"At the end of my shift, my face will hurt from smiling, and I will love it." I am an official AmBASSador for Basscenter 2!

SERIOUSLY??? I was chosen to be an AmBASSador for Bassnectar's BASSCENTER 2!!!!!! This is just the best news ever! On Tuesday I received my "acceptance/congratulations" letter I guess you could call it, from the one and only, Lia Holland - Bassnectar's assistant who I met at the Bassnectar show I went to this past September in Wilmington. I am so unbelievably excited about this.....ha, and in my last post I literally said the words, "I wish I could work behind the scenes." Guess my wish came true!

For those of you who don't know what an AmBASSador is, don't think you're too out of the loop. A lot of Bassnectar fans don't know what it is yet because it has only occurred one other time at Bassnectar's first Basscenter in October in Colorado. An AmBASSador is chosen by Bassnectar's crew, to be a part of the Bassnectar community at a Basscenter show. We are pretty much designated "Bassheads" that get to create our own unique crews with each other that go around and do really fun stuff at the shows (secret!), while also creating an enthusiastic vibe throughout the entire venue! (Not to mention we are VIP and get to be in our own section in front of the entire crowd). We also get to be at the venue super early and meet and hang out with the Bassnectar crew..obviously I'm hoping we get a good amount of time to spend with Lorin..but I know we get our own AmBASSador family photo with him as well! I'm sure I'll have LOTS more to talk about after the event actually occurs and also closer to time when I know more details :) But anyways, like I've said in other posts, get your BASSCENTER TICKETS NOW! before they sell out! If you can make it to this show, you should be there because this is going to be one hell of a good time.

Yesterday, a member of the Bassnectar crew messaged me to tell me they thought I was in some of their pics...yep, that's me on the right in the purple!

PS-going to Girl Talk tonight! Don't know too much about this venue (Disco Rodeo) but I'm hoping it will be a good time..but Girl Talk is always just like a big dance party, so I'm sure it will be! Click that Girl Talk link for his free "All Day" album.


Added on 1/28/11- OOPS! I never told you guys how many followers Bassnectar had after New Years! Back in my blog post about Bassnectar from September he had 11,213 followers on Twitter and I said I was curious to see how many he would have when the new year started. He had around 17,000 and is up to 19,163 as of today. iNteReStiNg

New Years Eve - Bassnectar at the Tabernacle

What better way could you think of than to spend your New Years Eve at the famous Tabernacle with Bassnectar, my favorite music artist. I sure didn't think of doing anything else! 

After speaking with Lorin after the Raleigh Bassnectar show about how fast new years was going to sell out, I was ready at 9am (tickets didn't go on sale until 10am) on October 10th, 2010. Three THOUSAND tickets sold out within 10 minutes. That means (at least for the most part) that if you were in attendance at the Tabernacle on December 31st, 2010, it wasn't by chance. True Bassnectar fans were there which made for an amazing crowd and awesome experience on this night. Ana Sia was one of the opening acts for Bassnectar, and she was great! I had to keep myself from dancing too much because I knew if I didn't I wouldn't have any energy left for Bassnectar! And boy I'm glad I was full of energy because Lorin led the show for almost 3 hours straight. We had no idea it was going to last that long, much less start when it did! Lorin didn't come on the stage until about 11:45, and he started teasing the crowd with the count down build up at about 11:55. The beginning of his show was the countdown, and he didn't stop the show until sometime around 2:30. We were told he was going to start at 11 and end around 12:30, so this was a wonderful surprise! Below is the video Kevin took of the countdown on my camera. I wasn't going to capture this moment because I wanted to be 100% IN the moment but Kevin fortunately volunteered to video it for me, so I didn't turn down the offer!


After the balloons dropped and the music slowed down (as you can hear in the video) "Here we go" started playing. I love it when he plays his older songs like this one...and I literally was crying with happiness when this one started. Bassnectar concerts are just so extremely hype and when you're deep in the crowd, it's the most fun experience (to me) that there is out there. Kevin & I committed from the beginning not to worry about trying to keep up with everyone and to just focus our attention on the Lorin and the show. Unfortunately at events of this kind, it's hard to stay with your big group of friends the whole time. However on this night, it was a good idea because eventually Kevin & I made it up to the front left railing and it was surprisingly not that crowded up there either. This picture below is on the front railing and I got a nice security guard to take a picture of us.


Also, since Kevin & I were so close, we knew the "family photo cue" was coming sooner than later. As soon as we saw Lia (Bassnectars awesome assistant) sneak on stage, we knew it was time and as soon as Lorin announced it, we pushed through the crowd to be closer to the center so I could make it in the family photo, and it worked! I am on the bottom level on the far right (on Kevins shoulders so that's the only reason you can see me) wearing a purple tank top. I love this picture so much!

New Years at the Tabernacle was seriously so much fun and I give this venue an A++. Like I've said before, a venue can really make or break the concert, but this awesome venue plus an already hype Bassnectar loving crowd equaled an amazing New Years Eve. Lorin put on a show on December 30th at this same venue for all the people who couldn't get tickets for the 31st, except this show sold out just as fast, so I'm sure there were still a lot of people out there that wanted to go but couldn't. Apparently, both of the shows were completely different as well. Kevin and I have both talked to a few friends that went on the 30th and he played completely different songs both nights - so I'm sure if you went to both, they were both awesome. I was bummed that he didn't play "Wildstyle" or "Falling" on the 31st, but that gives me even more to look forward to for shows in the future..because hearing it live is so different than hearing it sitting on your bed. Below is another one of my videos that I took when Lorin made it snow. Check it out :)


Do I have you finally convinced that you need to see Bassnectar? GOOD because if you're reading this blog, you most likely know me which means you're most likely in North Carolina and have no reason not to attend the Basscenter on February 19th in Asheville. See ya there!!!

PS- check out this video I found that one of the crew took when it "snowed" during Bassnectar. I wish I could work behind the scenes!

The streak is back! "Tea Party" with Conspirator & more

Ahh! I began this post on December 26th and am just now getting to finish it! Get excited for my next blog post because it will be all about New Years Eve at the Tabernacle with the one and only Bassnectar!!! Okay so anywho, I was on a streak there for a while where I was meeting a lot of music artists, but then the streak slowed down....but I believe the streak may be back, at least I'm hoping it is! I not only met, but got to hang out with Conspirator after the show on December 16th in Raleigh.

Chris Michetti, Marc Brownstein from Disco Biscuits, Adam Deitch from Pretty Lights

Conspirator consists of two guys from the Disco Biscuits, a guy named Chris Michetti, and a "rotating crew of the best drummers in the country." Fortunately for the people that went to the Raleigh show, we got to have the drummer from Pretty Lights, Adam Deitch. Groups like Conspirator make concerts really enjoyable because they are doing it just for fun. By fun I mean that the Disco Biscuits have been around for like 15 years and are obviously a lot more popular than Conspirator is, but Marc and Aron created Conspirator to be able to enjoy the smaller music scene again (or at least that's the idea I gathered after talking with Marc about it). After the show we were invited to have a "tea party" with the guys (yes sounds sketchy but it wasn't) So of course we said yes and they were all extremely nice and fun to hang out with. Adam was crazy and hilarious and the other guys kept saying he didn't understand how to handle the "rockstar life" yet since he was just signed with Pretty Lights this past summer. Hey.. I'd be thinking I was the coolest person on the planet too, I don't blame him :) Check out Conspirator's official Facebook page here to learn more about who Marc, Aron, and Chris are.

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Since I'm on the subject of meeting musicians I decided to show the pictures I took with Jacob from SOJA. The one on the left is from this past summer, and the one on the right is from two summers ago. I've seen SOJA a number of times and they really put on a great show. They are a reggae band that I discovered my sophomore year in college during Spring break (most of you should know who SOJA is if you're from NC) but yeah, if you're in the Caribbean, SOJA is awesome to listen to. I highly recommend their music if you're looking for some good reggae tunes. My favorite song of theirs is You Don't Know Me. Check it outttt.

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Ultra Phase 1 Lineup was FINALLY announced after they tortured everyone for days after saying it was going to be released. (Whoever does their PR seriously needs to be fired....and they should hire me!) But yes, below is the phase 1 lineup. Can't freaking WAIT to find out who else is going to be added!!!! I made my favorites in purple and added links to Deadmau5, Rusko, & Sub Focus.. and who knows, maybe I'll gain more favorites after going to Ultra - that sure happened at MoogFest!

TIËSTO
DEADMAU5
PENDULUM (LIVE)
ARMIN VAN BUUREN
THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS (LIVE)
DAVID GUETTA
CARL COX
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
CRYSTAL CASTLES
CUT COPY
RÖYKSOPP
TRENTEMOLLER (LIVE)
ERASURE
MSTRKRFT
BOYS NOIZE
CHROMEO
FERRY CORSTEN
STS9
KLAXONS
CSS
BENNY BENASSI
RUSKO
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO (LIVE)
STEVE AOKI
WOLFGANG GARTNER
CLAUDE VONSTROKE
SANDER KLEINENBERG (LIVE)
SKRILLEX
HYBRID (LIVE)
GUI BORATTO
MARTIN SOLVEIG
JORIS VOORN
MR. OZIO
NERO
SUB FOCUS
CHRIS LAKE
HOLY GHOST!
TINIE TEMPAH
SUPER MASH BROS
AFROBETA

There are currently 46 artists at Ultra, so my list is missing 6. If you're interested in going to Ultra Music Festival click that link and it will take you to their main webpage. Also, there are some other awesome music festivals in our futures as well....

The Snowball in Vail Valley, Colorado March 4-6
Coachella in Indio, California April 15-17
Wakarusa  in Ozark, Arkansas June 2-5
Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee June 9-12
Camp Bisco in Mariaville, New York July 7-9
Allgood in Masontown, West Virginia July 14-17

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And last but not least...check out this commercial that Diplo is in..apparently this is an old commercial but I just recently saw it a few weeks ago and think it's cool. (Diplo is a part of Major Lazer) Remember to mute/pause my Ipod playing on the top right if you watch this video.

Goodnight moon :)