Seis De Mayo started at Rony’s(Rony’s Photobooth) place out in Eagle Rock.

I love parties at Rony’s place, it’s always like a huge photo shoot for a lookbook in his backyard. Yeah, that’s what it’s like.

After Rony’s, I headed over to Mike, Dan, and Jason’s housewarming party in Mt. Washington. It was a lot more mellow than the previous party I was at, but the vibes were just right.

It was a fun get-together and their new place is super nice. We ended the night pinata bashing(Is it weird to call it that?) and eating the candy that was spilling out of the pinata’s guts.

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A couple weeks prior to Coachella, I spent tons of hours rehearsing with The Airplanes Boys. They grabbed an evening spot at the Gobi tent on Sunday and I was lucky enough to be handling the stage production for their set(hence the reason why I was there for both weekends).

Our awesome publicists, Kristen, was killing it with booking interviews for the guys. I never ran around to so many interviews before, it’s was lot of work!

Since I was fortunate enough to go to both Coachella weekends, I made sure to see as many artists as possible(and Dre & Snoop TWICE!). I’m super stoked that I was given the opportunity to work Coachella again(first time was when I partnered with Jason Bentley in 2010). I had a blast working with The Airplane Boys, they’ve made me realize why Canada stays outputting amazing artists. Super thanks to them for bringing me out.

Whether I’m in the audience making new FB friends or backstage watching A$AP Rocky w/ Rihanna(Seriously, IT HAPPENED!), Coachella stays being one of the main events I look forward to each year. This was my 4th year in a row going and I’m counting the days until Coachella 2013. Can you say “Daft Punk”?

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With tons of hatred towards said fast food spot, I was pretty surprised I was lured in, but that was AFTER I heard that they had tacos with Doritos shells! It was both Maxstaar and I’s first time testing out this giant chip stuffed with dip.  We were pretty astonished how delicious the collaboration was, IT WAS DELICIOUS!

Would I get it again? Nah.. I don’t like Taco Bell.

I can’t say I fully experienced SXSW, I was out there for work and I didn’t really get a chance to check out other events like The Fader Fort, Thrasher House, Super Party, or Vice Kills Texas. I mean that in the most least-bitter way, I loved my trip to Texas!

My job, Cashmere Agency, took me and a few other coworkers out to Texas for SXSW. We had a two day showcase out in Austin called “#TheVIBEHouseSXSW”.

Once settling into Austin, the first restaurant we stopped by was Papadeaux.

I ate a ton! I even ate a good amount of alligator!

One of the events I was able to make was the Doritos party. I went to see my uncle, Snoop, perform and hang with coworkers. It was awesome. I’ve realized, as much as I work with Dogg, I’ve only seen him perform about 3 times. Craze. Afterward, we went over to the Interscope party. It was pretty wild, I blame the open bar.

Our showcase was awesome! I handled the stage design, stage layout, and the live visuals for it. I may have gotten a bit out of hand when I decided that I wanted 6 displays and four 7ft tall LED bars. Coming from the electro/EDM scene, I secretly wanted our showcase to be a rave. I feel like I accomplished that. I was super stoked to have performers like Kendrick Lamar/Black Hippy, Dogg, Taylor Gang, Timbaland, A$AP Rocky, and tons of other on the stage I decked out.

Super thanks to my job for trusting me with the look and feel of our showcase. Also, thanks to Ilios Lighting Design and Olden Lighting for the labor and equipment! It was fun times.

Time for Coachella

The other night I went out to the Street Fighter x Tekken release party that was going down in DTLA. My ex-coworker, who now works over at Konami, got me and some other work-buddies on the VIP list for the event…

Videogames + music + art + snacks = AN AWESOME EVENT! Of course I didn’t win one match, but I still had a blast button mashing with a bunch of fanboys.