In-Store Performance Moved to Tomorrow!!

My in-store performance at Osiris Unlimited has been postponed until Friday the 28th. Sorry kids...the flu bug has bit me...right on the ass

Osiris Unlimited is located in downtown Lowell MA. 23 Central St.

I'll be there from 1pm-6pm promoting my upcoming Saturday night jumpoff right around the corner from the store. Come by...shop...dance...bring me some Halls...SOMETHING!!

See you there!

I Get Sooooo....Weak

This flu thing just came upon me like WHOA! All day yesterday I was out for the count...and today I thought I'd man up and come to work (where I'm blessing ya'll with this blog as we speak). I got the Celtics on the radio and am in a complete ZONE. Feel horrible...plenty a Nyquil a gwaan

Holler back

Latest E.C.F. Newsletter - "THE GOOD WORD" - March 2008

What's Going On Everyone...

It's been some time since we last hit everyone off with any news, but here is a thorough run down of what's been happening in our camp. 

It has certainly been busy, and we've got to fill you all in on exactly what you need to know.

Without further adieu...

"The Good Word"

(March 2008)

LEADING OFF

E.C.F Entertainment will be featured in the May/June edition of Skope Magazine

Here is the full page ad for your viewing pleasure 

E.C.F. Advertisement

We want to thank Mike "Stoli" Friedman, CEO and Publisher of Skope Magazine for not only a GREAT music magazine, but for his help in our efforts.

Skope is distributed nationwide, and can be found at your local Borders, Barnes & Noble, Newbury Comics AND More!

They've also been running their E-Zine for some time now with GREAT success...Go Green, Get E-Zine

For more info/subscription rates

Click Here

BATTING SECOND

DJ Shyne has been chosen as the "Spotlight Feature" in the C.L.U.T.C.H. DJ Network's E-Newsletter for March 2008

The Network has been created to provide a positive avenue for DJs globally to gain some well deserved recognition

It is totally free, very informative, and...well...Your boy Shyne gives it the full co-sign

Visit C.L.U.T.C.H. on MySpace

And join the mailing list by emailing: djnetwork@clutchmgt.com

Here is a screen shot of the DJ Shyne feature...

Newsletter Screen Shot

You can read the entire interview on Shyne's Blogspot or on Shyne's Soap Box

IN THE THIRD SPOT

Our good friend Jelani the MC out of New York is in need of your support.

He has been chosen as a finalist for CMJ's Collegiate National Music Contest

There are 10 Finalists, and you can go vote RIGHT NOW...But the last day to do so is Monday, March 24th 

(better late than never)

His song "The Proposal" featuring 6th Sense & Wildabeast is due on his upcoming album: Wait, You Can Rap?!?! (Notherground Music)

Click HERE to vote

You can vote with every email address in your repetoire of emails, but only once per email

Grand and Second Place prizes are DOPE

So please go and support Jelani in his quest for world domination.

Jelani can be seen and heard on his MySpace

HITTING CLEAN-UP

E.C.F. Entertainment & Pimp'n Productions is bringing you a NEW Saturday Night Party

Dubbed "Freaky Saturdays" - Downtown Lowell has NEVER seen ANY thing like this...

Featuring DJ Shyne, Renegade Soundstation & Mad Bwoy

*Hip Hop, Reggae(ton), and R&B*

This party is sure to be a SURE SHOT

Here is the Flier

The D.T.S. Club is located at

25 Market St. Lowell, MA

Here is a Map

Our opening night is April 5th, 2008

MAKE IT A DATE & DON'T BE LATE

(21+, 9pm doors)

NOTES FROM THE CLUBHOUSE

J Boogz has been grinding out Just Bump It Vol. 3

STAY ON THE LOOK OUT!

DJ Shyne will be performing live @ Osiris Unlimited - Thursday March 27 - 1pm-6pm

The store is located at 23 Central St. Lowell MA

Here is a Map

Shyne will also be at afterHOURS - Friday April 4 - Starting at 9pm

Celebrating the 40th anniversary for NEU's African American Institute

Shyne will be playing for both Jelani and Front Page

This is afterHOURS' MySpace

Make sure to tune in to www.therealmixshow.com

For new mixes from DJ Shyne & J Boogz

Check DJ Shyne's scratchin' feature on Mike Maven's single "Let Me In" ft. 6th Sense

The single can be found on Mave's new album: Rules In Love

You can listen Here

New Pics and Video posted from E.C.F.'s extravaganza - Friday, March 21st

Parties at both the Fenway Center w/ Notch & at afterHOURS with the Onyx Informer

They were HUGE successes...Thank you to everyone who came

Special Shouts to: Yung C, Maverik from JAMN 94.5, Jelani, Front Page, Ms. Brooklyn & D-Von

DJ Shyne Featured as SPOTLIGHT DJ for MARCH 2008!!

So I finally got the March newsletter from the C.L.U.T.C.H. DJ Network...And What Do You Know!!!?!

SPOTLIGHT DJ FOR MARCH 2008: DJ SHYNE!!

Big shout out to all at C.L.U.T.C.H. for the great work...and the overall professional look of the article. 

Here is the interview...

DJ SHYNE INTERVIEW conducted by Robert Cooper

1) Your bio said that you were heavily influenced by the movie Juice. In your opinion, what is the best movie about DJ's?

Right now...I'd say THE best movie on the art of DJ'ing is the documentary SCRATCH by Doug Pray. The film covers all the intimate details of my craft, covering the inception of the scratch, to record-digging, to the natural progression from DJ'ing to Producing. The film features pioneers and legends, as well as those in the battle scene - new cats breathing life into the art. Bambaattaa to Premier to Q-Bert to Rob Swift back to DXT forward to DJ Craze. It's a ridiculously thorough investigation into what I call my work. It's got everything short of a segment on your boy Shyne.

Don't get me wrong...Juice played a huge role into getting me interested in what I do...but as I grew technically sound, I realized that Omar Epps wasn't really DJ'ing in the film. But at the time...I just fell in love with the scene where Epps and his crew hit the record store, stashing the 12" inside a newspaper and later locking himself in his bedroom to record the demo for the DJ competition. That was me for my first 2 years of DJing! Very parallel.

2) In the early 90's, rap artist and groups such as Ed O.G. and the Bulldogs, House of Pain, The Almighty RSO, and Made Men put Boston on the map, what is the hip-hop landscape like there now?

Ed O.G. is still influential to me, and to all of Boston's true MCs. No doubt about that. But currently, the situation is looking limitless for the MA. I'm specifically from Lawrence MA...and there are some names making real serious moves who call Law-Town home. My man Termanology from the ST. Squad is releasing banger after banger and creating a substantial buzz. DJ Statik Selektah put out his record this past year...another L-Town representative. Reks, a Lawrencian out in Miami, is beginning to really break out.

Shout out to Reks. Back in the Bean...I just got hold of Sev-One's mixtape that is bananas. Co-Signs from Clinton Sparks, Drama, Big Mike, Kay Slay! Sev is serious. My man Akrobatik just dropped heat as expected. Features from Kweli, Little Brother...Production from Dilla, 9th Wonder, Da Beatminerz! I mean, I'm feeling good about Boston's status in the game. This has been a solid new millennium for Boston artists. And be on the look out for my E.C.F. MCs Reality, The Perfectionist, & Swfit to make a big splash.. HAHA... Small shameless plug.

3) On your website, you give praise to the rock band Radiohead for selling their album on their website independently and allowing the fans to choose the price they want to pay. Is that something that you will consider in the future?

The things about the Radiohead experiment that made the project successful - the reasons why they made money from this venture...I can't find those same convictions in the Hip Hop game. Urban and Pop genres are dominated by the SINGLE. Nobody wants to cop full albums anymore...fans want to get that hit with Timbo on the beat...and ignore the rest of the album "fillers." Radiohead has such an established fan base. A devoted fan base. A fan base I can't really find in the Hip Hop game.

A solid fan base in combination with extremely high anticipation would be the right formula for any Hip Hop star to make the same experiment work for them. Dre's Detox? Maybe. That might make the fans go and cop the digital album for something more than Free. It's a GREAT concept. Very influential. It's time the current business model in the Music Industry get flipped, and I think Radiohead began thinking outside of the box EARLY. Majors should be afraid...VERY AFRAID.

4) Also on your site you talk about how digital sales are increasing as cd sales are declining. Would you say that we are witnessing the death of the cd and record stores?

I thought vinyl was supposed to be dead too...but I still see the 12" bins at my local record spot. On the topic, I suppose this is the beginning of the end for the CD. I think fans...REAL FANS...will always want a way to access something that provides a "bonus" for copping the physical product. Whether it be the crazy design on the 12" sleeve...or the liner notes on the inside of the disc's insert...I think real fans appreciate that stuff. With that said, aritsts and labels need to work on building more of a demand for that sort of thing. Shouts to ?uestlove of the almighty Roots crew. With The Roots' double greatest hits album a few years back...there was some good reading in them liner notes.

If 50 Cent wrote some cool sh*t in his liner notes, I'm thinking he may reach a few more CD buyers than ?uestlove. But, you know...its the age of instant gratification and short attention spans. Bad combo. I like making an afternoon out of record and CD shopping. I like to get grub, be with my people...and just thumb through the vinyl for the entire day. It's a form of meditation for me. It's like nothing is going on around me. Just me and the dusty records.

5) You wrote about the Roger Clemens issue on your blog. After the senate hearing, and accusations of perjury what are thoughts on that now?

RO-GER!! RO-GER!! I can hear the Fenway faithful just chewing up that dude if he was ever to pitch here again. My man is doomed. I think he has made himself believe he is telling the truth. I'll bet his lawyers, who are getting paid out-of-this-world types of money, are smart guys and breaking it down as-is to Roger. I just think he's not having any of it, and doing what he needs to do to save his own self. He has always been a selfish guy. He has always had excuses. He has always been a damn good pitcher though. So when that is the case, eyes get closed, heads turn away...and its like..."we'll deal with it if he wins." But for real...Clemens is TOAST in my *expert* opinion... HA! Just keepin' it real people.

Going....Going...Gone! Well...Kinda

The bidding on the MPC 2000 is - for the time being - over. Due to some peripheral additions to the studio, we are looking at holding on to it for a minute. In combination with the fact we didn't get the sale we were looking for (came close, but no cigar) and with some freebie add-ons...I'll get back to you all on this front later.

MPC 2000 FOR SALE!

Anyone looking to get in the MPC game? I've got a great MPC 2000 for sale. Used in a non-smoking environment. It has no blemishes, and has never travelled without proper casing and protection. Fully functional, and perfect for someone looking to get into beat sequencing/creation and can't splurge $1000 on a new item. Check the flier above for all contact info

DAMN...OUT OF COMMISSION FOR A BIT!

I'm struggling here people!!

Before I left for Vegas, I had some signal output problems with one 1200. Seemingly the white end of the RCA's was shot...or possible tone arm contacts were worn and old. And of course, I've already put a new tone arm on one of my decks about a yr ago...and can't remember which one it is! I left it with Boogz, who is a lil more technical and mechanical than I, and it just seemed too "dangerous" to fuck with. So upon my return, I got it over to High Tech Electronics, and it's still there.

THEN...AS DUMB LUCK WOULD HAVE IT!

I had a gig the night I returned from my Vegas trip, and as I was breaking down the studio to pack my mixer...I accidentally ripped the grounding fork right off the other turntable! Not that this damage is in need of major repair, I believe it is something I can do myself...but nonetheless...PAIN IN THE ASS.

So I'm a DJ. Down not one, but TWO turntables...but a fully functional mixer! WTF!!

Luckily Boogz has had my back for the last few gigs supplying his 1200's as back up. But if we have to be at two places at the same time...I'll probably be calling you to borrow whatever piece of shit turntable your mom and pop still have running in the living room.