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Last Updated: 9/15/2009

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Gender: Female
Status: Single
Age: 23
Sign: Sagittarius

City: OKLAHOMA CITY
State: Oklahoma
Country: US
Signup Date: 11/11/2005

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Monday, October 19, 2009 
She walked in like she did so many times before.  Her dress was immaculate as it hugged her supple body.  Her eyes would glisten as they caught the reflections of the dance lights.  As always, she was surrounded by her girls...each and every one...young and beautiful...ready to take the town by storm.  But, tonight was different...

I could feel a sadness in her stare...in her smile.

I don't even know your name.  I don't know what went wrong.  I don't even know your name, but baby girl I know your song.

So, I flipped through my crate...my fingers guide me through the darkness over the record covers.  The faint smell of dust on wax reminds me that nothing compares to dropping a needle on real vinyl.  

And at that moment that melody came in...she found herself in the middle of the dance floor...spinning in circles...right where she belonged.

I don't even know your name.  I don't know what went wrong.  I don't even know your name, but baby girl I know your song.

He stood by the bar, disguised in shadows.  Another tip of the glass as he tried to forget.  Where it came from or where it went, it doesn't matter now.  The taste of his sorrow had hints of vodka and sprinkles of patron.  As always, he was surrounded by friends...each and every one...bold and brave...ready to take the town by storm.  But, tonight was different.

I could feel the sadness in his stare...in his smile.

I don't even know your name.  I don't know what went wrong.  I don't even know your name, but my brother I know your song.

So, I pulled that record out of that sleeve.  It's been such a long, long time.  Laid it carefully on the platter and caressed it with my finger tips.  With a flick of the fader...found that sweet release as the beats skated into a groove.

And at that moment that bass line kicked in...he found himself in the middle of the dance floor...spinning in circles...right where he belonged.

Every deejay knows that you spend your whole night on the decks...waiting for the next song to walk through the door.

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Featuring:
Jef Diamond::remix artist
BT::drummer
Squirt D::deejay
DJ D.L.::deejay

*NO COVER*

performance @ 10p

1215 N Walker
(10th & Walker)

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This has been message from Jef Diamond reminding you that "I would rather know you than know your name"
6:23 AM 
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Saturday, September 19, 2009 
The live remix performance complete with a '64 Gretsch Catalina drum kit, a couple of Technics turntables, and a really heavy Roland synth. Flipping your favorite tracks with new musical interpretation. We will take this city on...one beat at time! Featuring: Jef Diamond::remix BT::drums Squirt D::turntables Performing at our new favorite spot to rock! The Midtown Deli provides us with a more intimate setting, incredible personal service, and an avenue of artistic expression. This isn't your kiddie bar! *NO COVER* performance @ 10p Midtown Deli 1215 N Walker (10th & Walker) ----- I want to send a special thanks to all those party people who have shown so much love and support for so many years. To be honest, no one ever gets paid to play in front of people they love...that's a privilege. You only get paid for all those hours unseen...to get to that stage. Anyone who thinks otherwise has forgotten what is means to be an artist. And the people who share this journey...will always mean the most. ----- This has been a message from Jef Diamond reminding you that "if it was all hype...I wouldn't still be here rockin' it"
5:48 PM 
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Thursday, September 17, 2009 
Anticipation has been building as iDrum stacks new remixes fresh from the studio.  A lifetime of honing production skills...applying years of music theory and composition...hours of practice and endless nights behind a recording console...and it all really just comes down to the grooves you lay for the dance floor.  And I am proud to present these new tracks for our next iDrum event!

This last recording session gave me new hope and new ideas from old music and old memories.  BT got flavor...requesting a remake of Debbie Deb's "When I Hear Music", then surprising me by laying some crazy hi-hat syncopation to one of my favorites, ATB's "Don't Stop".  Somehow we decided to visit my crates of house records (yeah, I said records...as in those 12 inches of good lovin') and came out with an incredible iDrum version of Robin S "Love for Love".  A recent visit from Unkle Pete and King Punchy inspired a funky break edit of "Everybody's Free" from that '97 Romeo & Juliet Soundtrack.  My sister turned me onto a girl-empowered rock-pop tune "Take Me On the Floor" by the Veronicas and we quickly made it slam.  And an instrumental of The Servant's "Cells" got the iDrum treatment.  Adding these to the list of literally hundreds of remixes already in my deejay arsenal...I think we got this one covered!

Yeah, for some...going out at night is all about getting crunk and getting drunk.  For most who work in the industry, it's all about getting paid and getting laid.  No hate...it's all love.  But, for those select few who outlast all contenders and pretenders...it really is all about the music, the vibe, and the love!  And iDrum represents for the heads.

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The innovative fusion of turntables and live musical interpretation

featuring

remixes from: 

beats and grooves from:

additional turntable support from:

21 and up
show @ 10p

**NO COVER**

2737 W Memorial

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(Sat Oct 03 09)



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This has been a message from Jef Diamond reminding you "brother and sister together we'll make it through"
8:38 PM 
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Thursday, September 10, 2009 
**RESCHEDULED EVENT** The last show was unexpectedly cancelled and rescheduled for this date. Oddly enough, it worked in our favor as we found a new intimate spot to rock! So a special thanks to Midtown Deli!! But, giving it another try...we return for another round at Buddha Tao! ----- iDrum @ Buddha Tao The innovative fusion of turntables and live musical interpretation featuring remixes from: JEF DIAMOND beats and grooves from: BT additional turntable support from: DJ DL ----- 21 and up show @ 10p **NO COVER** Buddha Tao ----- This has been a message from Jef Diamond reminding you "in the end, the people who are afraid to die are the people who were afraid to live"
7:49 PM 
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Friday, September 04, 2009 
Celebrating the day Blake came into the world and fucked everything up ***Blake's Birthday Bash*** iDrum @ MIDTOWN DELI The innovative fusion of turntables and live musical interpretation returns with a new cast and new tunes! Featuring remix deejay: JEF DIAMOND and the jazzy funk grooves of dynamic drummer: BT with additional turntable support from: DJ DL & DJ NV *NO COVER* 21 and up performance @ 10p *MIDTOWN DELI* 1215 N Walker (10th & Walker) ***Blake's Birthday Bash*** ------- iDrum "Fasterkill Pussycat" ------- iDrum "Apologize" ------- iDrum "Thanks Fr Th Mmrs" ------- This has been a message from Jef Diamond reminding you to "Destroy popular culture. Rebuild. Repeat."
1:12 AM 
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Thursday, August 20, 2009 
Yes.  Rumors are true.  I, Jef Diamond have finally conceded to no longer be a resident deejay at any of our nightclub establishments.  It's not that I wouldn't play a residency again, it's just that at this point and time in my career I simply do not find any currently available residency in this city as desirable or advantageous to my values as an entertainer.  But, 16 years of playing almost every single weekend...dozens of clubs...literally hundreds of shows...old habits will die hard.

More than a decade of struggle later, I see Oklahoma City's nightlife entertainment industry at a very crucial pivotal point.  This city has a very limited time to harness our current potential energy created from our relative great disposition during an economic recession.  With over a million people in our metro area and continual efforts to cultivate a cultural revolution, Oklahoma City must decide to be a new iconic mecca within the next few years.  My hopes lay with the Academy of Contemporary Music and the production core of the Dream Sound Project.

Will the commercial masses continue to dominate the future of our city's music industry?  Will this city cultivate its own cultural revolution?  Will our most talented still be forced to flee for survival in more salutary cities?  Will this current breed of socialites continue to make their mark as the absolute worst party generation I have ever played for?  Will Bricktown recognize the actual industry that their businesses are based upon and then help to build this industry?

So, what do you do?  My only resolve is to continue the path I have spend over half of my life pursuing.  My focus on music production and performance has not faltered, only changed to more progressive means...beyond that of which this city has been accustomed to me doing.

It's been a long time coming.  Countless requests and questions came about in the interim: "when is iDrum going to play again?"

Here's your answer:

(Fri Sep 04 09)


The innovative combination of remixing and live performance now introduces a new musician to add funk to the stage and groove to the dance floor.  With a new outlook on life, love, and music come new tracks and a new cast.  I am proud to introduce to you my new drummer: B.T.!

An alumni of a recording school so well respected that is simply known as the Conservatory, B.T.'s roots can be found with his grandfather who strummed a guitar, picked a bass, and bowed a fiddle for the legendary country swing band, Bob Piguet and his Kings of Swing.  B.T. fortified his groove with years study and recording in live music capitol of Austin.  Rocking a vintage Ludwig kit, expect a dynamic rhythmic interpretation to move your soul.

21 and up
performance @ 10p

2737 West Memorial Rd

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iDrum "Fasterkill Pussycat" 

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iDrum "Apologize"

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iDrum "Thanks Fr Th Mmrs"

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This has been a message from Jef Diamond reminding you to "Destroy popular culture.  Rebuild.  Repeat."

11:21 PM 
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 
This past week, we have witnessed the sure signs of the new counter-culture revolution emerging in our humble city.  Herald the rising of the new generation of the true hip-hop nation...seen through the heart and soul of the Ha'Stylez Krew...as bboys gathered from all over the region and fresh spray paint adorned the walls with live graffiti.  Take notice of the wall-to-wall energy created by NeedleGruv as they brought pure funky breaks from the underground basements, right into your ears.  And an entire room bounced with an energy I haven't felt in almost a decade, as one of the world's premiere deejays came to town surrounded by a cast of Dance Robots Dance.

The underground lives...

These are the crews who are making it happen.  And they are not alone.  As the underground reorganizes and re-energizes...read about it at OKDanceMusic.com...hear about it from the mixtapes hitting the streets from party rockers like Squirt D and new albums from innovators like Arkangel...feel it every Wednesday with Dance Robots Dance and every Sunday with NeedleGruv...dance with the Ha'Stylez Krew every Friday at Martini Lounge!

The underground lives...

I recently had the opportunity to pick up some jazz guitar techniques from the great Danny Vaughn, who preached that music always runs in cycles...becoming incredibly simplistic and easily swallowed by the masses before doing a complete one-eighty and growing in increased complexity and intellect.  This cycle is ever present in the clubs and dance floors of this city.  And as we begin to move from the commercial fluff that has dominated this city's dance floors for years and towards new positive energy, I am confident when I claim that the counter-culture revolution has begun.  And these events are only the first few small steps in a great new journey in our city's music culture.  Maybe this time we will get it right...

The underground lives...

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(Fri Jun 19 09)

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Arkangel's "Synergy" Album Release Party
(Sat Jun 20 09)

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The D&D Experience
featuring DJ DIVERSE & DJ D.L.
(Fri Jun 26 09)


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21 and up
NO COVER

800-B S. Meridian
(I-40 & Meridian, next to La Quinta)

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This has been a message from Jef Diamond reminding you that "we're still here"
9:24 PM 
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009 
Every once and a while, there are those people who surprise you.  I mean, there are those who have that certain creative ability that just awes you.  And then you come to expect that talent in a certain way...a certain media...a certain flavor.  Then, given a few years of absence and they return with something that just floors you!

Arkangel has been producing and creating dance floor breaks for long enough to have become one of the most popular downloads on BeatPort.com.  His brand of vocal stabs and melodic synth lines create movements that can only be described as uplifting and energizing!

Now, his 2009 all-new album is about to hit the streets!  Arkangel's "Synergy" is a collection of original funky breakbeat scores with epic strings and pads, enhanced with vocal stabs and searing synthesized piano leads.  This one is for the dance floor!

Martini Lounge is proud to host the "Synergy" album release party!  Check out a special live deejay performance from this Kingdom Underground recording artist!

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ARKANGEL's SYNERGY ALBUM RELEASE PARTY (Sat Jun 20 09)

also featuring resident deejay:

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21 and up
NO COVER

800-B S. Meridian
(I-40 & Meridian, next to La Quinta)

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This has been a message from Jef Diamond reminding you that "we always bumpin' the funk!"
4:30 AM 
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009 
When the power and strength from two opposing meet...it can be a hurricane! Taking those of us on the outside of the circle on a whirlwind ride. And we are endlessly spinning in circles as winds from the North collide with storms of the South...the desert heat from the West finds the gusts from the East. This centripetal collision draws us closer and closer into the eye. And here, in the center of it all...in the tranquility and serenity amiss the combatants of an epic battle, we find Common Ground! COMMON GROUND (Fri Jun 12 09) The official Battle on the Plainz 5 pre-party featuring DJ D.L.! 21 and up NO COVER Martini Lounge 800-B S. Meridian (I-40 & Meridian, next to La Quinta) ------- The tribes have gathered! The lines have been drawn! The date has been set! There will be no mercy in the circle! The Ha'Stylez Krew have been holding it down for the b-boy underground for a minute. Alongside (and against) the Playground Bullies and Soul Style Krew, in recent years, these cats have put together numerous events to promote the sacred cipher in the circle. Bringing together the old school vibe with the new school jacks. Prepare for one of the states most epic b-boy jams as crews from all over the Midwest and South come to claim $1000 in cash! $250 cash for those who take the circle one on one! Judged by a select panel of respected vets including the venerable BBoy Kirk of the infamous Texas crew, HaviKORO! Featuring performing emcees: Nymeses & Nisha H.U.S. M.H.P. Chophouse Records Chris McCain Quese I.M.C. On the wheels of steel: DJ D.L. and DJ Shock B of the legendary Culture Shock Camp! Completing the four elements, the Ha'Stylez are inviting all graffiti artists to participate in the Live Graffiti exhibition! This is true hip-hop! BATTLE ON THE PLAINZ 5 (Sat Jun 13 09) ALL AGES! FREE ADMISSION! Concho Community Center 200 Wolfe Robe Circle Concho Oklahoma ------- This has been a message from Jef Diamond reminding you that "you may dress like a bboy and talk like a bboy...but, can you dance like a bboy?"
11:53 PM 
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009 

Sometimes you really have to give in order to receive.  


On June 6th, a select group of OKC's most talented will take stage for a fundraising event to keep music going in our schools.  The idea began as BT and the brethren of broke musicians whom work at Guitar Center were approached by the Fender Music Foundation to build a stage in the middle of our parking lot, rig up 100,000 watts of JBL sound, and gather the best bands we could find...all in an effort to support the mantra: "Give.  Music.  Life."


Less than a month into the project and others became eager to join our cause.  Music4Life Studios offered an EP recording session for the band to who can bring the most donation dollars, and naturally demos from dozens of bands came flooding through the doors.  Then our neighbors at Best Buy and Home Depot rallied to provide us with the materials we needed to put together a concert.  Star Productions and Little River Music Valley offered technical support and gear as we began to realize how incredibly large this event had become,  and always down to ride for a great cause, B.A.C.A. Nation gave the nod.


And now, we gather together...from so many different musical backgrounds...on one stage...upon the commencement of one of the greatest events I have ever had the honor to play a humble role in.  Keep music in our schools!  Let the youth of our nation create!  Let them play!  Let them dance!  Let their voices sing!  Let the revolution begin!!!


This is a FREE concert!  Donate $10 or more and receive a 10% discount off of any* item from Guitar Center!  There will be contests and giveaways from Best Buy and Guitar Center!


Check out the line-up!

1p - At Long Last

2p - Memory Driven

3p - Mitch Cason and the Big Idea

4p - Torn Tomorrow

5p - Eyes Made Ready

6p - Outcry

7p - Welcome the Silence


With deejays: DJ D.L. and Squirt D!


Hosted by: Jef Diamond


RIGHT2ROCK (Sat Jun 06 09)


an ALL AGES EVENT

a FREE Fender Music Foundation fund-raising concert


@ the Guitar Center parking lot

2940 NW 59th St

OKC OK 73112

405.810.9191



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This has been a message from Jef Diamond reminding you "Give.  Music.  Life."


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*Valid on stated/advertised price only.  Discount may not be combined with any other coupons or promotions, and may not be used on phone or internet orders.  Excludes previously purchased merchandise.  Good in store only.  Excludes Apple, Bose, Mesa/Boogie, Mogami, Monster Cable, SSL, Euphonix, Manley, Studio RTA, used and vintage items, and gift cards.  Offer valid on June 6, 2009.


12:25 AM 
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