Archive for August, 2008
Joshua Klipp gives life to L1FE
One of the greatest aspects of DJ’ing is the experience of interacting with people. By and large, that’s the audiences I play for, but from time to time, I have the great pleasure of meeting the people behind the music I promote and play, and it’s absolutely one of the great joys of being in this business.
I recently had the pleasure of exchanging some e-mail with Joshua Klipp, whose new song, L1FE, is a new entry on this week’s dance chart. The Jamie Sanchez mix is the one I’ve been spinning, and I really like the production work Sanchez put into it. But the lyric and the vocal are Klipp’s, and while the vocal styling might be seen as perhaps “boybandesque,” I really like the freshness of the sound with that vocal style overlaid on a dance beat. He sings from the heart, and you hear it in the performance.
Klipp says the song is particularly special to him, and when I listen to the lyric, I can understand why.
Give the sample a listen on his MySpace page, or take a peek at his web site to find out more about him, and see what you think.
Keep listening,
Wes
Add comment August 7, 2008
Chart updated: 8/1/08 (and some other news)
In analyzing my charts over this past weekend, I noticed that a programming error was very slightly skewing current week’s results in situations where I might have uploaded some chart data after the chart date. That didn’t happen very often, but when it did, the chart would only be accurate if accessed the following week or later. D’oh! Anyway, it’s fixed now.
Speaking of, the latest chart is now up, and there’s just not a whole lot of change this week. Some highlights follow.
- The top 3 merely trade places a bit for the third week in a row. They are Destination X feat. Lisa Molina; DJ Skillmaster; and Ercola feat. Daniella. All three tend to get requested often, and we’ll see if they keep fighting it out next week.
- Butterflies Attack feat. Joe Murena enters the chart at #17 with How Can I Fall?, a great cover of an 80s song I’d nearly forgotten about. Murena’s great vocal really makes this song work, but regardless of what you might think of the sappy original arrangement, it’s still catchy song with a good lyric.
- It’s nice to hear Crystal Waters again. Her new single, Dancefloor, is one of the Adds this week, and she sounds as good as always.
- Keri Hilson’s Energy has been a track I’ve been listening to in its original form for several weeks now. With the release of some dance remixes, it’s an Add this week, and a particularly strong one. Expect to see this one on the chart soon.
Keep listening…
Wes
Add comment August 4, 2008
