Jay Funk Dawg

Was it Wassabi Collective's door person or Moses Mayes door person, or was it the venue's door person? If you can't answer that it seems like your directing your anger at the wrong people. I feel bad for the band who is trying to make a living making music to get blamed for actions of someone who is likely not a staff member of the band. $15 is still pretty cheap to see live music. There's a huge problem here with the entertainment industry - namely that the electronica crowd will happily fork over $25-40 to see a Dj, but the live crowd complains at even $5. It's a sad state for Canadian Musicians.

take a listen here: Reggae Party 45 Vinyl Master by NuFunk Canada

i know some of you have a hate on for Wassabi Collective, and I fear that this will just put more fuel to your fire - but here goes - check out Gisto's new video filmed and recorded in Jamaica.

get at me wolf !

apparently 3M is already taken...

Melissa (M3) and Gisto of The Wassabi Collective are on tour next month, I'm hoping to help them find a gig on Friday April 15th in Southern Ontario, any ideas or suggestions are welcome. Melissa (M3) and Gisto will be hitting the road for a run of shows in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI, Quebec & ONtario. The duo version of the “Wassabi Vibe†are debuting their “Allstyle Dance Party†with all Original Bangers and live Percussion, Guitar and Vocals Here's the dates: 04/06/11 Halifax, NS The Paragon Canada 04/07/11 Fredericton, NB Nicky Zee’s 04/08/11 Charlottetown, PEI Baba’s Lounge 04/09/11 Saint John, NB Pepper’s Pub 04/11/11 Montreal, QC Le Divan Orange 04/13/11 Peterborough, ON The Red Dog 04/14/11 London, ON Call the Office 04/15/11 TBA Southern Ontario 04/16/11 Toronto, ON The Rivoli 04/17/11 Hamilton, ON The Casbah www.wassabi.net thanks!

I finally saw the first 3 seasons of Breaking Bad.. what a ride that was! since I'll have to wait for the 4th season, i'm gonna take a chance on Californication... I can't help but wonder what's gonna happen in Season 4 though.

Must see!

at the Cheoski's show we got a great view of keyboard/bass players ass crack... just sayin'

Here's the artwork of our upcoming release.... we're really excited about it, release party on Saturday, April 16th at the Rivoli in Toronto with Friendlyness and The Human Rights + special guests. let me know what you think of the look:

ohh me me !

www.nufunk.ca presents Friday, April 8th, 2011 Donnie Dumphy : Wheelie Wheelie Good Tour www.donniedumphy.com $8 Advance Tickets Online: www.ticketweb.ca Tickets $10 at the door Doors 9 pm / show at 10pm Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=203397429690249 Opening Acts: Random Task Force, Poisonous Glass and stand up comedy by Tim Steeves Since his debut on the Rick Mercer Report, Donnie Dumphy has become a social media phenomenon. His featured video "Havin’ a Time" has accumulated close to a million views. The video has been played nationally on Rick Mercer top rated CBC show and Donnie has been featured on the Ron and Fez's Comedy show on Sirius XM Radio. The character Donnie Dumphy was launched with the video "Havin’ A Time" - a tribute to Newfoundland slang. The success of the video has led to a full length album and a multitude of videos, quickly establishing Donnie as an ambassador for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Donnie, MC extraordinaire, raps about wolves, bologna, cold beer, and ‘doin’ wheelies’ on his Honda 50. Song "Havin' a Time" has over 800,000 views on Youtube Donnie and his girlfriend Brenda hosted the 2009 Grand Falls Newfoundland Salmon Festival, featuring headliner Akon and some 20,000 people in attendance. Dumphy also wowed audiences at the 2010 Evolve Festival (Voted Best Music Festival in Canada by CBC Radio 3 listeners).

Rippin' guitar solo there BriGuy on Sun is shining.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATE!

Follow me at www.twitter.com/nufunk ! I'm having a blast on here... starting to do more live interaction with the fans at shows... offering free tickets, free music, sharing other things that I think are cool.

NEW FUNK MIX: A.SKILLZ BEATS WORKING VOL 1 (Dj Mix 2011) by A.Skillz

WIN TICKETS FOR A.SKILLZ THIS FRIDAY in TORONTO

I saw these ads in NYC, it read "TOURMAGEDEON" they must be doing some type of contest

SORRY THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED! After a couple of months hiatus Freaky Behaviour is back and is now confirmed as your new monthly stop for good music and good vibes. DJ Soulstice and DJ ?uesquecest will be bringing you all sorts of funk, soul, breaks, disco, house, reggae, latin and any other vibes we are feeling. In short this is the place to hear good varied soulful and funky music in an intimate setting at The Detour Bar - A PMFZ joint!! Operated by all round good guys PMFZ and PMFZ the detour is fast becoming a haven for good vibes and a varied musical palate in Kensington Market. With a big ass sound system and cheap drinks to keep the THIRST dealt with it's a great place to do it AGAIN and AGAIN. Come join us next Thursday, wear your best dancing shoes and bring some baby powder to sprinkle on the floor, let's kick it like old school and get up to get down. Hope to see you all out. here's the invite page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=182442988465744

TONIGHT !!

I'll have to post some pictures but here goes Friday - I bombed around Columbia University, then took the A-Train to Greenwich Village. Checked out some record stores, then got suggested to check out Deadly Dragons Records http://www.deadlydragonsound.com. I've been collecting reggae & funk 45 rpm records and whenever I travel I'm scouting for rare records - I found some gems including Augusta Pablo, Bunny Wailer, Sugar Minot, Jackie Mitoo, The Skatlittles and a new fav label LionDub. Wandered along Blecker Street and found some other music stores got some funk singles by William Bell, Booker T and Mungo Jerry. I met back up with my fiancee back near Columbia University and found out that she was offered a job after her presentation. We decided to celebrate! But first we needed to go visit a friend of hers who was putting us up for the night in the Chelsea area of NYC. Turns out it's only a couple of doors down from The Chelsea Hotel - made famous by Leonard Cohen. We had a nice dinner at "Live Bait" restaurant - a fish specialty spot. Earlier that day I got a message from Darren Shearer who noticed I was in NYC via facebook and asked me if I wanted to get guestlist for a show he was doing at the Gramarcy Theatre. He was sitting in on drums in Conspirator (featuring members of Disco Biscuits Marc Brownstein & Aaron Manger plus guitarist from RAQ) So after dinner with our host, we walked over to the theatre, which was in very close proximity of where were staying. My impression was that Conspirator was a Disco Biscuit side project that was going for a DUBSTEP angle... My fiancee would not really like this, but she'd be ok to check it out for a short while. We showed up late, hopeing to check out the end of the show, but it hadn't even started... so we hung out in the downstairs bar and ran into a guy who I met at a Live Music Summit, and was a GM of a Hotel I had booked us into the following night. Apparently he hosts most of the bands who come thru and gave me a hell of a deal on a room ($99), which is right by The David Letterman Theatre. We had a beer together, and he told me about how good Bowlive was and that we should definitely check it. So once the show started we went into the theatre and found 800 fans freaking out. They sounded great - not dubstep at all, mostly a jammy vibe. The guitarist from RAQ was really playing these stacatto melodies in a electronica jammy way that combined with Darren's shear force and build-ups were the real highlights. after an a hour or so of this we jumped in a cab to check out another club which I had guestlist called Cielo in the Meat Packing district, for a party called Turntables on the Hudson. It's a kind of soul/funk/afrobeat vibe mixed with house. When we got there DJ Nickodemus (whom I had booked in Toronto for the NuJazz Fest and who hooked me up) was playing some disco. He then played the song "Good Life" by Brassroots. http://www.brassrootsmusic.com/ Brassroots are on the DO Right Label and are from the UK, they are known for their horn arrangements of songs by Radiohead & David Bowie. Anyways I work for the record company who put that song out and it was a real coincidence that he played that tune - which he mixed into the original Good Life - house track. After that this House DJ named Karizma - who's considered a big deal, and who's played some big parties in Toronto. But after a couple minutes of that we were exhausted and took a cab back to Chelsea. end of Day 1 NYC ! I'll finish this off tomorrow with pictures... j

I caught his show at HummingBird (Now Sony Centre) about 4 years ago and it was really great. I scored tickets at the last minute and brought my Dad along. My Dad isn't much of a music fan, but he really liked the show... we really started to have a real laugh together at the end - during you can call me Al - my dad's name is Albert and he really got a hoot out of it. that was the second time I saw him, about 8 years ago, I caught him at Molson Amphitheatre.

band is Auresia - acoustic guitar vocals Todd Britton - keys & melodica Jay Cleary - electric guitar & percussion KELSYA - flute more on Auresia here: ***Nominated for Favorite World Artist at The 2010 Annual Independent Music Awards!~ and 4 Awards at the 2009 Canadian Reggae Music Awards *** www.auresia.com www.myspace.com/auresia http://www.facebook.com/Auresia http://twitter.com/auresiamusic http://www.reverbnation.com/Auresia?add_email=true http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV6eWdA9Rgc

I hear he's in Toronto for Canadian Music Week, if I see him I'll let him know there's a thread about him!

We're at the airport right now, just waiting to board.. wish us luck!