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[Jul. 12th, 2009|09:54 pm] |
Just postin' with a lowdown.
I'll be in Vegas all week this week, so I probably won't have a chance to post. I'm bringing my laptop, but I don't think I'll have the time to use it much. It's my vacation!
So have a good one! I'll be back late afternoon on Saturday, maybe with some pics or some vacation sketches. We'll see. Until then... Vegas baby, Vegas!!!
P.S. Don't forget to check out my latest professional mix!
Click here to download now! (Courtesy of MediaFire)
I'm a dot! |
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| Shadow Jugglers Throw Down - The Re-Recording |
[Jul. 10th, 2009|08:00 pm] |
I don't know if you've actually been waiting for it, but here it is! My first professionally made, downloadable mix! If you were able to tune into my radio broadcast debut on Saturday, June 27th many thanks! I have now re-recorded that mix, and chocked it full of extra gidgets, gadgets and hoo-dads. In other words, this mix adds a whole new level to what I performed live. It has an improved sound quality, added songs and some unexpected enhancements. Dig it!
The Shadow Jugglers Throw Down is a professional mix of the eclectic electronic. One single genre can't really describe what this mix embodies. The Shadow Jugglers Throw Down spans all kinds of genres, some of which I can't even grasp. But there's straight hip hop, trip hop, rap, MASHUP, big beat, alternative, experimental, b-boy beat, electro, downtempo and more. It's a throw down in sound! (That sounded a lot cooler in my head...)
Click here to download now! (Courtesy of MediaFire)
Tracklist:
(Times indicate when each song comes into play.)
[00:00] Warner Bros. Pictures - A Clockwork Orange (dialogue)
[00:28] Shape of Broad Minds - Let's Go (Space Boogie) [feat. MF Doom]
[03:26] Buckfunk 3000 - I Can't Stop
[04:39] MF Doom - Kava Kava Root
[05:51] Lemon Jelly - Baby Battle Scratch
[07:57] John Frusciante - Murderers
[10:37] Beck - No Complaints
[12:07] Percee P - Reverse Part Two
[14:04] Waajeed - Tron
[15:41] Touchstone Pictures - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (dialogue)
[15:51] Siriusmo - Allthegirls
[17:09] Mr. Oizo - Z
[19:34] Kraddy - Faux Show (Shimmy Shimmy Ya Remix)
[21:35] Paramount Pictures - Hot Rod (dialogue)
[21:37] DJ Riko - Happy When I Get It In (Royksopp vs. 50 Cent)
[24:10] The Radioactive Elephantz - The New Album (dialogue)
[25:04] Bullion - Here Today
[25:52] Black Milk - Bounce
[28:87] Madlib - Another Gateway
[29:44] Gang Starr - Now You're Mine
[31:54] Kids in Tracksuits - Real Axe
[33:31] The Pharcyde - Return of the B-Boy
[35:27] Architeq - Into the Cosmos
[37:33] Pepe Deluxe - Salami Fever
[39:35] HBO - Entourage (dialogue)
[40:42] Colossus - The Tribute (v.5)
[42:51] Madlib - Pyramids (Change)
[43:29] DJ Vadim - London Mind State
[44:54] Q TV - Billy Bob Thornton on Q TV (dialogue)
[45:19] Egyptian Lover - I Cry (Night After Night)
[47:41] Matty G - Last B Boy
[49:48] Amon Tobin - Slowly
Total track duration: 54:59
Click here to download now! (Courtesy of MediaFire)
Included in the ZIP file of the download: An MP3 of the mix, a RTF file of the tracklist, and album cover art, all free.
NOTE: EXPLICIT CONTENT.
Thanks for the support,
Taylor Beaumont
P.S. Mad ups to the Entourage. Slap your troubles away! |
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| Throw Down? I Might! |
[Jun. 26th, 2009|01:50 am] |
Realllly should've posted this sooner...
Yup yup. I'm doing a 45 minute mix live on the wheels of steel this Saturday! I can't exactly say when between 7 and 9... but I personally wouldn't want to miss a minute of the show. Shadow Jugglers is a weekly radio show based on CiTR Radio in Vancouver, B.C. that covers a wide range of electronic, club and world music genres such as Dub/Reggae, Hip Hop, Dubstep/Grime, Funk, Jungle/Drum & Bass, Breakbeat and Breakcore. It's sure to be off all kinds of hooks, chains, and any other form of shackle.
I'm not exactly sure how these broadcast deals work... but I'm pretty sure you can listen online, regardless of where you live. And if that doesn't work out for you, the whole show will be made available for download as a Podcast! Just make sure to check out http://shadowjugglers.com
Hope you get the chance to tune in! :D
P.S. My mood emoticon doesn't effectively portray my mannerism at the moment. It's more like the eyes-wide-open kind of restless for me right now.
P.P.S. Had my very last day of high school today. Wowww... |
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| Bread and a Rolls Royce |
[Jun. 18th, 2009|10:59 pm] |
Wowwwww... Where have I been? Living life, that's where I've been. That doesn't mean my life doesn't include this journal, it just means that others things have been getting in the way. I've been following the whole "Yes Man" philosophy... in a way... It sounds corny, but I've really just been going with everything that has come my way. Really, there has been very little that I have turned down as of late.
I guess it has just been the concept of graduation catching up with me. The whole thought of doing as much as I can while I still have the chance. By the way, I did graduate from high school. Classes are over too and now all I have to do is go back one more time to get my report card/yearbook. In the past month I also turned 18, attended a whole slew of parties, went to Whistler, got Serato Scratch Live for my DJing, competed for a chance at the World Hip Hop Championships and oh so much more. Yeah. Try to swallow all of that. I know I can't.
During the last couple days of school my art teacher handed back all my assignments. So I have whole gang of art to show you... I just have yet document it all on my computer. Until then... here's some other stuff I've done...
This is a comic I did for my school's annual "Writing Booklet". Basically, it chronicles the creative writing assignments by the students of the school's Writing course. I didn't want to do any more writing at the time, so I did a comic. Much more fun.
Here's my final submission for the Artist Apprenticeship Project! It was shown at an outdoor gallery and everything. I think I called it "Born A Naturalist", which was kind of a last-minute name, but it does pertain to the mix I made. I made a quick mix that was recorded on a cassette and played on repeat during the exhibition opening.
So anyways, I'll be sure to go back to postin' steady again. I mean, school's out, I have no job, and I have no travel plans at the moment. What else am I gonna do? :P |
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| Rockin' Nation Breakin' It Down |
[May. 3rd, 2009|12:57 am] |
Haven't posted in a bit, and I feel like I need to give a little sum'n sum'n.
Here's a video of dance crew I'm apart of, Elktrik, performing at the Danceology prelims. It was held at Metrotown mall, and with the huge crowd it drew, things got hella hype. The stage was kind of baloney though...
(It's not my video, just so you know.)
We placed in the top 10, which means we're moving on to the Danceology finals. Wheeeeee!!!
I also forgot to mention that the Artist Apprenticeship Program installation showing was on Friday. My bad...
It turned out to be a great show though. I'm happy with how my project turned out, and we drew a pretty good crowd. We even got a little writeup in our local paper. I'll be back with pics too, I promise. |
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| Weapon of Choice |
[Apr. 23rd, 2009|08:35 pm] |
I uploaded another video on YouTube. One of my artistic pursuits IS movie making, jeese guys...
This one's a short film my friend and I made during term 2 of grade 11. It was a spontaneous idea and we kind of just ran with it. (Please don't take it too seriously, haha.)
What have I been listening to lately, you ask? I've been all about the beat tapes over the past couple weeks, especially those by Madlib, DJ Babu, Ayatollah and Oh No. I've also been going through Prefuse 73's new album, Everything She Touches Turns Ampexian. It's all fresh stuff, check up on it. |
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| Toad Rage |
[Apr. 15th, 2009|10:00 pm] |
Some doodlez for youz!
I keep hearing frogs every night... which is trippin' me out because I've never heard frogs near my house before. I mean I'm walking distance from a lake... but I've never seen or heard any mention of frogs. It's buggin' me though... I'm almost compelled to go out one night and find the source of ribbets... just 'cause.
I also drew my right thumb for some reason. I jammed it hard against the ground whilst breakdancing awhile ago and it left this nasty blood bruise. The spaceman is a Futurenaut.
P.S. I found some siiick Samiyam beats on da web just a moment ago. He'd better be coming out with another album soon... |
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| (Do You Like) |
[Apr. 13th, 2009|10:30 pm] |
Hope you all had a smashing Easter long weekend. Mine was definitely... uh... long. I guess I pretty much spent the whole time watching Wizards of Waverly Place and drawing. Productive weekend? I'd say so.
Here's something I've been working on in the sketchbook:
It's nowhere near done yet. I still have to finish the inks, maybe add a background, etc. I'm not sure if it necessitates colour though... I was thinking of adding some digital colour, but I'm also debating a straight greyscale picture.
Don't know where this guy came from either... I think I was imagining this vast canyon setting and some sort of showdown.
Now let's try something different!
We have a pop art assignment in art class and I decided to epitomize Jay Dee! Maybe epitomize isn't the best word... but you know what I mean. Honour... in an expressionistic way.
Anyway, I decided to employ stencil art to achieve that sharp, pop art look. This isn't the final product, of course, just a test on a stray piece of cardboard. We actually have to complete our paintings on a loose piece of canvas... should be fun. So don't go nowheres! There's more to be seen! |
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| Crazy for Those Cupcakes Cuzzinnnn!!! |
[Apr. 6th, 2009|11:50 pm] |
Seems like I have nothing but videos to dish off to you guys... Dun worry I'll have doodles and whatnot to share in a bit. I just made it out of a really rough patch in school, dance, and life in general. But the sun's finally out now for spring and thing's are lookin' up!
This is another video from our school's talent show that I just recently put up on YouTube. It's the other performance I was in on - a live performance of the SNL Digital Short/song by The Lonely Island. That's right, Lazy Sunday. It's hard to see in the video, but my friend is actually holding props up to coincide with the lyrics in the rap.
Check it out check it out check it out check it out. |
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| Sauce Is My Bauce |
[Mar. 26th, 2009|07:15 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | film, program, project, sweat | ] |
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| | Robot Snares Got No Cadence or Balance - Prefuse 73 | ] |
If you've been wondering where I've been for the past four days I got your answer right here...
I think I mentioned this before... I was accepted into the SWEAT Program at the Art Institute of Vancouver. It lasted from Monday to Thursday this week and since I was apart of Digital Film Level 2 I got a film out of it in the end!
The assignment was to make a silent film around 2 minutes in length... I worked with four other guys to git 'er done. When it comes to the film itself I didn't really have any concept input, but all the camera work is me, and I handled a bit of the editing too. Enjoy!
P.S. The title of this post is the title of a song a student made at the SWEAT Program. I lol'd. |
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| Wack is Wack |
[Mar. 22nd, 2009|04:51 pm] |
I left you you all hanging this Spring Break didn't I? My bad. I guess I was busy with some form of sickness during the first two days of the period, and later I did become involved with work experience, dance and some parties. There's no excuse though, really.
Hey, remember the talent show I was tellin' y'all about awhile back? Well I got around to posting one of the videos from said event on YouTube. It's the traditional "Grade 12 Performance" that I was in on. Every year at the school talent show a group of grade 12's put on a mock-style dance performance to popular tunes.
Please to be watching?
And since I've been on a bit of a YouTube video stint lately here's something else I came upon. Check this krizzle out! Prefuse 73! Ace fuh real.
You know what I watched today? The Wackness. I enjoyed it. Just thought I'd put that out there. |
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| Put My Work In |
[Mar. 8th, 2009|04:50 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | andy goldsworthy, apprenticeship, crew, dance, design, logo, outdoors, project, shirt, watchmen, watchmen week | ] |
| [ | Current Funk |
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| [ | Current Beat |
| | Addicted - Alan Braxe | ] |
So "WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN?" WEEK is over, seeing as the movie was on Friday. Sorry for missing Thursday. Like I said, my school's talent show was that day, and since then I've been just bouncin' from one thing to another. But I'm not leavin' you hangin' so here's Thursday's Minuteman:
Captain Metropolis. I always found him to be the most interesting of the Minutemen. How he was so hopelessly devoted to do good... It was tragic.
Friday, 02/27/09 - Rorschach
Saturday, 02/28/09 - The Comedian
Sunday, 03/01/09 - Silk Spectre II
Monday, 03/02/09 - Nite Owl II
Tuesday, 03/03/09 - Dr. Manhattan
Wednesday, 03/04/09 - Ozymandias
Thursday, 03/05/09 - The Minutemen (Captain Metropolis)
If you're wondering, I saw Watchmen on Saturday. I liked it, thought it was really good. I'm still trying to collect my thoughts on a lot of its aspects, but for the most part it was very enjoyable.
Here's what I did on Friday as apart of the Artist Apprenticeship Project:
We went out and did some Andy Goldsworthy-style art experimenting. I would've been able to do more... had I had more time and had it not been so damn cold.
But I'm particularly excited about what my dance crew received on Friday night...
My design made it on my crew's shirt! Can't wait to flash it during competitions.
Late. |
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| Manners. |
[Mar. 4th, 2009|11:46 pm] |
"WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN?" WEEK. The beat goes on.
Uh, not much to say about him. You know how he is.
Friday, 02/27/09 - Rorschach
Saturday, 02/28/09 - The Comedian
Sunday, 03/01/09 - Silk Spectre II
Monday, 03/02/09 - Nite Owl II
Tuesday, 03/03/09 - Dr. Manhattan
Wednesday, 03/04/09 - Ozymandias
Thursday, 03/05/09 - The Minutemen (any)
School talent show tomorrow! I'll try to get videos so y'all can check it. |
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| Tony's Back! |
[Mar. 3rd, 2009|08:39 pm] |
Yeah! Two posts in one day! It feels good.
When we last left this blog I was in the midst of "WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN?" WEEK. We now join said activity already in progress.
Friday, 02/27/09 - Rorschach
Saturday, 02/28/09 - The Comedian
Sunday, 03/01/09 - Silk Spectre II
Monday, 03/02/09 - Nite Owl II
Tuesday, 03/03/09 - Dr. Manhattan
Wednesday, 03/04/09 - Ozymandias
Thursday, 03/05/09 - The Minutemen (any)
Here is Dr. Manhattan.
He came out alright... though his hand does look a little weird to me...
I also decided to jump-in on another meme, just 'cause I'm in that kind of mood. ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) seph_hunter's Camwhore Meme! What's up.
(Admittedly, I have done this IRL before...) Dunno what's going on with my hand in the drawing... I think I was really tired when I drew this.
Anyways, I'ma go to the bathroom, hit the turntables for a while and then maybe top it off with a re-reading of Watchmen. Who knows. |
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| This Blog It Is A-Wanin' |
[Mar. 3rd, 2009|12:48 am] |
Bleh. Neglected blog looks neglected.
I'm sorry guys. Really I am. I don't know how I let like... two weeks slip by there. I was dealing with the end of Term 2 at school, and the ol' social life has been trippin' ridiculous, but in hindsight those aren't excuses.
I can't keep up with worthless apologies though so I guess I'll just jump back into things! Over the past couple days I've been participating in:
"WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN?" WEEK.
I'm counting down the days until the Watchmen movie comes out by drawing the characters. The week goes a-like so:
Friday, 02/27/09 - Rorschach
Saturday, 02/28/09 - The Comedian
Sunday, 03/01/09 - Silk Spectre II
Monday, 03/02/09 - Nite Owl II
Tuesday, 03/03/09 - Dr. Manhattan
Wednesday, 03/04/09 - Ozymandias
Thursday, 03/05/09 - The Minutemen (any)
First up is Rorschach.
I like how he turned out. I think I got his outfit pretty much down. Swish.
Next is The Comedian. Always badass.
On Sunday I drew Silk Spectre II. I drew her with the comic book outfit but I decided to keep the modern pose... and Malin Akerman's posterior. You know, just 'cause.
Finally, Nite Owl II. He has been the most fun to draw for some reason... I don't know... Maybe I just like that pose of despair.
And that's that. Tomorrow-er... today I'll draw Dr. Manhattan, and attempt to revive this blog.
Recently updates on the home front? Well I'm pumped for Watchmen (as you might have guessed), my school's talent show is coming up on Thursday, two of my friends have recently dislocated their elbows, and things just keep on happening. You know what I mean.
Layyyyta. |
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| Wild Is Love |
[Feb. 14th, 2009|09:25 pm] |
Sorry, I'm hittin' you with this a little late in the day...
I don't mean to be a downer with this. I sincerely wish you all a very happy Valentine's. (Just to clear things up, I didn't write the quote... it's a quote by some one's who's name I have yet to find.)
But yeah... my Valentine's Day has been nothing exciting. All I really feel like doing is sleeping and listening to music... but then what else is new.
Friday the 13th was actually the better day. I got a rose at school (from whom I do not know) and it was the first day of the Artist Apprenticeship Program. I left my wallet at home for the first time in like, ever, but I guess that was just a little bad luck catching up with me.
Once again, Happy V-Day. |
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| Goes On Like This... |
[Feb. 6th, 2009|11:10 pm] |
Yipes man, what a week. Seriously, it took a lot out of me. Luckily, it ended on a high note. I had a pretty good Friday, for the most part. Got work done in Media Arts, found out both of my routines made it into our school talent show, got props in Writing, and had some GT's in art class.
I also ended up getting the Elktrik logo done:
Our instructor decided on the final design. He liked the idea of a Vancouver cityscape so I had to add that mess in. As far as I know, this is the final design, meaning it will go on our crew necks!!
Anywhey, time for the weekend now. Be seeing you! |
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| Bomb Y'all Pastel Poets Belly Up |
[Feb. 5th, 2009|09:13 pm] |
(I'll tell you what.)
Sorry for not posting in awhile... I have lots to say... but I didn't really want to post without including some art as well. I mean this is my art blog... I'm not really about the all-text posts.
So first, an assignment from art class:
It's a pastel rendition of an impressionist painting. I believe this one was done by a member of the Group of Seven. If anyone knows the name of the painting or the artist it'd be greatly appreciated. (I know, I should have done the research before starting...)
Anyways, I learned that I hate working with pastels. I'm sorry, I just do. They're messy, blending colours can be iffy and I'm not a fan of the overall pastel look. It's just personal preference... I dunno. Long story short, this wasn't the most enjoyable art project for me. I'm posting it though, to show that I dared that mess! I've done a lot of other art projects that have proven more enjoyable... I just haven't had chances to capture them digitally...
Moving on to more exciting business though! I got accepted into the SWEAT program for 2009! It's a work experience/day camp program that runs at the Art Institute of Vancouver right after Spring Break. So come that time I'll be getting some pro tips on movie making!
I also applied for the Artist Apprenticeship Project at my local art gallery awhile back and just recently received confirmation! So every Friday until May-ish I'll be working with a bunch of other students to develop an art exhibit for the public! Deffs lookin' forward to it, and I'll keep you guys posted!
A couple weeks back I completed my first professional mix! I had my last DJ class with my instructor and he gave me the opportunity to work out and record a legit mix. By legit I mean actually done on turntables... with actual beat matching, cross-fading, etc. I'm really excited about it, the MP3 is all ready to go and everything. Only problem is I don't have a DJ name... and I'd really like one before I go any further... >.<
Finally, our school talent show is coming up in the beginning of March. I worked with friends and was able to put two pieces together for the auditions, which were at the beginning of the week. I'm feelin' jazzed on how they went, and I'm hittin' up the results with high hopes tomorrow!
So yeah, lots has been going on. I'm all hopped up on purple! |
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| No Real T-Pain |
[Jan. 28th, 2009|11:10 pm] |
Dag, my last two comics have been about me distressing over things... Maybe I'm giving the wrong impression here... Well don't worry guys, my life isn't THAT depressing.
Yeah... rock climbing in gym was fun and all... I just haven't done it in so long. My forearms and hands are killing me, my knees are all bashed up, school's gettin' busy and yes, my friend did order some rank-ass custom Chuck Taylor's off of eBay.
Uh... there might have been something else I was going to mention... Guess we'll never know will we! Oh lawd! |
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| Come On My Designer |
[Jan. 27th, 2009|11:02 pm] |
So I be workin' on this logo for my dance crew. It's going to go on our outfits this dance season, and maybe on some other stuff, I don't know. Here's what I cooked up when I was bored in Drafting:
My crew's name is Elktrik... so I guess this logo wouldn't make much sense upon first glance. I'm designing another one though... it should be done by Friday.
*Hops off to work* |
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