The Eye Inside Vol I.

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This is a look inside my growth as a DJ. I mix through tracks that I used to spin a lot into deeper styles that I am now learning about. I am trying to encompass what music and art really mean to me through the narration. So the music and the vocal interludes are equally important.

Please if you have the time. Listen to the whole mix,  identify a theme, connect it to your own life.

This is a link to the scene the narration is based on. This is from an HBO show entitled SIX FEET UNDER.  Lauren Ambrose who plays Claire Fisher on the show is getting a lesson on puling art out of yourself, and being original.  It really meant something to me and has stayed with me for years. The main piece I take from the show is……

“It’s what happens when exactly what is inside of you connects with what is outside of you. The Eye Inside.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsVoJsGqDdc

 

 

 

Enjoy.

 

Aaron

Rhyme Til Infinity

 

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What up, What up!

Rhyme til Infinity

Another blend! This is a four song blend.

  1. 93 Til Infinity by the Souls of Mischief – Instrumental
  2. Beats to the Rhyme  by RUN DMC- Instrumental
  3. Sixth Sense by Common – Acapella
  4. Protect your neck by Wu- Tang Clan- Acappella

This is how I cook up my original flavors, hope you enjoy.

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Skilled in the Trade of the Ol BOOM BAP

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A mix of 90’s Hip Hop for you to nod that head to. Everything on here Knocks hard!

I Make Sure Everything Remains Raw- Busta Rhymes

Ghetto Jam- Domino

Tonights the Night- Redman

Masquerade- David Porter

Who Shot Ya- Biggie

Shot Callin and Big Ballin- The Whoridas

U.N.I.T.Y- Queen Latifah

Do For Love- 2pac

The Movement- Common and Dilla

Buck em Down- Black Moon

Superman Lover- Johnny “Guitar” Watson

The Nod Factor- Skillz

What I’m After- Lords of the Underground

Crossover- EPMD

Tennessee- Arrested Development

Art of Story Telling pt I- Outkast

Just to Get a Rep- Gangstarr

E.V.A.- Jean -Jacques Perrey

 

 

 

Mardi Gras from Brooklyn

Had to put together this mix of traditional Mardi Gras songs today. New Orleans is the foundation of the music I love, and Mardi Gras is a huge part of New Orleans culture.  So for this FAT TUESDAY (since I don’t have the time or energy to make GUMBO)

This a Mardi Gras playlist from a New Yorker. All my New Orleans folk. Hit me with some more classics.

Enjoy

Go to the Mardi Gras- Professor Longhair

I Feel Like Funking it Up- Rebirth Brass Band

When The Saints Go Marching in- Sydney Bechet

Jambalaya- The Meters

Ooh Poo pah Doo- Jessie Hill

Big Chief II- Professor Longhair

Chocko Mo Feendo Hey- Baby Dodds Trio

Hey Pocky A-Way – The Meters

Iko Iko- Dr. John

All on a Mardi Gras Day- The Wild Magnolias

Street Parade- Earl King

Who Dat Call the Police- New Birth Brass Band

Tootie Ma Is a Big Fine Thing- Baby Dodds Trio

Tootie Ma is a Big Fine Thing- Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Tipitina – Professor Longhair

Seranders Brass Band- Go See the Mardi Gras

Aaron McMickle

 

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Monday Morning MELLOWDIES
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Dance Through The Door : A Funky Family

In my family music is central. It is always on, we have records everywhere and dance parties pop off quickly.

My sister lives downstairs from us, since we have a funky family as I am walking out of the house, on many occasions a set of  old school party jams is bumping. I mean old school party jams that make you want to stop what you are doing just get on down. And that is precisely what I usually do.

Short solo dance sets can save your life.

This mix is inspired by the funk that comes through their door, so….

 

Thanks Sabrina, Shawn and Pablo. This goes out to you.

Enjoy

Aaron

Monday Morning Mellowdies

Once a month for 2 hours and 45 min I have to work at a place called the Park Slope Food Coop. If you want to live a happy peaceful life with the women of the Ramos family. You have to shop at the coop, period.

I’ll say that it is a beneficial hassle. The food is great and cheap and you meet some interesting  people, however keeping up with the work schedule can be annoying.

To help with the annoyance, I make playlists. My shift starts at 8 am in the child care room. It’s kind of empty at first, and really mellow. So my playlist reflects that feeling.

This is how my last shift sounded. Well at least the first hour.

8 am Monday morning.

 

Enjoy the music!

Afro- Blue- Oscar Brown Jr.

Breathe in the Air- Pink Floyd

Free – Denice Williams

Cristo Rendentor- Donald Byrd

Sunday Morning- Grant Green

Mysteries of the World – M.F.S.B.

Moorage Daydream- David Bowie

Ziggy Stardust- David Bowie

Tom Drunk- U- Roy

Can I Kick it- A Tribe Called Quest

Ego Trippin II- De La Soul

Soul Drummers- Ray Barretto

Doug’s Room- Mauricio Smith

Web- Hampton Hawes

Second Line on Monday- Chuck Carbo