Friday Top Five:: January 20th, 2023
Each week in our ‘Friday Top Five’ segment, we feature five things we thought were interesting, notable, or culturally significant. This week we are showcasing stories on the latest from LVMH Watch Week, how to shoot better iPhone pictures thanks to Greg Williams, Pete Tong launches a DJ academy, how to mix-in-key, local feature on The Whistler, and of course, we discuss this week in SNKRS.
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Story-1:: New Year, New Watches w/ LVMH Watch Star Zenith
Overview: This year the LVMH Watch Week took place in Singapore for the first time ever, with various pieces from the respective eight houses being released over the course of the week. From Hublot, Tag Heuer, Zenith, and Bulgari. Based on the Defy Skyline released two years back from Zenith, I have been increasingly interested in what the house is putting out.
This year, they put out three new timepieces from its prominent DEFY series, comprising the DEFY Skyline Skeleton, DEFY Skyline 36mm, and the DEFY Extreme Glacier.
Zenith exists to inspire individuals to pursue their dreams and make them come true – against all odds. Since its establishment in 1865, Zenith became the first watch manufacturer in the modern sense of the term. Its watches have accompanied extraordinary figures who dreamt big and strived to achieve the impossible – from Louis Blériot’s history-making flight across the English Channel to Felix Baumgartner’s record-setting stratospheric free-fall jump.
With innovation as its guiding star, Zenith features exceptional movements in all its watches, developed and manufactured in-house. The Manufacture continually pushes the boundaries of the possible, from the first automatic chronograph, the El Primero, to the El Primero 21, the fastest chronograph with 1/100th of a second precision, and the Inventor, which reinvents the regulating organ by replacing the 30-plus components with a single monolithic element. Zenith has been shaping the future of Swiss watchmaking since 1865, accompanying those who dare to challenge themselves and break barriers. The time to reach your star is now.
Story-2:: Greg Williams X iPhone Camera Tech
Overview: Greg Williams Is one of the most trusted photographers in entertainment. Greg has always loved shooting on his phone but missed the ergonomic grip and shutter of a camera – hence designing the G-Grip.
G-Grip comes with 2 x 3M VHB single use adhesive backed plates which will adhere to smooth, non-textured, non-porous, flat surfaces. We recommend a hard plastic or leather case.*
If you experience any trouble peeling off the red backing from the adhesive plate, use a pin to edge it away. Position the plate using the guide supplied, leave for 24hrs to harden fully before attaching the G-Grip. Choose between landscape ot portrait position. They will not adhere to rubber, matte glass, silicon, TPU or soft touch coatings.
Links: Instagram @gregwilliamsphotography | Website
Story-3:: Pete Tong DJ Academy
Overview: Provide all the knowledge, skills, tips and tricks, anecdotes and detailed technical explanations to learn the ART of DJing in a professional way with different levels for BEGINNERS and ADVANCED DJs.
In the program, you will find technical lessons, theory, the set ups of our teachers explained in detail up to their DJ sets explained step by step, including FX parameters, tips and tricks developed over decades of career. Furthermore, you will be able to hear valuable advice on how to build your career, the mistakes not to make, how to deal with managers and promoters, directly from the voice of those who have contributed to building this fantastic art in recent decades.
FULL PROGRAM
in the full course, you can go as far as mixing in complete safety, mastering the concepts of beat-matching, but also starting to savour the first more advanced techniques. We will go deep into the advanced DJing techniques (advanced DJing tools such as FX, Filters, Loops and Hot Cues etc. etc). We will then move on to how to mix multiple genres in the same set, Back to back, FX and External Instruments, Samplers and Drum machines. You will then discover how to build a winning set, where to find the tracks, and how to organize them. You will learn how to adapt your set according to the club or slot of reference or how to build your network and navigate the industry in an informed way, all directly from the voice of Pete and our guest tutors. Finally, you will have the opportunity to view, under the magnifying glass, the DJ sets of our teachers, discovering every step made in their mixes with a step-by-step approach, thanks to the help of our 6K video editing, managing to discover every setting, action and mixing mode that made our teachers some of the best DJs in history so that you can enrich your mixing style and start telling your story in a professional way.
ADVANCED MODULE (from the Advanced Mix Techniques chapter)
in the ADVANCED module, you will skip all the basic techniques of mixing and you will learn directly the advanced mixing techniques, how to adapt your set according to the club or slot of reference or how to build your network and navigate the industry in an informed way, all directly from the voice of Pete and our guest tutors, you will see our teachers' setup in details and you will discover every setting, thanks to the help of our 6K video editing.
Link: Website
Story-4:: How To Mix In Key (The PROPER WAY)
Overview: DJing since the young age of fifteen, Nick Spinelli lives and breathes sharing his passion for music. Nick is a DJ for SCE Event Group and is also a music curator for Beatsource, which is a worldwide streaming service and DSP for DJs internationally. Specializing in weddings, Nick has DJed over one thousand himself and has dedicated this channel to teaching all the modern and innovative techniques he's developed throughout all of his experience.
DJing now for half of his lifetime, Nick is so passionate about each and every event he is a part of. He puts his heart, soul, and Jersey spirit into everything he does. Nick’s motto is that every wedding is the Super Bowl, and he’s just collecting his rings, while his couples get to enjoy their new ones!
Story-5:: Chicago’s Finest - The Whistler
The Whistler is a bar, gallery, record label, and venue that hosts live music and DJs.
Our award-winning cocktail program features an always-changing menu of classics, contemporary favorites, and Whistler originals. Our stage hosts an eclectic mix of jazz, DJs, electronic music, film screenings, readings, and other artistic endeavors.
Cocktail - @whistlermenu Our cocktail menu is always changing, so we take a photo of it each day and post it here. Check out our current list of classics, contemporary favorites, and Whistler originals. Additionally they have a small label and Music Recording along with nights like #Feedgood with one of Dailey Blend’s favorite DJ’s DJ Greg Feelgood.
Links: Website | IG @whistlerchicago | Facebook | Twitter
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