And Tis the End..

I've decided to leave behind this mildly-entertaining although extremely restricting world of blogger to step in with the big boys on MYSPACE.

Of course I'll still be updating DJWENDYLAW.COM regularly so be sure to check it often for free downloads and updates!

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Wendy's Breakin Birthday

I'm having a celebration on Wednesday, April 5th at Spotlight Nightclub. It's going to be your usual Spotlight Wednesday with a birthday twist.

Here's your lineup for the night:

9:30-10:30 Dead Lion
10:30-11:30 Mark the Mechanic
11:30-12:30 Wendy Law
12:30-1:30 Decks Pistols
1:30-close Pay the DJ

Hope to see you all out!

Oh, and I thank you all in advance for the birthday drinks/shots...but NO THANKS! You know my asian-ness can't handle the booze!

:^)

15 Records to Bankruptcy

I went to Toronto to do some record shopping and visit some friends over the weekend. I ended up charging 15 new records to my VISA. Ouch.

Since I was already feeling like such a jovial individual, I also decided that I was going to make an appearance at VIRAM at The Docks. I hung out with Big League Chu, Czech, Ian Cognito, Red Turtle and D-Monic. All super chill, super nice guys. I ended up staying until 4:30am and had a blast! I spent most of the night in the breaks room dancing my ass off. I didn't even get to catch any of Andy C's set due to this breaks addiction of mine. Meh~

Saturday I came back to London so that I could come out to The Courtyard for Process This. Another great party. Czech played an great set which included many funky, down-tempo tracks. I was definately in the mood for this considering a third of the records I bought were also this style. The Incredible Melting Man's set also blew me away. His original, down-to-the-bone chilling tracks made it impossible for me to stand still.

Another amazing weekend full of great music and great people!

Thanks guys!

Soldier at the Bottom of the Pole

Wednesday night was an absolute BLAST! Everyone had a great time at Spotlight.

Mark and I had a hoot going back-to-back, a few records at a time. Our records definately mesh very well together. We got a lot of compliments about our set throughout the night. We decided to drop it down hard and funky and it was definately a hit!

Then Everfresh came on and blew the croud away with his Ragga Jungle set. It was absolutely phenomenal! He has this stage presence that could blow the tits off Pam Anderson. He was spinning, scratching and even picked up the microphone to freestyle while doing everything else! It was AWESOME!

Ian Cognito (Ash) and Shemp definately got my feet stomping along with all the other breaksters. They played a wicked back-to-back, record-for-record set. Ash with his hard-ass broken beats and Shemp with his funky styles. These guys definately rocked the rest of the night!

When everything was finally packed up and we were finally kicked out of the bar, we all headed over to Ash's place for an intimate after-party. He has the sweetest setup in his basement. We all relaxed to a more chilled repertoire.

Throughout the night I was asked by a few people why I wasn't a 'Soldier' yet. (Soldiers of Sound member) I hadn't actually been asked to join them yet. After all was said and done tonight Ash started calling me the Soldier at the bottom of his totem pole.

I left Ash's place with a new title, a new crew, and hopefully a few more gigs.

What a satisfying eve!

Back to Back Mark the Mechanic

I know this is short notice, but I received a message last night that I'm playing back to back with Mark the Mechanic tonight at Spotlight. Our set time is at 11pm-midnight.

Hope to see you all out!

International DJ-Part Deux

Work and play can sometimes go hand in hand...can't it?

According to me working is playing and vise versa. Playing records that is.

I've decided to make another Asia trip this coming June/July. I've applied for school and if accepted won't be starting until August 14th. I'm also out of my lease for the apartment at the end of May, so I figured I have some time in between to get some travelling in before I start school.

This trip will also be mixed with some business. More than the last. I'll be bringing records this time to play in Hong Kong as well as Thailand. I'll keep you all updated on those plans.

I've also decided that I need to lighten the load by incorporating some cds and even final scratch to my repertoire. Since I'm going to be travelling around Asia I'd like to make sure I'm not bogged down with crates of records. I'll have to look into this shortly.

Keep checking back for info about a party I'll be playing here in London alongside some of London's finest and possibly even a DJ from Toronto. More details to follow.

I was told by a good friend that 'A dream is a plan without action.' I'm turning my dreams into plans. Hope you're all doing the same!

Cheers!

International DJ

I just got an e-mail from the owner of Lost in Hong Kong. He heard about my set and wants to book me for a Friday or Saturday night!

I guess I'll have to make another trip out there soon.

YAY!

Lost in Hong Kong

I got home not too long ago from playing a spontanious set at a bar called Lost in Lan Kwai Fong, Central district, Hong Kong. It's about 5:30am right now.

It all started like so...

Jay and I had decided to take the MTR subway to Central station where we knew how to take the night bus home (the MTR and KCR didn't run much later than midnight). When we got out of the station we noticed that the streets of Lan Kwai were packed with people, so we decided to take a stroll to check it out. We were definately not planning on staying for very long, it was just supposed to be a quick jaunt around the area to see which places were happening on a Saturday night in the HK.

When I walked by Lost, I noticed an all too familiar broken beat sound, so I decided to drop in and perhaps even drop a cd off. When I introduced myself to the barstaff as a breaks DJ from Canada they introduced me to the resident dj, Thierry.

Now Thierry was absolutely fantastic. He offered to lend me his headphones and records to play for a bit. Not sure if this was supposed to be a screening or if it was just all in good fun, but I definately couldn't pass up the chance to play in Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong.

I was supposed to go on after Thierry played a few more records so I immediately made my way to the bar to get a few drinks in me to loosen me up and take away from the significant nervousness I felt. It definately helped.

I had a hoot of a time playing tonight! The sound system in that place was just pounding! The staff, djs, crowd were all absolutely great! My mixes were clean and right on track even though they weren't my records! This was definately the best night I've had in Hong Kong! This evening definately fluked out in my favor.

The only downfall is that I'm leaving in two days. I'm glad I was at least able to make my mark before I left though.

I was a little disappointed in myself for not doing the same in Thailand. I didn't even think to bring demos when I went over there.

Oh well, I guess I'll have to plan another 'networking' trip sometime soon! Haha...