Welcome to MadameFLY's Nightlife: a world of beats and the people who
love them ... call us Beat Conscious.
I started out as a typical "bedroom DJ"
.... Fueled only by a desire to share the brilliant music
I've discovered -- rather than the urge to perform live
before a party or club crowd -- I gather together the tracks that impress me
and mix them in a way that emphasizes their narrative flow and emotional impact
(my Mix Manifesto elaborates
on these concepts.)
I thought of it all as my personal radio ... and then, eventually (and thanks to
the good people at MixMeister Technology LLC, and the folks at Live365)
the BeatConscious stream became an
actual internet radio show. (See the MixMeister
Radio section below for listening links.) If you are interested in leads to
exceptional music and the world of DIY personal radio, this is the place to
start. Look around ... you'll find:
 | Reviews -- Read about new music by musicians who
take it direct to the people, using the internet as their delivery
system.
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Declaration of Independents
-- This is an archive of a feature that first appeared as a thread on
the MixMeister users' forum, to accompany the BeatConscious show,
providing information regarding the various independent (e.g.,
self-produced or self-promoted) artists whose music appeared on the
show. In time, the forum may disappear or change substantially and
this run-down is too valuable to let it just disappear, so I've made
arrangements for it to be available here.
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| Charts -- It's not what you're like, it's what you like. In other
words, charts. Everybody does 'em, and MadameFLY is no exception.
Here's what's in my crates, and what I think is hot now.
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| Another ready reference for the
sounds that rule my Nightlife are the set-lists
for mixes heard on the BeatConscious stream (available
through both MixMeister-sponsored radio and my station on Live365
... see details below). Heard something you like on the
stream? These set-lists recap the track names, artists and
(where applicable) the album name and year released.
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| MadameFLY's Nightlife originated on
Live365 and then became a staple on
MixMeister Radio, which in
November 2001 began a 24/7 broadcast streaming from beatmixing.com
along with separate streams of house, trance, urban breaks and
beats. After a long and honorable service, mmRadio was
retired by its new owners, Numark, on December 30, 2010. In its
place, the BeatConscious stream now originates from
Mixcloud, continuing the tradition of soothing your ears and
sparking your curiosity.
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| And remember, the
Live365.com
website of internet radio broadcasts ... http://www.live365.com/stations/madamefly
is my station page. You can find additional information on
the Live365 stream page though
the station is in semi-retirement and is not being updated -- current
streams are all appearing on
Mixcloud.
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| Events -- This
page was originally meant to be a calendar of events and
directory of goods and services, intended to help you connect with musical
activity in the region or on the 'net. What I found out after a while
here in FLA was that my region had no events of the kind I
intended to support. These days, the Events page is a testament to
that discovery.
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| The BrainScan for those interested in the
effects of music on the human psyche, emotions and intelligence. Read about what makes music special -- so special that every culture has some form of
music.
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| My favorite music has all been a gift to me from people who have turned me on to the
sounds they love. As I made my voyage of discovery through the musical
recommendations of others, I worked on sorting out just which genres
worked for me ... a record of my investigations can be found on the
BeatConscious Style Guide pages.
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| Imagine: there are thousands of other sites like this (and some are truly amazing!) run by folks just as fascinated by music as I am. Get
acquainted with a few
of them using the links on the Make Contact page.
And if you are one of those people yourself, send me your
link info to add to the page.
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| A Mixed Music page with information on
listening choices.
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| Along with mixing, I make cover art
for my personal CD collection -- some examples can be seen
on
the Covers page.
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| This website is all about my lifelong fascination with music. A
mercifully brief history of how that fascination evolved appears on
The Trip Out. Another important historical
moment was my meeting with the Tranceporter and my introduction
to downtempo music ... read about that encounter and how it all came
full circle at the History of
My World.
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| For on-going news and musings, check out
FLYpaper. Or for a more strictly
music-oriented news approach, visit the newly-resuscitated
FLYblog. |
