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 :)