Test Post From The Past

Ok, I'm in the past right now posting and I want to see if this works properly. Yes, I have time machine and I will use it to come back to the future. But right now, I'm doing some testing with this post.  Is it working?  We'll soon find out.  Right now, I have to go back to playing these video games.  Farewell... for now. See you soon.

Atticus Shaffer - VIDEO

Yo, check out my dude Atticus Shaffer! This is a video of his interview on Jimmy Kimmel.

Atticus is dope because he has Osteogenesis Imperfecta - just like me!  He's rockin' on ABC's comedy "The Middle", so be sure to tune in and check out the show.

It's fantastic to see the O.I. doesn't stop people from living their dreams!!!

Rock on, Atticus!!!

You can check out Atticus at the official Atticus Shaffer Facebook Page.

Foley Artist Gary Hecker - VIDEO

Here's a fantastic video about doing foley for feature films with Gary Hecker of Todd-AO studios (Burbank)

N.E.R.D. - "Hypnotize U"

I'm diggin' the 80's laid back feel of this track. N.E.R.D. always mixin' it up, but with this one, it's kind of a straight forward joint, and I enjoy that.

You can catch N.E.R.D. at their official website and on twitter, of course.

Anyways, take a listen and leave a comment below.

A Moment in History

I'm so happy that I was able to catch this photo on my iPhone!

This was truly a once-in-a-lifetime moment.

Enjoy.

ScriptWrite 2.0 Now Available!

The best thing to happen to mobile screenwriting since the release of ScriptWrite... ScriptWrite 2.0 is now available for your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

This is an app that I have developed with my business partner, John Mason, and we're proud to have the newest update out.

You can download ScriptWrite from the App Store for $4.99: HERE

Visit the official site to get more information: http://www.scriptwriteapp.com

G-Style vs. Boogaloo at Bboy Summit 2010

Gawd daaaaaamn! Now this is what Poppin' is about right here. My boy Richie Rich moderated a peaceful battle between Slick Dogg & Tempo (G-Style) and Jazzy J and Jrock (Boogaloo) at the 2010 Bboy Summit that was held at Avalon in Hollywood, CA.

Watch the vid and post your comments below. It's tough to pick a winner.  Who do you think won?

Teemaree Featured in Good Charlotte Video

Check out Good Charlotte's new video for the first single off their upcoming album, "Cardiology"

The song is "Like It's Her Birthday" and the video features the one and only TEEMAREE! Great job Tee!

You can get at Good Charlotte on their OFFICIAL WEBSITE.

What do you think of the vid? Leave a comment below:



Download the single from iTunes:

Rock feat Ras Kass - 'Not Goin Out'

Yo, peep out Rock (of Helta Skeltah) featuring Ras Kass on this new joint from Rock's upcoming mixtape "Rockin' Out West".

It's nice to hear some classic Emcees doin' it the right way.

You can get at Rock at his OFFICIAL WEBSITE and TWITTER, and Ras Kass can be found on TWITTER also.

What do you think?  Leave a comment below:

Last Day at Fat Beats L.A. - DJs P-Trix & Clenz Roc

On Sunday, September 19, 2010, it was bitter sweet to be present at Fat Beats out on Melrose for the last day that the shop was going to be open out here in Los Angeles. Dang, I remember going to the shop when it first opened over on Vermont!

Some great DJs came out to rep and drop sets; DJ Revolution, Mr. Choc, C-Minus, J-Rocc... just to name a few.

It was my pleasure to capture DJs P-Trix & Clenz Roc when they jumped on for this quick session:

DJs P-Trix & Clenz Roc - Last Day at Fat Beats L.A. 2010 from Tony Jacobsen on Vimeo.

And I found this OM TV Fat Beats tribute vid that shows some vintage footage from 1996:




What are some of your Fat Beats memories?????

Post them below!

Wale - "The Work" - Video

Guitars and drums are nice on this one. Wale all dreaded out now! Let's go.

What do you think?

Hit up Wale's OFFICIAL WEBSITE and his TWITTER and his FACEBOOK

DJ Lesson of The Day: DJ Fly

Dude pretty much handles the business and he's clearly the 'gold' standard, so take note!

Check him out on his MYSPACE page and on FACEBOOK

For now, here's a nicely put together piece of vid for ya:

Xzibit feat Trick Trick - "Highest Form Of Understanding (H.F.O.U.)"

X comes big on this track. Love the sample on this and the drums are just FEROCIOUS.

What do you think?

Be sure to check out Xzibit's official website and follow him on twitter.

Chiddy Bang - 'The Good Life'

This track is just bouncy enough to keep the head bobbin' and the good vibes flowin'.  Good lyrical content and laid back feel to the whole song.

Hit up their MySpace, Twitter, and FACEBOOK!  These guys are makin' that nice music!

DJ Lesson of The Day - DJ P-TRIX

P-trix is not only one of the best on the planet, he's also a cordial, humble dude!  It's been my pleasure to get to know him recently and I look forward to many more projects with him involved.  You can follow him on Twitter (@djptrix) and be sure to get to one of his events!

For now, enjoy the goodness and take notes:

MixMaster Mike; This is How it Should be Done

Had to post this vid of MMM doin' his thing in Los Angeles.  Be sure to follow him on TWITTER (@M1XMASTERM1KE) and check his official WEBSITE

Jebron - Beautiful

I found this song last year and I just don't understand why it's not makin' more noise! It's a hit!

This dude is definitely being slept on... check out Jebron's Official Website and listen to 'Beautiful' right here.

Leave your comments below

Kanye West - Power (Remix) feat. Jay-Z & Swizz Beats

Aight, this I can run with.  Lovin' the new chorus and Hov's verse is nice.  YE kills it on the remixed verse and I love Swizz's use of "I got the Power" in there.

I think Kanye's new album is gonna be fire.  What do you think? Leave a comment below!

EXPLICIT VERSION

Ne-Yo - One Life

Ne-Yo's coming at us with a smooth R&B uplifting cut on this latest release!  Let's hope the album still drops on October 5, 2010.

What do you think of this joint? Leave a comment.

Serato - Scratch Live 2.1 Released

Yo DJs! Go and get the latest and greatest from our friends over at Serato.

What's new, you ask?
* Ultra Knob effect for 1 Knob performance control of advanced effects
* 32 new Ultra Knob effects and 28 new Super Knob effects including "Echo Out" and "1 Knob HP/LP filter"
* Plug and Play support for the Novation Dicer Scratch Live controller
AND MORE...

DOWNLOAD HERE

My Birthday Fundraiser for O.I.

Osteogenesis Imperfecta (O.I.) is a genetic disorder that is characterized by brittle bones that break easily.

I live with O.I. and I've been blessed to have accomplished many great things even with the disability.  Even after breaking my bones over 35 times in various parts of my body, I have always kept a positive attitude about life and continue to live my dreams.

I want others (most with more severe cases of O.I.) to have a chance to do some great things also!  Let's heal the bones as well as the spirits of those living with O.I.

My birthday was on July 25th and instead of asking for gifts, I put together a campaign to raise $250 to go towards research to find a cure for O.I.

Please take a look at my Birthday Wish and please donate if you can!  

http://birthdays.causes.com/wishes/2584

Every dollar counts and this is something that means a lot to me!

New Dynamite Jive "Stomp Kick" Single on iTunes

It's finally here!

Our new party anthem, "Stomp Kick", is available on iTunes.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD 'STOMP KICK' NOW!

Please be sure to leave a review/feedback on iTunes for us.

As always, I appreciate your continued support of my music.  I look forward to seeing everyone out at a live show soon.

peace,
Tony J.

Exciting News For 4th of July Weekend!

I'm really excited to report that Dynamite Jive's new party anthem, 'Stomp Kick', is going to be played over the holiday weekend by some great DJs in Las Vegas and Los Angeles! We've distributed out to the DJs and it's only a matter of days until the song is available for everyone on iTunes!!!

Super stoked for everyone to enjoy the song and really getting geared up to get out and perform it LIVE at some upcoming shows!

Dynamite Jive's Email List

We all see what's happening to MySpace, right?  It's going away.  And eventually, even Twitter and Facebook will meet the same demise.  There will be other social networking sites, but we've found that it's most important to keep records and stay in contact with our friends and fans by maintaining our own Email List for Dynamite Jive.

It's for this reason that I am asking you to sign up right now!  We won't bombard your inbox with unnecessary, spam-ish emails.  Honestly, we send out updates about once per month.  Occasionally more when there are really important things going on.

We will also be offering exclusive things to those signed up!

As always, we appreciate your continued support of our music and we look forward to seeing everyone out at one of our live shows soon.

Kanye West - "Power" (featuring Dwele)

Hmmmm. Not sure if I'm feelin' this. I'll have to listen a few times.

I'm glad Kanye is back, but he better come with that street flava as well on this next album.

What do y'all think? Leave a comment!

Drake - Shut It Down

Aight, we gonna peep out Drake's latest featuring Jeezy.

It's called, "Shut It Down"

What do y'all think?  Is his album gonna live up to the hype?  My answer is... yes.

Apple, Dude!

So, some people say that I am a little obsessed with Apple products.

Yes.  Yes, I am.

This is a picture taken in my studio earlier today.

At one point today - actually, this happens more often than not - I was using all four of these devices at once!

Seems a bit silly and overkill to most, but the truth of the matter is I got A TON OF WORK DONE!  And it is with all of these amazing, fantastic, even magical devices that I make it all happen.

I'm a 'Shreditor'!

How exciting! Over the weekend, I was having a great conversation with my good pal, Andrew S.  We were chatting about different projects that we are working on and I was telling him about the various projects that I am shooting, producing, and editing.  He said, 'Oh, you're a shreditor.'  I said, "That's awesome!"

So, there ya have it - Shooter / Producer / Editor = "Shreditor"

Thanks, Andrew!

iPad On Set

I've had the iPad since it's release, day one. I've been using it every day since. Mostly for reading, surfing the interwebs, doing emails, and Twitter. There are lots of cool apps designed specifically for the iPad and I recently had the pleasure of actually using one on set for my monthly production that I produce/shoot/edit called, 'The Buzz'.

The app is Teleprompt+ and it's absolutely genius. I was able to rig up the iPad just under the camera lens using a baby stand. And the best part was that the company offers a free 'remote' for the iPhone which you can use to control the iPad version! Genius!

I had an issue with the Google Docs import function when I first started getting my script set up. I emailed the company and they quickly responded with a solution. (it was a google issue, not theirs) Once I did a good old copy/paste and got my script into the app, it took all of 10 seconds to get up and running with the remote and all.

Once we started shooting, the Host had an enjoyable experience reading off the iPad and this app. It was great to be able to stand to the side and control the scroll of the text. I did have a slight lag issue when stopping and trying to scroll to the top of the script. Most of the time, I would just step up to the iPad and do a quick scroll up to the top of the portion of the script that we were working on.

A couple features that I would love to see would be:

1) Markers - and the ability to jump to the markers as needed.

2) Jump to Top option

3) Seeing the words of the script on the iphone remote

I've only used it once so I'm sure there are other feature suggestions I'll have after the next time!

Great job BOMBING BRAIN INTERACTIVE!

The app sells for $9.99 and the remote is FREE! Great value!

Get it on iTunes and visit their Official Site.

Here are some on-set pics:

New Em Freestyle

This is what should have happened on this beat to begin with.

Enjoy.

DJ Tony J. at Backside Records - Easter Sunday

Join me on Sunday, April 4, 2010 (Easter Sunday) for a great day of music and art at Backside Records in Burbank, CA.  I’ll be spinning throughout the day along with DJ Teemaree, C-Minus, Mr. Choc, and DJ Lagger.

All the details on on the flyer below! This is a FREE event, so come on thru and enjoy! Look forward to seeing you there!

DJ Tony J. at Wokcano's LBC

Saturday, March 20th, I’ll be rockin’ in Long Beach along with DJ Teemaree (www.teemaree.com) and DJ Hilo at the hottest club in the LBC!

You can find all the details at the following links:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=354019602216

MySpace: http://event.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&eventID=525475.34424&Mytoken=8A8288E3-5C26-4E8D-BD4DDB1F833EEFAF285373750

Be sure to follow me on twitter so you always get the latest and greatest updates on what’s crackin’! www.twitter.com/tonyjworld

We Can ALL Make Money

I work in the entertainment business.  There is plenty of money to go around.  Not really sure why people try their best to cheap other people out.  Just for the record, I don’t cheap anyone out.  I’ve spent a lot of time in this game and I feel that EVERYONE has value in the services they provide.  I have a ton of talented friends in many facets of this industry. I would NEVER expect them to provide me a service for less than what they are worth.  Sometimes, we work out deals, swap services, whatever it takes so WE CAN ALL MAKE MONEY!

The bottom line is... DON’T BE GREEDY!  We can all make money and if you are truly going to ‘hook up’ your friends with gigs, then HOOK THEM UP!

New Pod-Stuff Page

I have created a new “Pod-Stuff” page on my website to allow a centralized access point to all my DJ mixes, Re-Mixes, videos, etc.

Check it out HERE!

January 1, 2010

Day 1 - I rocked out with Tee at a party she was DJing for NYE until 3:00am. Went to sleep at about 4:30am and woke up at 6:15am to go out to the Rose Parade with my Pops, Tee, and Mr. Panda Champ! That's why I look wrecked! Hahaha!

(For more of the ME EACH DAY goodness, click HERE to check out the exclusive BLOG)