World's Shortest Fairy Tale

Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl 'Will you marry me?' 

The girl said, 'NO!'

And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and went fishing and hunting and played golf a lot and drank beer and scotch and had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up and farted whenever he wanted.

The End.

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hahahahahahahahhaha!!!!

-mikey

The HAWT MINUTE is HERE! Check it out!

Hey people of the party!

So the HAWT MINUTE is here at last!

For the past several months, our HAWT San Francisco Family has been working long and hard on creating a new version of HAWT TV, a video show that showcases many of the artists we admire, complete with interviews, upcoming music releases, gigs, and just an outlet to show another side of those people that we often know so little about. 

It is very seldom that we ever learn much about people in our underground dance music world, aside from knowing where they're from, what label they're a part of, or what parties/clubs they might play at. The idea with THE HAWT MINUTE is to change that, give another side of these artists, and of course lighten things up a bit, HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME while we're at it. Is that really surprising?  ;)

The first episode features special guests DJ SNEAK and Stompy's DERON DELGADO. It's funny, informative and you should watch it!

Anyhow a very special thanks goes out to Roque Santos, Charlotte Narvaez, Joe Nutz and anyone I may have forgotten from HAWT San Francisco's HAWT MINUTE CREW who have been working very hard to get this thing going, meeting several times a week, researching, making logos, brainstorming ideas, etc. We look forward to many more to come on a regular basis!

So enough about that, now go check it out! It is streaming from our HAWT Website HERE, click the small box at bottom right corner to enlarge screen:

THE HAWT MINUTE: EPISODE NUMBER JUAN

Cheers!

mikey

Congratulations to HAWT's own Mike & Lori Magaña!!!!

SO, I wanted to post a little something about out good friend and longtime HAWT Crew member, Mike Magaña, as he just got married this past weekend to his life's love, Lori. I must say, the wedding was magnificent in every way. The ceremony was classy, short and sweet. The desert setting was beautiful, the friends, the family altogether to celebrate such a joyous occassion.

I have known Mike for years, and I am proud to call him one of my brothers. So with that being said, I want to congratulate him and his wife as they embark on a new life together.

LOVE!

Mikey Velazquez

Day #1: High in the Sky

Day #1: High in the Sky

So it finally hit me while sitting at LAX. I am going back to one of my favorite places on earth, Spain! It was tough to get too excited until now, especially having such a hectic week with work to get done and our HAWT party the night before. But now its time and awaaaaaay we go!

Only 3477 miles to go until I arrive in Paris. From there I take a quick connecting flight to Vigo, where my Abuelo will be greeting me.  How is it that I've already seen like 3 movies and were just flying over New York? Damn, think its sleepy time now. Of course I'm not counting the 17 two minute half-naps that I had on the first part of the flight. I guess itll probably take me  a good couple days  to adjust out there, especially since HAWT was last night and I only slept 2 hours. Packing up this morning was kinda rough too, especally having a major hawtover in 96 degree heat, but I hope I grabbed all the essentials. Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch! (passport too, laptop, and whatever clothing I slapped together in my post party packing plan. I think and hope I'm all set.)

Luckily my good buddy and roommate extraordinaire,  Uncle Phil Virga was able to take us both down there, as it just so happened that our bud Nikola Baytala, the special guest @ HAWT the night before was staying at my house and had a flight just an hour or so before mine. Perfect.

So I made it through the airport entrance process which can be brutal (especially hungover) then changed some dollars to euros and walked around trying to stay awake til my flight. By the way, the dollar is getting crushed by the euro at about 1.56 exchange rate. Youch!

So I sat down and it finally started sinking in. I am very excited to make this trip in so many ways. First, everytime I go to Spain, I come back completely rejuvenated and inspired. Theres a special feeling I get when I'm there, like a home away from home almost, and being a writer who hasn't been inspired lately, I already feel I am again. Anyone who writes, whether music, songs, poetry, stories or anything knows that inspiration is something you can't really force, so I'm stoked to have them creative juices flowing again.

Aside from that and seeing my Abuelo and family in Galicia, I am also meeting up with one of my best buds since high school, my college roommate for years at UCSB, James Alvarez. This just was meant to be, I hit him up the second I found out I might be going, and he responded that his flight was already booked for the same time period! Crazy! Not to mention that his family is in Ponferrada, a town in Leon, only a couple hours away from mine in Pontevedra, Galicia. The stars were aligned on this one so you can imagine the excitement and trouble well be getting into ;)

Anyway I'm switching planes in Paris and off to Vigo. Then I'm staying with my Abuelo that night to rest up, then catch a train to Ponferada Monday morning. Its cool because the fiestas are going on there this time of year, and the two biggest fiesta days in Ponferada are the 8th and 9th and I get there on the 7th!!!! Hoooweeee!

Anyway I think that half xanny bar is finally kicking in but I'll write more in a bit. Hopefully i don't wake up slobbering on the girl sitting next to me.

I left my phone adapter in my room so there aren't pictures on this one, but ill add them next time around.

mikey

Never too OLD to DANCE!!!!!

83 Year Old couple in England love to RAVE!

HAWT Music 001 Now Available on Beatport, iTunes & more!

You can now purchase HAWT Music 001 on major retailers such as

iTunes
BEATPORT
TRAXSOURCE
JUNO
AMAZON
STOMPY

And most other online retailers!

Lookout for HAWT Music 002 coming very soon! =)



Easily Influenced 
'Rockit'
With Reheats by Derrick Carter, Joshua Heath, and Thomas White
HAWT Music - HM001


Available to buy Tuesday July 28th 2009:
Stompy

Available at all major retailers August 4th 2009

Vinyl from:
Juno
Downtown 304

Sound Clips can all be heard at:
HAWT Music

Easily Influenced consists of Mikey Velazquez and Gelly Kusuma, the two originators of HAWT. No mere newcomers to the production scene, Easily Influenced have had previous well-received offerings via France's Robsoul, Belgium's A Second Smell, and DJ Mes' Guesthouse. Now the launch of the HAWT label introduces Easily Influenced's "Rockit", an infectious, bass heavy jam focused on bumpin' dancefloor. With a catchy vocal hook and jazz-tinged keys work, "Rockit" has already made waves for global DJ's such as Derrick Carter, Heather, Mark Farina and many many others.

DJ Reactions:

DJ Sneak: "This is a good look for the HAWT Crew. Tight release with awesome mixes, full of great grooves n swingy hooks. Full support 5/5"

Mark Farina: "Hot track! Jackin goodness 4/5"

Nick Holder: "This is more than HAWT! This shit is FIRE! 5/5"

Massimo Dacosta: "Been playing this for a year and it still rocks my sets! Josh and Derrick mixes are my fav. Good way to start a label, full support! 4/5"

Chris Harris: "Great start to the label! Quality bumpin dancefloor groove as you would expect from HAWT 4/5"

Laurence Ritchie (Inland Knights): "Great first release, good luck guys, you shouldn't need much though as this is solid as a rock 5/5"

Nathan G: "Lovin all the mixes here. Will be Rockin' these out everywhere in the months ahead! 5/5"

Husky (Random Soul): "Picked this up in LA earlier this year, been smashing Josh Heath's mix almost every weekend since! funky ass shit! 5/5"

Tommy Largo: "crikey what a dope release, all mixes are Hawt! 5/5"

Nikola Baytala: "Thomas White's Reheat is the one for me, will support 5/5"

Hope you all enjoy this release, be on the look out for our second release, a track by Easy Street featuring reheats from Dj Sneak and Bobby Valentine.

HAWT Music 001 Review on MycuppaT.com!

Hey everyone!

Well, our first record release is almost done with the 2 week exclusive on STOMPY, and starting this Tuesday it will hit almost every other online store like iTunes, Traxsourse and more. We are VERY excited and have been getting some tremendous feedback from all over!

People have been telling us that they hear it everywhere, it's been getting charted, and we have also gotten some GREAT reviews on blogs, e-zines etc.

This review below is one that definitely caught my attention most! It was written so nicely and I couldn't help but share it with everyone. It's on a music blog site called MycuppaT.com

Anyhow, check it out!

www.MycuppaT.com

or

http://www.mycuppat.com/2009/08/04/easily-influenced-rockit-ep-hawt-music/

-Mikey Velazquez