djwudi

Anything relating to my DJ Wüdi alter ego.

A steady gig!

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Yeah, yeah, so it’s been a few days since I’ve put anything up on here. So sue me. It’s not like anybody actually reads this tripe, anyway…. ;)

The most important event of the past few days — I just got back from a meeting with the owners of the new Studio 99, and I’m now officially their resident DJ for Friday nights! Now it’s just time to get the word out. DJ Wüdi every Friday night (starting next weekend) at Studio 99 — electronica, dance, club, house, techno, a little bit of everything — non-alcoholic, 16 and up before 1am, 18 and up afterwards.

I’m finally spinning again! :D

DJ Wudi @ Studio 99 tonight

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Figured I’d toss this up now, as I probably won’t get a chance later on in the day.

Tonight’s the Spring Break Party co-hosted by 92.9 KFAT, AL Productions, and the new Studio 99, featuring DJ Wudi (me) and DJ Manaiacal, with KFAT’s Kim Keane broadcasting live on the air! Studio 99 is located in the Northway Mall, above Ariel’s Hair Salon. This will run from 8pm-3am — all ages until 1am, then 18+ with ID afterwards!

DJ alert

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I realize it’s been a couple days since I’ve posted on here — things have been kind of busy getting settled in at the new job. On the plus side, the job looks to be going really well so far…enjoying it a lot.

The main purpose of this posting, however, is a quick alert that I’ve been confirmed to be DJ’ing this Sat. night at the new Studio 99, in the Northway Mall above Ariel’s Hair Salon. This is going to be a spring break party, I’ll be co-dj’ing with DJ Maniacal (from KFAT), and Kim Kanes (sp?) from KFAT will be broadcasting live for much of the night. Radio ads should start hitting KFAT 92.9 FM sometime around 2pm today and be going throughout the rest of the week, so listen for my name on the radio! Hopefully will be a blast…as before, this is an all-ages party until 1am, then 18 and up (with ID) thereafter.

Studio 99 last night

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Well…it was definitely interesting :|. Opening night with very little publicity — about the only people there were a bunch of kids there for a b-day party, and once 12:30 hit, the place emptied out due to curfew. Ah, well…so it goes sometimes. More advertising will be coming out soon, so things should look up pretty soon.

The owners are looking at aiming Friday nights more at the hip-hop/r&b/rap circuit, as Millenium is only open for that on Saturdays at the moment, and aiming Saturdays at the more dance/club/techno/electronica crowd. They’re in the process of interviewing and hiring DJ’s at the moment — I’d like to get a permanent spot doing Saturday nights there, but will just have to wait and see how things for for now. Keeping my fingers crossed…just hoping I can announce the return of DJ Wüdi to the Anchorage scene soon!

DJ’ing tonight!

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Will post more later, just throwing this up to say that I’m DJ’ing tonight at Studio 99, above Ariel’s Hair Salon in the Northway Mall. This is an all-ages dance club — 16 (?) and up before 1am, 18 and up until 3 am. Hopefully this will become a regular gig — check back later for more details, or stop by the club and see what’s going on.

Radio – and future gigs?

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Did the radio show last night, and it seemed to go over pretty well. I don’t know just how many people were listening, but at least a few were from the calls we got, and they generally seemed to have good things to say. My personal moment of triumph was when one person called to tell Nick (the show’s host) to quit playing a compilation CD, at which point Nick let him know that it was actually me mixing live. I guess my mixes were going pretty smoothly!

Also ended up with a couple possibilities for the future — I don’t know for sure if they’ll pan out or not, but I can hope. I got one call about some people working on getting another club going here in town, so will be trying to get a hold of the people in charge of that soon to get more info — big thanks to DJ Panda for recommending me for that. Also, Nick asked if I’d be interested in co-hosting his show…we filled out a KRUA volunteer application, and if everything goes well, I just may have a spot on the air every Tuesday night! Would be a lot of fun, and I think it’d be great to expand my DJ experience to include radio as well as club and for-hire dance work.

So, that’s the big excitement for the past couple days. As always, more babble later….

Back from UAA, possibly on the radio

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Just got back from the Dance Marathon at UAA that I DJ’d for today. Was a lot of fun — and really drove home how much I miss being able to spin on a regular basis. The event went off really well, and I seemed to do a pretty decent job of keeping most people happy over the course of the night…all in all, not bad in the least.

One of the niftiest bits of the evening, though, was hooking up with Nick. I’ve known him for a while now, and we’ve wanted to get me a spot guest DJ’ing for the electronica show he does on KRUA for a while now, but schedules have always intervened. However, he’s now doing the show on Tuesday nights, which works for me…so this Tuesday, I’ll be spinning on 88.1 FM KRUA sometime between 7pm and 10pm! Should be fun…looking forward to trying my hand at a radio gig. And, as an added bonus, if anyone feels like it, you can listen in over the web (as long as you have Real Player G2 installed) through KRUA’s website!

DJ Wudi @ UAA this Saturday

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Just a quick reminder that this Saturday I’ll be spinning from 2pm-10pm for the UAA Dance Marathon fundraiser for the Providence Children’s ICU (at least, I’m pretty sure that’s who it’s for…someone correct me if I’m wrong). I’m honestly not completely sure if this is open to the public, or how it would be handled, but if anyone wants to stop by, say hello, and give a few dollars to the cause, nobody would complain too terribly much.

Balls and beats

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Bowling balls and musical beats, that is…

I don’t even want to know what you were thinking, you perverts.

Anyway, apparently my bowling game actually is improving — my average is up to 111, and tonight I managed to pull off a good three sets: 134/125/136. Not bad, considering this is the first time I’ve ever bowled on a regular basis.

I also may have an opportunity to start spinning again…albeit in sort of a cheezy fashion. The bowling alley in Muldoon is one of the ones in town that does Neon Bowling on weekend nights (blacklights, smoke machines, fancy lights, and loud music — everything you need for a good night of bowling, right?), and they’re looking for a DJ for their Saturday nights. I’d have to restrict some of my set a bit — as a “family establishment” I’d have to stay away from anything with swearing, overt sexuality, or drug references (which, I have to admit, knocks out a fair amount of the more popular tracks I own)…and while it’s not exactly a dance club, it would at least be spinning again. I’m thinking about it…not entirely sure yet, but you never know….

DJ Wudi strikes again!

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Well, I’ve just been confirmed with a gig — for the third year in a row, I’ll be DJ’ing at UAA‘s Dance Marathon benefit fundraiser for the Providence Children’s ICU. Purty nifty, and a good cause, too…woohoo!