So after being kinda lazy and not putting in very many hands the past few months, I have gotten back to my old self in December and have been putting in a ton of hands. Pretty much all 2/4-5/10 on pstars, going ok so far up about 7500. Main thing I've noticed is that the 5/10 games have gotten a lot tougher. Because of this I have probably spent more time working on my game the past few weeks than I have during the last 6 months combined. I really feel excited about some changes I've made to my play and I've actually been enjoying putting in time at the tables for the first time in a while. Gonna take a week off to go to Vegas for New Years, but after that I'm gonna be right back at it with the goal of being a reg in the 25/50 games by next summer.

I was planning on my next video being part 2 of my series at shallow 6max plo, but due to high demand it looks like instead my next video will be part one of a HU leakfinder series where I sweat CR instructor m(x+t) and do dual commentary with him. If you have any suggestions or preferences as far as plo videos go, please post in the "plo video ideas" thread in the plo forum.


Now onto the reason why I wanted to write this blog. I am a huge music fanatic and many of you told me in the past how much you liked the songs I posted in my blog, and have asked me to post more so I have been wanting to talk about dubstep and share some tracks for a while. A year ago practically no one had ever even heard of dubstep, six months ago only a handful of people had gotten into it. As of now the top dubstep DJ's/producers are selling out massive venues 3 months in advance. People in the music industry are saying the only thing in history that can compare to the massive instant following it's recieved is back in the late 90's when trance started blowing up in Europe. It's basically a derivative of another form of electronic music called drum and bass(which I'm actually not a big fan of). The change in the way it's produced is subtle, but it has a massive effect on the sound. I won't go into technical details on this because I don't think I'm musically inclined enough to give an accurate break down, but just know this: every major DJ on earth is already playing it, and it's already making it's way into the production of major music producers in every form of electronic and hip-hop music.

The man pretty much considered the god-father/inventor of dubstep is Rusko. This track here is actually the Sub Focus remix of one of his tracks, but it is by far my favorite track of the year. Sounds normal at first, but you'll hear the dubstep sound starting at 1:06. If you ever this track played when you are on a dance floor, you seriously won't know what to do with yourself...

Rusko ft Amber Coffman - Hold On (Sub Focus Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2b7qXUlnE

These next tracks are by a DJ/producer called Bassnectar. Imo the best of them all right now. If
youv'e ever seen a DJ murdering a crowd harder than he does in these videos please let me know. These aren't the kinda events you want to go to every night or bring your parents or small children to, but in small doses they're a lot of fun. This first vid is from his now infamous set at the Shambhala festival back in August. Again the first minute of the vid will sound like other stuff you've heard before, but at 1:01 you will hear the unique dubstep sound.

track playing is Bassnectar - Here We Go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eA7Qu7Lz2g

More Bassnectar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq_Sko8wW6U

Another Bassnectar track, more of a hip-hop sound to this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGCc0WqvVT4


This track shows a little bit more of the lighther side of dubstep. I had to burn probably 20 cd's of this for friends of mine once they heard me play it at my house or in my car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbnqP4BFS6c


Two more for good measure...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISokhL1_8VA


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tlhvFusnPI


Ok so that took a lot of effort, I hope you guys enjoy these tracks. If you don't, you are definitely in the minority or over the age of 35 : )

glgl

Matthew