DJ'ing Destination: Here Lounge in West Hollywood Tonight

We are surfing in on our magic compact disc to delight the party people at Paul Nicholls and Jeffrey Sanker's fun Saturday night event! The awesome photographer, Gerry Garcia is the mastermind behind this ad...he rocks : ) Well, I'm off to go polish off our magic flying compact disc so it is extra shiny for tonight's fab festivities :p

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Carrillo & Amador featuring Ronnie Sumrall "Save Me"

The Perry Twins Mix of "Save Me" by Carrillo & Amador featuring Ronnie Sumrall is now available at www.masterbeat.com

Kristine W: The Power Of Music

What hasn't already been said about the Queen of Clubland? Kristine W is an immensely talented performer who shines both on stage and off. We were introduced to her music when One More Try was on the radio back in 1996 and instantly wanted to know more about her and her music. Around the same time Kristine's Land Of The Living album was being released, we found ourselves in Las Vegas looking through a magazine and came across an ad for Kristine W performing nightly at the Las Vegas Hilton. Could this be the same Kristine W whose voice we recently fell in love with? Sure was, and from the opening number of her amazing stage show we knew she was unlike any other performer we have ever seen live. We were so mesmerized by her performance, even the Hilton's casino security guards asking if we were over 21 couldn't keep these underage fans away. Finally meeting Kristine the following year in Boston, we became aware of how special of a person she truly is. Throughout the years of getting to know her, we have shared experiences with her that we will cherish forever including dancing and choreographing with her at The Roxy in New York for New Year's Eve, performing in the middle of the ocean, and working on various projects. Now, 10 years later, as she prepares to release two new albums and a new single, we will be performing together in Boston on October 18th for Dena Cucci's Recovery Celebration. When we DJ that night, we will be sure to rock some of her hits like we always do and we will be dancing with her for a few of her top songs. Also, be on the lookout for a new mix we are doing for her which is something we are very excited about...never say never. In the music business, Kristine is a friend that we have had the longest and we want to share what she had to say when we recently interviewed her for our blog.

Perry Twins: You have inspired so many artists with your music. Are there any artists that have inspired you in your music or in life? Are there any songs in particular that have inspired you?

Kristine W: Donna Summer’s music has always inspired me from the first time I heard it. Diana Ross is a powerful, independent. glamorous woman and a big inspiration. Different artists in different genres have interested me including Al Jarreau along with Jamiroquai – both are very creative. Ashford and Simpson are amazing songwriters and their songs are totally inspiration. “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” – captures a lot of positive thoughts and emotions in a short time - 4 minutes.

PT: How has your successful bout with Leukemia changed your life? How did this experience impact your music?

KW: It makes you realize that you only have so much time and energy so you try to utilize both more effectively, whenever possible.The songs that I have written dur ing and since that time, you want to write songs that have a meaning – all of the words have some depth and different messages. Important to have messages of empowerment – make the music powerful when people can hear a song and feel empowered.

PT: What is the most important thing in your life?

KW: My children.

PT: You've just celebrated your 11th number one dance record. What do you think is the biggest factor in the longevity of your career?

KW: That I love what I do and hopefully that has been and will continue to be infectious.

PT: Looking back to your first #1 hit, Feel What You Want...what was the motivation behind writing that song?

KW: That song was a mixture of a lot of different emotions – questioning why I was working so hard in Las Vegas trying to make a name for myself and then my stepfather (who was one of my best friends) dies so the whole song questions everything – Trying to make sense of the world and how important it is to Feel What You Want It To Be – everyone has their own interpretation. Life is better when you feel your way through it rather than try to go with some sort of strategy. Some people become detached trying to climb whatever ladder they are trying to climb that they lose touch with their emotions and lose their spiritual side. Questions how you spend your time and who you spend it with and what you do with your life.

PT: You've had phenomenal success as a recording artist. Most would be envious. Have you accomplished what you set out to do? When all is said and done, what would you like your musical legacy to be?

KW: Yes – I felt like I was part of a wave of artists who tries to put intelligible messages in their music – messages that people can take something of value away with them when they come off the dance floor. I receive lots of letters from fans telling me how my music has inspired them and helped them through some hard times (from sickness to potential suicide) and that is wonderful. Some people think that a song with a positive message isn’t cool but that is not true. Dark messages do not make people’s lives better. I want to provide a ray of light and be uplifting.Music legacy – That I was a multi-dimensional artist – musician, singer, songwriter – that sings different styles of music – combine dance with jazz and other influences – I hope my diverse styles has helped to give dance music credibility that it doesn’t always get.I hope my music and career is inspiring to up and coming artists – I hope I inspire other artists to write and perform music with a message. For my time on earth, I tried to keep them all dancing.

PT: We hear the video for “The Boss” is unlike any of your previous videos...what is the concept behind it?

KW: “The Boss” is a tribute to Diana Ross and it is a tribute to female impersonators whom I have had fun with and whose showmanship I admire. It also allows you to see the madness of the performance aspect from shows from all over the world and from different walks of life. It shows what an eclectic fan base I have. It brings in a lot of different aspects – the live show, an impersonator that has been performing as Diana Ross for about 20 years and has dedicated his life to her and her music – and brings in more fans – especially younger ones to the music of Diana Ross. It is a homage to people like Diana Ross who inspire me and other performers.

PT: Sounds like fun! Well, you certainly have been a huge inspiration for us and we wish you tremendous success with both your new dance album, "The Power Of Music" and jazz album, "Straight Up With A Twist." We really respect an artist like you that enjoys the styles of music you produce and who embraces the genre.

www.krstinew.com

Perry Twins Mixshow Playlist 9/19

You can check out our Dance Planet Mixshows Friday nights at 1am EST/10pm PST on www.energyhitsradio.com and Sunday nights at 9pm EST/6pm PST on www.tagartmusic.com


Set 1:
Hercules And Love Affair - Blind

The Lollypop Gang - Candy

Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis - Just Dance

Danity Kane - Damaged

Timbaland - Give It To Me/The Way I Are

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams

Young MC - Bust A Move '08

Ida Corr vs Fedde Le Grand - Let Me Think About It

Set 2:

Robin Thicke featuring Mary J Blige - Magic

X Press 2 featuring David Byrne - Lazy

TV Rock featuring Rudy - Been A Long Time

C + C Music Factory featuring Kulcha Don - Work That Body! (Oh Yeah)

Vanessa Hudgens - Sneakernight

Elleeven featuring Prodeje - Roll The Dice

DJ Antoine - This Time

Saving Jane - SuperGirl

Pussycat Dolls - When I Grow Up

Cherish - Killa

Janet Jackson - Rock With You

Set 3:

Erin Hamilton - Control Yourself

Rod Carrillo & Eddie Amador featuring Ronnie Sumrall - Save Me

Kristy Kay - I Will Wait

Pleasure Center - Love's A Basic Freedom

Win & Gioia - Kiss & Tell/Dirty Cash

Robin - You Turned The Tables

Bimbo Jones - And I Try

Alyson - Here With Me

Mike Cruz & Joi Cardwell - Come Together

Tony Moran featuring Everett Bradley - Put Your Hands Up

Happy Birthday, Dad!

First off, we have to start off by saying we have two of the most fun, loving (and fun-loving) parents out there. We would definitely not be doing what we love to do today without their support, inspiration, encouragement...the list could go on and on. While most kids probably were told to "be quiet and go to sleep" on school nights by their parents...our parents were the ones making noise. They have been in rock bands since they were in their 20's and while we were growing up, they would practice with their bands in the basement of our house until 2am while we were trying to sleep. Because of them, we grew a strong love for music, all kinds, and grew a love for staying up late and rockin' and rollin' all night long! Our dad, Bill, plays drums and our mom, Marie, sings her heart out. You have to see them perform! They are actually a hit with the college students up in Providence...nothing warms a son's heart more than witnessing a bar full of college kids chanting their parents names and singing and dancing along to their parents rock band, Fortune! www.fortuneri.com

Perry Twins DJ'ing Fresh @ Eleven in West Hollywood 9/19

Bad, Bad Boy Remixers

Hey all you bad boys and girls...we wanted to let you know which awesome remixers are currently working on mixes for our new original single featuring Niki Haris...

We are excited that these remixers are involved with the project and we are looking forward to everyone hearing their work! In addition to our original versions, there will be hot remixes by Razor N Guido, DJ Escape & Dom Capello, Solar City, Dena Cucci, Rod Carrillo, Electric Allstars, Oscar Velazquez, and Sweet Team vs Edson Pride plus a couple more surprises!

If you are in Los Angeles this weekend, come on down to Paul Nicholls and Jeffrey Sanker's Destination at Here Lounge where we will be DJ'ing and might test a small sample of Bad, Bad Boy! Hope to see you Saturday, September 13th for the debut of Bad, Bad Boy...let us and Quinn know what you think of it when you see us Saturday night!
( : Doug and Derek : )

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Perry Twins Mixshow Playlist 9/12/08

You can check out our Dance Planet Mixshows Friday nights at 1am EST/10pm PST on www.energyhitsradio.com and Sunday nights at 9pm EST/6pm PST on www.tagartmusic.com

Set 1:
Natasha Bedingfield - Angel
Morgan Paige featuring Tyler James - Call My Name
Tami Chynn featuring Akon - Frozen
Bill Bennett & Suzanne Palmer - Fame
Mark Picchiotti presents Basstoy ft. Dana Devine - Turn It Up
Basshunter - Now You're Gone
Benny Maze featuring Irys - Breathe
Justin Lanning featuring Erin Hamilton - Take My Breath Away
E.G. Daily - Beautiful
Madonna - Dance 2night

Set 2:
Chris Brown - Forever
Kreesha Turner - Don't Call Me Baby
The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
Lindsay Lohan - Bossy
Cascada - Faded
Cyndi Lauper - Into The Nightlife
Sunfreakz - Drive Out
Basshunter - Angel In The Night
Ian Cary Project - Get Shaky
Jes - Imagination
Tristan Garner - Give Love

From A to Z: Amber and Zelma Davis Release 'No More Tears'

After seven consecutive No. 1 dance singles, four albums, and performances throughout the world, Amber joins forces with former C + C Music Factory star Zelma Davis for an impressive cover of No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)! Originally released in 1979 by Barbara Streisand and Donna Summer, the dancefloors of the world get a fresh new version by these talented singers and production and remixes by Pathos v2 and Solar City. We were lucky enough to be able to ask Amber and Zelma a few questions and this is what they had to say about their new release...

Perry Twins: Amber, what is your favorite song by Zelma that she had previously recorded and Zelma, what is your favorite song by Amber that she had previously recorded?

Zelma: Definitely "Sexual". I love that song!

Amber: I would say "Just a touch of Love"

Perry Twins: What was the process of recording "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" like? Were you both in the studio at the same time, along with producer Wolfram (Pathos V2) or did you record separately?

Zelma: We were all in the studio together to lay down the vocals, then Wolfram mixed the song in Germany.

Amber: Yes- we recorded them together and then Wolfram produced the vocals in Germany and then we started producing the music and looked for another remixer which was Solar City in this case.

Perry Twins: What has been your favorite part of working on this awesome new single with each other?

Zelma: My favorite part of working with Amber is learning from her. She has brought me up to speed with the state of the music business and I've learned the art of releasing music independently. I also love receiving positive feedback from our fans.

Amber: First off, Zelma is very sweet and professional in her working manner and I can appreciate that- she also is very natural in improvisation which I love- she is just very talented and deserving. We have fun and get along well and that chemistry ultimately results in a good outcome.
Perry Twins: Seeing how successful this pairing of the two of you has turned out to be, are there plans to release a follow-up single?
Zelma: I would love to release a follow-up single with Amber. We've begun discussing it. Nothing official yet.

Amber: We will see.;)

Perry Twins: Is your upcoming show at The Week, Sao Paulo going to be your first public performance of "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)?

Zelma: Yes, it is and I'm extremely excited about that show.

Amber: Yes- it should be fun.
Perry Twins: Have you started rehearsing for your performance together yet? If so, how has that been and will any videos of your rehearsals be appearing online for your fans to see?
Zelma: We haven't yet, but I'm sure if and when we do, Amber will bring her camera and capture the rehearsals for her blog.

Amber: We will see...;)

Perry Twins: Will "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" be the only song you perform together at your show in Sao Paulo or will your fans be treated to more duets? "If You Could Read My Mind" would be awesome with Zelma singing Jocelyn Enriquez and/or Ultra Nate's parts. And who wouldn't love to hear Amber's take on Freedom Williams' rapping from a C+C Music Factory song!

Zelma: I'd love to hear Amber rap, that would be hilarious. Also, I'd love to give "If You Could Read My Mind" a shot.

Amber: Oh Gawd...lol- I don't think so...I know my boundaries and that is where my strength lies...lol!

Perry Twins: In addition to the continued promotion of your new single and upcoming live performances, what else do we have to look forward to from the two of you?

Zelma: I'm working on a solo album for '09. I'm in the beginning stages, and I'm also working on some features. A single with Havana Funk will be released by Strictly Rhythm/Defected this Fall.

Amber: I already have another single in the making but no times or other info is attached to that yet- first things first.

Perry Twins: Many independent artists and record labels have been very happy to know that you are publicly taking a stand against illegal music sharing. How do you feel the fight against illegal downloads is going? Are you satisfied with the progress that has been made so far and are you optimistic about the future?

Zelma: I'll let Amber answer this one.

Amber: The people who are directly affected are happy about me speaking up and then you have millions of others that are upset about it because it affects their illegal game.
We had tons of feedback from people who are scared of retaliation...it has grown into an underground mafia at this point.
Bottom line is- they just do not get the cycle of it all- I still do not get that intellectual copyrights are okay to steal but not a loaf of bread out of a bakery or people's paychecks??...why not go all the way then?

It is only possible bc it is not policed and in 99,9% of the cases, people do not get any consequences for it. The Internet provides an anonymous veil.
But then I can just laugh out loud in sadness when I hear complaints about not having enough new releases, not enough albums, not enough remixes- well duh- it all comes back to the funds that are not being made back legally by the labels to then further invest into artists and their future releases.

Those sharing platforms are the ones that make our money with their memberships and advertisings and it would not surprise me if some of these bigger labels actually would be in on them at this point. The sense of entitlement and ignorance just makes me sick to my stomach.
It all starts with the artists and talent and the money invested by them or the labels- radio, labels, DJs, clubs, Video channels, remixers, producers, song writers are all affected and ultimately their livelyhoods and families...

I believe it could be resolved- why is it that there is no central institution for all official labels where they all receive an individual code that tracks to their label only which would be embedded into each of their mastered recordings and those codes would have to be force fed by law into those sharing platform systems- so ultimately- if an illegal sharer would then try to upload it illegally to share it- it would flag it right away and it would not be accepted...
Reality is that this way- like many already lost the battle at this point- many of us will not be able to hold on any longer...we are all in this together and until that realization and education is not there, it looks very bleak.

Perry Twins: Thanks for your time and good luck with the single!

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Perry Twins Mixshow Playlist 9/6/08

We will now be posting some of our Dance Planet Mixshow Playlists each week right here on our blog. You can check out our Dance Planet Mixshows Friday nights at 1am EST/10pm PST on www.energyhitsradio.com and Sunday nights at 9pm EST/6pm PST on www.tagartmusic.com

Set 1:
Jennifer Hudson - Spotlight
Solange - I Decided
Outwork - Thank God For Music
Cyndi Lauper - Into The Nightlife
Ne-Yo - Closer
Alicia Keys - Like You'll Never See Me Again
Masters At Work featuring India - I Can't Get No Sleep '08
The Ting Tings - Great DJ
Eyereel Allstars featuring Lucy Clarke - Get It On

Set 2:
Amuka - I Miss You
Snap - Rhythm Is A Dancer
Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl
Rachel Panay - Repeat Performance
Altar featuring Amannda - Away From Me
Danity Kane - Damaged
Kina - Me
Tracy Young presents Ceevox - What's Done Is Done

Set 3:
Amber & Zelma Davis - No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
Erin Hamilton - Control Youself
Kristine W - The Boss
Craig David - Hot Stuff (Let's Dance)
Fireball - What I Want
Miz Mandy - Sweet Fury Of Love
Steven Gionfriddo - Blind Date
Rod Carrillo & Eddie Amador featuring Ronnie Sumrall - Save Me
LULA featuring Papa Joe - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life

Erin Hamilton Controls The Billboard Club Chart!

Erin Hamilton's latest single, Control Yourself, reached the number 1 position this week on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart (September 30, 2008 Issue)! This is her second consecutive club hit to top the chart this year. Originally released as a cover in the late 90's, The Flame '08 hit the #1 position after being rereleased with new remixes by huge producers including Tony Moran, Offer Nissim and the 10 Year Anniversary Mix by Solar City. Erin recently celebrated her 40th birthday party at The House Of Blues in LA with Scott Anderson of Solar City, Rafael M, Quinn Coleman, her publicist Jim Strzalkowski, her mom Carol Burnett and Casey Alva who DJ'ed the party! We all had a fun time celebrating Erin's special day and her new release, Control Yourself! The Perry Twins Amplified Mix of Control Yourself is available on Part 1 of the CD single and The Perry Twins Radio Mix is available on Part 2. www.perfectbeat.com www.masterbeat.com

Perry Twins DJ'ing Reality Cares Event 9/6

Jacinta Electrifying The Universe

After soaring up the charts with her awesome dance releases, Sunshine, Destination, and Can't Keep It A Secret, Jacinta is back with a new single and several exciting new projects! Having a chance to ask her a few question, this is what she had to say about it all...

Perry Twins: How did you first get involved with music professionally?

Jacinta: I played in an all girl rock band called ‘Maiden Voyage’ playing keyboards and singing backing vocals. We toured extensively in Australia and it made for a brilliant all round ‘apprenticeship’ and I was hooked.

Perry Twins: What inspires you when you’re writing music and performing?

Jacinta: Coming up with something that penetrates my soul, you know, strokes my ‘sweet spot’ whether it’s a lyric or a magic melody. I have a lot of thoughts and ideas I want to share and I get really excited when I think I’ve written something that will resonate and connect with people listening. Performing is one of my most favorite things in the world and there’s nothing better than feeling the energy building and building during a show. Whether on stage or in the studio, it’s all about making the connection for me.

Perry Twins: Can you tell us more about your exciting new project with Amber Dirks and Electrik Pulse, "WILD JAAM"?

Jacinta: Absolutely! Amber and I met on MySpace and then met in person for the first time in Las Vegas at the Billboard Dance Music Summit. We totally hit it off and decided to collaborate and Wild Jaam was born! Amber is one amazing woman. She’s a powerhouse and so so talented. Her vocals are amazing, her writing is top notch and on top of that, she’s a great gal! Our first single DAY IN TIME is remix phase and our video is being edited too. I know we’ll be out there tearing it up together soon live and I truly feel this act is going to go through the roof.

Perry Twins: Wow, this is so exciting.
We're also looking forward to your new single, "Electric Universe". When will it be released and what else can we expect from Jacinta in the near future?

Jacinta: ELECTRIC UNIVERSE is scheduled to be released the first week of September. We’re really excited about it, followed by shows Stateside and in the UK too. If you’ve read my blogs out there, this song is very personal for me. Before the years out, my full album will be released through Chunky Music, Kult Records is releasing I SEE FIRE which is a beautiful song I sang for Cybersutra and course, DAY IN TIME will be out there real soon too.


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