become the bastard child of Valentine’s Day?

Fuck Christmas!

Being single during the holidays seems to be one of the most depressing, and frustrating, times of year. It is not as if you have a choice to be happy and joyous being a single person during a time when marital amalgamation is force fed to us in every jewelry, department store and holiday advertisement. I could just be a cynical prick, I could just be another lonely man wandering around the mall, or I could be another one of those people that looks at the holiday season as a time to buy “presents” because the holiday dictates we do so, rather than this compelling need to buy something for someone to show them how much I give a shit.

Maybe next year my tune will be different if I find someone special to share the holiday with. Then again, maybe not: Even when I had that “special someone” to share the holidays with, it always turned into such a big fiasco over presents and family and friends and get togethers and parties. It is never about “spending time with your family and friends to show them how much you love and care for them” it is about “how much have you spent on your friends and family?” I suppose that living in the center of the materialistic universe (Los Angeles) does not help brighten my spirits of Christmas, but then again, I do wonder if the spirit of Christmas is accented differently in places where life is a little slower and homely?

l0ckd0wn

First, there was the big bang. Next came our planet and the life present on it. Shortly after that, Sasha creates yet another 2 CD set that rocks people’s socks off, even those that were barefoot at the time!

I received an email from one of the many promotional companies that seem to posses my email address. This one came from AMG and gave details to the release of Sasha’s own emFire Collection, a 2x CD set sold both digitally and physically. Rather than trying to tell you all about it, here is the press release directly from the email:

Now, although this may not be the latest piece of news out, I still wanted to make sure that I posted this. Main reason being is that Sasha is still a huge force in the EDM scene. His releases touch millions and everyone in the industry takes notice when a release is made. Sasha is leading the digital revolution and has, and hopefully always will be, a major player that pushes the limits of technology. This is definitely some music that is worth checking out.

I have been meaning to do this for a while now and I finaly got around to doing it this week. I have gone with a 2 disc set this time because I had too many tracks spanning too many genres of house to get it all onto 1 disc.

So any way here it is.*

DISC 1
Funky house and some mainstream club tracks, uplifting and non-serious, ideal for the beach partys.

DISC 2
Deeper vibe that you can dance to or just chill, the ideal way to bring home the sunset.

Both CD’s are 320kbps and fit perfectly onto a CD.

cd cover

back & track listings

Every once in a while you get a piece of mail in your inbox that is, for lack of another creative adjective, awesome! Today I opened a piece of mail from Urb, a magazine dedicated to all things… well Urb-an. A majority of the topics pertain to Electronic Music or the culture, Hip Hop specifically. Although not to into the Hip Hop “scene,” I do appreciate quite a bit that Urb has to offer. That being said… I found this article in their blog today…

Hendrix: Rock Star turned Porn Star

Today, April 29th, Vivid Entertainment is launching the online release of the “Jimi Hendrix Sex Tape” for the our viewing pleasure.

Vivid Entertainment is selling the tape as a “sexual documentary”, aka PORN, to give the public some insight into the sex and rock ‘n roll scene of the uninhibited sixties. Founded in 1984, The Vivid Entertainment Group is the world’s leading adult film company – with high emphasis on high quality erotic film entertainment for the couples market. It has created wide brand-name awareness through its films and through licensing and marketing programs that extend to advertising, book publishing, and other consumer products.

Apparently, Vivid obtained this 40 year old footage from a rock ‘n roll memorabilia “collector” (how this person “collected” this tape is yet to be public). The film showcases the icon enjoying some double action brunette loving and reveals Hendrix as more of a “giving” than “receiving” individual – a little too much info for me, but I’ll give you as much info as you need to get you interested in this tape. The company sought several experts to authenticate the footage and the movie features commentary from Pamela Des Barres, author of “I’m with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie” and Cynthia Plaster Caster, famous for creating plaster molds of the penises of rock stars, including Hendrix, who said, “That’s Jimi Hendrix’ d*ck and I should know”.

Let’s face it, comments are better from the pros who’ve “been there and done that”.

Vivid co-chairman Steven Hirsch states, “This new movie shows that Jimi Hendrix could have been as great a porn star as he was a rock star.”

I guess he was a great porn star, we just didn’t have the proof until now.

Those who want to get their hands on it will have to wait until May 6th, but I have a feeling those hard copies will come sooner rather than later – can anyone say “bootleg”?

For more info, go to www.hendrixsextape.com.

Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 @ 11:46 in Music by Joanna Munoz