HELPING MACKENZIE

Here’s something a little different. There’s a fascinating story of a little 8 year old girl named Mackenzie Potter who has some considerable physical challenges. She cannot walk, stand, crawl and receives food only through a feeding tube. Medically speaking, her diagnosis is a mystery. With no name to her disorder, charitable funding is virtually impossible. Mackenzie is also my niece.

As she continues to grow, her safety within her home has become a concern. Our family would like to add some renovations to her house to allow her to move around more independently. This includes installing a telecab for her to move between floors, and making her bathroom wheelchair accessible. This is a costly endeavor. Mackenzie’s family and friends have come together to launch a fundraising campaign called Helping Mackenzie. There's also an associated facebook group here.

Please bring your friends and family out this Saturday June 20th, to St Paul’s United Church in Oakville to show your support. There are 2 events planned. There will be a carnival in the daytime and a dinner and dance party in the evening. You guessed it – I’ll be DJ’ing! Rock Steady Drew is putting the hard club beats on hold for this one though. This will be a "family friendly" retro dance party with "Uncle Drew". Music from the 70’s 80’s and more. If you can’t make it, you can still help out by spreading the word and making a donation at helpingmackenzie.ca.

REMIX THE WORLD

Hey thanks to the Hump Day Bump crowd for giving us so much love last night - you guys were awesome!! We hope we get another chance to do that again sometime.

So check this out - I've been asked to participate in The Remix Concert this June 6th at the Rivoli. The whole event is a kind of experiment. IAMIC and the Canadian Music Centre have brought together 5 remixers from Toronto and given us a set of random tracks from artists all around the world. The music is a combination of new age, classical, jazz, experimental and a few other genres that I'm not even sure of :/
So here's the deal. We've been asked to remix these tracks and play them for the the first (and only) time ever at this concert. I'm working on 3 tracks from Belgium, Ireland and Slovenia. Ever tried to remix a joint that doesn't have a beat or you don't understand the language? Am I up for the challenge? I ****** better be!

HOES IN THIS HOUSE

So I came across this Peaches demo that I never got around to posting. I'll try and work it into the set for the CD Release Party on May 6th (see previous post). Be warned - it's got plenty of @$$ and +i++ies!!

Peaches - Fuck The Pain Away (Rock Steady Drew Dirty Demo)

PEACHES & CREAM

The new album "I Feel Cream" from titty-rocker Peaches, blows up May 5th. Cross The Trax and XL Recordings hosts the Official CD Release Party at WrongBar's Hump Day Bump on May 6th. Dirty beats, boys and bitches! No cover!!

4-3-2 ONE LOVE

The new k-os album YES! drops April 14th, and (as expected) it promises to be nothing less than brilliant. This dude is what true hip hop is all about. If you haven't heard of him yet - you need to get schooled!

The lead single 4321 gets a complete makeover here (seriously - it's nothing like the original) - so put down the guns and show some love.

k-os - 4321 (Rock Steady Drew The Love Mix)

PLAY AGAIN

Okay – so I’ve been on hiatus for a while (quite a while). I’ve gotten some questions about where I’ve been and what I’ve been doing – so I figure I’ll address that here.

A close friend passed last year and I guess it left me a little confused about the level of importance I put on music and parties. You know, sometimes it just seemed wrong knowing that my buddy wasn’t around to enjoy it. Well I've had some time to deal with things and now I’m ready to get back to it. He was an awesome friend to me and I’m pretty sure he’d want me to pursue my passion. So here’s to you buddy. You’re gone but not forgotten!

In the meantime, I was still working on some projects but never released any of them. Over the next little while I’ll give you guys a listen. One of the biggest jams from last year was this Lil Wayne joint. Here’s my take.

Lil Wayne - A Milli (Rock Steady Drew Remix)

SOUTH RAKKAS DREW

New joint for ya from the South Rakkas Crew. You can find the EP on Diplo's Mad Decent label - it's got a some bangin' mixes. Here's a new version you won't find on the EP.

South Rakkas Crew - Mad Again (Rock Steady Drew Remix)