TRAXMYTH

Come get hyphy with me and the rest of the SUBversive fam at 111...

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:08:17 -0800

Come get hyphy with me and the rest of the SUBversive fam at 111 Minna in San Francisco on Friday 12/9/11 for the first ever SUBversive SF event! Cover is only $5 all night, 21+, doors at 10pm-2am. Resident DJs indaskyes, FACEMELTER and Wicked Styles will all be there, along with yours truly.

Also, this will be my last show for a very long time. I am planning on giving up DJing for the time being so that I can focus on my production. While I LOVE grimy dance music and heavy bass lines, I want to create music that does not necessarily have to work in the context of dance clubs. I really enjoy all types of music, even ranging into the softer, more melodic stuff, so I want to explore that a bit as well. I just want to become a better producer, since that is what I truly love: creating. DJing was more of a way for me to get people to listen to me, rather than something I was really passionate about. I’m not saying that I will never do it again, but for the time being, I wanna make really good, interesting music, and whether or not that music gets played at clubs, remains to be seen. I suppose I would go back to it if there was a demand to hear my music in the clubs, but as of right now, I’m taking a step back to build up ‘Traxmyth’.

So come out to this fucking show tomorrow! It may be my last one.

Stop Chasing Your Dreams

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:27:00 -0800

So, I got really high on some sticky icky yesterday, and started thinking about how everyone I know seems to be “chasing their dreams”. Everyone seems to be pursuing their passions, which I had been an advocate of before yesterday. I was drunk on the concept that if I tried hard enough, I would “make it” in some way. And this concept is perpetuated, mostly because the society we live in tells us that that is the right thing to do. Much like parents who never scold their children, young people today are increasingly being told to “do what you love” and “shoot for the stars”. They are told to follow their dreams, and that anything can happen. But not everyone can make it big. Not everyone can be in the 1%. What happens when following your dreams doesn’t take you anywhere?

Everyone wants to be important. I think it’s human nature. But, I also think that we tend to confuse importance with fame. I mean, looking at myself, I’d love to “make it big” and work with other talented artists and get paid and musically change the world. I mean, what artist wouldn’t want that level of success? But, by the very definition of the word, we can’t all be famous. We need “anonymous” people in society infinitely more than famous people. I can do without Kim Kardashian, but I cannot go without the garbage man that comes every week, or the tow truck driver that fixes my flat on the side of the road. As a society, we overvalue fame. And it’s a shame, because 99.9999% of us will never get there. Every time we shoot for very big things, we essentially undervalue ourselves.

I blame reality television and the 24 hour entertainment news cycle for placing such importance on relative “nobodies”. How many frivolous reality shows are there? How many frivolous reality stars? It’s an insane amount and it’s growing every year. And, as younger and younger people get hooked into this, what they see is normal people, who have not accomplished anything special, other than selling their dignity for their 15 minutes, sending a message that being popular should be enough to get you paid.

It’s no wonder that kids these days are having sex younger and younger and experimenting with alcohol and drugs at an increasingly younger age. Giving in to peer pressure means going along with the crowd, and being an insider means you’re cool, and being cool will get you stuff. Kids are exposed 24 hours a day to what their favorite, older, entertainment idols are doing. If Miley Cyrus smokes Salvia, guess what half of the fourth grade is going to try, once they get old enough to score it? Justin Bieber made it big off of YouTube videos. It’s no wonder that kids are willing to pretty much do anything for the gratification of internet hits. And this need for popularity will only cause our future generations to be more insecure than their predecessors.

And the unfortunate thing is, the government wants to keep it this way. While everyone is focusing on reading up on what starlet banged who, they are busy passing bills that are stripping away our core rights as citizens, and what once made us the greatest nation in the world. While we are there, on our favorite social networking sites, screaming our perceived importance to anyone who will listen, the people in control are having the last laugh. There is no resistance to them. How can there be, when we’re all half asleep, dreaming of fame and fortune?

Our society is all sizzle and no steak. Nobody wants to roll up their sleeves and tackle problems head on, because having fun is what famous people are good at and hard work doesn’t get you paid or valued. And we absolutely yearn to be valued by someone. Anyone!

There was a time when being a great parent or partner or even just a fucking decent, helpful, educated person were personal goals in our society. Now, we all want to be rap stars and socialites. And, in the mean time, our country is dying. We are getting dumber, because, simply put, no one gives a fuck anymore. No one cares how we spell, no one cares how we affect others, just as long as we get noticed. We all worry about ourselves, because self promotion is what gets you on the front page of TMZ.

Our country is dying because no one wants to be a garbage man or a tow truck driver. No one wants to be a construction worker or a teacher or a mechanic, because we don’t value them enough. We don’t value the “little person”. We value fame and glamour, and we tell people to follow their dreams, and that they’ll make it one day if they just try hard enough, and that is fucking sad.

Here’s a new remix I did of Wiz Khalifa’s...

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:12:00 -0700

Here’s a new remix I did of Wiz Khalifa’s “Youngin’ On His Grind”. Mellow, 808 vibes for these summer months. Go cop the FREE DOWNLOAD and blaze one up!

‘Nuff said.

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:01:00 -0700

‘Nuff said.

The homies at Beyond Cinema Productions have released a...

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:26:00 -0700

The homies at Beyond Cinema Productions have released a full-length feature film called Bang Bang, which is debuting in San Jose on Wednesday, June 15th, with subsequent showings on Thursday and Sunday. It has already won the Best First Feature prize at the L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival, and promises to be an entertaining, yet realistic look into L.A. gang life.

I was fortunate enough to be asked to supply some original music for this film, to which I happily obliged. Word on the street is that my track can appropriately be heard during the main drug sequence of the film. (like a boss haha)

I’m definitely looking forward to seeing the film, and you should check it out, at the very least, when it comes out on DVD sometime later this year.

UPDATE: Just got back from checking out the film, and I thought it was sick! Really interesting and I could definitely identify with some of the scenes in the flick. Two of my tracks ended up being used used in the scene where the main characters take ecstasy. “Ojos Rojos” and “Bang Bang” (a song I wrote specifically for the film) If you ever get the chance, you should definitely check it out!

An interview I did as part of my DJ of the Week feature for Y...

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 08:12:06 -0700

An interview I did as part of my DJ of the Week feature for Y Star Radio. BIG thanks to the always lovely Yellow Star Drea for hooking this up! Go stalk her on Twitter here.

This one’s gonna be ill!! Check it out.

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 07:58:45 -0700

This one’s gonna be ill!! Check it out.

My submission for the 2011 Lightning in a Bottle Mixtape...

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:11:00 -0700

My submission for the 2011 Lightning in a Bottle Mixtape Contest. I didn’t win, so, what the fuck. Here. Have it.

Download it here.

http://subversive.eventbrite.com

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:32:09 -0700

http://subversive.eventbrite.com

This is my crew. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

Tue, 31 May 2011 08:25:58 -0700

This is my crew. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

In case you missed it… Here’s a video from...

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:31:43 -0700

In case you missed it… Here’s a video from SUBversive 3 feat. Nasty Nasty as well as the following night at SUBversive UCSD. Be on the lookout for more SUBversive events coming to the Bay Area. Big thanks to El Why for this DOPE vid!

Happy 4/20!!!

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:46:00 -0700

Happy 4/20!!!

UNGH!!! So stoked for this weekend! Check out this little promo...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:59:35 -0700

UNGH!!! So stoked for this weekend! Check out this little promo vid for SUBversive 3 feat. NastyNasty at the Kava Lounge in San Diego on 4/22. Featuring performances by myself, indaskyes and FACEMELTER. Don’t miss it!!

Smoke & Mirrors Mixtape

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:18:18 -0700

(Right click image + “Save As” to download)

What up, fam!! Here’s a new mixtape I put together for my show, SUBversive Radio, on Glitch.FM. It features a wide array of jams from various producers as well as some tracks by yours truly.

Personally, my favorite mixtapes usually have a wide array of musical genres in them, and while all of these tracks have some serious sub-bass, they’re pretty varied in both color and tempo. Hope you dig it!

New music

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:50:59 -0700

Hello, everyone! Got a couple new tracks up on my Soundcloud page for ya. The first (“Money Ain’t a Thang (Traxmyth Remix)”) is a remix of one of the first hip-hop/rap songs I ever really got into. Jay-Z and Jermaine Dupri hold it down with some dope flows and I remember really diggin the music video for it.

Jermaine Dupri ft. Jay Z - Money Ain’t a Thang (Traxmyth Remix) by Traxmyth

This next track (“Stomach Ache”) is an original track which I decided to release and give 100% of the profits to the disaster relief effort in Japan. It’s all part of a cause called Bass Love For Japan which asks DJs and producers to support the disaster relief efforts through their music and shows. I’ve never charged for my music before, but I figure that this is as good a cause as any. You can buy the track on my Bandcamp page for a “name your price” charge and I will personally make a donation to the Red Cross.

Stomach Ache by Traxmyth

I’ve got some cool things to announce, including new shows and a brand new mix, featuring some original tracks, that I’ll release soon. Until then, stay safe out there, everyone!

Prepare to get sweaty, because SUBversive Entertainment is proud...

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:16:17 -0700

Prepare to get sweaty, because SUBversive Entertainment is proud to present “SUBversive 3 featuring NastyNasty”, at the Kava Lounge in San Diego, April 22^nd, 2011. NastyNasty (Frite Nite) has certified himself in the bass music community as one of San Francisco’s heavy hitters and we are STOKED to have him rock out with us! The event is set to begin at 9:00pm and will feature musical support by SUBversive resident DJs Facemelter (SF), indaskyes (Glitch.FM) and Traxmyth (Glitch.FM), as well as stunning, live visuals by Mike Toillion (SD). If you’re into bass music, you are NOT going to want to miss this! For more information, as well as limited $10 pre-sale tickets, visit http://subversive.eventbrite.com

SUBversive Radio on Glitch.FM

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:04:15 -0800

Yo!! We recently got confirmation on some BIG news! Your boys, Traxmyth and indaskyes will be hosting a weekly radio show on Glitch.FM called “SUBversive Radio” starting Friday, March 11, 2011 from 6pm-8pm PST. We’ll be playing glitched-out, crunked-up tunes, as well as our own latest productions, so you’re not going to wanna miss it!

This is big news for us because it’ll include some pretty big exposure and a chance to meet and work with some great artists. One of my personal favorites, Sugarpill, has a weekly show every Tuesday night on the very same site. BLAM!

So tune in every Friday from 6pm-8pm PST to start your weekend off right!!

Radiohead - Karma Police (Traxmyth Dubstep Remix) Yeah! Got some...

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:34:00 -0800

Radiohead - Karma Police (Traxmyth Dubstep Remix)

Yeah! Got some new tunes up for ya! Over on my Soundcloud, I posted a bass music remix of “My 64” by Mike Jones, Bun B and Snoop Dogg. It’s also a free download, so you can grab it here.

In other, shitty news, I recently completed a dubstep remix of Radiohead’s “Karma Police”, but Soundcloud wouldn’t let me post it for you because a certain fat cat music label (cough*EMI Italy*cough) thinks that they don’t make enough money and needs to ruin my day by prohibiting anyone from remixing their songs. Usually, I love putting my tracks on Soundcloud because of the comment features and play counting and all that good stuff but unfortunately I can’t put this one up. Sorry about that.

But, in the true spirit of Radiohead (who is known for giving shit away for free), I’ve uploaded this track to Mediafire, so I hope a skrillion people download it and EMI Italy burns in hell and/or runs out of money. (Whichever comes first) lol Anyway, without further ado:

Download (320 kbps):
Radiohead - Karam Police (Traxmyth Dubstep Remix)

NEW HEAT...

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:06:00 -0800

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve updated this thing. Not to fear, I come bearing gifts. I recently put out two new remixes: T.I. “What You Know (Traxmyth remix)” and Birdman ft. Drake “Money to Blow (Traxmyth Remix)”. Both are available for listening on my Soundcloud profile.

T.I. - What You Know (Traxmyth Remix) by Traxmyth

Birdman ft. Drake - Money to Blow (Traxmyth Remix) by Traxmyth

What a way to kick off the new year! I’ve got a lot of other tracks I’m working on right now, and plan on DJing some shows this year, but overall 2011 is going to be all about production. I really want to be able to do some serious shows in 2012 with all original productions. Just gotta keep my head down and work on making bangers! Until next time, keep it filthy!

The Glitch Mob - Drive It Like You Stole It (Traxmyth Slow-Motion Cut)

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:01:35 -0700

The Glitch Mob - Drive It Like You Stole It (Traxmyth Slow-Motion Cut):

Here’s my official entry for The Glitch Mob’s Remix The Sea contest. The boys of The Mob kindly gave us access to their audio files and 148 tracks later (as of this post) the contest is finally coming to a close. My entry is a chilled out, down tempo remix using only sounds from the original Drive It Like You Stole It. I wanted to keep it similar to that track but give it my own flavor. So far, this is the song that’s gotten the most positive feedback and I really dig it as well. Check it out, and if you have a SoundCloud account, consider “favoriting” it or leaving a comment. ;) Keep it real home slices!!

The Glitch Mob - Drive It Like You Stole It (TRAXMYTH Slow-Motion Cut) by Traxmyth