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| DJ Wiseblood Wisent in his typical spot at The Velvet |
I have heard Wiseblood several times at his "home court" at The Velvet and always get a good mix of what is going on in his head that day! For music lovers of all varieties, Wiseblood brings an eclectic mix of tunes and one way to hear is to show up Saturdays and check it out at The Velvet!
Are you DJing currently and where? Aye, the fabulously eclectic Velvet,
where music really does matter! *It ain't just a slogan* I can be found
Saturdays @ 1pm PDT/SLT and fill-ins, also various events and themed
occasions.
When did you start
DJing? Must have been late '08 or early
'09. A DJ I had met my first day in SL - Giuseppe Spicoli, we discovered fast
we had similar tastes in "things audible" - asked if I could do fill-ins while he was out
of town.
First Club? Ah, the basketball court of the Suffugium
sim. There was nothing particularly special about the "place" itself
(the sim was a wonderful dystopia!), it was the people and wide variety of
music that made it "home". Gaelic tales, spoken word, audio collage,
noise et cetera, and to have contributed to that experience will always stay
with me. The Suffugium basketball court has been unearthed in the Wastelands
sim: Suffugium -
Most unusual thing you saw while DJing? Most unfortunate would be, of course, the sim
crashing in the midst of a set. Unusual? Of all the strange things that can be
done in SL, sometimes it's the most basic that stands out. Holiday time in
Suffugium, I am the ridiculous Dancing DJ Christmas Tree diligently not playing
"Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer", and mention something random
about snow. Gomi Mfume takes this simple comment and transforms the desolate
basketball court into a beautiful... this:http://www.flickr.com/photos/11758189@N07/4267962328/in/photostream -
Favorite music? I've always hated questions like this,
because the quickest answers are either too open or too focused. I'd anticipate
most people's "favorite" music is what they were listening to
transitioning from child to adult - Barney won't likely see you through those
breakups - and therein variety. Some broad specifics I've taken with me: Joe
Jackson to Front 242, Steely Dan to Thomas Dolby, ABC to Foetus, Negativland to
Style Council, Adam Ant to Kraftwerk. -
Influences? Two different worlds:
Classical music and Top 40. I've liked Bach and Beethoven since I have no idea,
my father had a classical music collection. Even learned a little Beethoven on
piano. Started paying attention to air play in the mid-70's, the first song I
requested from a DJ was Cliff Richard's "Devil Woman". Dick Clark's
"American Bandstand" and Casey Kasem's "American Top 40"
were weekend staples. - What do you
listen to at home? Crows. More often than
I like. Oh! Musics, gotcha. For awhile now I've been stuck on the
strangwaysradio.com's stream. By choice mind you! It's great to hear personal
classics and the more recent works carrying that feeling, essence,
attitude. -
Do you have a regular set
you play, a “go to” set? No, though the
thought has crossed my mind to put a BIG one together, that has groups of tunes
that I could use as starting points. But that requires effort. =P And is not
exactly your question's answer. I approach each set like the first one:
"What the hell am I DOING?!" -
Cream and sugar or
black? Black. French Roast. Please. And
thank you. -
Cat or Dog? Do lab rats counts? No? Then dachshunds. -
If you could take one thing from your
inventory for real-life use, what would it be, and why pick it? My adorable cats I never have to feed or
clean up after? The piano launcher to forever silence unruly children and their
horrible parents? Ooo, the sea plane? Maybe the sea plane.... No, there's
really only one practical, totally awesome, make your neighbors want to
self-immolate when they see it, THING! KOPI's 300 RS (M-B 300SL) Gullwing.
Sexy, '50's race car-inspired luxury, worth $1,000,000, sexy.... Yeah, that!
Thanks for the great interview Wiseblood! Come out and hear Wiseblood at the Velvet!
Photo by Verde Otaared/PiedmontCartauld
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