Davin Greenwell

not that there is anything wrong with the funk. it’s just a saying. i’ve been struggling with what to write about lately. being sick doesn’t really afford me much in terms of events to talk about, because i have been house-bound, except for last night.
last night we did a small show at a photogallery show @ Cafe Deux Soleils — a funky cafe on Commercial Drive (East Vancouver). from what i could tell it went over really well, and that is saying a lot — it’s no small job singing an 11 minute tune, and jaime did well. that has me excited to make more music.
it was very cool that my pals mattwhat and thor came down to hang out and take in some tuneage. it makes a big difference to have friends come out and i really appreciated it. since i was DJing most of the night i didn’t get to socialize.
i’ve been working from home, getting lots done and then lying down to rest myself — to try and kick this cough out the door, the last stand of the passing illness. it’s stubborn like a barnacle on a west coast rock though, and is very unclear about its departure date. grrr.
i am listening to a CD that my good friend charles gave to me a long while ago — it says on it “where ever I am, I am what is missing.” it’s really good, it kind of sounds like the sneaker pimps. it’s by a band named laika. kind of girl-nobody-ish too. well hopefully i’ll be able to hang out with charles this weekend coming up. he’s been really busy with school. i should say even though. even though he’s had a remix come out on pacific front, a full release, and another upcoming remix, he’s been impossibly busy with school. so i haven’t had a chance to connect with him. life gets busy. and tricky. and so.
things i miss: feeling healthy. like, eating right, getting physical activity, feeling fit, energetic. i always feel most energetic and full of life when i am physically exhausted from doing. after my lungs are back in order i plan on changing my lifestyle to include more physical activity. and the weather is starting to warm up so it is almost time to take advantage of Vancouver’s superior outdoor amenities.
i think that’s what is missing from my life, my life is missing that balance .. it is all work, work work. need more play, healthy play. like a hike-photogroffee would be amazing because it would combine people, physical activity, and photography and we would have accomplished 3 things at once. yeah that would be grand. like mount finlayson grand. who is in? this sunday. yes, THIS sunday. hopefully i will be in condition to do this by then. that is my goal.

all that is left now is a really dry throat and some of The Evil Stuff in my lungs. the doc says i have bronchitis but since i am a healthy guy regularly, administrating medicine wont make a difference to the overall recovery time at this point. i am planning on leaving my apartment to go to the office to work from there for the afternoon so wish me luck out there in the cold, wet & cruel world.
i am eating some of the ultra delish soup to make me feel better.
did you know we have a show at a photo gallery on commercial drive tomorrow? well we do! i wasn’t sure if i was going to be able to make it until yesterday when i started to feel much better (and hence i worked). i will supply more of The Details tonight.

i just went to see the doctor, and she said i can kick this, it’s just a matter of time .. i still feel completely not-myself though. things keep on changing:
on tuesday it was a headache, on wednesday – thursday it was a fever, thursday – saturday it was headache + nausia, friday – today it has been headache, lack of appetite + coughing up the bad stuff.
i am the sick.

i am feeling a wee bit better but that may just be the neocitran. last night was possibly the worst night of “sleep” i have ever had, waking up and not being able to get back to sleep because of the splitting headache / cough / coldsweats. yeaaaah. nothing much to say, really, i have been sleeping, drinking fluids, eating chicken noodle soup, not leaving the apartment. my brain doesn’t work right.

don’t worry, i wont make you sick. i, in fact, will not make anyone sick. i’d tell you about the exciting stuff going on but i can’t feel excited right now, or anything but this headache and this sore throat and something like a fever. no distractions, just me and The Sick. to avoid being boring here are some pix from the ferry on monday night. bye.

Fang2004 posed a legit question on the rave victoria music board:

My answer:
It’s a really tricky genre to play because it’s easy to take the dancefloor down the wrong path. As was mentioned before, sometimes the breakdowns can get too long, or the tracks selected don’t do anything. I think that’s a thing that some of the trance DJ’s were more guilty of a couple years ago but it sticks with people. “Oh I went to see DJ Trance and fuckin’ nothing happened for an hour.” Of course, for people who genuinely like to dance to a beat, this is not a problem. That being said, programming a trance set is difficult at best ..
After 7 years I am still picking up techniques and methods to read the dance floor faster, more honestly .. quite often I don’t play my own favorite track (or even my own just-produced-that-night track) if it doesn’t closely fit the mood of the dance floor. Sure I will do a bit of steering, but you need to balance between education and entertainment. Some DJ’s, no matter the genre, forget people are there for a good time..
A comment about “having to be high on E to appreciate trance” is pure rubbish. People enjoyed chord progressions long before drugs. Think about how your favorite movie would be effected without its soundtrack, almost all of which are reliant on the same musical theory a lot of trance is.
At the end of the day, I can honestly say playing trance is a tight-rope act. You’re expected to mix really well — a sloppy 2 minute mix can really mess the whole thing up. Don’t play too cheesy, don’t play too intelligent. Make it go somewhere, but not too fast. Give the crowd an exciting key change between two tracks, but make sure they do not clash. Phrase your mixing perfectly. Oh yeah, and ocassionally look up. This is powerful music; it needs to be presented in the right way.
Enjoy!
Listening to: John Creamer & Stephane K – I Wish You Were Here (Lexicon Avenue Vocal mix)

i want to be turned into this!
i got my humidifier to work. it did make a huge difference, i am not feeling so groggy this morning (also thanks to a healthy chunk of sleep) and that is A Good Thingâ„¢.
unfortunately plans to go here:

for this weekend have not worked out, so now i have this weekend open. i did all my house work yesterday evening, so i am free to do whatever. i still feel like going on some sort of adventure. suggestions?

clicky on that last one for a larger version. i am packing tonight for a secret adventure on the weekend! wait, did i tell you about it already? drat. not a secret. wait a minute, yes it is, everything on this site is a secret! don’t tell shhhhhhhhhh!

sometimes i like to sketch. sometimes i have an idea in my head, and other times i just want to sit in front of the blank canvas and see what will come out. this is something that actually started off as a landscape, turned into a UFO, and then came in to land as a foot, or is it a shoe? or the earth?
since my camera is being an oaf these days, i have decided to start doing more illustrations again since it used to be one of my favorite things to do. i’d like to start doing it more again.
i am going to Union Bay this weekend (on Vancouver Island) and i am looking forward to seeing some new sights and capturing them in my mind. i am a ways off from feeling like spending enough time to do a full landscape illustration, but i can feel the urge coming as i start to consider honing my illustration skills again. my doodles have returned to me and with them a desire to create visually from the head. not instead of photography or anything, cause i really think the two go together.
gotta go, more work to do ..