Club Stereotypes: The Wallflower

Photo By Seth - Red Eye Productions

Standing at whatever table she finds with a bottle to suckle from, she is as much of an accessory as an imitation Coach bag. Often but not always a model, wallflowers are rarely found dancing but sometimes slightly gyrating a good half-beat off throwing sideways bourgeois glances like knives. Typically clad in something skimpy, she is the ultimate eye candy, as beautiful as Michelangelo's Venus, equally as interesting, just as intelligent.
Typically found at A-list venues like SET and MOKAI, this species of clubber is always taken care of.

Rarely do they leave an area less than five feet around the parameter of the table they have latched themselves on to (unless going to the bathroom of course)the Wallflower rarely speaks unless spoken to or handed a glass of champagne.

Tiesto Gets Nominated For A Grammy!

Photo By Seth @ Red Eye Productions

Our good friend Tiesto has been nominated for a Grammy award in one of the relatively new "Dance" music categories for Best Electronic/Dance Album for his release "Elements Of Life."

Take a look for yourself.

Best Electronic/Dance Album
(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

* We Are The Night
The Chemical Brothers
[Astralwerks]

* †
Justice
[Downtown/Vice/Ed Banger]

* Sound Of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
[Capitol Records/DFA]

* We Are Pilots
Shiny Toy Guns
[Universal Motown]

* Elements Of Life
Tiësto
[Ultra Records]

Also big ups to The Chemical Brother's for thier nominations in this category and Best Dance Recording.

Best Dance Recording
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.)

* Do It Again
The Chemical Brothers
Tom Rowlands & Ed Simons, producers
Track from: We Are The Night
[Astralwerks]

* D.A.N.C.E.
Justice
Gaspard Auge & Xavier de Rosnay, producers; Gaspard Auge & Xavier de Rosnay,
mixers
Track from: †
[Downtown/Vice/Ed Banger]

* Love Today
Mika
Jodi Marr, John Merchant, Mika & Greg Wells, producers; Greg Wells, mixer
Track from: Life In Cartoon Motion
[Casablanca/Universal Republic Records]

* Don't Stop The Music
Rihanna
StarGate, producer; Phil Tan, mixer
Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad
[Def Jam]

* LoveStoned/I Think She Knows
Justin Timberlake
Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass &
Timbaland, mixers
Track from: FutureSex/LoveSounds
[Jive/Zomba]



But a few notes: I have to admit, I have not yet heard some of the other nominees yet, especially as most have not yet played Miami, but often times from previous years we have seen the DJ/Producer get shafted for the normal POP REMIX flair because of name recognition. Lets hope things happen diferrently this year.

Good Luck Tijs (Tiesto's real name)! that statue will look great in your new Miami apartment!

Tiesto Interview @ Winter Music Conference 2007

There are few dj/producers in the world who evoke the kind of passion that Tiesto does when brough up in conversation. Unless you are a die-hard "house head" most will immediatly bring up stories of where they were when they had their Tiesto "Moment." Originally from Holland, Tiesto's name is synonymous with massive walls of sound and music that takes you on a journey through peaks and valleys of energy culminating in massive explosions of energy. Spinning a mix of trance and "progressive house" Tiesto has always been a sucker for haunting vocals and etherial melodies. His tastes in venues have changed during the Winter Music Conference, and he has settled on a new tradition of playing one large venue (MANSION) and one smaller VIP style venue (The Setai Hotel) where he adjusts his music selections accordingly and plays with a little more of a "housey" feel as reflected in his famous summer series "In Search Of Sunrise."

He's come under fire in the last few years for what some consider "outrageous" fee's to spin, but in a world of consumerism, the market sets the prices and Tiesto fills up clubs from Miami to Tokyo to Cartegena.

Here we sit down with Tiesto, whose real name is Tijs Verwest just before the release of his "ELEMENTS OF LIFE" CD which has now been nominated for a Grammy Award.