vKA$H

See, I'm not all club....I got a soft side

2010-09-24T12:27:00.002-04:00

Here is the first edition of a project that Catherine Sauer and myself are doing. A little dip in videography. This is a quick mini behind the scenes/documentary we shot to show the love and passion that went into the recent production of Voices Of Hope (for Cancer) which just premiered at the Boston Symphony Hall. Expect more from this project, it seems to have a lot behind it. Enjoy!

VJNA

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Goin back to the roots

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This is for my boy goin into brain surgery

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DJ Harvey @ DOTC

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DOTC Aug Edition

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YOYOYO 90s Jam at Amber Room

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June DOTC set up

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http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=76363499363

May 2009

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This a journey into the visual domination known as life.

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Gettin a lil different here....Ill be slingin the pens on the bodies yo! FO SHO!

2009-03-30T04:59:00.001-04:00

DIGITAL LOVE
A So Dope Mega Event!!!

Just when you think all is lost, SO DOPE! THROWED AND BPM have combined to reload the plasma gun and melt your pretty face off.

6hrs of DANCE rage, cause that’s what WE DO.

THE BIGGEST ROOM
THE BIGGEST SOUND
WITH BOSTON’S BEST.

We don’t throw parties.
We throw MEGA EVENTS.

THURSDAY APRIL 9TH @ MIDDLE EAST DOWNSTAIRS
DOORS OPEN AT 8PM SHARP!

Live Performance By:
Gentlemen Hall
André Obin
Teamwork

With DJ Sets By:
Brek.One (Do It Again)
Michael V (The Pill)
E-Marce (Campus, Throwed)
Frank White (Campus)
Jay K the DJ (So Dope, Paper)
Damien Paul (So Dope, Robot Revolution)

Also Featuring:
Resident MC Mike Tran
Party Photos by Lara Callahan
Visuals by

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HD video shoot by Matthew Szechenyi

CASUAL DRESS
ADMISSION IS $10

This is an 18+ Party!!!

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Next 90s JAM!

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Circus Weekend

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Quicky

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Some Favs From THE afterParty

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THE After Party Work

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DAAAAMN!

THE AfterParty Show

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My Work

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Amazing, thats me.

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90's jam

2009-02-04T15:46:00.003-05:00

So the 90's came and came in strong with the BIGGEST TURN OUT EVER at middlesex on Tuesday. NEVER EVER EVER has that place bee so packed! We were literaly hiding our neon asses in the DJ booth cause we could NOT move! All the gangsta's came out to hear the fresh funky beats and all the kids got their freak on and i mean FREAK ON! Come check us out next week on the 10th! DRESS YOUR 90S BEST!

Why Hire A VJ?

2009-01-22T17:07:00.002-05:00

Why Hire A VJ? from Zebbler on Vimeo.

My thanks and respect to Zebbler for making this video and my love to the Glitch Crew

YOYOYO 90S JAM!!!!! at Middlesex!

2009-01-15T21:22:00.003-05:00

YO YO YO! Mic check mic check! We be illin and chillin back in town gettin funky and radical and totally STOKED to play some 90s hip hop and R & B at Middlsex JAN 27th! So come on come all and dress in your illinest threads!

12/14/09

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....with vKa$h

YOYOYO ANIMOTO!

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RedBull Tour

2009-01-14T17:02:00.002-05:00

As I clean out my closet of old shows, one tour I forgot to mention was the YOYOYO 90s JAM tour sponsored by redbull. I'm not gonna go much into it save to say that those tubular kids who decked themselves out in the 90s gear really got wings with some excelent prizes from Redbull. Man that tour was like strapping into our Delorian and going 88 to go back to 92! Much love to the kids who came out and the wonderful energy that Redbull lovers get.

NEW YEARS!!!

2009-01-14T16:48:00.002-05:00

Well hey out there all you hip hoppin, do woppin, house lovin, visual craving kids! THE NEW YEAR IS HERE! And I for one am ecstatic! With a new year comes a look back on the great fun I have been having with all the DJs and parties that I have been lucky enough to be apart of. Some super favorites are of course the bodacious YOYOYO 90s JAM! Dancing On The Charles and the underground fabulousness that was dubbed "Knights New Years Jam" Three Bands and Two DJs helped me worth through this 8 hour set of ecclectic madness! An 80's Coverband, a Local MC and my personal friend and brother from another mother DJ Done to close out the last few hours. Dub screens one 7x 7 and one 30 x 30 showered over the crowd of debaucherous kids and 80s dressed insanity. My love and respect to all who made it out to this underground rave-esqe INDOOR SKATE PARK that reminded us all of the foot clan's hide out in the origional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. What does 2009 have in store? Who are we to know? If you are like me you are just excited for the adventure. So bundle up kids, its cold out there, but its always warm on the floor!
-v.Ka$h

North East Kingdom

2008-12-19T19:33:00.004-05:00

So I have been avoiding writing about my home away from home because it is an untapped resource of fun and great people. Very closely knit and teeny tiny- but this was a mistake and one that I can no longer allow to continue to do. The North East Kingdom is a little slice of heaven that seems to have everything for everyone. Salt of the earth people who take care of one another and involve themselves heavily within the community- because there is little else to do. So I have been coming up here every year or so since I was born to visit my godfamily and friends- but it wasn't until recently that things have really taken off here. The shows are getting wilder and more artistic with every passing month. I played one show at this great spot called Parker Pie back in the summer and now I am getting offers and shows left and right. But that's not the reason I am writing about it. A close friend up here i just recently found out, is a VJ. His name is Cavin Meese, and lemme tell ya- he. has. skills. amazing skills. His focus is entirely show oriented- he comes at each gig from a lighting perspective where the visuals are more integrated into the performers so that not only is he playing live, but is an integral and all encompassing part of the show. Check him out if you have a chance, seriously. His work is inspiring and you can tell he works heavily with the venue and performers to really make the show fly. His knowledge is endless and he has become a personal hero and guru to yours truly, the Ka$h money. So this is my shout out to him - KUDOS sir! keep up the good work. He is someone I hope to work with often and soon...more to come

Snow Snow!

2008-12-18T16:38:00.002-05:00

Whoa! So This has been some crazy times for the Ka$hMoney! Lots of gigs, LOTS of travel and A BUNCHA great times! I'll post more often after I can get out of this snowstorm up here in the kingdom! Check out some new events, Dec 27 at PROV in Providence RI is the return of the TOTALLY TUBULAR YOYOYO 90s JAM!!!!!! And for NEW YEARS the XTREME New Years Bash in East Burk VT- come one come all! lets melt the snow!

yoyoyo 90s Jam

2008-11-10T21:00:00.001-05:00

YOYOYO 90s Jam at PROV

2008-11-10T20:23:00.007-05:00

So this week the 90s crew of Kash Money, Chuck D, and Easy E headed south for an event to topple the giant flux copassitor that it took to travel the entire club of PROV in Providence R.I. back to the 1990s. The jams were bumpin and the party was slammin as we all chugged down some radical redbull to the tunes of Biggie, Tupac, Black Street, and Mariah just to name a few. The visuals were bodacious covering the entire stage and VIP sections with clips from Juice, music videos matched up to the songs playing and effects that made you say Whoa like Joey, no diggity. For a little bit of flavor Oceen, a rave DJ from the 90s, came in with his crowd pleasers and the videos took on an adult theme. The only thing we weren't expecting was how slow that 1996 internet would be, and how heavy our computers got! MAN! it was a fun trip- we got two more coming up Friday in Dover NH and Saturday in Maine! COME ONE AND ALL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TRAVEL IN TIME! where we're going, we dont need.....roads

James Zabiela UPDATE

2008-10-29T16:53:00.001-04:00

WOOOOOT!!!

James Zabiela

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WAT A GREAT SHOW!!

James Zabiela

2008-10-27T17:03:00.000-04:00

MidweekTechno got a HUGE boost this week as Soul Clap joined up with James Zabiela for an outrageous set the likes of which the Phoenix Landing have never seen! Bass heavy, crowd jammed in like some sort of rocket to paradise overflowing with passengers, we were almost beating them away with a stick!
I haven't gotten to play a show that was so much fun, and so crazy all at once. Soul Clap started early, throwing out some of their new tracks to a jam-packed house all eagerly listening and warming up their dancing feet. From then on the atmosphere only got crazier and more intense as the crowd swelled and danced the night away with the robo-master himself James Zabiela throwing down a set so hard and so origional that it was all i could do just to keep up- but I rocked out the visuals with style and flair, and by end of his first breakdown, I had a scheme down packed. Beat matched and all very robot/dystopia/future styled, the set featured scenes from THX-1138, Tron, War Games, and some vKa$h originals thrown in for good measure.
The Crowds response was intense. They clamored to get as close to the stage as possible for a better glimpse of a show that we will never be able to see again in such a venue. Getting these two big hits together (soul clap and James Zabiela) was so inspiring it reminded me of the days of the Cyber-Trance Movement back in SF, when going to a club was actually going to a show, not just going to a place to get wasted and try and score. House is coming back, and we are all just lucky enough to be a part of it.
Welcome back to life I say, and welcome to our world of full throttle, bass bumping, visual stimulating all around good shows!!!!

West Glover Lover Bash

2008-10-20T17:26:00.002-04:00

DJ Random and I killed the spot

90s JAM

2008-10-20T17:24:00.001-04:00

We throw down at the middlesex

Bartenders Ball 2008

2008-10-20T17:23:00.001-04:00

Soul Clap ripped it up at the bartenders ball

DOTC slideshow

2008-10-20T17:18:00.002-04:00

Carl Cox

2008-10-18T01:32:00.000-04:00

After the Connie set, the boys from Soul Clap, Sergio, Connie and myself cruised over to meet up with DJ Endoh at the Roxy to watch the end of Carl Cox's set. As the Roxy has always been a staple in Boston, to see Cox there was no surprise, seeing him on a Wednesday night was. It was a little light on the crowd, but that made it all the better. It's always great to see friends and hommies at a big name show and not have to be pushing random people out of the way for a simple hello. The set was good, and it was a great end to a wonderful night.

MidWeekTechno.com 10/15

2008-10-18T01:04:00.001-04:00

October 15 rolled around sooner than I realized. But I somehow managed to not only enjoy great food at the Phoenix Landing in Cambridge, MA- but also a rather wonderful PRE-show! Sitting adjacent to me was a couple obviously intoxicated and obnoxious. I have no worries for these types of people- they can make great conversation, and an interesting drinking buddy or two- however something about this particular couple struck me as off. They seemed sketchy, and scandalous. They demanded their food after only 9 minutes waiting and then proceeded to wolf it down and take off down the street without paying. The greatest part of the whole ordeal was watching the bouncer take off with his 6' tall stride and chase them down the street to bring them back and force payment, well handled by the whole crew and my kudos for being so polite about someone trying to rip them off. The calamari as always was excelent.
So this MidWeekTechno session saw yet another triumph for the Airdrop family. Bringing in a bass heavy delight was Sergio Santos, a Boston favorite, and New Yorks own Connie. The beats were impressive to say the least. Welcoming them with open arms I synched up some very nice loops that were quick, poinant and most of all right on beat. The heavier the bass, the more i appreciated all the different clips I had to choose from. As the night drew on, i brought the videos in to a more darker scene, allowning a lot of red and "TV glitches" to add to the late night, early automn, October feel.
The vKa$h set was unusually animated with a lot less of the sexual vibe attached. I do certainly love playing highly edited sexy women, but it was nice to keep it minimal and really let loose after each breakdown. The songs were underground as usual, with some tracks plaid off of some very close friends of mine. A new high for me happened when Connie and I actually started planning some of our stuff out before each switch. Simple terms such as "im going tribal" or "get ready for the breakdown" can add so much to someone beatmatching from a selection of over two hundred clips. And with on-point beat matching, the visuals - although entertaining (from what I hear) were also used to heighten the tracks, and meshed well without being overbearing. All in all a great set and two DJs that I hope to work with again soon!!! Come on over Sunday and check out a visual set made to acompany the wonders that is Tanner Ross. Phoenix Landing Rebound should be a great one!

Ah the Life of a visual Kid

2008-10-16T03:09:00.000-04:00

So how to get one of these started........This is my blog I guess. So I have been a Visual Mixmaster for about three years now- I hate the term "VJ" although that has been labeled as what I do, it consider it much less of a "jockey" and the term brings up notions of Sway and Tabitha Sorin from MTV- and when that isn't the case, people assume that you meant DJ and just misspoke, or they miss heard. But who cares?! I love what I do, and I enjoy all the people I get to meet. At the moment I am trying to get my life together after a hectic summer of traveling, VJing, making art and moving from Cambridge to Dorchester.
So my goals now are to get some demos out there so I can get some exposure, use my skills to allow me to travel AND make money and get some more equipment together so I can really take it up a notch. Right now I am trying to save up enough money to buy a good video camera and a tablet so that I can show some of my more artistic abilities during live performances...among other things.
I guess a little of my history would be good here...let's see...
I'm 24, a SMFA Boston/ Tufts student who stumbled into VJing through a friend of mine. I started working at one of the hotest clubs in town Underbar. After working there for about a year, I spread out- working solo at Mantra (Boston), the Intercontinental Hotel (Boston), The Luna Lounge (New York), The House of Yes (New York), The Loading Dock (Lowell), Rumor (Boston), Felt (Boston), Rise (Boston), The Burton House (Brighton), Camp DK (Vermont), Parker Pie (Vermont), The Bartender's Ball (Nantucket), Dance On The Charles (Boston), as well as many others that I just cannot think of right now. Some companies I have worked for include Redbull, Captain Morgan, Tripple 8 Vodka, Kristal, and a bunch of others, but I really think RedBull has helped me the most. They have a lot of respect for their artists which is rare to find in a corperation. I just hope that others take their example.
DJs I have worked with include Soul Clap (my good buddies and guiding lights in their own right) Sergio Santos (another helping hand in the darkness of a club), Pat Fontes, Ministry of Sound (UK), Tanner Ross, Roger Sanchez, DJ Endoh (A GREAT kid and a GREAT friend) Triad (the band, not the DJ) DJ Random (South Carolina), Jason Bosserman, Dixon, DJ T and many many many more- but those are the ones I can think off right away.
I guess my ultimate goal is to travel the world VJing and making art. I would love to be a permanantly mobile person- constantly traveling with a good entourage and a smile. Everyone seems to want to be a tour manager or producer- I guess that would be fun, but at the moment I just want to make a living creating art and inlfuincing those around me to think and consider the wonders of this world we have been blessed with. So there you have it, a small peek into the professional Life of vKa$h. More to come....stay crazy....