DJ M has always prepared fresh new remixes of the songs and music he plans to play for any specific event or party. Mostly these became compilations that would fill a CD. When he started to use the podcast site for loading music for his fans to download easily at no cost, the one CD size fits all worked as well. However, he has come to realize that some people don’t want a whole album, are keen to have just a particular favorite song. The remixed singles he has on his website player have proved to be popular.  Thus, to meet the wishes  of some of his fans DJ  M will post links to Mediafire.com download sites for all the singles he remixes and loads onto the website player. Please look for the links on the LINKS page of this website. Each Singles Remixed will be posted as the only file in a Folder bearing the song and performers name for any particular download site. In the event that DJ M produces more than one remix of a single song, the folder will hold all files of remixes of the same song.

The following SINGLES  REMIXES, Dance music favorites of DJ M  have been uploaded to www.mediafire.com. To access these files for download please open the appropriate link on the Links Page of DJ M’s website:

1]  STRAIGHT THROUGH MY HEART – Backstreet Boys (DJ M Klub  Anthem Mix)
2]  CELEBRATION – Madonna (DJ M Mash Up Crash Mix)
3]  ReWHY – Offer Nissim feat. Keo Nozari (DJ M Mash Up Mix)
4]  BETTER IN TIME – Leona Lewis (DJ M Fusion Mix)
5]  I KNOW U WANT ME – Pitbull (DJ M Xtended Klub Mix)
6]  BILLIE JEAN – Michael Jackson (DJ M Fusion Mix)
7]  DESERT ROSE – Sting (DJ M Reborn Mix)
8]  SILENCE – Delerium feat Sarah McLahlan (DJ M Electro-House Mix)
9]   A LITTLE TOO NOT OVER U – David Archuleta (DJ M Xtended Klub Mix)
10] LIKE THIS SWEET ESCAPE – Kelly Rowland feat Gwen Stefani (DJ M Fusion Mix)
11]  ALRIGHT – JonathanPeters  feat Katreese Barnes (DJ M All Parties Xtended Mix)
12]  UNFAITHFUL – DJ M (DJ M Piano-Acoustic Instrumental Mix)

If any visitor to this site is interested to have a new remix of any particular single song, please e-mail your request to DJ M clearly stating the song full name and the artist(s) performing the song to djm @djaym.com. As additional SINGLE REMIXES are added to the LINKS page an announcement listing the song names will be posted on this home page

DJ M uploads his albums and remix compilations to www.podomatic.com/profile/djaym for the listening pleasure of his fans. The music can also be downloaded free of charge. Yesterday the 20th podcast, entitled DANCE CELEBRATIONS 2009 was uploaded.  These 20 podcast/albums represent a sizable collection of DJ M’s remixes and showcase his unique Fusion Mix style. A musical style that incorporates elements of most forms of House music, tribal influences and trance. DJ M chooses the element or song and style that fit the mood, color and emotion of the remix and most importantly is harmonically and musically appropriate for the rest of the song or set. Dancers respond to many aspects of the disco/rave experience but it is the intrinsic harmony and musicality of the remixes that keeps them on their feet and dancing , dancing, dancing.

For those who listen to dance music with a critical musically aware ear rather than respond emotionally to the feelings and mood of the music, the intrinsic musicality is key.  Complex remixes that add layers of variation to the primary song or melody line make for a much more satisfying listening experience, the music seems  more 3 dimensional. Thus incorporating different elements of house/trance music into his remixes enables DJ M to weave an aural tapestry, rich in color and texture, with depth and musically fresh variation. His remixes are powerful, often larger than life and thus, suited to big spaces and dance parties.  www.podomatic.com selects podcasts deemed worthy of notice and features them on the sites home page. Four of DJ M’s podcasts have been featured on the podomatic home page.

DJ M creates a new compilation with fresh remixes for all of his fortnightly radio shows on www.tagartmusic.com. These sets are subsequently uploaded to the podcast site to enable those who missed the radio broadcast to listen to the new remixes and download the music if they wish.   Therefore, you can expect to find at least one new podcast/album every two weeks. If anyone has a request for a particular artist or music, please send an e-mail to djm@djaym.com. M will entertain any reasonable requests.

DJ M has been invited to spin as a featured Guest DJ at the upcoming Bountiful Babylon Bacchanal Party to be held on Sunday November 22, 2009 at The Babylon, Bangkok in celebration of The Babylon’s 22nd anniversary serving the gay community.

The party, described as “If you are not God fearing and can’t behave like mature, sensible, dignified adults this is the party for you! An event of unrestrained revelry/orgy of biblical proportions” Entertainment will include hunky farang coyote dancers, a Thai classical puppet show from guest artist Jolois, followed by music and dancing to several hot DJs.

Feedback is something that does not come easily to a DJ it seems. Yes, when in performance there is the immediate gratification of seeing the dancers enjoying themselves. But for radio shows, podcasts, uploaded remix files for fans to download … these activities that occupy much of a DJ’s time seldom result in feedback. I wanted to share with you the most wonderful feedback I got the other day ….

This is from a fan of mine who is severely hearing impaired, she is talking about Come Danz with DJ M: Tribute to Michael Jackson.

“I may have told you that I am very restricted in the types of music I can hear and relate to these days (I have a terrible time with unfamiliar music—can only really hear old songs that I heard prior to this end stage of hearing, and am best at solo musicians playing familiar songs). HOWEVER, I really enjoyed this particular offering! I played it this morning while I took a CME exam and found myself forgetting about the science and being filled with the strong NEED TO DANCE!

Thank you from a music-loving sort-of-deaf girl!!!”

“As you can imagine, the loss of sound and especially music, has been one of the most devastating, prolonged sources of angst I have experienced. My partner has seen a couple of instances where I actually got tears in my eyes when I could make out a melody —-yesterday, he came upon me dancing around in my office—thanks to M!

Thank you for this feedback …. you inspire me to try even harder.
Love
DJ M

DJ M continues to prepare fresh remixes of danz music for his fortnightly radio show of continuous mix danz music aired by TAMO, [www.tagartmusic.com] a member and Editors Pick for 2008-2009 of Live 365 Radio every fortnight on Sunday evening at 7:00 PM EST.

Consistent with his personal goal of the producing a fresh new perspective for danz music DJ M creates fresh remixes wit his FUSION MIX style for your listening pleasure with each show. The show may have a specific focus reflective of what DJ M has on his mind, thus one recent show was in Tribute to the late Michael Jackson, another a homage to Madonna whose consistent growth and artistry DJ M has always admired.

He is currently working on the next show which will feature music performed by current female vocalists whose style and message DJ M admires. The show subtitled, LA VOCA will includes performances by Kelly Clarkson, Judy Torres, Leona Lewis, Cascada, Deborah Cox, Denise Lopez, Carol Hahn, Jenn Cuneta, Pink, Heather Leigh West, Sisaundra Lewis and Rihanna

COME DANZ with DJ M: LA VOCA will air on Tag Art Music Online at 7:00 PM EST on November 8, 2009. DJ M hopes you will enjoy and, as always, welcomes your comments and feedback.

One of the major events of the Mardi Gras celebrations in Sydney, Australia is Sleaze Ball held at the beginning of Fall for us northern hemisphere types  or Spring for those southern Down Under folk. The party, a bit  smaller than the main Mardi Gras party that follows the Mardi Gras parade, is a costume party held in Hordern Pavilion & Dome.  This year Sleaze Ball is on October 3, 2009 and the theme is Game On.

The costumes are, I think, the key to the party’s success and the legion of dedicated supporters and fans.  Being in costume allows one to express yourself in a manner as flamboyant and out-there as you wish, the only limitations being your imagination and a marginal sense of public decorum. Wearing a costume also provides a disguise, a license to reveal your “normally secret alter ego”  it is liberating. Certainly Sleaze Ball, in my experience, is the party where strangers become immediate acquaintances, communication on the dance floor flows freely between all and is vocal and tactile, not the surreptitious eye games of affected glances, sideways looks, demure longing stares.

A couple of years ago we attended Sleaze Ball with a theme of Zirkus, the exaggerated escapism and hedonism of the German circus of the 1930’s. We wore bright blue and white form fitting spandex one piece body suits, the fabric was covered with silver glitter. Accessories included matching wrist bands, trailing ribbons at the waist and, in random pattern, lots of little mirrors sewn on to the fabric. We were the “Flying Sky”  trapeze artists. Under normal circumstances, I would not have been caught dead wearing  such an outfit yet with total comfort we walked up Oxford St en route to the party, fielded several comments from bystanders ranging the gamut from insults to compliments which we tossed back with the aplomb of a tennis pro’s volley on the court at Wimbledon. Hordern Pavilion had been transformed into the BIG TOP, small platforms were located at different levels on the over arching structure defining the tent. Jugglers, Fire eaters, Flag and Fire dancers performed on these stages throughout the night supporting the circus atmosphere of the earth-bound clowns, strolling jugglers, stilt walkers and army of other circus fantasy characters. Smiling, happy groups  kept forming, dissolving and reforming as people moved around the dance floor. It seemed everyone was everyone else friend. The overwhelming memory of that night is the warmth, congeniality and humour of the hundreds with whom we talked, danced, chatted, teased, flirted and admired.

We leave for Sydney tomorrow, with our costumes packed and grand anticipation for what will unfold on Saturday night in the Hordern Pavilion & Dome.

DJ M will start with a song, a vocal line, maybe acappella, a melody, a drum sequence, any part of the music robust enough to provide the anchor and form on with to build the remix. He then will add musical components to develop the fuller sound he seeks. These added sounds can be instrumental, synth, vocal, percussion, etc., elements in any of the styles of House, Electro-House, Progressive House, Deep House, Tribal and Trance to achieve the tone, color and emotional feeling he seeks for the remix. The decision as to what kind of elements are chosen depends on his instinctive feeling for the music and the rhythm of the dance at that point in the set. A single set may incorporate several different songs each with a different predominant musical form.

The statement of form, mood, emotion and color of the overall set is manipulated by repetitions of this process. Thus it is unusual for a set of DJ M’s remixes to be in a single musical form or style and seldom can be accurately described as a Trance set or an Deep House set  for example.

DJ M views his technique as essentially the same as the procedure that a fine Chef uses to create new dishes especially with fusion of more than one particular cuisine.  A little Italian Oregano herb, a pinch of Indian Curry powder, a splash of Japanese Shoyu …… smile.  Hence his  use of the term DJ M Fusion Mix to describe his remix style. Additional qualifiers can be added for example: DJ M Fusion Xtended Mix, DJ M Fusion Club Mix, DJ M Fusion Vocal Mashup Mix; the examples are limited only by your imagination and word play skills.

Despite general widespread economic woes, retail Hong Kong was busy. How do they achieve it ….. by facing the facts and providng such deep discounts that buyers are motivated. Armani Emporio at 60% or 70% discount is actually affordable. Never thought I would write such an on the face of it absurd comment! The wardrobe now sports several cool AE T shirts and a drop dead gorgeous raincoat with second top shell that will be way too hot for me to wear in Thailand but I could not resist the bargain! Thus are fools seperated from their cash.

We stayed in the Central Park Hotel, a very cool chic boutique hotel that I can strongly recommend. Staff were excellent, services good, view from the 20 th floor room awesome and breakfast had all the little quirky things I happen to like!

The ferry trip to Kowloon still enchants especially at night as the skyline leaps into multicolor splendour and doubles the joy with rippled reflections across the harbor when we got to the Kowloon side

The new airport is a model of efficiency especially the intown check in and high speed trains, got Narita and Inex beat hands down! Once at the airport hiking boots may be in order if your gate is a distant one as the distances are great.

The definite conclusion is that Hong Kong is still a great venue for a fun and diverse weekend away in SE Asia.

The party after party after party dished up wonderful eye candy with large numbers of buff shirtless men, good music including our friend and Thai DJ Colleague DJ Spectrum K who played his progressive house magic at one of the parties. We attended 3 parties before staggering back for breakfast and a long sleep. Hardier friends continued on through to Sunday evening.

DJ M was guest DJ at VOLUME in Hong Kong on Saturday, August 1, 2009.  Evan Steer, is a wonderful host and warm friend who made DJ M and Roy feel very welcome. There was a lively diverse crowd who obviously were enjoying themselves and DJ M’s music. Despite stiff competition with back to back parties in HK over the entire weekend, the VOLUME crowd stayed until after 2:00 am even though Evan had warned that he expected them to drift off to the other parties after 1:00 am. Evan kindly extended an invitation to return and DJ M would like to do so as it was a lot of fun.

Tag Art Music On Line [TAMO, www.tagartmusic.com] airs DJ M’s fortnightly radio show on Sunday September 13, 2009 at 7:00 PM ET. The show on Sunday September 13, 2009 is DJ M’s tribute to the memory of Michael Jackson. As a former dancer and DJ , DJ M has always admired Michael Jackson’s artistry and genius with both his music and his performances. These new remixes of DJ M’s favorite songs of Michael Jackson are humbly offered as a tribute to a great artist and for your dancing pleasure. Come Danz with Michael and DJ M … 5, 6, 5, 6, 7, 8!