Jason Hodges- Soul Control Record Release Tour

March 6th in LOS ANGELES

March 8th in SAN FRANCISCO
JASON HODGES
SOUL CONTROL
Record Release Tour

March 6th

Los Angeles, CA

HAWT First Fridays
w/ JASON HODGES,
SOUL CONTROL HAWT SF
& EASILY INFLUENCED

RSVP
for discounted entry B4 MIDNIGHT with names to:
mikey@hawtmusic.com


March 8th SAN FRANCISCO

BIONIC SF gets HAWT
w/ JASON HODGES,
EASILY INFLUENCED,
ROQUE SANTOS &
NIKOLA BAYTALA

Magañja Beatz - Top 10 Chart - March 2009

Magañja Beatz
Top 10 Chart
March 2009

Anhanguera / Hot Shit / Minority Music
Uneaq / We Came 2 Party / Clique Trax
Neil G. ft Jojo Villanueva / Far Back (Kirby Mix) / Motion
Rambis & Coop / Damita Knows / What What
Atnarko / Get Down To Work It Out / SOWAT
Little Man Big / Shine / Aroma
Tom Drummond / X Rated (Craig Hamilton Filthy Rub) / Shak Digital
Johnny Fiasco / Conduction / NRK Sound Division
Holmes & Watz / Like This Time / Minority Music
Alexander East / My Alarm / Planet East

Heat Rocks from the Crates
Thomas Sahs / Let Me Show You Love (Midas Rmx) / Knockin Boots

Non House Pick
Stevie Wonder / That Girl (All I Do EP) / Motown

Mumblin & Jumblin, Ramblin & Scramblin

by Mikey Velazquez, HAWT Los Angeles

I was reading a book this morning and came across this quote, and it kinda hit home for me....

"A consistent man believes in DESTINY, a capricious man in CHANCE" -Benjamin Disraeli

I have always been a believer in destiny. I feel that we are all destined to do great things, and are all put here for a reason. Yet more often than not, we don't realize that we have much more control over our own actions, what we do and how we feel, much more than we know. That sense of control is something that I personally am always working on.



The weather here in Los Angeles has been crazy. Two weeks ago, I got the flu bug and it had alot to do with the weather hitting low 40's at nights where I live, and around 60 during the days. Out of nowhere, last weekend we were in the 80's! It was great, no doubt, since we had out BBQ on the rooftop @ Catalyst in downtown LA, but at the same time, WTF is going on???? It's mid January! I don't remember in my lifetime ever having such heat in January. But of course, there is no such thing as global warming, right? =P


OBAMA is officially our President of the United States. God Bless America. It's been a loooong time coming, and now I hope, I pray, and I send him as much positive energy as possible because he's got a pretty tough challenge ahead of him. I wish him the best, but I have no doubt he will do a great job at the helm.


The Dodgers still haven't signed Manny Ramirez. I dunno what's gonna happen with that, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they do sign him, hopefully to a 2 or 3 year contract and no more. He was such a spark for us last year, and I think the fans would lose their minds if he left us. Ned Coletti, figure it out!


This year I have set some pretty challenging goals. In my personal life, family, work, with HAWT, emotional and physical. It's a bit overwhelming at times, but I'm happy to be in this position and striving for new heights. The goals give you a guideline to keep you on track, and I look forward to a fun year ahead.

A Time 4 Change this Sunday! FREE Party!

Hey All!

This is gonna be a fun one so we hope you can join us this Sunday to celebrate with us!



More info on our websites!

www.hawtmusic.com

www.myspace.com/thehawtmusic

New Moves

The Hawt Movement is emerging from the studio and playing around town to refocus in the new year and bring LA underground what it does best: The HAWT Parties… and the scene could not be more eager to join the homies for another warm Tecate and the infamous heat!

This weekend we’ll get a special sneak preview of the 2009 debauchery at this Sunday’s “A Time For Change” a free Hawt Inauguration Party featuring eclectic music beyond the banging jack the Hawt boys do so well. The line up will surprise (and hopefully excite) you ☺ Featuring a beautiful view of downtown and roof top patio, this day time dance party is definitely going to be one for the record books. I just can’t imagine how they’re going to stop us at 11. Come out and party like a barack star!!! GOBAMA.

Starting in February watch out for fresh, new installments in dance party greatness featuring the two newest Hawt Players: OG Neil G and the rookie, Luke Alan. Who the hell is Luke Alan? I dunno either, but I do know that he’s young, super energetic and all about the music and good vibes, more on him later, I’ll have to interrogate him at Sunday’s bash…

But as for Neil Goodman, best known for rocking decks around town and practicing his Sleepy Tree poses on Todd’s couch… Neil is one of the few local homie producers that does WORK. This guy is almost always in the studio pumping out quality beats, collaborating with Hawt’s own Easily Influenced as Easy Street, Bobby Valentine as Proper Attire and Peter Briggs as Kite Hill. While most just talk about hitting the studio, Neil lives and operates in the studio. His label, Streetlight Recordings is another one to watch with productions landing on Stompy this week as well as limited vinyl copies available. For more details: Streetlight Recording's Myspace

Neil also brings his skillz as a film producer and editor, if you’ve ever seen any of the Hawt clips, it’s Neil both behind the camera and in the cutting room. Check the vids here: Neil G's YouTube


Teaming up with Hawt Veterans: Mikey, Gelly, Eddie and Magaña, Neil is going to be helping the boys dry behind the ears of Luke Alan while attacking the underground good vibe movement with blogs, the hawtcast, parties and releases…. and I gotta say, I can’t fucking wait! I was there to witness the beginnings, highs and lows and this return to the Friday night roots is going to be refreshing for all house heads and party people looking for a WONDERFUL TIME.

Progress, Hope, Change… Peace, Love and Party Pants!

see ya on the dancefloor!

~Lindsey Lohawt

A Time 4 Change! FREE Pre-Inauguration Bash & Art Show this Sunday!

HAWT Music presents A TIME 4 CHANGE! This Sunday & FREE!!!!!

This Sunday, join HAWT Music and friends as we present a FREE Party to celebrate this truly monumental and exciting time in history. A new year, a new outlook, a new president, A TIME 4 CHANGE

We will also be celebrating BUDDY ROB’s Birthday!!!!

Featuring an eclectic, well-rounded day of music by some of LA's best local talent:

From The Still Going Crew

PETER BRIGGS (Love:Break)

JUNIOR (Sarcastic Disco)

From the MOVIN' LA Family

ARMEN

&

JB

Downtempo & Hip Hop Beats by

TOMMY BALTIMORE

&

VINYLTROOPER

From DROID BEHAVIOR

DEAN PAUL

And Finally our newest member of HAWT Los Angeles

LUKE ALAN (HAWT, LA)

Featuring the DREAM SOUNDSYSTEM

There is also an ART SHOW Brought to you by REFLECT Los Angeles

NYE 2009 Weekend Wrap-up & Thanks

Hey everyone!

First off, Happy New Year to all of you! I hope you had fun at one of many awesome events here in Los Angeles or wherever you were!

We were fortunate enough to play at LUNAR, a great event put on by Deeper Moods and Spectrum. There was a tremendous energy all night, people smiling and grooving and gettin down from the get-go. Joe Rod and Scott K. played before us, and Sergio V, Nonfiction and Nic Alvarado also did. Everyone rocked it and had the house room bouncin! The techno room was reee-diculous! The lighting set up was on point, and i caught Alland and some others tearing it up. My fave set by far was Suli Belarto's, i'm hoping someone recorded that. I love when there is a techno-house collaboration because you can hop around from room to room and get your fix all night long! Many thanks to Joe Rod, Sergio V.
and all others involved, we had a blast!

After a couple days of NYE recovery, we hosted the HAWT House Room @ New Beginnings on Saturday night. We had the pleasure of bringing back longtime LA favorite Johnny Fiasco, a true house music living legend. He has always been a fave of mine, not only for his versatile production and DJ sets, but for being one of the realest cats you'll ever meet. J-Splat also played with us and it was nice to finally put a face to the name after all these years. We had a very nice crowd out there and everyone was dancing to stay warm cuz it was rather chilly! Also The Premier Events Center is really dope, its the old Soul Folks Cafe in downtown and they renovated it big time, so hopefully people start using it more often. Many thanks to Teknowlwdge, Mike Voss and Sylvie for having us, they worked very hard to oput this on and have their War of the Roses event coming up in February that should be sick! Greenskeepers Live, Living Legends and more...



Anyhow that's pretty much it, looking forward to shaking more behind in 2009!

Love!

Mikey Velazquez
HAWT Music

Keep an eye out for a new HAWT monthly starting soon, as well as some other exciting news!