SHG Radio Show, Episode 160

Welcome to this week's edition of Subterranean Homesick Grooves™, a weekly electronica-based radio show presented originally on CHMA FM 106.9 at Mount Allison University in Atlantic Canada (but expanded to a distribution on other terrestrial radio stations), and also distributed as a global podcast through iTunes and numerous other sites. The show is normally programmed and mixed by Jonathan Clark (as DJ Bolivia), although some weeks feature guest mixes by other Canadian DJ's. The show encompasses many sub-genres within the realm of electronic dance music, but the main focus is definitely on tech-house and techno, and a small amount of progressive, trance, & minimal. Liner notes for this episode (SHG 160) can be seen below.

Para la información en español, vaya aquí.




Here’s a link so you can listen to the show or download it from SoundCloud:



In addition to being able to download each episode from SoundCloud, you can also visit our DJ Mixes folder on Dropbox (which allows for bulk downloads).  That folder hosts hundreds of episodes and other DJ mixes.  Here's the link:

djbolivia.ca/mixes

And of course, you can download Bolivia's individual tracks from this link:

    djbolivia.ca/tracks

This week's show is a bit of a unique one. I dusted off the turntables and played a bunch of tracks that are about ten years old, on average. I also recorded the production of the show on video, so you can check that out at the bottom of the page. There are two versions available: the first is the one that most people will want to listen to, because it's the audio that the audience normally hears. The second video is designed for a limited audience ... beginning DJ's who want to try to understand beat-mixing better. The audio in that second video incorporates what I hear as a DJ when I'm mixing. Not very enjoyable to listen to for relaxation, but useful if you're trying to understand beat-mixing better.


Here are Track Listings for episode 160:

01. DJ Nukem feat Jamie Wong-Li, "Secrets" (Deep Mix).
02. Peroxide, "Metropolis."
03. Nick K, "Space Dough."
04. Seragaki, "Ryukyu Underground" (Quivver Remix).
05. Tony Thomas & Flow, "Bugged" (Cheech Mix).
06. Midnight Star, "Freakazoid" (Adam Nathan & J-Groove Mix).
07. Sphere, "Barrier" (Original Nu Breed Mix).
08. Chris Fortier, "Despegue" (Dub).
09. Yunus vs Subsky, "Erotic Sumo."
10. Element N, "On A Mission" (Freeloader Mix).



Here are links to either personal websites, MySpace pages, or [usually] the SoundCloud pages for a few of the original artists and remixers/producers listed above. Not many this week, since these are pretty old tracks:



DJ Nukem (Switzerland)
Quivver (United States)
Tony Thomas & Flow (United Kingdom)
Adam Nathan (Canada)
Chris Fortier (United States)
Subsky (Turkey)


Subterranean Homesick Grooves is a weekly specialty EDM music show with a basic weekly audience base of about 1500 listeners per week through podcasting and direct downloads, another hundred or so listeners through SoundCloud, and an unknown number of listeners through terrestrial FM broadcast. If you're a radio station programming director, and would like to add Subterranean Homesick Grooves to your regular programming lineup, contact djbolivia@gmail.com for details. We currently release SHG as an advance download to a number of stations globally on a weekly basis (at no charge), and we welcome inquiries from additional outlets.


We also have a file containing complete track listings from all of DJ Bolivia's radio shows, studio mixes, and live sets. The PDF version can be viewed from within your browser by clicking directly. Both the PDF and the Excel versions can be downloaded by right-clicking and choosing the "save link as" option:

View as PDF file: http://www.djbolivia.ca/complete_track_history_djbolivia.pdf
Download Excel file: http://www.djbolivia.ca/complete_track_history_djbolivia.xlsx

Follow Jonathan Clark on other sites:
        SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/djbolivia
        YouTube: youtube.com/djbolivia
        Facebook: facebook.com/djbolivia
        Main Site: www.djbolivia.ca
        Music Blog: djbolivia.blogspot.ca

This show was actually recorded on video, and there are two versions available on YouTube. The one that most people will be interested in is this video, which features an audio feed exactly the same as the publicly released radio show episode:

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If you appreciate the content that I've shared in my blog posts and youtube videos, I'd really appreciate in kind if you could show some support by donating a few dollars to help sponsor tree planting, in order to help fight climate change. I'm very involved in this type of work at my own reforestation company, which builds community forests and forest reserve areas to help the environment. Find out more at this link:

replant.ca/environmental

Audio Recording Tutorials #03 to #05 - Layered Multi-Track Recording

Videos #03 through #05 of my Audio Recording tutorial series are now online (and I have some additional study notes further down in this post). These three particular videos explain how to go about making a multi-track recording when you must record the tracks one after another in layers, rather than being able to perform everything simultaneously.

If you're just discovering this series and want to start at the beginning, visit:  djbolivia.ca/audiorecording



Audio Recording Tutorial #03: Layered Multitracking part 1

In this video, we use Adobe's Audition software to record the tracks that we're going to be working with on this project. I recorded a Neil Young song (After The Gold Rush) with four parts: piano, strings, bass, and acoustic guitar. This video described the process of setting up the session, setting up individual tracks and arming them, recording the audio, and making sure the project was ready for editing.








Audio Recording Tutorial #04: Layered Multitracking part 2

In this video, I started to explain basic editing tasks such as using the razor/slice tool to cut a track up into clips, making changes to track volumes and panning, and adding volume and panning automation to individual clips. I also talked about Signal-To-Noise Ratios, the use of subtractive EQ'ing to give your instruments more space in a mix, and archiving.








Audio Recording Tutorial #05: Layered Multitracking part 3

We finished editing the individual tracks, I talked about snapping and zero crossings and cross-fade techniques, and then we bounced the edited tracks, did some EQ'ing, added reverb, and adjusted panning and volumes again. Finally, we bounced all the tracks to a single audio files, did some additional reverb and hard limiting/amplification work on it, and saved the final result to disk.








The Final Product: the song that was recorded

This is a very short video, just over three minutes long. It's the final edited copy of the song that I recorded, "After The Gold Rush." This song was originally written by Neil Young, and was the title track to his third album, released in 1970.








If you want to download the audio files that I was using in these videos, to better hear the audio (or experiment with it) in your own home studio setup, here’s a link to the two zipped folders containing the relevant files:

www.djbolivia.ca/tutorials/audiorecording03.rar

www.djbolivia.ca/tutorials/audiorecording04and05.rar

Once you've watched the two videos above, I'd recommend that you spend some time learning a bit more about a few of the things that I covered in this video:

Computer Technology: SSD's vs HDD's:

http://www.storagereview.com/ssd_vs_hdd

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2025402/ssds-vs-hard-drives-vs-hybrids-which-storage-tech-is-right-for-you-.html

Fundamentals and Harmonics:

http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/phonetics%20II%20page%20eight.htm

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/sound/u11l4d.cfm

http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-harmonics.htm

Zero Crossings & Snapping:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_crossing

http://www.ohdratdigital.com/tutorials-2/zero-crossing-points-what-are-they/

To see the rest of the tutorials in this Audio Recording series, visit:

djbolivia.ca/audiorecording

Thanks so much for visit, and for your support!  I really appreciate the fan base that I've been able to build up over the years.

Also, if you want to visit any of my other sites, here are a few links:

    YouTube:  youtube.com/djbolivia

    SoundCloud:  soundcloud.com/djbolivia

    Blogger:  djbolivia.blogspot.com

    Main Site:  www.djbolivia.ca

SHG Radio Show, Episode 159

Welcome to this week's edition of Subterranean Homesick Grooves™, a weekly electronica-based radio show presented originally on CHMA FM 106.9 at Mount Allison University in Atlantic Canada (but expanded to a distribution on other terrestrial radio stations), and also distributed as a global podcast through iTunes and numerous other sites. The show is normally programmed and mixed by Jonathan Clark (as DJ Bolivia), although some weeks feature guest mixes by other Canadian DJ's. The show encompasses many sub-genres within the realm of electronic dance music, but the main focus is definitely on tech-house and techno, and a small amount of progressive, trance, & minimal. Liner notes for this episode (SHG 159) can be seen below.

Para la información en español, vaya aquí.




Here’s a link so you can listen to the show or download it from SoundCloud:



In addition to being able to download each episode from SoundCloud, you can also visit our DJ Mixes folder on Dropbox (which allows for bulk downloads).  That folder hosts hundreds of episodes and other DJ mixes.  Here's the link:

djbolivia.ca/mixes

And of course, you can download Bolivia's individual tracks from this link:

    djbolivia.ca/tracks

Here are Track Listings for episode 159:

01. Tim Xavier feat George Rontiris, "Space Jockey" (Original Mix).
02. Luca Morris, "Senorita Fly" (Original Mix).
03. Fred Hush & Noseda, "A Joke That Kills" (Green Velvet Remix).
04. Julian Garces, "Next Step" (Original Mix).
05. Yann Solo & Karl Jefferson, "Want To See" (Original Mix).
06. PanPot, "Kepler" (Julian Jeweil Remix).
07. Hoxton Whores, "Stand Myself" (Kevin Andrews Mix).
08. Pirupa & Hollen, "El Cambio Politico" (Original Mix).
09. Steve Self, "Bease Knees" (Vortex Remix).
10. Caballero, "Let's Groove" (Original Mix).
11. Roger Shah, Sian, Kosheen, "Hide U" (Jerome Robins Vocal Mix).
12. Kadoc, "The Night Train" (Amo & Navas Rework).


Here are links to either personal websites, MySpace pages, or [usually] the SoundCloud pages for a few of the original artists and remixers/producers listed above:



Tim Xavier (Germany)
Luca Morris (Italy)
Fred Hush (Belgium)
Noseda (Belgium)
Green Velvet (United States)
Julian Garces (United States)
Karl Jefferson (France)
PanPot (Germany)
Julian Jeweil (France)
Hoxton Whores (Britain)
Kevin Andrews (Britain)
Pirupa & Hollen (Italy)
Steve Self (Greece)
Jerome Robins (Canada)
Amo & Navas (Spain)


Subterranean Homesick Grooves is a weekly specialty EDM music show with a basic weekly audience base of about 1500 listeners per week through podcasting and direct downloads, another hundred or so listeners through SoundCloud, and an unknown number of listeners through terrestrial FM broadcast. If you're a radio station programming director, and would like to add Subterranean Homesick Grooves to your regular programming lineup, contact djbolivia@gmail.com for details. We currently release SHG as an advance download to a number of stations globally on a weekly basis (at no charge), and we welcome inquiries from additional outlets.


We also have a file containing complete track listings from all of DJ Bolivia's radio shows, studio mixes, and live sets. The PDF version can be viewed from within your browser by clicking directly. Both the PDF and the Excel versions can be downloaded by right-clicking and choosing the "save link as" option:

View as PDF file: http://www.djbolivia.ca/complete_track_history_djbolivia.pdf
Download Excel file: http://www.djbolivia.ca/complete_track_history_djbolivia.xlsx

Follow Jonathan Clark on other sites:
        SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/djbolivia
        YouTube: youtube.com/djbolivia
        Facebook: facebook.com/djbolivia
        Main Site: www.djbolivia.ca
        Music Blog: djbolivia.blogspot.ca

By the way, I've been working on a number of tutorial videos lately about various aspects of DJ'ing and music production. Here's one that I completed recently:

Audio Recording Tutorial #02 - Basic Multi-Track Recording

I just uploaded part two of my Audio Recording tutorial series (and I have some additional study notes further down in this post). This series is more related to home studio work than it is to DJ'ing, although I'm still covering the very basics of audio engineering and production work.

If you're just discovering this series and want to start back at the beginning, visit:  djbolivia.ca/audiorecording


Audio Recording Tutorial #02: Basic Multi-Track Recording

In this video, we start exploring multi-track recording in a single pass.  I talk about external soundcards, which usually connect to your computer via USB or firewire, and which give you better quality of your audio signals flowing in and out of the computer.  I talk about types of audio signals & cords, and the plugs that you'll commonly encounter (ie. XLR, 1/4", RCA/phono).  I discuss basic information about microphones, including dynamic and condenser mikes, which are the most common types.  Working with Abode Audition, I record a simple piano performance using a dynamic and a condenser microphone, and then do some basic editing to make the track sound better.  The song I played was an instrumental cover of "Wasted Time," written by Glenn Frey and Don Henley of the Eagles.





If you want to download the audio files that I was using in this video, to better hear the audio (or experiment with it) in your own home studio setup, here’s a link to a zipped folder containing the relevant files:

www.djbolivia.ca/tutorials/audiorecording02.rar




Audio Recording Tutorial #01: Basic Recording

This was the first video in the series, which you might want to watch before you watch #02. This one deals with very simple audio recording using the microphone on a HD video camera, and using a portable audio recording device.  It talks about some of the basic types of processing that a studio engineer would put on an audio track (particularly on vocals), which includes reverb, delay, chorus, and EQ’ing, although it only goes into any detail on the last of those four topics.  I predominantly use Audacity to illustrate some basic concepts, with just a bit of use of Audition and VLC to help out with some other tasks.  Essentially, I’ve recorded a song (a cover of Pearl Jam's "Elderly Woman" on acoustic guitar and singing) and then extracted the audio from the recording devices, then I did some very simple processing in order to come up with a better quality audio file.






Once you've watched the two videos above, I'd recommend that you spend some time learning a bit more about a few of the things that I covered in this video:

Microphones:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microphone

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1995_articles/jun95/microphones.html

http://www.dpamicrophones.com/en/Mic-University/Technology-Guide/10-Statements-on-Condenser-Microphones-vs--Dynamic-Microphones.aspx

Phantom Power:

http://www.gollihurmusic.com/faq/28-PHANTOM_POWER_BASICS_MICROPHONES_PREAMPS.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_power

http://www.tangible-technology.com/power/Phantom_Power_connect.html

Signal Cords:

http://www.techno-fandom.org/techu/Sound-101/Sound-101.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XLR_connector

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_connector_(audio)

http://www.ovnilab.com/articles/linelevel.shtml

USB Condenser Microphones:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/149123/microphone.html

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb07/articles/usbmics.htm

Mono versus Stereo:

http://www.diffen.com/difference/Mono_vs_Stereo

http://www.mcsquared.com/mono-stereo.htm

Background Noise:

http://www.ap.com/solutions/introtoaudiotest/snr

To see the rest of the tutorials in this Audio Recording series, visit:

djbolivia.ca/audiorecording

Thanks so much for visit, and for your support!  I really appreciate the fan base that I've been able to build up over the years.

Also, if you want to visit any of my other sites, here are a few links:

    YouTube:  youtube.com/djbolivia

    SoundCloud:  soundcloud.com/djbolivia

    Blogger:  djbolivia.blogspot.com

    Main Site:  www.djbolivia.ca

SHG Radio Show, Episode 158

Welcome to this week's edition of Subterranean Homesick Grooves™, a weekly electronica-based radio show presented originally on CHMA FM 106.9 at Mount Allison University in Atlantic Canada (but expanded to a distribution on other terrestrial radio stations), and also distributed as a global podcast through iTunes and numerous other sites. The show is normally programmed and mixed by Jonathan Clark (as DJ Bolivia), although some weeks feature guest mixes by other Canadian DJ's. The show encompasses many sub-genres within the realm of electronic dance music, but the main focus is definitely on tech-house and techno, and a small amount of progressive, trance, & minimal. Liner notes for this episode (SHG 158) can be seen below.

Para la información en español, vaya aquí.




Here’s a link so you can listen to the show or download it from SoundCloud:



In addition to being able to download each episode from SoundCloud, you can also visit our DJ Mixes folder on Dropbox (which allows for bulk downloads).  That folder hosts hundreds of episodes and other DJ mixes.  Here's the link:

djbolivia.ca/mixes

And of course, you can download Bolivia's individual tracks from this link:

    djbolivia.ca/tracks

Here are Track Listings for episode 158:

01. Robert Hood, "Drive The Age Of Automation" (Phase Nocturnal Mix).
02. Julian Jeweil, "Mad" (Original Mix).
03. Darkrow & Miguel Bastida, "Phonky Rythm" (Matt Klast At The Room Remix).
04. Tom Hades, "Real Firecracker" (Original Mix).
05. John Acquaviva & Olivier Giacomotto, "Hoo Cha Cha" (Original Mix).
06. Bongo Man, "I Ate My Hat" (Original Mix).
07. Gabriel D'Or & Bordoy, "Toia" (Original Mix).
08. Manuel De La Mare & Luigi Rocca, "Azul" (Original Mix).
09. Philip Jo, "You Feel Me" (Original Mix).
10. Tim Richards & Arjun Vagale, "Tonkatsu" (Mladen Tomic Remix).
11. Simon Doty, "A Certain Kind Of Something" (Original Club Mix).
12. Sammy Gonzalez, "Deixa" (Alex Z Remix).



Here are links to either personal websites, MySpace pages, or [usually] the SoundCloud pages for a few of the original artists and remixers/producers listed above:



Robert Hood (United States)
Julian Jeweil (France)
Darkrow (Spain)
Miguel Bastida (Spain)
Tom Hades (Belgium)
John Acquaviva (Canada)
Olivier Giacomotto (France)
Gabriel D'Or & Bordoy (Spain)
Manuel De La Mare (Italy)
Luigi Rocca (Italy)
Philip Jo (United Arab Emirates)
Tim Richards (New Zealand)
Arjun Vagale (India)
Simon Doty (Canada)
Alex Z (Spain)
Mladen Tomic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Matt Klast (Colombia)


Subterranean Homesick Grooves is a weekly specialty EDM music show with a basic weekly audience base of about 1500 listeners per week through podcasting and direct downloads, another hundred or so listeners through SoundCloud, and an unknown number of listeners through terrestrial FM broadcast. If you're a radio station programming director, and would like to add Subterranean Homesick Grooves to your regular programming lineup, contact djbolivia@gmail.com for details. We currently release SHG as an advance download to a number of stations globally on a weekly basis (at no charge), and we welcome inquiries from additional outlets.

We also have a file containing complete track listings from all of DJ Bolivia's radio shows, studio mixes, and live sets. The PDF version can be viewed from within your browser by clicking directly. Both the PDF and the Excel versions can be downloaded by right-clicking and choosing the "save link as" option:

View as PDF file: http://www.djbolivia.ca/complete_track_history_djbolivia.pdf
Download Excel file: http://www.djbolivia.ca/complete_track_history_djbolivia.xlsx

Follow Jonathan Clark on other sites:
        SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/djbolivia
        YouTube: youtube.com/djbolivia
        Facebook: facebook.com/djbolivia
        Main Site: www.djbolivia.ca
        Music Blog: djbolivia.blogspot.ca

By the way, I've been working on a number of tutorial videos lately about various aspects of DJ'ing and music production. Here's one that I completed recently:

SHG Radio Show, Episode 157

Welcome to this week's edition of Subterranean Homesick Grooves™, a weekly electronica-based radio show presented originally on CHMA FM 106.9 at Mount Allison University in Atlantic Canada (but expanded to a distribution on other terrestrial radio stations), and also distributed as a global podcast through iTunes and numerous other sites. The show is normally programmed and mixed by Jonathan Clark (as DJ Bolivia), although some weeks feature guest mixes by other Canadian DJ's. The show encompasses many sub-genres within the realm of electronic dance music, but the main focus is definitely on tech-house and techno, and a small amount of progressive, trance, & minimal. Liner notes for this episode (SHG 157) can be seen below.

Para la información en español, vaya aquí.




Here’s a link so you can listen to the show or download it from SoundCloud:



In addition to being able to download each episode from SoundCloud, you can also visit our DJ Mixes folder on Dropbox (which allows for bulk downloads).  That folder hosts hundreds of episodes and other DJ mixes.  Here's the link:

djbolivia.ca/mixes

And of course, you can download Bolivia's individual tracks from this link:

    djbolivia.ca/tracks

Here are Track Listings for episode 157:

01. German Brigante, "Tombo" (Original Mix).
02. Reset Robot, "Snow Leap" (Original Mix).
03. Luigi Madonna, "New World" (Original Mix).
04. Lauren Benavente, "Atractivo Agresivo" (Original Mix).
05. Kadoc, "The Night Train" (Phunk Investigation Remix).
06. Redhead, "Baloo" (Original Mix).
07. Yvan Genkins, "Tea Party Protest" (Mendo Remix).
08. Christian Smith, "Tower" (Gig Mix).
09. Deadmau5, "1981" (Mike Vale vs Jerome Robins Mix).
10. DJ Smilk & Johan Dresser, "African Dream" (Original Mix).
11. Beatz Projekted, "Funkin Out" (Original Mix).
12. Radi & Keith feat Corey Andrew, "Roc King Trip" (Tech Mix).



Here are links to either personal websites, MySpace pages, or [usually] the SoundCloud pages for a few of the original artists and remixers/producers listed above:



German Brigante (Spain)
Reset Robot (Britain)
Luigi Madonna (Italy)
Lauren Benavente (Spain)
Yvan Genkins (Switzerland)
Christian Smith (Brazil)
Deadmau5 (Canada)
DJ Smilk (Colombia)
Johan Dresser (Colombia)
Beatz Projekted (Turkey)
Radi & Keith (Switzerland)
Mike Vale (Slovenia)
Jerome Robins (Canada)
Mendo (Switzerland)
Phunk Investigation (Italy)


Subterranean Homesick Grooves is a weekly specialty EDM music show with a basic weekly audience base of about 1500 listeners per week through podcasting and direct downloads, another hundred or so listeners through SoundCloud, and an unknown number of listeners through terrestrial FM broadcast. If you're a radio station programming director, and would like to add Subterranean Homesick Grooves to your regular programming lineup, contact djbolivia@gmail.com for details. We currently release SHG as an advance download to a number of stations globally on a weekly basis (at no charge), and we welcome inquiries from additional outlets.


We also have a file containing complete track listings from all of DJ Bolivia's radio shows, studio mixes, and live sets. The PDF version can be viewed from within your browser by clicking directly. Both the PDF and the Excel versions can be downloaded by right-clicking and choosing the "save link as" option:

View as PDF file: http://www.djbolivia.ca/complete_track_history_djbolivia.pdf
Download Excel file: http://www.djbolivia.ca/complete_track_history_djbolivia.xlsx

Follow Jonathan Clark on other sites:
        SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/djbolivia
        YouTube: youtube.com/djbolivia
        Facebook: facebook.com/djbolivia
        Main Site: www.djbolivia.ca
        Music Blog: djbolivia.blogspot.ca

Digital DJ Publication

Some of my videos have just been featured in the "Digital DJ" publication.  Here's a link to the issue:

http://paper.li/jaybrice/1314116998

Check it out. There are a lot of good links there if you're interested in DJ'ing, especially with software like Ableton, Serato, etc.  There's a free subscription link up in the top right if you'd like Digital DJ delivered to your inbox.

Jay Brice (DJ Mongo) is the publisher of Digital DJ.  Jay is a lawyer in Las Vegas, but he's got a background in radio station management and is the co-host of The Lyons Den Radio Show, heard weekly on Sundays from 7-11pm PST on 91.5fm KUNV Las Vegas.

  

I'm Jonathan Clark, known online as DJ Bolivia.  Do you want to learn more about DJ'ing and music production?  If so, visit:

djbolivia.ca/training

If you happen to enjoy techno tracks, most of my tracks are available as free downloads from this link:

djbolivia.ca/tracks

Thanks so much for visit, and for your support!  I really appreciate the fan base that I've been able to build up over the years.

Also, if you want to visit any of my other sites, here are a few links:

    YouTube:  youtube.com/djbolivia

    SoundCloud:  soundcloud.com/djbolivia

    Blogger:  djbolivia.blogspot.com

    Main Site:  www.djbolivia.ca

SHG Radio Show, Episode 156

Welcome to this week's edition of Subterranean Homesick Grooves™, a weekly electronica-based radio show presented originally on CHMA FM 106.9 at Mount Allison University in Atlantic Canada (but expanded to a distribution on other terrestrial radio stations), and also distributed as a global podcast through iTunes and numerous other sites. The show is normally programmed and mixed by Jonathan Clark (as DJ Bolivia), although some weeks feature guest mixes by other Canadian DJ's. The show encompasses many sub-genres within the realm of electronic dance music, but the main focus is definitely on tech-house and techno, and a small amount of progressive, trance, & minimal. Liner notes for this episode (SHG 156) can be seen below.

Para la información en español, vaya aquí.




Here’s a link so you can listen to the show or download it from SoundCloud:



This week's show has been tied in with a video production, in association with a mini-series of YouTube tutorials that I've just produced to show people how to do live performances and learn more about DJ'ing. I video recorded the production of this show, which was mixed on a pair of Pioneer CDJ-2000 pitch-controlled CD players along with a Pioneer DJM-900 Nexus mixer. I've included two links at the bottom of this post which I think you'll find to be interesting. The first video shows the perspective from my point-of-view as the DJ, so you'll hear the cue signal in the left audio channel, and the right channel features the audio from the dance floor's perspective (my booth monitor feed). That one will probably only be interesting to the DJ's. However, the second embedded video at the bottom will play this week's episode from the dance floor perspective as a full-length video, and I think that everyone will enjoy that one.


Here are Track Listings for episode 156:

01. 10dens, "In A Distant World" (Hauk 'n Baum Remix).
02. Iban Loomvek, "Liegos" (Original Mix).
03. Paris The Black FU & Sierra Sam, "Welcome To The Blackout" (Original Mix).
04. Ale Di Rio, "I Can See It" (Original Mix).
05. Sean Danke, "Purkur" (Original Mix).
06. Oliver Moldan, "Beef" (Tom Hades Remix).
07. Funk D'Void, Sian & The Hellfire Club, "Pagan Imagery" (Original Mix).
08. Joy Marquez, "Secret Weapon" (Original Mix).
09. Billy Mason, "Amsterdam Funk" (Original Mix).
10. Steve Lorenz, "Berghain 5am" (Frankyeffe Remix).
11. Traumer, "Clementine" (Original Mix).
12. Pere F & Joan Roca, "American Speech" (DJahir Miranda & TecHouzer Remix).



Here are links to either personal websites, MySpace pages, or [usually] the SoundCloud pages for a few of the original artists and remixers/producers listed above:



10dens (Netherlands)
Hauk 'n Baum (Netherlands)
Sierra Sam (Germany)
Ale Di Rio (Italy)
Sean Danke (Iceland)
Oliver Moldan (Germany)
Tom Hades (Belgium)
Funk D'Void (Spain)
Joy Marquez (Mexico)
Billy Mason (Netherlands)
Steve Lorenz (China)
Frankyeffe (Italy)
Traumer (France)
Pere F (Spain)
Joan Roca (Spain)
DJahir Miranda (Mexico)
TecHouzer (Spain)


Subterranean Homesick Grooves is a weekly specialty EDM music show with a basic weekly audience base of about 1500 listeners per week through podcasting and direct downloads, another hundred or so listeners through SoundCloud, and an unknown number of listeners through terrestrial FM broadcast. If you're a radio station programming director, and would like to add Subterranean Homesick Grooves to your regular programming lineup, contact djbolivia@gmail.com for details. We currently release SHG as an advance download to a number of stations globally on a weekly basis (at no charge), and we welcome inquiries from additional outlets.


We also have a file containing complete track listings from all of DJ Bolivia's radio shows, studio mixes, and live sets. The PDF version can be viewed from within your browser by clicking directly. Both the PDF and the Excel versions can be downloaded by right-clicking and choosing the "save link as" option:

View as PDF file: http://www.djbolivia.ca/complete_track_history_djbolivia.pdf
Download Excel file: http://www.djbolivia.ca/complete_track_history_djbolivia.xlsx

Follow Jonathan Clark on other sites:
        SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/djbolivia
        YouTube: youtube.com/djbolivia
        Facebook: facebook.com/djbolivia
        Main Site: www.djbolivia.ca
        Music Blog: djbolivia.blogspot.ca

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If you appreciate the content that I've shared in my blog posts and youtube videos, I'd really appreciate in kind if you could show some support by donating a few dollars to help sponsor tree planting, in order to help fight climate change. I'm very involved in this type of work at my own reforestation company, which builds community forests and forest reserve areas to help the environment. Find out more at this link:

replant.ca/environmental

Learn to DJ with Ableton Live (live real-time performances)

About a year ago, I made three videos to teach people how to produce DJ mixes using Ableton. About 250,000 views later between the three videos (and many more since then), I decided it was time to make more. After all, the original intent was that these were going to be part of a bigger series about how DJ's can use Ableton. You can see those first three videos (and many more related videos) here:  djbolivia.ca/ableton

Although those first three videos focused on studio-based aspects of DJ'ing and Ableton, I just finished up a second series which focuses specifically on live performance aspects of using Ableton. I hope that these are just as popular. Here are the links to those new videos. I



Live DJ'ing with Ableton, Part 1 of 4:

I start off with an overview of what you need to know about DJ'ing and what Ableton has to offer. We cover a review of beat-mixing and the need to understand "warping" in Ableton, a background on what you need to know/learn about audio mixers before you can go any further, and finally, a quick discussion of optional equipment and peripherals that can make your setup more powerful and flexible (ie. headphones, MIDI controllers, an audio mixer, and external soundcard).





Live DJ'ing with Ableton, Part 2 of 4:

This video covers basic navigation of the Ableton software, creating a project, importing tracks, adding effects, and doing simple DJ'ing without cue capabilities. If you know that your tracks are warped properly, and know your music well, the need to cue incoming tracks is minimized.





Live DJ'ing with Ableton, Part 3 of 4:

In this part of the series, we start getting into a proper setup. I cover external sound cards, audio mixers, and external MIDI controllers. I also start to talk about signal routing. Understanding proper signal routing is critical for using Ableton in a professional capacity.





Live DJ'ing with Ableton, Part 4 of 4:

This video covers advanced routing and signal flow ideas and examples, and also covers integrating Ableton with a professional piece of equipment, the Allen & Heath Xone 4D. I use the Xone 4D as an integrated component that contains an external sound card, an audio mixer, and a full-fledged MIDI controller all in one standalone unit.





Live DJ'ing with Ableton, Unofficial Part 5:

I really should have made the series a five-part series. Although technically speaking, I covered everything in the first four parts, this video definitely complements the rest of the series, especially the fourth part. In this video, I walk you through the steps of setting up a project with a slightly different approach than in part four, and then use that project to perform an hour-long set, which then became episode 155 of my weekly radio show, Subterranean Homesick Grooves. This video is produced completely from the DJ's perspective, ie. you'll hear the booth monitor output in your right channel, and the DJ's cue audio in your left channel, so you'll be able to understand exactly what I'm doing.





The Final Result, a Live Performance:

This is the companion video to the previous unofficial "part five" of the series. This shows the same view as the previous video, but this one only has audio for what the dance floor hears. So this is completely just an extra video that you can watch or listen to for fun. No learning here, this is just for relaxing after you've finished studying the other videos!





I have a lot more videos that help teach you about using Ableton Live for DJ'ing.  Find them at this link:

djbolivia.ca/ableton

If you happen to enjoy techno tracks, most of my tracks are available as free downloads from this link:

djbolivia.ca/tracks

Thanks so much for visit, and for your support!  I really appreciate the fan base that I've been able to build up over the years.

Also, if you want to visit any of my other sites, here are a few links:

    YouTube:  youtube.com/djbolivia

    SoundCloud:  soundcloud.com/djbolivia

    Blogger:  djbolivia.blogspot.com

    Main Site:  www.djbolivia.ca

SHG Radio Show, Episode 155

Welcome to this week's edition of Subterranean Homesick Grooves™, a weekly electronica-based radio show presented originally on CHMA FM 106.9 at Mount Allison University in Atlantic Canada (but expanded to a distribution on other terrestrial radio stations), and also distributed as a global podcast through iTunes and numerous other sites. The show is normally programmed and mixed by Jonathan Clark (as DJ Bolivia), although some weeks feature guest mixes by other Canadian DJ's. The show encompasses many sub-genres within the realm of electronic dance music, but the main focus is definitely on tech-house and techno, and a small amount of progressive, trance, & minimal. Liner notes for this episode (SHG 155) can be seen below.

Para la información en español, vaya aquí.




Here’s a link so you can listen to the show or download it from SoundCloud:



In addition to being able to download each episode from SoundCloud, you can also visit our DJ Mixes folder on Dropbox (which allows for bulk downloads).  That folder hosts hundreds of episodes and other DJ mixes.  Here's the link:

djbolivia.ca/mixes

And of course, you can download Bolivia's individual tracks from this link:

    djbolivia.ca/tracks

This week's show has been tied in with a video production, in association with a mini-series of YouTube tutorials that I've just produced to show people how to do live performances with Ableton Live. This is a series that I've wanted to do for almost a year, and I've had hundreds of people emailing me with suggestions for it. It's a pretty complicated and comprehensive series, and I've embedded links to the four main parts of the series at the bottom of this post. You might find the bottom two links to be especially interesting, because I also filmed the production of this week's show, one showing the perspective from my point-of-view as the DJ (you'll hear the cue signal in the left audio), and the other from the dance floor's perspective. The very bottom link will play this week's episode from that dance floor perspective as a full-length video.


Here are Track Listings for episode 155:

01. Figueroa & Obando, "The Messanger" (Technasia Remix).
02. Cari Lekebusch, "Xylopeggiator" (Original Mix).
03. Alan Fitzpatrick, "Skeksis" (Original Mix).
04. Fatboy Slim, "Right Here Right Now" (Coyu Remix).
05. Jay Lumen, "Get Yaa" (Original Mix).
06. Diego Infanzon, "Spirit That Shit" (Hollen Remix).
07. Mladen Tomic, "Physical Level" (Original Mix).
08. Nicole Moudaber, "Brooklyn Hangover" (Original Mix).
09. Spartaque, "No Way Back" (Original Club Mix).
10. Jay Lumen, "Warehouse" (Original Mix).
11. Tom Hades, "Analogical" (Filterheadz Remix).
12. Filterheadz, "Kinetic Energy" (Original Mix).
13. Ant Brooks, "Revolution" (Original Club Mix).
14. Gabriel D'Or & Bordoy, "Belzebuth" (Original Mix).
15. Piatto & Luigi Rocca, "Cosmic Girl" (Original Club Mix).
16. Madutec, "Caffeine" (Original Mix).
17. Andrea Roma & Yeso, "Rexin" (Original Mix).



Here are links to either personal websites, MySpace pages, or [usually] the SoundCloud pages for a few of the original artists and remixers/producers listed above:



Figueroa (Britain)
Obando (Colombia)
Cari Lekebusch (Sweden)
Alan Fitzpatrick (Britain)
Fatboy Slim (Britain)
Jay Lumen (Hungary)
Diego Infanzon (Uruguay)
Mladen Tomic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Nicole Moudaber (Britain)
Spartaque (Ukraine)
Tom Hades (Belgium)
Filterheadz (Belgium)
Ant Brooks (Britain)
Gabriel D'Or & Bordoy (Spain)
Piatto (Italy)
Luigi Rocca (Italy)
Madutec (Italy)
Andrea Roma (Italy)
Yeso (Britain)
Technasia (Hong Kong)
Coyu (Spain)
Hollen (Italy)


Subterranean Homesick Grooves is a weekly specialty EDM music show with a basic weekly audience base of about 1500 listeners per week through podcasting and direct downloads, another hundred or so listeners through SoundCloud, and an unknown number of listeners through terrestrial FM broadcast. If you're a radio station programming director, and would like to add Subterranean Homesick Grooves to your regular programming lineup, contact djbolivia@gmail.com for details. We currently release SHG as an advance download to a number of stations globally on a weekly basis (at no charge), and we welcome inquiries from additional outlets.


We also have a file containing complete track listings from all of DJ Bolivia's radio shows, studio mixes, and live sets. The PDF version can be viewed from within your browser by clicking directly. Both the PDF and the Excel versions can be downloaded by right-clicking and choosing the "save link as" option:

View as PDF file: http://www.djbolivia.ca/complete_track_history_djbolivia.pdf
Download Excel file: http://www.djbolivia.ca/complete_track_history_djbolivia.xlsx

Follow Jonathan Clark on other sites:
        SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/djbolivia
        YouTube: youtube.com/djbolivia
        Facebook: facebook.com/djbolivia
        Main Site: www.djbolivia.ca
        Music Blog: djbolivia.blogspot.ca

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If you appreciate the content that I've shared in my blog posts and youtube videos, I'd really appreciate in kind if you could show some support by donating a few dollars to help sponsor tree planting, in order to help fight climate change. I'm very involved in this type of work at my own reforestation company, which builds community forests and forest reserve areas to help the environment. Find out more at this link:

replant.ca/environmental