My resolution for 2008: finding a manager!

Is it the best to be independant? I should say that I am missing the other side, the market side! This is the work of the manager and I think while I am always concentrate more on creating new music, I am missing this ability to develop the market. MySpace.com and all the other sites serve me well but it is time to attack a more physical market (clubs, iTunes, BeatPort and maybe music stores).

I though about it and I concluded that I need a good manager! Why good? Well because I am a bit afraid of this kind of relationship since we heard so many horror story! The artist seems to be so much exploited usually that I am some "reticences". But I know it is possible to have a success story as well when the relationship is strong between the artist and the manager and when the manager is really appreciate what we are doing in believe in the potential of success! Well, I do not expect to find a "René Angelil" but kind of will be fantastic!

So in 2008, I am looking for a manager! Are the one? If you think so, please let me know and we should meet to discuss real business!

Infinité and We Like You remasterized

I finally succeed to remasterized my albums Infinité and We Like You. Please note that Infinité is a double album. Here is the playlist:

Infinité - CD 1

[01] My Hero (2008 Remix)

[02] Rockafeller

[03] Immortalis

[04] Dwarf Zone

[05] Infinité

[06] Passage

[07] Sapientia (Arlette's Song, The Wisdom)

[08] Tribal Waltz

[09] Turbulance

[10] What I Want

Infinité - CD 2

[01] Carpe Diem

[02] Twisted Mind

[03] In Orbit Around Gliese 581

[04] Born To Dance

[05] Freedom

[06] Destiny

[07] I Love Watching You Dance

[08] Paradise Island

[09] Happy New Year 2008

We Like You

[01] Ballet From The Stars

[02] Mind Traveler

[03] My Hero (Original)

[04] Imagination

[05] Dance With Me

[06] How Do You Feel?

[07] La Planète Tourne En Rond

[08] Likeness

[09] Sysmatic

[10] We Like You

[11] Kooza

I will put the album to sell on my web site and will offer the possibility to buy a hard-copy via Paypal. But you can use my SNOCAP store to buy the songs you like right now!

Djing Disco on December 29th, 2007

I had the wonderful chance to have a large family to experiment my new hobby to DJing. This year, for the Holidays, we decided to celebrate on the theme of 70's and it was a success. Lot of people was costumed and I decided to put my personal touch with the music. 4 hours of relax songs for the dinner that I prepared in advance while eating with the family. Than, I put my fingers on my mixer to create a several hours evening (until 4:30 am) of disco music.

To be honiest with you, this was the first time I moved with my DJ equipement and you can be sure that it is not the last because the experience was a real success! Everybody had loved what I created! But all those 260 songs downloaded from iTunes to represents the 70's bring me a lot of material and I should say that I am now ready for any wedding! This is not what I expected at the beginning of my exposure but life bring some surprises sometime!!! ;-))

More than 4 hours of mix for New Year Eve

Dear fans,

I am preparing a blast of mix for the New Year Eve and I hope to publish the final mix online (through my own space on Cyberfyb.com). My motiviation is a private party I will be in with friends but it takes so many time to prepare it that I cannot imagine why I will not share this work with you dear fans!!! ;-))

My intention is to start the first couple hours with a kind of "soft-house" music to let people talk (don't forget the context will be a party with friends on the eve of the New Year - October 31st). Than the music will start to built more rythm and people will have already drank some boost and will be ready for what come next - dance and this is what will happen (at least in my party!). We will move any furniture on the floor to create a real dance floor and enjoy dancing on good music! Music that can do an automatic movement in your legs!!!

I have not finished the mega-mix but here is over 3h40m of where I am now:

1. Stakker Humanoid (King Rock 3am and Feeling OK Mix) - Humanoid
2. Asylum Sneaker (Magik's Ward 27 mix) - Mahik Johson
3. G Platz (Pig & Dan Mix) - Nick Muir
4. Don't Leave (Original) - Misstress Barbara
5. The Others (TV Rock Main room Mix) - TV Rock vs. Dukes of Windsor
6. Blow The Surface (Original) - Audiofly X
7. The Harmonica Track (Original) - House of Glass
8. Hunter (Original) - Martin Buttrich
9. Rising (Original) - Shur I Kan
10. The Way (Hyper Mix) - Klaas
11. Taking You Back (Dub) - Little Green Men ft. Johnny Def 1
12. One Luv (Dirty Dub Mix) - Soul Avenger
13. Nacht (Original) - Tiger Stripes
14. Survivor (Original) - Tiger Stripes
15. sole (Nari & Milani Mix) - Unconditional
16. Space (Klaas Club Remix) - Micha Moor
17. Let It Go (Axwell Remix) - Dirty South ft. Rudy
18. Morumbi (Original) - Tocadisco
19. Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away) - The Egg vs. David Guetta
20. Reach for Me (TV Rock & Dirty South Mix)
21. Murk Pres. Funky Green Dogs
22. I Want More (Cling On Me) (Offer Nissim Original Mix) - Amuka ft. Sheila Brody
23. 4 You (Haxton Whores Main Mix) - Hoxton Whores
24. Enter The Drums (Original) - Audiojack
25. Let Me Think About It (Original) - Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grand
26. Some kind Of Rrush (Extended Mix) - Booty Luv
27. Perfect Love (Offer Nissim Fell Vocal Mix) - Offer Nissim ft. Maya
28. The Look (Original) - Smart Alec
29. Saudade Remix (Original) - Laya Bushwacka
30. Feel This (The Groovemasterz Vocal Mix) - Eddie Armani ft. Shannagh D
31. In This Silence (Chris Kaeser Remix) - Emmanuel McCall Jamesie ft. Rita Campbell
32. Keule (Original) - Paul Kalkbrenner
33. On The Beach (Danny Darko Remix) - Greenpower
34. Rewind (Distorted Club Remix) - Reead
35. The Sound Of Goodbye (Armins Tribal Feel Extended) - Armin Van Buuren
36. Meery Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Heart of Asia) - Jamaster A
37. and to finish with my little touch: Carpe Diem (Original) - DJ FYB

I will add some other songs I wish to include (such as the Tiesto's remix of Back In Your Head from Tegan and Sara as I requested more information where to buy it from him).

=:-P

DJ FYB

Photos shooting - Set 1

Dear fans,

I had my first session of photos shooting yesterday with my sister and now personal photograph. she's good and now how to explain to me how to move and what to do. Of course, we still both learning from our perspective and that's why it is so fun to be partner in this fabulous experience. DJ FYB is an entity but it is also a big project that involve participation from more than just me!

They announced a snow storm yesterday, for late in the evening but I decided to not take a chance and when my siste arrived, I propose to drive right away to a specific spot I had in mind. The first spot was the corridor under the "Caisse du dépot" and "Palais des congrès". This corridor has very modern and interesting "décor". I can tell you that I was a bit confuse for the first photos. Some people was passing sometime and I had to avoid their look to stay concentrated - but I was determine to do that and I knew I had to play a bit with my nerves. Don't forget that my force is the music, not the photos!!! But I think it was not so bad at the end!!! For those first photos, I weared a kind of cowboy shirt with Harley-Davidson boots.

Than we went for couple "intello" photos (as I called it). I went change my clothing in a washroom for a more "intellectual" look and put my glasses. I took couple photos on one of the brown leather sofa inside the open area of the "Caisse du dépot". But after couple minutes of shooting, a security guard came to us to ask if we had an authorisation to do this - to do the shooting. We replied that it was "for a school project" (I anticipated this before and told my sister that it's gonna be our reply if somebody ask). She told us that it is not possible to do this. Just to do a parenthesis here: the "Caisse de dépot" is a building we pay with our taxes so I guess everybody can have the rights to use some of the "décor" to inspirate a photos shooting! No?

Anyway, we were not there to fight and packed our stuff right then to go back to the corridor and went more under the "Palais des congrès" which has an interesting brick/cement wall with an adjacent yellow wall. We took couple photos there and went upstair to the "Palais des congrès" to make few very artistic shots inspired by my sister-photograph where I was shooted the other side of a blur window. It is effectivaly very artistic as it is very difficult to recognize who is it but if put in a certain context; i guess it can be very nice!

Time to lunch (in the middle of the afternoon!), I though the Shed Café were a good place to eat, drink and maybe take few shots as well and it was! I asked the waitress when she took our order if it was alrigh to take some photos and whe replied "no problem". A bit after she asked why we are taking some photos and it was funny trying finding the right words without being too much but giving enough to understand the context. I guess I was searching in my mind too much 'cause it is my siste who responded to her question: "we are taking photos of him because he is doing music and he needs photos for marketing". Good cue sister!

Than we went back to my home where we ended the session with some last shoots!

It was a very-very good first session where I learn how to work closely with my sister; I learn also to develop tricks with "pose" while we don't want a "fashion style", neither a "search style" but something more artistic and - if possible - close to what is "music". So I learn that it is much more difficult to find the right "pose", light, "décor" and attitude. But we definitaly had a lot of fun and we will renew this with another session during the Holidays for sure! The next photos shoot might be outside!!! ;-))

I hope you appreciates the efforts and let me know if you have any comments!

Here is a few photos we took:










All photos here are taken by Lucie Bourassa.