Out With The Old....

Ok, it's been a little bit longer than planned since my last post. What can I say, free time isn't what it used to be! Regardless, I believe it's time for a little catch up:

In the last few months, I moved from Saturday nights to Friday nights at Carson Street Live, and now have moved on to bigger and better. Now, you can find me most Saturday nights at Seviche in Downtown Pittsburgh playing Latin/Global house music. It's a great feel with great food and drinks. If you get a chance to swing through, make sure you say hi and take a picture with me! I'll be putting it up on facebook, twitter, and here on the blog from time to time. This leads me to the next update...

I now have a Facebook Fan Page! Check it out here (DJ Ley Facebook Fan Page), show some love, and become a fan! There is also a permanent link on the right side of the blog now. I truly appreciate the support!

About a week ago, my good buddy Flick from 96.1 KISS FM headed down to the Katy Perry show at Peterson Event Center in Pittsburgh. Now I've been to tons of rock concerts and a few electronic concerts, but never a pop show, so I have no idea what to expect. Well, Katy did not disappoint. DJ Skeet Skeet opened up, getting the crowd amped for the main event, and then Katy came out. I ended up having a great time, a few laughs, and even caught the pop star singing a home town favorite (Black and Yellow?). The seats were great, and so was the show. What came next, I didn't expect.

We ended up heading to an exclusive Meet and Greet with Katy! She was so kind and welcoming to the handful of people who came back, and she gave each of us some one on one time. I give her tons of credit, spending time with us after just finishing a full show! Thank you Katy.

If that wasn't enough, a few days later my friends over at Shop 412 added the picture on their website. Thanks to Aaron and Christian!

More coming later today!

Interested in finding out more about the people and places I mentioned in this post? Check out the links below!!

Flick

- Facebook

- Twitter

- Website

96.1 KISS FM

- Facebook

- Twitter

- Website

DJ Skeet Skeet

- Twitter

Katy Perry

- Facebook

- Twitter

- Website

Shop 412

- Facebook

- Twitter

- Website

It's November people, which means I'm long over due for the newest post. First up, an update on the new blog/site. Design is coming along well, and I'm working on boosting the power of my old PC to use as the server for the site. Got a few friends helping me out with the code to hopefully make the new site absolutely awesome.

New music to check out:

Cee Lo - Bright Lights, Bigger City - It's a tight track, and yet another reason Cee Lo is an under appreciated monster of the music business.

We Are The In Crowd - for all my punk fans out there, had a chance to check these guys out at the Hey Monday/Cartel show this past week in Pittsburgh, and I've gotta say, they have what it takes to make it, they just gotta keep true to the music and the fans. Their stage presence was great, the crowd was going crazy, and I've been rockin their EP since I left the show

and while we're on the subject

Cartel and Hey Monday @ Alter Bar 2010 - The show was a blast, hands down! Three opening acts, some better than others, but Cartel made the room explode with energy! Playing some well known and well known tracks like "Say Anything (Else)" and "Burn This City," plus some newer tracks, The crowd ate it up. As their set came to an end, they gave a shout out to all their fans who saw their last show in the steel city with New Found Glory, they wrapped up their set with a dope cover of "My Friends Over You" which made me jump around like back in the day. Then Hey Monday came on to wrap up the night. Only knowing a few of their songs, I had a hell of a time, and of course they played "I Don't Wanna Dance" which had the whole crowd going crazy, and the lead singer showed her ability to keep the party going when she stopped the music, called out two d-bags trying to get into a fight in the middle of a great time, and told them to grow up and stop ruining everyone's night. Reminds me of a DJ buddy of mine who used to do the same thing back in the day (HAHAHA!)! I have to say that I was absolutely floored when they Pulled out a cover Jason DeRulo's "In My Head" which had the crowd jumping and waving hands all over the place! Very pleasant surprise! All in all, it was a great night, mad props to my buddy Sandy for letting me know about the show and letting me tag along.

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Well, it's time to get back to the grind, little bit of redesign work and some long overdue mixtape work to get done today.

Until next time, I'll See you on South Side

-Mike