Monday, September 19, 2011

ManBearsDancing 9/11 Part 1

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This roller coaster called Life....
How much fun is That!!
Mandance 9/11

Oogie Boogie...This past one....the manbeardancing thang.....It was a dark and moody type.  Ok, I know that listening to the whole night, start to finish...which I think should be the way to do it....trip that it was....is a Job sometimes when you aren’t there and Caught UP in the whole “Rubbin’ ON IT, cocktail influenced, Moment of it all....(*slurp.)  Try to keep up, ok?  And, when you DO listen....once in a while, take a step back and just try to imagine a great night out at the Club....some Club....This club....and in all it’s groping hotness that is.

One thing I noticed though....the “Sound” of the club, changes from early to late.  The “Subs” are more Balanced to the room. later.  And, don’t get me wrong...peak night we have Club Sound.  Decent and balanced loud.  And, These tracks, in That room....with That sexxxy crowd.  Taking it like pros. I only have This (.) many powers...and I Only use them for good.  (*w.) Cameras ready...prepare to Flash.

And my musics tastes.  Well....they are what they are....and always, Always ….going there. Varied they Are. *va.  (*very active varied artists.)  And...this was Mandance 9/11.  It was dark....with an “After-moon’ effect.  Early crowd tonight....wow..and sexy.  Some even dressed. Out early FOR IT I’d say....(*there were a coupla Pre-parties....so I heard.P....after the fact.)

You will come to Always expect me to throw down some Fierce new tracks....and I will Always talk to you, lyrically....and with grrrrroove....from the booth.  It’s has been getting a bit more “progressive.”...it’s that musical pendulum....it swings....from deep house / vocal house....to progressive tribal tech.  The lines are again, very blurred between house and techno.  Think Herbicidally.

So, yes, listen front to back....Queen Latifah to George Harrison.....don’t ask.  I’ll tell.  Thinking this time though, that I’ll give you the whole night.  Yes, I see them there, by the speaker app’ing Shazam....when all they had to do was to ask.  I can usually tell how the night is going, by “Who’s Dancing...and when.”  Hookers....!!!
Love Them.

I had a great time too,..M’d 9/11  (*always the 3rd Friday of the month.....Not to be missed.)  It takes Your vibe, to Make mine.  Werq!! Thank you.....it Was good for me.

O’yes....I played a coupla songs twice....even a few requests.....as the Early crowd also deserved to hear them....as did the Very different Late crowd....but I expect that, You’ll want to hear them at different times too....so; in order it is then!  Always expect some Fab lyric along the way...  StoryTime.  Talking to you.  And, there Will, eVentually come a Beat down.  Et...the Menz Dancing...and, the Journey.

Thanks to the universe for bringing it all together for us.  It takes a Lot of energy to feel that, for as long as it takes.  Not sure I can stop....thanks again.

Meantime, head up. Listen to Everything. Make smart choices. Call your mom. Get Herbicidal.

Love all around,
Herbie

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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Fridayland 8 2011 Part 1

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Before I go out to work each time....I give thanks....and hand it all over to Love. Love pulls my records....and reads the night. I also Like to do a little musical meditation....Meaning that I will stop with dance music...and listen to something, usually classical. A short piece like a Rag Slow Drag. (*the Labeque Sisters) or one of my favorite Ravel or Lizst piano pieces....(*Pavane for a Dead Princess http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bocyCWh1rBw or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PQ-H1PjrWQ&feature=relmfu or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIPrdg2_xNg&feature=related or something Like them.....Something to clear my head and slow down my breathing....to suspend time briefly away from what is about to happen in the club. It gives me “Center”. Then....I try...to just pick out a first song....and let the night develop from there. Granted most times....I walk in and the computer program is playing some dreadful Grunge or 1990’s Techno....which I try to blend out with a breakdown. Then it’s everybody for themselves. You get what you get depending on how I read my crowds.

This night....the “crowd”...even the Early crowd....(*which was a Herbicidal Virgin crowd. Which I overheard talking as I was setting up...”oh that’s Herbie James....he’s Suppose to be good.”)...(*sly) So...I found my break to break In...and set out to “Train” them....again.
Herbicidal Addicts. Club seems to be getting a new cross-over metro crowd since like I’ve said before....We Do serve up one of the hottest Big little parties that happen on the drive each week. You’ll see when you get there.

Listening back though to the set....I see that the night was a bit about big synths...but you know they’ve been asking to get beat lately. (*and the Room has been sounding Much more....Thick....since we put the Rane in.) So, I Let ‘em ‘ave IT. By the first few songs...which by the way I apologize for, as I cut off about the first 20 mins....but, Hey....More reason you have to BE there soon. For a few Herbicidal Anthems....a few new hotties....I hook them...sexy Groove them....play ‘em things you May not hear anywhere else....they say. On Friday’s, I usually have critical mass by midnight and they stay till lights up late, which here, happens around about fifteen minutes from the end of part Four.

So, get ‘em, and put ‘em on the player....the disclavier whatever.....light a candle....dress for a sexxxy night out....(*or an underwear party.)...and crank up the Big knob to high....hoist a tall one....and get there when you can for the real thing. (deep breath before the plunge.)

Till then....Keep your heads to the sky. Call your mom. Support your Local DJ’s. Stop and Breathe. Be nice. Yabba Dabba Do.

Hope to see you all on a floor near you soon.
Love all around
Herbie

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Sunday, May 29, 2011

More, Now, Harder, Faster, Slower, Longer, Tighter!! part 1

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Hello my little beat bunnies.

One of my Fave One Hit Wonders was the delicious porn star actress / disco debutant....Andrea True Connection “More, More, More”. It was a bit sleazy, but it captures the essence of what seems to be the mantra of many of our lives in the club scene. More (fill in the blank) Please.
Well I Said it was one of MY faves. And I have met a few of you that even if you don’t know the song....you know the words.

“More, More, More....How do you like IT, how do you Like it.” (*I’m jus’ sayin’)

Music over the years changes in style, tempo and beats. The production values have gone out of the roof, and vary to taste. I love a LOT of different types of musics. I like it All. I want You to hear it all. (*you Better get busy ‘cause I’m telling you it’s a full time job.) I’d Like it if you could hear All my sets....and how I work them beginning to end every time I hit the corner booth....but, alas....you have your “More” list to take care of too.

So, I’m only able to Give you a “Taste” of what is just a slice of the pie that is the program of the night as it progresses. These sets here are from two different Peak Night sets. I also realize that listening on headphones in the gym or in the car is a Far cry from what it actually sounds like in the club....when you have a room Full of ambient crowd noise and conversations going on around you. And after you’ve had a few choice cocktailed combinations and are UP for IT.
So, all I can offer is an invitation to come Out and Get There yourself to “Feel” the entire Trip.

I promise it doesn’t hurt ….too bad. Again, More, Now, Harder, Faster, Slower, Longer, Tighter, MORE. (*sly). Whew.....These two nights....one was from the ‘Drummer” party I played a few weeks ago. The second is from the last “Mandance” that happens every 3rd Friday of each month. They are both peak night, crazy screaming at me crowds of “Havin’ It” peoples....Just the way I Likes ‘em. So, hoist one, Crank up the Big knob to High....and shake it like no one is watching. There’s some fantastic new songs out, I hope you find one or two here to sweat you through the summer.

Keep your heads to the sky. Eat your veggies. Call your moms. Spread some house love and get yourself out to the club for the Real Thing.

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL Djs.

It’s a great life.....Live it large.
Love all around
Herbie
(*your friendly neighborhood taste maker)
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Saturday, May 07, 2011

Go Deeper!!

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Hello there Universe.

I’m here to report....that You can Get!!. You....Can Get!! Just ask it. Wish It. Think It. Feel It. Want It bad enough....yeah yeah...I know I know. I’ve been Taught this my whole life....and have listened to many people tell me the whole sales pitch. Over and Over. Again and Again. And If only I had listened a Long time ago.....we would be talking a whole new story in the “E True Hollywood Story” that is my life. NOW.

BE Blessed!! You already are.....Just accept it.
Listen to your Uncle Herbie.

Now, Listen to your Uncle Herbie....as he turns out yet anOther set of what has turned into a night of Wicked High NRG. The club that I have been Delt....(*the
Ramrod Bar in Fort Lauderdale, FL) Has turned into this Wild, feely touchy, hands in the air, screaming for the breakdown, Loving crowd on my Friday nights. Truly a gift horse.

This parTicular set....is the second of the four sets that made up the last 3rd Friday of the Month MANDANCE. (*Not, to be missed) The crowd on this one....was just up for it. I just wish I had an open mic that could capture the “Live” vibe of the night. Hot.

This set is a little more on the Vocal tip than I might tend to play....but you know I Love It ALL. There are even a couple of “Requests” spattered in it. But, since I love to Play It All....and try to Mixxx it Up.....Here’s a different side of the Herbicidal.

Not to worry....there’s more MORE to come. I Think you should hear it all...but you Need to get to the club...and enjoy the full on....Volume Cranked up....Cocktailed, Groped, and Bumped madness that ensues just about every Friday now.

Feel some house love.....let the music lift you Up.....Turn it UP....Get on your best Sunday dancin’ shoes....and shake it up with me.

Hope you are all doing well....and living Life Large.
Love all around
Herbie

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(*yes, don’t forget to tune in for my weekly updated radio show on GIRL every Monday and Friday!!....Midnight to 2am.)

Thursday, April 14, 2011

It’s some Dog Dayz Y’all,

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Yep....summer’s here in south Florida. Already....and it’s just April. I love the heat of it all. It brings down loads of tourists....and We get to show ‘em how We DO IT in the Big city....so to speak. Course, I’m spoiled...I get some of the best of them.....the ones who can “Hang” with the best. The ways in that We serve them. The Best Sexy crowds....the Best cocktails (*not metered)...and of course...the Best Musics. Blend all that together...and you’ve got a Vibe that’s as thick as the midnight blue.

These two podcasts, delivered here....represent Such a Night. (*play Dr. John’s “Such A Night” here.) This crowd came together out of such a midnight blue ….Not your “Usual” suspects I’d say. Very vocal too....Lots of hands in the air screaming during breakdowns and that. Just the way I like ‘em. So, since most of you couldn’t be there....(*and you Wish you were.) Here’s a coupla sets to wet your whistle. Just listen how I was Talking to them....subliminally.

Part Two...starts in at around 11:30ish....and Part Four starts at around 2:15ish.....to the end of the night. To a packed house!! Much like we DO IT (*Live) Every Friday night. Yes, the music changes..and part Four was on a little more “Alternative” tip than usual...but they were Taking it like pros...and since I had it...They got it!! And, the Epic Funk kept chugging them right along....holding it’s power on them till the lights come up. Ok, the ending of this night may seem a little abrupt, knowing that I usually like to “Come Down” a bit slower....but they just kept yelling for more, and just didn’t want to leave. There was Def something magical in the air.

Keep in mind...that you will need to turn up the volume....and maybe pour a Stiff one to try to catch the Love. As this was some great peak night hotness. You know how I live to Mix It UP.

I hope you Get Me.

Just a reminder. This coming Friday night....being the 3rd Friday night of the month....Which BTW we Do Every 3rd Friday.....IS Mandance!! When they move walls and turn the bar into a dance club. For the bunnies among you. So, Please....If you are nearby....and out doin’ tha DO....(*sly). Stop in the Ramrod for a Herbicidal Shakedown. Become part of My Family.

Looking forward to Having You there.
Love all around
Herbie


Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Two Come UP's to 2011


Happy 2011 My little Beat bunnies,

I certainly am holding up my end....what with all the madnesses that made up the party end of the year.....O...MG....Becky. I ended up having to spin Christmas Eve....AND New Years Eve.
I’m not complaining...as they were Both some of the best nights Ever in the club. Crowds that were Ready, and Willing, to GO there. They had Me going for sure. Raising their glasses and their voices. Must‘ve been the music. And, they Seemed to have “Started” earlier this year....not waiting to come late....but by 11pm....there was crowd mass.

Now....on That note....you Know, how I love to ‘Come UP”. Well....I enjoyed the end of the year So much....and 2011 already beginning with a “Bang”....I thought that I’d start this years podcasts....with a little “Taste” of how we “Began.’ Here’s TWO....”Come Up” sets actually....from Two different, Consecutive nights. So you can see how two nights....back to back....turn out just a bit different...according to how the crowd fills the room. The 2nd night filling faster....it got harder quicker.....boing.

Don’t get me wrong....I love Love LOVE Peak night....when it’s shoulder to well....shoulder....and they are hollerin’ and carrying on....like they Do. But, early night....when there are only a few “Fans” in the room....gives me a chance to get My groove On....before I have to Push them.

So, here’s a taste....of two Different nights....and how they came UP.

Stay tuned....and keep your panties on....cause next time....I’m thinking I’ll give you Two “Peak” night sets....different nights as well.....to contrast how They work the same....but different.
Same bag of music as always....it just keeps coming and coming out …..different....but at the same time.....Herbicidal.

Hope these give you a look into the DJ mind of Herbie James....as this Def gives you a look see into my “Bin of Fierceness.”...as it stands to Date.

So, grab the cocktail that you missed since you obviously can’t always BE there week to week.....Turn up the Volume on your home surround sound.....powder your um....”Floor”....and shake a tail feather with me.

Share the house love....and I hope that I get to hang with All of you sometime soon in 2011. Keep your heads to the sky....it’s the only way.

Love All Around
Herbie