Give a Beat partnered with LA music project We Are The Movement at their monthly house music dance party for a skill-sharing session with international DJs, including Richard Vission and two-time DMC champ DJ Klever.
“Music is a choice just like you have choices in life. Music brings that positive energy, like ‘Yo, I can go gangbang, or I can make a track.’ - I had that choice when I was young, and I took to the turntables and it worked out for me.”
–Richard Vission
It’s no secret that kids love to push buttons and learn new things. That’s why music technology—DJ gear, music hardware, keyboards, beat boxes—are awesome teaching tools; it literally puts music in young people’s hands.
For at-risk or disadvantaged youth music can connect them to a new skill set and provide positive social connections. Kids learn to collaborate with each other and enjoy a rewarding artistic outlet, all while grooving to some killer tracks.
Give a Beat partnered with Los Angeles project We Are The Movement at their monthly house music dance party for skill-sharing session with international DJs, including Powermix DJ Richard Vission and two-time DMC champ DJ Klever. Youth took turns working on Native Instruments production program Maschine Studio and Traktor DJ software; they also sampled Apple’s Logic Pro, and Pioneer CDJ gear.
Give a Beat was honored to support We Are The Movement’s outreach with youth in foster and probation care and see smiles on kids faces as their ideas came to life. Look for more collaborations like this in coming months.
Reid Stefan, Richard Vission Ft. Luciana - "Dirty Fingers"
Reid Stefan, Richard Vission Ft. Luciana - "Dirty Fingers" is funk-fueled, piano laced, full of horns and good vibes! Luciana’s delivers her signature, in your face, feisty, punk-edged vocals. This is a soon-to-be summer monster!! Hits Beatport Monday May 22, 2014.
CELEBRATE NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH SOLMATIC @ "I HEART NYE" 2014
Drink, Dance, Eat, Socialize, and Celebrate… Our New Year’s Eve party is taking place in a massive luxurious indoor/outdoor venue with seven unique and themed areas, including four rooms of music and huge patio and outdoor sections (which will be tented in case of rain). Taking the best features from your favorite mansion party, and the best features from your favorite nightclub, we are able to present a festive celebration unlike than anything you've witnessed before. We will have a synchronized countdown in each area to ring in 2014 in grand style as one. Wherever you end up at exactly at midnight promises to be memorable. Our entertainment lineup features live dj’s and performances, celebrity appearances, cirque and other performers, and many more surprises in store. We will provide complimentary photo-booths with physical and digital prints, as well as complimentary NYE party favors to our guests; plus, free giveaways and other surprises which are sure to stimulate your senses and leave a smile on your face as we make New Year’s Eve 2014 a night to truly remember.
This event is being hosted by Heartfelt Sounds (www.heartfeltsounds.com) in conjunction with Juicy Music (www.juicymusic.net), and Solmatic Records (www.solmaticrecords.com). Our full list of promotional partners and sponsors will be announced the week of December 23, 2013.
This song came out about a week ago. It's composed of an eclectic mixture of varying house components connected creatively by interesting transitions. Luciana's vocals bring out the theme of the song and help to make the rather undiscovered Richard Vission shine.