:: DREAMDAZE ::

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:: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 ::

Piece by Christopher Reiger on www.artistaday.com that I enjoyed.

:: DJ 11:25 AM [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 ::
Velva plays the Bottom Lounge on Saturday 1/31 at 8 PM. Bottom Lounge is at 1375 W Lake, Chicago, IL.

$5 Advance. $8 at the door. 21+

The Incredible Shrinking Boy also performs.

www.bottomlounge.com


:: DJ 8:12 PM [+] ::
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You just can't get a cab in this town...

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:: Monday, December 29, 2008 ::

Nice piece by Dan Baldwin, found on www.artistaday.com.

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:: Sunday, December 28, 2008 ::

Final scene from unreleased Velva video.

:: DJ 8:04 AM [+] ::
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:: Saturday, December 27, 2008 ::

Here's a shot from Velva's latest show on 12/13 at Leadway.

:: DJ 6:31 AM [+] ::
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Looks like I'm "big" in Japan (or something).
https://www.anapnet.com/ent/video/Dreamdaze

This is the kind of fun things you find out when you have Google
alerts set up for your band name.


:: DJ 5:45 AM [+] ::
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:: Thursday, December 25, 2008 ::
Today has been rather laid back, yet productive.

I've completed 2 of 8 songs on my next music project, and I put up
it's temporary site.

This project is going to be 8-bit, chip-tune cover versions of pop songs.


:: DJ 2:51 PM [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 ::
I have empty eyes and a mirrored complexion.

:: DJ 5:13 PM [+] ::
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She floats like a swan
Grace underwater

:: DJ 5:11 PM [+] ::
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:: Friday, December 19, 2008 ::

Here's another piece by Ville Kansanen found on www.artistaday.com
that I really liked, so again, I'm adding it to my "digital scrapbook".

:: DJ 6:20 AM [+] ::
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:: Thursday, December 18, 2008 ::

Here's a piece by Ville Kansanen that I found on www.artistaday.com
that I really liked, so again, I'm adding it to my "digital scrapbook".

:: DJ 6:31 AM [+] ::
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:: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 ::
Just received a notification from sonicbids.com that another company
(Syncup) wants to work on licensing my music for ads and TV shows.
That's the 2nd in 2 weeks. Woot!

:: DJ 4:43 PM [+] ::
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Above is the first laptop I used to make electronic music.

Also, above is the 2nd laptop I used to produce electronic music, mix video and perform live.

And also, above is the 3rd laptop I used to produce electronic music, mix video, edit & render video and perform live.

Now I use a Mac, and the the 2nd laptop is still used as back up for video mixing, but now the 1st laptop is too old, and the 3rd laptop is simply dead and beyond any repair which makes financial sense.

:: DJ 7:04 AM [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 ::
In the future, everybody will be famous for 15 megabytes.

:: DJ 7:45 AM [+] ::
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:: Monday, December 15, 2008 ::

I liked this piece by Tiffany Bozic I found on www.artistaday.com...so
I'm adding it to my online scrapbook for future reference.

:: DJ 4:47 PM [+] ::
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:: Sunday, December 14, 2008 ::
William Sides enjoying a beverage during his set at Velva's Leadway show on Saturday, December 13, 2008. Nicely done set and first time I've seen him rely entirely (or almost entirely) on keyboards. He had this old Yamaha unit that he said his dad found in the garbage. Fun stuff.

:: DJ 11:04 AM [+] ::
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This is the 2nd act from the Velva show at Leadway on Saturday, December 13, 2008. I missed their names (I'll update the blog posting with the names when I find out who they are - editor's note: if I read the damn poster, I'd know they're Roth Mobot...duh). They were great. Tons of home made circuit bent toys all mixed perfectly into a collage of fun sounds. Very entertaining with amazing noises. Very cool.

:: DJ 11:02 AM [+] ::
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DMG and ESC at Leadway show
Originally uploaded by DJDazed
DMG and Environmental Sound Collapse in action at the Velva show at Leadway on Saturday, December 13, 2008 - playing their Gameboys.

:: DJ 10:56 AM [+] ::
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1st act at Leadway show
Originally uploaded by DJDazed
DMG and Environmental Sound Collapse's set up for Nintendo DS and Gameboy based music. This is from Velva's show at Leadway in Chicago on Saturday, December 13, 2008.

:: DJ 10:53 AM [+] ::
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The "other work" by Edvard Munch, Madonna.

:: DJ 10:37 AM [+] ::
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I'm using a book on Edvard Munch as a coaster...there seems like there
should be some significance there.

:: DJ 10:34 AM [+] ::
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:: Saturday, December 13, 2008 ::
Happiness (in winter) is a warm laptop.

:: DJ 11:23 AM [+] ::
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:: Friday, December 12, 2008 ::

I'm just blogging this because I love this promo shot from www.velva9000.com
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:: DJ 4:39 PM [+] ::
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:: Thursday, December 11, 2008 ::
Ever realize that we live on a wet ball of rock hurtling through a vacuum?

:: DJ 5:42 AM [+] ::
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:: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 ::

Here's Dreamdaze performing at the Double Door with Velva in 2007. I
found this online a little while ago. I think it was snapped by Lee
Klawans.

:: DJ 4:53 PM [+] ::
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Received a response regarding licensing deals for my music from Human
Factor yesterday. Spent the evening going over their contract, getting
the package together and getting it out. Also spent some time updating
my BMI account with the songs to be licensed.

Hopefully something will come of this. Wouldn't mind selling a song to
the Discovery Channel or for a commercial.


:: DJ 6:24 AM [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 ::


:: DJ 1:27 PM [+] ::
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:: Sunday, December 07, 2008 ::

Cool art by Michiel Van Der Born on www.artistaday.com.

:: DJ 4:06 PM [+] ::
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:: Saturday, December 06, 2008 ::
The place is clean. The music is selected (for 3 floors). The lights are set. The food is on the way.

Should be a good party tonite.


:: DJ 12:50 PM [+] ::
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:: Friday, December 05, 2008 ::


:: DJ 7:21 PM [+] ::
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Scenes from the movie "Blood Sucking Freaks" will be mixed in with my VJ performance at the next Velva show. Google it. You won't be disappointed.

:: DJ 3:07 PM [+] ::
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Episode 23 of my electronic music podcast, Objects From The World Of Machines, is now available.

This podcast is a practice peformance I did a few weeks ago, while trying out new software on a new computer on a new OS. I was very happy with the results. This was all done in one improvised take and has a very loose, very Orb-like feel to it. It's a nice little ambient techno piece. This is very similar to what you'll hear between more traditional songs at a Velva show.

Check it out here:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/ObjectsFromTheWorldOfMachines

...and thanks for tuning in!

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:: DJ 5:41 AM [+] ::
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:: Thursday, December 04, 2008 ::

Found this one by Chris Trueman on www.artistaday.com. Great work.

:: DJ 7:57 PM [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 ::

This interesting piece, found on www.artistaday.com, is by Oleg Dou.

:: DJ 11:24 AM [+] ::
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:: Friday, November 21, 2008 ::
...and the geek shall inherit the earth.

:: DJ 5:54 AM [+] ::
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:: Thursday, November 20, 2008 ::
For Velva, life is art.

:: DJ 8:56 PM [+] ::
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Velva doubles your income!

:: DJ 8:56 PM [+] ::
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Take Velva seriously. You won't regret it!

:: DJ 8:55 PM [+] ::
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Invest your money in Velva! It's worth it!

:: DJ 8:55 PM [+] ::
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The history of DADA. Part 3 of 3.


:: DJ 8:46 PM [+] ::
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The history of DADA continued. Part 2 of 3.


:: DJ 8:35 PM [+] ::
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Interesting history of DADA in a DADA-esque format.


:: DJ 8:32 PM [+] ::
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:: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 ::
Well, the Hotti Bscotti show last Saturday was a success. There was a
solid turn out. Lots of other performers on the bill that were all
great. The Velva performance went off without a hitch. Our latest
format of "intro, jam, song, jam, song, jam, song, jam, song, outro"
worked great. I personally really enjoyed the jams. We're becoming the
"Grateful Dead" of the Chicago electronic music scene.

Probably the high point of the evening for me (non-music related) was
meeting Lair, the lead singer of Stardust, a Bowie tribute band. That
cat is awesome. He cracked me up all night long.

Looking forward to getting another show scheduled. Really enjoying
performing right now.


:: DJ 6:39 AM [+] ::
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:: Saturday, November 08, 2008 ::
Guilty pleasure: I make weird electronic music, but I find it hard to resist really, really loud Led Zeppelin.

:: DJ 8:54 AM [+] ::
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Ack! There's snow flurries in Chicago already!

:: DJ 8:52 AM [+] ::
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:: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 ::

This is cool. It's by Mario Wagner and can be found on www.artistaday.com
...one of my favorite web sites.

:: DJ 2:14 PM [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 ::
http://www.itunes.com/dreamdaze

Cool!


:: DJ 12:47 PM [+] ::
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:: Monday, November 03, 2008 ::

I really like this style. Nice work by Matt Hansel on
www.artistaday.com.

:: DJ 7:40 AM [+] ::
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:: Sunday, November 02, 2008 ::

I liked this piece by Lola Dupre on www.artistaday.com.

:: DJ 4:10 PM [+] ::
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:: Friday, October 31, 2008 ::


:: DJ 6:55 AM [+] ::
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:: Thursday, October 30, 2008 ::

Dreamdaze performs at Bert's Warehouse in Detroit. Video features Lofgren from Velva.


:: DJ 6:00 AM [+] ::
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Dreamdaze performs at Bert's Warehouse in Detroit. Video features Lofgren from Velva.


:: DJ 6:00 AM [+] ::
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:: Friday, October 24, 2008 ::
By the time you read this the ranking might have changed, but
currently my CD "The Harvest Of Exact Calculations" is "Top Album" for
IDM at the http://payplay.fm/genre/idm site.

:: DJ 12:15 PM [+] ::
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:: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 ::
There's a ghost in me that wants to say I'm sorry doesn't mean I'm
sorry.

:: DJ 7:45 PM [+] ::
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:: Sunday, October 19, 2008 ::

Cool stuff from Jesse Draxler on www.artistaday.com.

:: DJ 4:34 PM [+] ::
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:: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 ::

Nerd Wars.

:: DJ 4:21 PM [+] ::
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Cool art from Lucy McLauchlan on www.artistaday.com...this is becoming
one of my favorite daily websites.

:: DJ 9:39 AM [+] ::
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:: Monday, October 13, 2008 ::
Alright...I've had my Mac Book Pro for a couple of weeks now, and it's going well. Here's what I've accomplished (or not) so far.

Now, I've been unsuccessful getting the Parallels image of my old Alienware hard drive going, but that's because that install of Windows from the old Alienware is in an unstable state. Basically, the image begins to boot and then doesn't quite make it. If I spent some time, I could probably fix that "install" of Windows, but I've downloaded VMWare Fusion instead, because it's my understanding that it makes use of my dual core processor. I'm doing a fresh install of Windows and will then reload my old software onto that.

So, as I type, I'm logged into a Citrix session, I have a virtual Windows session going and I'm running my browser and email on the Mac Book Pro...and it's not even sweating. Pretty damn cool.

Also, I've downloaded Ableton Live 7.x and Traktor DJ 3.x and installed them, and they both run phenomenally on the Mac Book Pro (using Mac OS 10.5.5). In Ableton, I've had 8 loops going with reverb, EQ, delay and compression on all of them without a hitch. No choking. No slow screen updates. Nothing like I had running Ableton 5.x on WinXP on the old Alienware.

I've also downloaded and installed Arkaos VJ. I haven't run Traktor and/or Ableton with Arkaos running at the same time yet. I'll be testing that in the next few days though and update the results here.

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:: DJ 11:07 AM [+] ::
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:: Friday, October 10, 2008 ::

I'm just sayin'.

:: DJ 12:03 PM [+] ::
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Cool stuff from Jordan Eagles, featured today on www.artistaday.com.

:: DJ 5:33 AM [+] ::
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:: Sunday, October 05, 2008 ::

Hotel Los Gatos

:: DJ 1:58 PM [+] ::
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:: Thursday, October 02, 2008 ::



Here's some awesome sculpture by Greg Brotherton found on www.artistaday.com. Again with that space-a-licious Velva feel that I love.

:: DJ 7:14 PM [+] ::
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Here's another cool artist from www.artistaday.com. His name's Davey
Wong and he's out of San Francisco. I thought this piece had a very
Velva feel to it.

:: DJ 7:11 PM [+] ::
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Daphne Oram. Electronic Music Pioneer.
More at http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/30/daphne-oram-electron.html

:: DJ 6:42 PM [+] ::
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:: Friday, September 26, 2008 ::

Alien carcass.

:: DJ 7:40 AM [+] ::
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My favorite espresso machine.

:: DJ 7:13 AM [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 ::
Last Saturday morning at 5:30 AM, after 3 years of running 12 hours per day, my Alienware died. The hard drive has been salvaged. A replacement has been ordered. I'm going to try one of those hippy computers...a Mac Book Pro. If it sucks (or not), you will read about it here.

You have been warned.


:: DJ 6:04 PM [+] ::
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:: Sunday, September 21, 2008 ::

What does Mozart think of the Velva studio?

:: DJ 9:14 AM [+] ::
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:: Saturday, September 20, 2008 ::

Nice! This one by Mike Mitchell on www.artistaday.com.

:: DJ 4:45 AM [+] ::
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:: Friday, September 19, 2008 ::

I thought this one was fun. It's by Travis Lampe on www.artistaday.com.

:: DJ 7:53 AM [+] ::
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:: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 ::

I thought this piece by David Hochbaum on www.artistaday.com was
interesting.

:: DJ 8:53 AM [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 ::
Hello, fellow electronic music heads,

It's been a long time between podcasts, as I have been performing in Detroit and Chicago and have nearly completed a 10-song release, but enough excuses and unto the meat...

This podcast was a warm-up I recorded before a Velva practice last Sunday morning. It was dreary and rainy and September which, I think, lent it's mood to this song.

This one is very mellow and I hope you enjoy it.

The latest podcast (Episode 22) is here:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/ObjectsFromTheWorldOfMachines

For past podcasts, visit:
http://www.dreamdaze.org/podcast.htm

:: DJ 7:58 PM [+] ::
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:: Sunday, September 14, 2008 ::
Are you ready to be liberated?

:: DJ 3:47 PM [+] ::
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:: Saturday, September 13, 2008 ::

Remember...this is a cartoon!

:: DJ 10:13 AM [+] ::
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Cool Art from Ray Sell on www.artistaday.com

:: DJ 5:04 AM [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 ::
Interesting article on Dada and electronic music here...

:: DJ 6:35 PM [+] ::
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:: Saturday, September 06, 2008 ::

Burts Show

:: DJ 11:45 PM [+] ::
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Berts Show

:: DJ 9:15 PM [+] ::
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Tim's Toyz for the Berts show in Detroit

:: DJ 9:21 AM [+] ::
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Packed for Detroit show. The roadtrip is about to begin.

:: DJ 9:18 AM [+] ::
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:: Friday, September 05, 2008 ::

Dreamdaze In Detroit

:: DJ 5:44 AM [+] ::
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