A new breed of tech-savvy DJs is giving the local scene a fresh spin

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- A new breed of tech-savvy DJs is giving the local scene a fresh spin
- NTINS: Something to think about as a new year dawns
- Pianist Jeffrey Siegel to Perform Haydn and Mozart at Pinnacle …

A new breed of tech-savvy DJs is giving the local scene a fresh spin
Boston Globe United States 
But the three Boston DJs providing the music that night were anything but traditional. ne of them DJ Die Young was spinning and flipping switches but his eyes were focused most intently on one thing: his laptop screen. Thunderdome like other local DJ nights is run by a new breed of music enthusiasts who’ve grown up with MP3s and hard drives instead of dusty vinyl records in milk crates. This cadre of Boston DJs – like DJ Die Young a. Jamie Michalski a 25-year-old Boston University electrical engineering graduate and Michael Potvin a bike- and electronics fix-it man and Apple Store employee – is riding the wave of DIY laptop beats popularized by big names such as Girl Talk into a new era.
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NTINS: Something to think about as a new year dawns
Indianapolis Business Journal IN 
His mom and I go along. In the movie an alien named Klaatu arrives on Earth. Klaatu says things have grown hopeless here. He says people do too much damage and won?t change. He says the human race must be eliminated to save the planet. A Nobel-prize-winning scientist tries to dissuade Klaatu. ?It?s only at the precipice that people evolve? the scientist says.

Pianist Jeffrey Siegel to Perform Haydn and Mozart at Pinnacle …
EVLiving 
His recording of Gershwin’s complete works for piano and orchestra with Leonard Slatkin and the Saint Louis Symphony continues to be a best-seller and is available as a VoxBox two-CD set (CDX 5007). Born into a musical family Siegel studied with Rudolf Ganz in his native Chicago with the legendary Rosina Lhévinne at The Juilliard School and as a Fulbright Scholar with Ilona Kabos in London. Siegel and his wife live in New York City and are the parents of two grown children. He is a Steinway artist. LCATIN AND PARKINGPinnacle Presbyterian Church is located in Scottsdale at 25150 N. at the East Happy Valley Road intersection.

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