MY FAVORITE AM VIDEO

There are plenty of bitchin' AM videos out there, but for whatever reason, this one is my favorite. From what I've read, he just showed up at this club and they let him get on the decks for a few minutes. Not only does he annihilate the room, but he visibly shakes the DJ that is supposed to go on after him and it appears the guy doesn't want to follow him lol. Enjoy!

30 MINUTE WORKOUT VOLUME 3: THE HIP-HOP EDITION

Here is a 30 minute hip-hop only set from my gig the other night. I have always loved old school hip-hop. Listening to it is like taking a trip back to a better time in music. The lyrics were the original, the beats were sampled, and it always kept your head nodding.

You could call this a tribute to DJ AM if you want to. I know he was a big hip-hop fan, and listening to his sets and some of the recent Do-Over sets inspired me to throw this together, even though it's all off the top of my head and on the fly. Hope you enjoy it!! If you do, subscribe to my podcast and let your friends know to do the same. The hits are gonna keep on coming! Have a great weekend!

Tracklist:
1.Eric B & Rakim- Paid In Full (Coldcut Remix)
2.Lords of the Underground- Funky Child
3.Brand Nubians- Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down
4.Daz Dillinger- In California
5.NWA- Gangsta Gangsta
6.2Pac & Snoop- 2 of Amerikas Most Wanted
7.Naughty By Nature- Hip Hop Hooray
8.Beatnuts- Off The Books
9.Cypress Hill- How I Could Just Kill A Man
10.Doug E. Fresh/Slick Rick- The Show
11.Notorious B.I.G.- Going Back To Cali
12.Ice Cube- Givin' Up The Nappy Dugout
13.Tribe Called Quest- Scenario
14.Souls of Mischief- 93 Til Infinity
15.De La Soul- Ring Ring Ring
16.Young Black Teenagers- Tap The Bottle
17.Showbiz & AG- Party Groove
18.DJ Quik- Tonite
19.Tony Toni Tone- Let's Get Down

DL: DJ DOUG COLLINS- 30 MINUTE WORKOUT VOL. 3: THE HIP-HOP EDITION
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THE GOOD OLD DAYS..

I'll have a new mix uploaded later this weekend, but I was going through my computer working on a set for tomorrow night and came across this oldie but goodie. Asylum Nightclub was the first (and probably still the best) nightclub I've ever worked for. I started there when I was 19 back in 2001 and played there every weekend until it closed in December 2005. It was the first club I ever heard an electronic music DJ play (Matt Freeman), and going there on my 18th birthday changed my life. This is part 1 of the recording of my final set there. I have no idea what's happened to part 2, but I hope you take time to listen to and enjoy this mix. No Serato, no Ableton, no editing. Just 2 turntables, some cheap CD players, and a mixer. The way it used to be. Enjoy it, everyone!

DL: DJ DOUG COLLINS- ASYLUM CLOSING PARTY 12/18/2005
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Sorry it took me a little longer than expected to get this done. I recorded another set, and hated it, so I recompiled and made this set instead .

If you read my previous post on AM's passing, you know how much I was influenced by him, and I am planning on doing a tribute set for him.

This 30 minute workout set isn't the tribute to AM I plan on, but it does have a few tracks I know were big ones for him. And I thought the final track was appropriate as well. I'm playing at a fairly open format event on Friday night the 11th and plan on putting something together that will be a more fitting tribtute, done completely on the fly on 2 turntables and a mixer, the way he would have liked it.

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around every once in a while, you could miss it..."

TRACKLIST
1.New Boyz- You're a Jerk (Jump Smokers Remix)
2.Flo Rida- Jump (Jump Smokers Remix)
3.Electric Soulside- Moulin Rouge (Afterschool Special Mix)
4.Wale ft. Lady Gaga- Chillin' (Lee Dagger Remix)
5.David Guetta ft. Lil Jon & Akon- Sexy Bitch (Chuckie Remix- Doug Collins Edit)
6.Enur- Calabria (Kurd Maverick Remix)
7.Kings Of Leon-Sex On Fire (Richard Sharkey & Peter Sar Mix)
8.Duck Sauce- Anyway
9.Journey- Don't Stop Believing (Andy Clockwork Remix)

DL: DJ DOUG COLLINS- 30 MINUTE WORKOUT VOL. 2
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IN THE MEANTIME...

I'm still working on a new workout mix this weekend, but I'm not having inspiration for whatever reason, so I found another live mix from last year to post in the meantime. This was recorded on my birthday weekend in April 2008 at Atmosphere Nightclub in Dayton, Ohio. Dayton is a fairly commercial radio music type town, so this is more a reflection of my commercial club music side, with some exceptions here and there. I'll have a new workout mix up very soon, but enjoy this in the meantime!!

Tracklist:
1.Run DMC- It's Like That (Jason Nevins Mix)
2.Salt N Pepa- Push It
3.Green Velvet- Shake & Pop
4.Flo Rida- Low
5.DJ Laz- Move, Shake, Drop (Remix)
6.Soul Sonic Force-Planet Rock
7.Pretty Tony- Jam The Box
8.Missy Elliot- Lose Control
9.Cybotron- Clear
10.Outkast- The Way You Move
11.Enur- Calabria (House Mix)
12.Pitbull-The Anthem
13.Sean Paul-Temperature
14.Nina Sky- Move Your Body
15.Pitbull feat. Lil Jon-Culo
16.Lumidee feat. Fatman Scoop- I Wanna Dance With Somebody
17.Justin Timberlake- Sexyback (Richard Vission Remix)
18.Diplo feat. Daft Punk- Work Is Never Over
19.Madonna- 4 Minutes
20.Fatman Scoop- It Takes Two
21.Bell Biv Devoe- Poison
22.Eric B. & Rakim- Paid In Full (Cold Cut Remix)
23.Busta Rhymes- Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See
24.Jay Z- Give It To Me
25.Naughty By Nature- OPP
26.Grandmaster Flash- The Message
27.Whodini- Freaks Come Out At Night
28.Nu Shooz- I Can't Wait
29.Color Me Badd- I Wanna Sex You Up
30.Marvin Gaye- Sexual Healing

DL: DJ DOUG COLLINS- LIVE @ ATMOSPHERE APRIL 2008
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MY THOUGHTS ON AM'S PASSING

Forgive me for this jumbled mess. Just trying to get some thoughts out, even if they aren't so clear....

As you all know by now, Adam Goldstein aka DJ AM was found dead in his NYC apartment yesterday. A whirlwind of rumors surrounds his untimely death. All the news stations are reporting drugs seem to be the main cause, but other people who were close to him are saying it was some sort of accident. Whatever the cause may be, all we know is the DJ's DJ has passed away.

I never met him. I never got to see him play live, which right now is really hard on me. I wish I would have taken a night off from my own DJ'ing gigs to go see him when was in town. But I suppose, like him, I was doing what I love to do. However, even though I didn't know him on a personal level, I like many others, felt an extremely close connection to him.

In this world we live in with 24/7 news, Twitter, Myspace, Blackberries, and everything else, we have the opportunity to stay connected to the world outside our own at all times. I always looked forward to reading one of Adam's tweets, or checking out his newest Youtube video or hearing one of his live sets posted on someone's blog. I lived to see and hear my favorite DJ do things I could only imagine being able to do in front of crowds I could only imagine to be playing for.

As a DJ, many of us spend many nights playing for half empty rooms playing for crowds who will never know how hard we dig for music to try and make them happy. Most of us have 1000's of songs on our hard drives and in our CD books that we never get to play because we're either too afraid of being hated on or we're just sure the crowd won't get it.

Adam was one of those few DJ's who wasn't afraid to play every last song in his collection, and he did it so well it didn't matter if he was playing the newest top 40 hit or some obscure rock song nobody has ever heard. If he was feeling it, odds are the crowd was feeling it too. Few DJ's have the confidence, the skills, and the control over crowds the way he did. And that's not just because he was the famous DJ AM.

From all accounts, he was the nicest guy you'd ever meet, and never let his fame get to him. He was one of us. He was a lover of music. He was a lover of life. He was a survivor. He was the champion of a whole culture, but he was still a normal person.

We'll never know what went through his head after last September. I can only begin to imagine what kind of toll an event like that can take on your life. I read his tweets and posts about how scared he was to fly after the crash, but he still did it for all of YOU! He wasn't going to let himself live in fear. He wanted to get out there and play to all the people who adored him and live his life to the fullest. And he did it.

Adam, you were an inspiration not just to me, but to everyone who has a dream to do what they love. All I've wanted to be since I was young was a DJ, and you were my #1 motivator. A regular guy who reached for the stars, and touched them. Now, I hope you touch the heavens, and make the angels dance. Rest in peace, my man.

ADAM MICHAEL GOLDSTEIN 1973-FOREVER

30 MINUTE WORKOUT VOLUME 1

Alright, I'm finally getting back down to business with making mixes, and I plan to have a new one each and every week right here for you. For now, we're just going to call it The 30 Minute Workout. I love all kinds of music, so expect many genres to be posted depending on the week and what I'm feeling. This week, we have some good old fashioned Big Room House music. 9 of my current favorite tunes, mixed by me. Enjoy this episode, and you may also be able to check it out on another podcast page here soon! Enjoy!

Tracklist:
1. Diplo & Laidback Luke- Hey! (Doug Collins Edit)
2. De Bos vs. Daft Punk- On The Run
3. Unconditional- Like This!
4. LMFAO- La La La (Deville Electro Mashup)
5. 2 Robots- Blow Ya Mind (KScott Edit)
6. Loops Of Fury- Flick A Switch (DJ Dan/Mike Balance Mix)
7. Kid Cudi ft. Lady Gaga- Make Her Say (Afrojack Mix)
8. Dert Cheep- Get Sum (We Run This)
9. Rye Rye- Bang (McFly Mix)

DL: DJ DOUG COLLINS- 30 MINUTE WORKOUT VOL. 1
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SHIFT

Here's another one of my older mixes I recorded back in the summer of 2007 when I was living down in Florida. It was interesting living there because there were actually clubs that played house music down there and I got exposed to some huge tunes. "Shift" is basically an entire club night mixed into 75 minutes. It starts out with stuff I'd typically play early night and ends with big electro house jams. Once again, this shows you my electronic music side that I don't get to express a lot. These are tunes that I was feeling a few years back. I'm working on a couple new studio mixes, and I'm going to do a live recording in early September at a gig I'm playing called Urban Nights. I'll be updating again in a few days. Stay tuned!! Shift

Tracklisting:
1.Monoblock- Galgo (Original)
2.Pastaboys-Tibute (Original)
3.Danilo Vigorito- Heka Dark Side
4.Move D- Anne Will (Vincenzo Remix)
5.Eyerer & Chopstick- Haunting (Gui Boratto Remix)
6.Andre Crom- Dental Care (Original Mix)
7.Jerome- Boom Bap (Original)
8.Pryda- Remember
9.MYNC Project- R U Sure (Ran Shani Remix)
10.Martin Brothers- Stoopit (Original)
11.Chris Lake/Micky Slim- Shake (Original)
12.Paco Moroto- Disco Rock (Original)

DL: DJ DOUG COLLINS- SHIFT
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NITE OWL: LIVE

This is my first set I ever recorded live at a club using Ableton Live. I am a big fan of Ableton for electronic music sets because you can do so much more with it than just using CD players or turntables. This set is more of a reflection of my tastes in deep house and tech house, but picks up a little more towards the end. This set was recorded almost 3 years ago, but still remains one of my favorite sets I've ever recorded. It's live and on the fly! Let me know what you think!

Tracklisting:
1.Alex Smoke-Pingu (Original)
2Akabu-Phuture Bound (Ame Remix)
3.Fosek- Heedron (Original)
4.Burnski- Headland Mad (Original)
5.Afro Mystik- Miracle (DJ Fluid Sub Dub)
6.DK7- Hear Like A Demon (DK7 Remake)
7.Mirror Music- The Redemption of Taylor Nash (Original)
8. Vincent Casanova- Drums Are Cool (Doug Collins Live Remix)
9. King Unique- To The Left (Original)
10.Layo & Bushwacka!- Kick Your Ass (Original)

There's lot of various loops throughout, but I won't list all of those. Enjoy!

DL: DJ DOUG COLLINS- NITE OWL: LIVE
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LIVE BEFORE THE CRASH

This is the first 12 minutes of madness which was supposed to be a full live recording. Unfortunately, when dealing with computers, there isn't much you can do about them having a meltdown every now and again. So this is why I titled this episode "Live Before the Crash." Enjoy!

Tracklisting:
1. Chaka Demus- Murder She Wrote
2. Sasha- Dat Sexy Body
3. Sasha- I Like The Way
4. M.I.A.-Galang
5. Santogold- Say Aha (Tepr Remix)
6. Crooklyn Clan- Work It
7. Busta Rhymes- Touch It
8. Busta vs. Jackson 5- Touchitifyouwantmeback
9. DJ Danny Diggz- Jump
10. Kris Kross- Jump

DL: DJ DOUG COLLINS- LIVE BEFORE THE CRASH

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