Introduce

Chicago im Jahre 2004, schon zwei mal konnte jemand wohl das machen wovon viele House-Djs seit den 80ern noch heute träumen. Booming Bs erste Tour "Chicago DJ Tour" im April 2004 sollte nicht der erste Besuch in Chicago des deutschen Nachwuschs DJ´s mit US-Flavours bleiben. Schon im Juli verschlug es Ihn wieder in weitere Clubs rund um die Stadt in der alles begann.

Im Chicago Ende der 70er startete eine der musikalischen Revolutionen der 80er und 90er Jahre in der "Windy City". "Disco Sucks" hiess es, es wurden öffentlich Disco Platten verbrannt... Disco war am Ende, verkommerzialisiert von Musikkonzernen die einfach nur noch eine Platte nach der anderen rauswarfen. Doch die Kids von Chicago hatten Ihre eigene Definition von Disco, wie schon im aufkommenden Hip Hop wurden die Samples der alten Disco Platten verwendet um eine neue Musik zu formen. Nur bildete sich in Chicago dieser unverwechselbare minimalistische Disco Sound, getauft wurde er "Jack" später House unter anderem weil Pionier Frankie Knuckels und viele andere Ihre Platten in einem alten mittlerweile legendären "Warehouse" drehten.

Was die Jungs damit lostraten konnte keiner ahnen und schon Ende der 80er infizierte House die Welt ... So kam es auch nach Deutschland und auch zu Booming B der sehr interessiert an der Musik sich zu den Wurzeln herantastete und wie viele DJ´s aus Deutschland vom "House Sound of Chicago" stark beeinflusst wurde. Für viele ist es wohl das höchste der Gefühle die Plattenteller in "der" Stadt wo es alles startete zu drehen.

Und nun darf er zum dritten mal in die "windy city" um dort seine Skills an den Turntables zu beweisen. Dabei ist es wohl nirgens härter für einen House DJ als in dieser Stadt.

A lifelong dream comes true, the third time and not the last ...

DJ Booming B
Name:	Björn
Date of Birth:	18.12.1977
DJ since:	1992/93
more infos on www.boomingb.com

Booming Bs DJ-Dasein begann im Jahr 1993 als Soul und Hip Hop DJ doch schon ein Jahr später auf einer House Party in seiner Stadt war seine musikalische Zukunft bestimmt. Beeinflusst von einigen Hip Hop DJ´s und den Mixing Styles von Loiue Vega, Frankie Knuckles, DJ Sneak, Derrick Carter, DJ Traxx und besonders Terrence Parker. Besonders wurde seine weitere musikalische Entwicklung dann von den Masters at Work geleitets, so wird man in jedem seiner Sets mindestens eine Platte aus Kenny Dope´s und Louie Vega´s Werken finden.
Mit der Zeit und der Inspiriation dieser DJ´s konnte er immer mehr seinen eigenen Style entwickeln und mittlerweile auf eine grosse Liste an Clubs verweisen in denen er schon die Plattenteller kreisen lassen durfte. Dabei sind nicht nur deutsche Locations wie z.B. das L.O.F.T House in Frankfurt, die Betty Ford Klinik in Hamburg oder der Fusion und Depot Club aus Münster, sondern auch internationale Clubs in Italien und Österreich dabei.
International konnte er dann im Jahr 2004 mit seinen beiden "Chicago Touren" endlich in der Stadt spielen in der er nicht nur vor Jahren seine musikalische Liebe fand, sondern auch sein privates Glück mit seiner Freundin Christine.

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Chicago DJ Tour Pt. 1 - Daily Diary -

1st Chicago DJ Tour 2004 vom 30.03.2004 bis 13.04.2004

Bei seiner ersten Tour im April 2004 hat Booming jeden der es abonniert hatte während der Tour mit dem "Daily Diary´s" auf dem Laufenden gehalten. So konnte man einiges an Geschichten und Ereignisen aus Chicago aus der Sicht eines DJ´s nachvollziehen. Damit diese Eindrücke nicht verloren gehen könnt Ihr hier die gesamten Diarys der dritten Chicago DJ Tour anschauen...

Natürlich haben wir die Diarys damit sie authentisch bleiben im englischen Originaltext belassen!

Daily Diary 1

Hello everybody!!!

I am in Chicago. I can't believe it, but I am here now. I arrived here on Thuesday afternoon around 05am. My girlfriend picked me up from the airport

The first thing that I had to realize, is that you can't go anywhere in a few seconds or minutes. It took us about 20 minutes from the gate I came out to the parking place.

We had to go by foot and train. I mean in my city you would be able to go from the north to the south in that time!

The second thing that I noticed very fast, is that everything is so much bigger here. The streets, the houses, the areas and especially the cars. A middle class mercedes or BMW or a normal or mini van is called a very small car here! ( I guess I saw about 5 very big limos on my way to the house)

When we came to the house, I felt like in one of this college movies. The sidewalk is so big and the houses look so different to the german ones, I was only waiting for the newspaper boy to drive by and throw a newspaper to the door. (Andrew knows what I mean)

My girlfriends family is really nice and they are very hospitable to me.

The food is also very different to the german one. I am not speaking bad or mean when I say that it's no wonder that americans are all fat people. We had breakfast in a dinner, and I thought it's a good idea to order some american eggs. I got so much, it's unbelieveable!!!

At least two people would have enough with it, but the fact that the most people look like two, makes it clearly. (...by the way, they waste food like it's nothing) And you get as much coffee and water as you want all the time.

One very good thing that I noticed is, that the waitress are very nice. They really know how to sell something and germany could really learn from that.

Well, for all you musicheads, I guess I know why Relief Records has it sign. The sign for railroad is exactly the same as the Relief Records sign. They (Cajmere) only changed the colours. Maybe you can imagine what for a feeling it is to realize something like that for me. I am in the middle of it. I have the feeling to live and understand it. Chicago is the birthplace of house music..........

We also visited Christines uncle. This was a very strange thing!!! The first thing he did, is to show me his weapons and believe me when I say he's like a one man army! I've never seen so many weapons in my life. Pistols, pumpguns, and machine guns...............
(We saw a movie in school about this american problem and I have to say that they are really like that...)

OK, I could tell you more and more for hours now, but I will finish my first e-mail now. I made some cool photos so far and I want to say Thank You to Andrew again, because he gave me his digital camera. I will keep you informed........
....tomorrow you'll get my next daily dairy!!!

B.

Daily Diary 2

A wonderful good morning to everyone!!!

I just woke up and the sun is shinning. It's such a wonderful day! I guess I am into this timezone now and the jetlag should be over. Well, here is my second daily diary.....

Yesterday we went to a store to buy some stuff and beer. It's really awesome how many crazy things they do have in the stores here, you can buy really everything here and I guess it is Andrews paradise!

When I stood at the cash box and put all the things on there, the cashie asked me for my I.D. because of the beer. I gave it to her and she also asked my girl for her I.D. My girl (Christine) told her that she isn't over 21. The cashier didn't give us the beer because my girlfriend isn't over 21. Anyway if I buy it or not. Isn't that crazy? When you have someone under 21 with you, you are not allowed to buy any alcohol. I guess that's ridiculous. You can drive a car or you can go to war, but you are not allowed to drink a beer!!!

Later in the evening we went to a pub to have some drinks and I should met some guys over there. It was such a nice evening and I can't wait to meet them again.

I also have to mention that it's great to see the city in the night. They have so many lights here and it looks like in a movie.....
....still everything has the touch of a movie for me. Well, tonight is my first gig in the Zentra Nightclub with Gene Farris. For those of you who know who Gene Farris is, it should be clear how much that means to me and how excited I am. I will tell you more about that tomorrow...

I am watching one movie in english every day and I have to say that I understand more and more every day. Well, I watched 3 so far, that's not that much, but at least something. I hope my english will be better after this trip.

Many Greetings to my english teacher by the way...

OK, I wish you all a nice day or night and you can write me always back. I would love to get some response from you guys...

B.

P.S.: I love the food over here!!!!

Daily Diary 3

Hello everyone....

....sorry for the delay, but I slept a lil bit longer today. Yesterday was such a crazy night. I was supposed to play at the Zentra Nightclub in Chicago, but when we came there a lil bit earlier, no one knew about it.

I had to call the promoter and he had to come. He called someone else and so on......

Furthermore they did not let my girlfriend in because she is under 21. Once again everyone called everyone and so on. It was really crazy!!!

Well, I got a new settime and played in a different room. But this wasn't a bad change, because I played on the big area now and I played a lil bit later as supposed. The first thing that pissed me off was that the turntable desk was almost as tall as me. For those of you who know how tall I am will this might be funny, but for me it was such a serious thing. The first thing I'm gonna do when I get back home, is to change my turntables hight on the desk!!!

I guess my set went well and I am happy with this night, I mean I had a real good time. The only thing that really bothered me was the fact that my girl wasn't with me.......

I also met Greg Cash from Bumpin City Records yesterday and he went into the club with me. He is such a cool dude and very wordy as well. I will meet him next week again and maybe he will go with me to my second gig tonight, we will see... (...I got some slamin new Bumpin Records on vinyl, Thanks to Greg)

Tonight I will play at Seanchai in Chicago. This is not a real club, I guess it's more the lounge style. I will play an exclusive Techno set, and I want Thank Dominik Trumane again for giving me some classics for that.
I will tell you tomorrow more about that!!!

I took a lot of pics so far and I hope that they are good. I am trying to take as much as I can...

I wish you all a nice time and please don't hesitate to write me back!!!

B.

Daily Diary 4

Hey Folks,

...how are you doin'? I hope that you are ok, because I feel wonderful!!! Yeah, I do........

Yesterday I played at the Seanchai Lounge. It was not really good and I am honest. Not many people were there and the sound system was really fucked up. But the promoter was such a cool guy and we spoke a lot about the scene in Chicago....
...obviously it's all over the world the same. "Economy is low, bla bla bla" I can't hear it anymore. At least the music has more quality in my eyes, the resident DJ at Seanchai and Zentra played really different music to the DJ's in germany!!! For me it has more quality and has nothing to do with the german definition of House Music!

The promoter offered me another gig while I am here, but we will see, Idon't know if it's possible.

I also went with my girlfriends parents for dinner today. It was really nice. Her mom is such a nice person and I love her humour. For sure I will gain weight here, the food is so good and you get always so much...

One really cool thing that I noticed is, that you always get water for free and when you order coffee or Coca Cola you can get it always filled up again for free. That's cool!!!

Germany could learn so much from this country in this case.

Next week I will meet with Greg Cash again and hopefully I will also meet some other DJ's and Producers as well. We want to visit some studios here and Greg said that I will meet people such as Mike Dixon and Paul Johnson, but we will see...

A friend of my girlfriend showed me around and I saw the area where Michael Jordan lived. I have never seen houses like that. I would call them more a castle than a house. I guess there was no house under 5 million US Dollars. I will go there again to make some pictures. I really need to do that.

I also drove trough the street where DJ Sneak lived. It was or is not the best area and people told me that he never came out of his Ghetto style, even when he had the money....

OK, that's enough for today and please don't forget to write me back if you have the time and mood.

B.

Daily Diary 5

Hello @ all......

...it's just a wonderful today again and I have to say that I am really very lucky with the weather here at the moment!!! The sky is mostly everyday without any clouds and the sun is shinning. Only sometimes it's a lil bit cloudy over here. It's not really warm but such beautiful all day...

This morning I went golfing with my girlfriends Dad! This was so cool. We went for more than one hour and I had to realize that this sport isn't as easy as it looks like in TV. Well, at least I can hit the balls now.

My girlfriends Dad is very good in that sport and he goes as often as he can. Maybe I will go again with him.

My girlfriend is still at school right now and I just watched a good movie. It's still so hard to understand. It's so much easier for me with the subtitels. I mean I understand more and more, but to be honest, I really need the subtitles to understand everything...

This week I want to see downtown Chicago. My girlfriend drove me around it yet, but I want to go by train to see everything soon. The architecture is supposed to be one of the best in America. Can't wait to see it and make some cool pictures!!! I will tell you more about that for sure.

Greg told me that we will visit some of the famous old record stores here. But the problem is that they are mostly in the south side of Chicago and it's dangerous to go there. At least I should not go alone. I hope he will take me to them soon. I have no money anyway, but I have to see them and check what they sell here. I guess I will have to spend at least 50 bucks there anyway, hehe.....

Oh, one more thing. When I came from the Seanchai and we listened to the radio in the car, I had to realize how deep this city is into music. They played some DJ shows and the quality of mixing is so much better compared to germany. It's awesome. Some mixes I heard are at least the same quality as Bad Boy Bill for example. He's not the only one. It's also very cool to hear the WGCI station on air here. Because I always heard that only on tape or my computer. Here it's still alive and big..

This city gives me more than some inspirations. I can't wait to make some new studio mixes and I guess I got some energy back, even when I have to go back to the commercial germany.

All right, thats it for todaz again. Please write me something when you have the time and ask me questions if you want to....

B.

Daily Diary 6

Hello @ all!
Here is my 6th Daily Dairy. I hope you like it and Thank You for the feedback so far.

I took some really cool pictures yesterday. We went to the area with the nice houses again. I guess I made over 25 pictures of them. But the batteries died yesterday and I have to load them today.

On Monday I went with my girlfriend to her Dance practice. It's a german club which has a choir and a dance group and once a year they are celebrating their german ancestry in Chicago. My girlfriend dances very good. They have many different dances which are not easy to dance.

I also visited the "Brauhaus". It's a german restaurant over here. It's funny, because everything is very very very expensive there. They have a lot of german food and a live band. I guess I don't need to say that the music was horrible...

And yesterday I tried real mexican food. WOW, it's so good. I ate a huge burrito. I think I have never eaten that much....... ...I still feel like a round pig!!! But it tastes so good. ( I mentioned before that I will gain weight, right? )
Hmmm, I just notice that I write a lot about food.

I had a chat with my girlfriends brother and some of his friends about music. I noticed that they differ very strict between Hip Hop, Rap and Gangster Rap. For them it's not all the same or even similar. It's a very serious thing over here and I like this attitude. The most important thing is what the dude raps about....
.....this gives him quality or not. And quality means respect. A track can have the best beats, but when the guy raps about a "fake story", the whole track is crap. I wish to have this quality into house music...

Oh, I have to tell you about another interesting thing. There are squirells living all over Chicago and it's suburbs. But they are not normal squirells how we know them, they are so much bigger and completely grey. Thats evolution, eh!? I guess that's funny, isn't it?

OK, enough for today and like always, please ask me, write me, or give me just some feedback..........

B.

Daily Diary 7

Hey Folks,

...how are you doing? I hope fine!!!
I am very tired today, because I was djing yesterday. It was such a wonderful night at the W. Hotel near the Navy Pear. The hotel has a lounge in the 33rd floor where I played yesterday. I have to say that I have never seen such an exclusive place!!! WOW, that was so cool. You had an awesome view over Chicago from the lounge and it looked gorgeous at nighttime. I tried to make some pictures, but I don't know if they came out good...

The promoter was such a cool and nice guy and the people were more the first class type. Me and my girlfriend had some drinks in the lounge and we relaxed in one of the huge leather sofas.

I started my set with some vocal house tunes and I guess the people liked it. Later, I played some disco originals and Michael Jackson tracks and the people started dancing. Everyone was happy and at the end the promoter offered me to play this Saturday again, well, I guess my set rocked!!!

I HAD A WONDERFUL TIME, and the best is that my girl was with me!!!

Tomorrow we are planing to go to my girlfriends godparents again and we want to go on an island where they have their own house. I am looking forward to that and I will tell you more about it when we come back....

I wish you a nice day and we will watch some movies now.

B.

Daily Diary 8

Hello...

I wish you all a HAPPY EASTER!!! We just woke up and get ready to celebrate Easter with my girlfriends family. I am very excited. Actually I know the most of her family already, but I am still excited...

Oh, I have to mention that the "Easter Bunny" brought me something today. He found me even in the USA, isn't that nice of him....

Yesterday we were to my girlfriends godparents again. It was such a nice day. They have a lil lake or sea infront of their house and we went with the boot on it. Later we played this game, I guess it's called "Air Hockey". This is so much fun. I lost everytime, but I played it the first time......

I told you guys that the promoter from the Whiskey Sky invited me again, but we didn't go because it was too late and we do not have enough time for everything anyway. But I am happy about all the feedback I got here. It gave me so much energy to play here and I know again that there are people outside wich love the music and prefer some quality instead of sunglasses and big names.

Maybe I am going to watch the "Passion of the Christ" today, but I am not quite sure yet. It depends how much time we have. I think it's a good idea because the whole movie is with subtitles and I can understand better with subtitles. We will see.....

All right, I am going to celebrate easter now and I hope you are doing the same. Many greetings to everyone from my girlfriend Christine and some special Birthday Wishes to my friend Marcel from me and my girl.

cu

B.

Daily Diary 9

Good Morning everyone......
...We just woke up. It's 9:40 am. I feel so normal with the time here that I can't imagine to get used to my old time zone again......

Yesterday was easter and it was such a nice day. First we celebrated at my girlfriends house and later we decided to go over to her cousins apartement. We drank some beer and talked for hours.

Later we went bowling. That was cool. I mean I know bowling from germany, too; but this was original and cool. The building was so huge, I guess they have over 25 lanes, maybe about 50, I don't know. Well, I wasn't in last place, but unfortunately almost everyone was better than me.

And we played Air Hockey again. And guess who won? Yeah!!! I won!!! This time I kicked their ass.......

Oh, yesterday we drove with my girlfriends neighbours car. It's a very big conversion van. The van has 4 several big seats and one sofa in the back that you can make to a bed. It's just a very comfortable huge car!!! I felt like driving in a living-room.

I am leaving now. We go for breakfast with everyone and I will see the ghetto today. I am very excited about all and like usual I will tell you more later.

Have a nice day....

B.

Daily Diary 10

Hey Folks!!!

It's my last day in Chicago today!!!

I don't wanna go home, but I have to. I really do not miss anything so far, but I guess it's because I am on vacation...

The best thing is, that my girlfriend booked the tikets to visit me in the summer already!!!
Isn't that cool? Yuhuuuuuuu................. I am not home yet and she got the tikets already.

Yesterday I saw the ghetto. I saw 3 different ones. They are mostly in the south side of chicago. What can I say!? It's unbelievable how people can or have to live! It's really like in the movies.......

There is no vegetation and the houses are broke. The streets seem to be dead because no one is out without some gangs hanging up on the streets.

I took some pictures which I can show you later. I have to mention that I almost peed in my pants.
Well, I am going to watch another movie now and get ready for my flight.

I hope you like my newsletter and I can't wait to see some of you guys next week. Thanks for reading my newsletter and the nice feedback I got.

This was definetely my best vacation so far and I can't wait to come back. I would love to see L.A. one day or maybe Miami or San Francisco......

B.

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Chicago DJ Tour Pt. 2 - Daily Diary -

Schon in seiner ersten Tour im April 2004 hat Booming jeden der es abonniert hatte während der Tour mit dem "Daily Diary´s" auf dem laufen gehalten. So konnte man einiges an Geschichten und Ereignisen aus Chicago aus der Sicht eines DJ´s nachvollziehen. Damit diese Eindrücke nicht verloren gehen könnt Ihr hier die gesamten Diarys der zweiten Chicago Tour anschauen..

Natürlich haben wir die Diarys damit sie authentisch bleiben im englischen Originaltext belassen!

Bei der aktuellen Tour immer über das neuste aus Chicago informiert werden wollt, dann schickt einfach eine Mail an boomingtini@yahoo.com und Ihr werdet auf dem laufenden bleiben.

08.09.2004 - Arrived in Chicago

Hello everyone!!!

I arrived well in Chicago yesterday and this is my first "Daily Diary". Whoo - whoooo!!!!!
How are you guys doing?
The city is still very amazing for me and I love to be here. Just after I arrived I was catched by the flair of this awesome city!!!

Tomorrow is my first tour gig and I am excited. By the way, the new record bags I bought are awesome quality!!! Nothing happened to them over the flight and they are just good, so go and buy a UDG Record bag when you're a DJ.
Tomorrow I'll be playing at Euro Club. People say it's a polish club and I'll do the start up with some house tunes. Hopefully Christine can get in, too.

Oh, I have to tell you. I just watched a very good movie. It's called "Eurotrip". It's a comedy - really cool. Check it out if you get the chance...

Well, the weather is different and weird here as the city is known for. This morning it was cloudy and kinda could, but now it's sunny and warm, but it gets very windy, weird, eh?

My girlfriend is working the whole af ternoon, that means I am alone, yes, completely alone in the jungle of the big city. But I always find something to do. I guess I will sit outside on the new porch, that her father build up, and read one of the books I lately bought. Well, Michael Moores "Dude Where's My Country?" sounds good ...


...I wish you a nice day and I am always happy about some e-mails.

-peace-
Booming

10.09.2004 - Played at Euro Club

Hey folks...


...this is my second "Daily Diary" and I know that I am late, sorry for that, but many things are going on here and that's good tho...

Yesterday was my first tour gig and it was great. I played at Euro Club, a polish place, and the night worked out good. The club is really nice and like always over here, the soundsystem booms. There were not that many people out there, or not yet while I played because I played really early, but the promoters liked my set and they already booked me for Winter time, great eh?! My girlfriend could come in without any problems which you know is not usually like that. We were lucky this time.

For all you burger fans, I had a big original american burger yesterday, just good, I really love the burgers over here, could eat them all day long, hehe...

I have to mention that I do not come out that much, cause my girlfriend has school and work almost every day and it's kinda hard to go alone, or at least risky to get lost in this big city. Imagine I would take the wrong bus and end up in the south side!? Uuups, this is not where I parked my car...

Well, tonight I'm gonna play for the AMP Crew which is actually Andrew Shear and some others. He is the one who organized me the booking in the Whiskey Sky last time. Remember? The Lounge / Club in the 33rd floor of the W. Hotel at Lake Shore Drive. Awesome place and one of the best bookings on my last tour. He has a new location now and I can't wait for tonight, even my settime is better, because I'll play kinda primetime! Some people contacted me and they wanna join me there, which is really cool. I'll keep you guys updated about that in my next Diary.

The weather is not that nice at the moment. It's often cloudy and like always it's fuckin' windy all day long. But when the sun comes out, it's pretty nice and warm.

Oh, I have to tell you, tomorrow is my girfriends Birthday and also the german fest in Chicago. They have a district with german stores, shops, restaurants and so on. And this weekend, from Friday to Sunday is the german fest. They close the streets and have a parade. Christine (my girl) is part of this parade. She is also working on the german fest for some hours and I met someone yesterday who works there at the bar, which means - free beer for me, myself and I, hehe
I am really excited about this fest and I hope it's not too much like german fests usually are!!!

One thing I noticed about the club scene here is, that the people never move out of their area to go out to other clubs. People from the north side always party in the north side and people from the south side would never come to the north side to party there, you stick with your hood! Like yesterday, it was a polish place where usually only polish people meet up. I read about that in an article about the house music scene in chicago, but that was in 1990. Obviously nothing changed about that!

All right, I guess that's it for today and I hope you like my daily diary, at least it's a bit longer one. Enjoy your day and write me if you're bored or get the time. I am going now to read in my book that I started yesterday, which is actually really cool. I like this Michael Moore guy.

bye bye
Booming

11.09.2004 - Christines Birthday

Hello everybody!!!

I have bad news about yesterday. The party at the Bar Celona was cancelled! The owners double booked a party that night. Really shitty, but shit happens... So, I didn't play at Bar Celona yesterday, but we're trying to reschedule that gig on another date soon.


As you all know, today is my girlfriends birthday and because I am a good boyfriend, I thought it's a good idea to get some flowers for her yesterday. So, her brother and me went to a flower shop and got some nice roses, which were actually more than expensive. Well, we got the flowers, went back into the car and left the parking-lot. My girlfriends brother just wanted to fasten his seatbelt, when we passed a police car and he directly told me: "They gonna pull us over!" He was right, the police car followed us and pulled us over not even half a mile later. But that's not all. When the policeman came to the drivers window and asked for my girlfriends brothers insurence pappers, Chris (my girlfriends brother) couldn't find them! So, now he has to go t o the court and he got two tikets.

We also went to the german fest yesterday and my worries about that type of fest were proofed very fast. I don't want to spend too much words about that because I didn't come to Chicago to celebrate a kind of "Schuetzenfest". Let's just say it was ok because we got free beer and it's always as good as you make it.

The bad thing is, today I have to go again, hopefully they have enough beer...

OK, I am tired and moody today and I have to leave soon, I wish you a nice day and wait for my next daily diary...

B.

12.09.2004 - The German Fest

Hey Ho everybody,

...how are you guys doing today?
I am feeling sick and tired of yesterday. We were at the fest (german fest) in Chicago and it was horrible. I know why I didn't go to that type of fest the last 10 years in germany... ...no more words about that thing!!!

Today we watched another good movie. It's called "King of the Ants". Like last time, I understand more and more, but it's still very hard without the subtitles.

I might be go fishing next week. Christine's dad asked me if I wanna go with him. They have a house on an island around Chicago, you have to go by boot to come there. I hope we gonna do that, because I have never been fishing in my life!

This evening I am gonna take my girlfriend out for dinner because of her birthday yesterday. Unfortunately we didn't get the chance to do that yesterday. We will go to a nice italian place and the most of you should know that I love this kind of food.

OK, today I am not really in the mood to write more, but I hope you still enjoy my diaries...

I wish you guys a wonderful day or night!

B.

14.09.2004 - I Wanna tell you a story about a warehouse

Hey folks,

...this time I got some really good news for ya!!! The promoters from "Club Euro" offered me another gig, cause I told them that AMP Productions cancelled one of my tour gigs and I would have an open slot tho...

That means that I'll play this Thursday again at Club Euro and this time I am booked as the headliner or at least for the prime time!!! Great, isn't it!?

Well, I am really happy about the news and I can't wait to play there again... ...here is my current schedule by the way:


Thursday, 16th of Sept.:
CLUB EURO - Chicago [settime: 11:30 - 02:00]
5415 W. Irving Park Rd.

Friday, 17th of Sept.: LA TABERNA - Chicago
[settime: 12:00 - 01:00]
abs 3358 N. Ashland.

Wednesday, 22nd of Sept.: BETTYS BLUE STAR LOUNGE - Chicago
[settime: 11:00 - 01:00]
1600 W. Grand St.

I am gonna visit the old * original * Warehouse club here in Chicago. The building still exists and I found out where it's located. It's far away from my girlfriends house and kinda risky because it's in the south side, but it will be fine when we go over the day. Can't wait to touch the holy walls, ...you know?

The address of the Warehouse was or is 206 South Jefferson and the City of Chicago recently named this portion of South Jefferson "Honorary Frankie Knuckles Way".

Some people also told me that there was another Warehouse club after the first or original one closed it's doors. Dj's such as Armando, Boo Williams and Mike Dunn used to play there back in the days. We will see, but I'll try to see and experience as much as possible while I'm here in Chicago, the birthplace of House Music!!!

Today we were in Arlington Heights, a nice and quite suburb of Chicago, peaceful and more the country side or a really far away suburb. People were washing their cars or having yard sales, everything was nice and clean and nothing was going on...

I also got in contact with Mike Dearborn lately and we might meet soon. I hope it's gonna happen because I like his music and style a lot. He actually plays both, house music and techno music, but always kinda underground...

OK, that's it for today, I gotta go to bed and wish you guys a nice night or day, which ever you're having right now...

B.

15.09.2004 - Classics for handful of dollars

Hello everybody,

...it's me again, this is my 6th Daily Diary! I hope you guys are doing well, cause I am doing very very well!!!

Yesterday, I've met John Daminato, he's a local DJ and producer. It was such a nice meeting. Also, first time ever I mixed with this final scratch tool, that's not too bad...

It was very interesting to speak about the recent House Music Scene in Chicago. It seems like at the end it's all over the world the same process. Some people are getting big and bigger in the game while others are not even known anymore. The famous Rave Scene of Chicago is dead, but the club scene is recently overwhelming, even when there are not enough guests for all these clubs!

But everyone has to struggle, like everywhere...

I might gonna meet John today again, cause he wants to show me some record shops in the Chicago area. I checked the internet store of Gramaphone Records and guess what they do offer there? Yep, they do offer all the classics such as Lil Louies "French Kiss", original on Trax Rec., or Farley's "Love Can't Turn Around", Josh Wink & Lil Louis "How's Your Evening So Far", or Frankie Knuckles "Baby Wants To Ride" for seven bucks each!!! It took me two or three years to collect the most of them for much more money, but if I get the chance to get to this record shop, I'll buy the complete Classics collection they offer, no doubt man!!!

Well, the weather is still weird, but it's summer, yeah, it's summer over here. I guess they got over 30 degrees the last days and it wont stop being nice and sunny. Actually, I have to mention that it's kinda to warm for myself! (I know that Andrew will hate me for that, hehe...)

OK, that's it. I guess I am gonna play some stupid computer games now and relax...

Booming

16.09.2004 - Grammophone Records

Hey folks,

...whatz up? I had such a wonderful day yesterday and I'm gonna tell you in this Daily Diary about it!!!

Yesterday, John Daminato picked me up from my girlfriends house and we went straight to "Gramaphone Records". All I can say is WOW!!! Actually that was the first time since 4 or 5 years that I've been to a real record store, which is sad enough, but this was just unbeliveable... Gramaphone excists for over 20 years now and is probably one of the most famous record stores in the world. They got everything you wish for if you like House Music!!! From soulful stuff to tracky oldschool, the complete genre of deephouse to tons of records by producers that I even forgot about and classics, classics and classics!!! And the best is, no Milk&Sugar, Kontor, almost no Defected, Subliminal or any other shit like that. Just quality music!!! Well, I bought only 3 records, cause I do not have that much money and I am planning to go there again anyway...

Oh, guess who I met at Gramaphone Records? I met "Lego" and "Colette" and there were for sure other big names yesterday, but John didn't introduce me to all of them. I guess I saw "Fast Eddie", but I am not quite sure. It was so cool and inspiring and and and....

This record store is for sure the best I've ever experienced, but they didn't have the record I was searching for, hahahahaha.... .....must be a rare one, eh?!

OK, afterwards we went over to John's house and rocked the decks for an hour or so and I also got the chance to have a closer look at the final scratch tool again. The point that makes this tool very interesting is, that you get the oppurtunity to mix with as many music as you want, but it's still not the feeling like mixing with the black gold.

I also got the chance to hear some of Johns and his roommates own produced music and I have to say they do a good job, but I will tell you more about that later...

We're going to "Walker Brothers" now, it's a famous breakfast place over here. I am hungry, hehe.....

OK, have a nice day and write me if you get the chance...

B.

18.09.2004 - late again

Hello everybody,

...I know, I know, I am late again, but I really had not the mood to write yesterday and we had a lot of things going on.

Well, I had two dj gigs the last days, here we go... On Thursday I played at Club Euro again and it was just ok. Don't need to make it better as it was, because there were no people out there! The promoter said it was because "Chris Liebing" played at Soundbar that day and most of the people decided to go there instead of Club Euro. Also, the same promoters that let my girlfriend in last time, kickt her out this time, can you believe it? Isn't that weird? But I had fun and the promoters were really happy with my set which is a more important thing for me than anything else.

Yesterday I played at La Taberna which was pure fun. A nice lounge / bar with good drinks and food. There were a lot of people out there compared to Thursday night and I played mostly soulful stuff and lots of Disco originals, too. I guess the people really enjoyed it because some of them came over and Thanked me for the music and way of mixing...

I have to tell you a funny thing, which usually shouldn't be funny. They have a zoo in Chicago, which shows animals such as cows, chicken, horses and other for us familiar animals. Now you gonna ask me why? Well, it seems like some people do not even know where the milk comes from, no joke. They never get the chance to see animals like that. Now I am asking you, is that sad or funny, I don't now...!?!?!?!?!?

Oh, by the way, today we got some food from Mc Donalds. My girlfriend went there to get the food and when she came back and we opened the bags, we saw that they gave us 12 Cheeseburgers and 4 or 5 French Fries for 8 bucks, but we ordered 2 menus!!! I wanted to keep the food, but unfortunetely my girlfriend doesn't like Cheeseburgers or French Fries. Damn!!! She went back to MC Donalds and got the right order, but I kept 2 Cheeseburgers, hehe....... and got my menu, too. I guess they send me back with 5 pounds extra on my rips.

I am almost done with the Michael Moore book and I have to say that he is as fanatic as the people he complains about. You can tell that he is not even better the way he tries to proof his complaints than many of the politicians. I mean it's good that he opens his mouth and I like many of the arguments in his book, but for me he is as fanatic as the people he complains about!!!

Today we're going to my girlfriends cousins wedding. His name is "Rheini". I had to buy new pants, a belt and shoes for that thing, because they have special rulez for a wedding over here. I also have to wear a tie, oh my god, I have never worn a tie in my life!!! Anyway, I am excited about it and I'll keep you informed about that in my next Daily Diary...

...so long, ahve a nice weekend and keep writing me!

B.

19.09.2004 - Wedding

Hey Folks,

...it's me again. How are you doing?! I hope all is well and you got as nice weather on this wonderful Sunday as we got here in Chicago!

Today we're celebrating my girlfriends birthday at her house and all the family and some friends are coming over. I'm gonna tell you more about that in the next diary...

Yesterday we were on the wedding. It was really a huge wedding, there were more than 350 people and it was located at a banquet hall called "Belvedere". I have never been to a wedding like that. Everything was very very fancy!!! It was an italian / german wedding. They had very good food, such as potatoes, steak, shrimp and before you got a soup and salat and other things. Afterwards they served a lot of desert. For one or two hours you thought it's all about food, hehe...
They also had a live band, which was really good! They played from Earth Wind & Fire and other disco classics to Jazz Music and the usual party music. It was really good tho...
I heard people speaking about the costs of the wedding and I often heard it was about 30 to 40 thousend bucks. My girlfriends mom said it was probably even more...
Well, I am happy to have had the oppertunity to experience an event like this!!!

OK, we're going to hang out in the garden now and celebrate my girlfriends birthday with her family and some friends, I wish you guys a wonderful rest of the weekend and keep writing me...

B.

21.09.2004 - Waiting for "Bettys Blue Star Lounge"

...this is my 10th Daily Diary, yuhuuuuuu...!!! How are you doing? I hope all is well, there is not that much response from you lately. You should be ashamed!

Well, yesterday we were at my girlfriends god parents house for a short time. We had to pick up a new printer for my girlfriend which she got for her birthday from her godmother. It's a cool printer with a lot of features, I am jealous...

Tomorrow is my last tour gig at "Betty's Blue Star Lounge". I hope it's going to be a good night and that the people like my music again. I'll keep you updatet...

By the way, the weather is still so nice here, we have always something between 25 and 30 degrees and with the wind it's just nice and not too hot outside.

I am planing to go back to "Gramaphone Records" if I have the time and some money left. I would like to get one or two more classics, hehe, they have so much there...

Some of you guys asked me about pictures, so, I took about 175 so far, but I will take more, don't worry!!! Basically I took more interesting ones this time, not as many houses and public stuff like last time. Anyway, you will get to see them when I am back to germay, because I'm gonna make a gallery like last time...

OK, that's it for today, have anice and relaxed day and write me back...

B.

23.09.2004 - i be there for you

Hey guys,

...this is a very sad 11th daily diary! Unfortunately I had to cancel my booking yesterday at the "Bettys Blue Star Lounge", because yesterday evening we got the message that my girlfriends grandmom has cancer!!! You can imagine that no one of us was anymore in the mood to go to out and I have a more important job to do than djing right now...

I feel very bad for my girlfriend and her family, but I am thinking positive!!! The surgery is on Monday and we all have to think positive, that's the only way that makes sense and helps her grandmom!!!

I hope and feel that she will be fine...

B.

24.09.2004 - Booking at "Zentra Night Club"

Hey fellas,

...how are you doing? Everything cool? I hope so. We're doing ok today and it's such a wonderful day today!!! My girl is at school right now and I am relaxing, writing e-mails and checking things on the net.



We went to some outlet stores yesterday because I tried to get some things for myself and my dad. You can't imagine what the size "M" or "L" means here, it's unbelievebale, but they sell tents and not clothes. The size "M" or "L" is like our "XL" or "XXL", no joke! So, I didn't find anything for my dad or my self, even size "S" is way to big for me and they do not have much of it anyway. But the prices are more than cool, they have some Nike shoes for 20 to 40 bucks, that's cool, huh?!
Well, I will try to go today again and get a pair of these cool Nike shoes and by the way, Ingo, I didn't find the Air Max 97 for a cool price, yet!

I heard from some of you guys that the summer is over in germany and it's raining a lot lately? Well, I guess autumn is already there, eh?!

This Saturday, We're gonna have dinner with the promoter from Club Euro and his wife. He is trying to organize me a booking at "Zentra Nightclub" for my next tour in december! If you remeber, I played at Zentra on my first tour with "Gene Farris". It was an awesome night and I would like to play there again!!! By the way, you should hae a look at their website, the monthly line up is amazing, just check it out! http://www.zentranightclub.com/

I hope I get the chance to take some more pictures, because I didn't take enough so far. But on the other hand I don't wanna take the same ones as last time, I guess we saw enough houses, or? Anyway, I will try my best to get some more cool pictures on my last days...

OK, that's it for today, I hope you still enjoy my daily diary and I will keep you updatet.

B.

25.09.2004 - Leaving Tommorow

Hey folks,
...today is Saturday and I gotta leave Chicago tomorrow. Unfortunately!!! The time goes by so fast, it's unbelievable...

Yesterday was a nice day. We were out for dinner with my girlfriends cousin and her husband. They all wanted to go to the italian place again and it was definitely a good idea. I mean this place is very expensive, but very good, too!

Afterwards we went to a big grocery store. That was amazing, you can't imagine what and how much you can get there. I have to tell you about these jelly beans with different flavors made by "Jelly Belly". You can get them with "Spinach, Green Apple, Spaghetti or Black Pepper flavor", but you can also get "Soap, Ear Wax, Dirt and even Vomit flavor"!!! Isn't that disgusting?! My girlfriend bought them and we all tried one bean with different flavor, but I couldn't get passed myself for more than a bean with "soap" flavor! The thing is, it really tastes like soap, so I don't wanna imagine to try the vomit flavor, not at all!!!

In the evening we were invited to her neighbours house who had a little party going on. That was fun. There were like 20 to 25 people all over the house. We had a couple of beers and we also played some cards, but we had to leave early because my girlfriend has to work today. She stood up at 5.45 in the morning! I guess she will be very tired when she comes back.

Well, today is kind of our last full day and we planed to visit some friends later, maybe I get the chance to see the big museum, or we just hang out and do nothing, we will see! I wish you all a wonderful weekend and I will see some of you guys very soon.

B.

28.09.2004 - Back In Germany

Hey fellas,

...I am back to germany, unfortunately, hehe!!! It was a great trip and I can´t wait to go back.

Here are some pictures from my trip, enjoy: http://www.mixing4u.com

I hope you enjoyed my "Daily Diary", so til next time...

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My Lifelong Dream... Interview zur dritten Chicago DJ Tour

Zum Jahreswechsel wird Booming B. wieder in die Stadt fliegen in der sich sein persönlicher Traum erfüllt hat und wieder wird er sich in verschiedene Clubs der Stadt auch dem kritischen Publikum stellen. Was es neues gibt und was er von seiner neuen Tour erwartet haben wir Ihn einfach mal bei einem Besuch im schönen Paderborn-Elsen gefragt.

Hier noch einige Dates zur nächsten Tour:

16. December: CLUB EURO - Chicago | confirmed
5415 W. Irving Park Rd.

18. Dezember: LA TABERNA - Chicago | confirmed
3358 N. Ashland. / www.jdaminato.com

22. Dezember: BETTYS BLUE STAR LOUNGE - Chicago | confirmed
1600 W. Grand St. / www.caliber-entertainment.com

Interview

DJNETZ: Hat sich die Faszination für den "House Sound of Chicago" und für die Stadt selber erst durch die langjährige Arbeit mit House.Music entwickelt oder gab es auch noch andere Einflüsse auf Dich?

Booming: Das Wort oder die Stadt Chicago habe ich früher (...bis 1995) nie mit House Music assoziiert. Chicago war früher immer nur eine der größten Städte der USA und man wusste ungefähr wo das auf der Karte war, aber das wars dann auch schon. Ich wusste noch nicht mals welche große Rolle Jazz Music mit all Ihren Facetten in Chicago spielt. Für mich war Chicago einfach nur eine große Stadt der USA, alles andere kam durch meine Erfahrungen und den großen Hunger mehr zu erfahren über die Musik die nun mein Leben bestimmt.

DJNETZ: Haben sich Deine Erwartungen aus den vorherigen beiden Touren für Dich erfüllt?

Booming: Im Grunde haben sich all meine Erwartungen erfüllt und noch viel mehr. Ich wusste eigentlich gar nicht genau worauf ich mich da einlasse und habe diesbezüglich auch keine wirklichen Erwartungen an die Touren gestellt. Irgendwie war oder ist man ja auch abgestumpft und zu oft entäuscht worden als das man noch große Erwartungen stellt, vor allem ans Nightlife und ans Musik-Buissness! Vieleicht wurde mir dieses ausnahmsweise mal zum Vorteil, wer weis!? Der Anspruch an einen DJ ist jedenfalls in Chicago ganz anders wie hier in Deutschland. Ungerechtfertigte DJ-Gagen und übertriebener Hype ist mir dort nicht wirklich in dem Maße aufgefallen wie Du es hier in Deutschland überall erlebst. Natürlich herscht dort auch das Grundprinzip eines jeden Buisness, aber trotzdem ist es mehr auf das Eigentliche besonnen. Ausserdem ist der DJ verpflichtet eine kontinuierliche Qualität abzuliefern, was ich in Deutschland wirklich vermisse, manchmal habe ich das Gefühl das Du als DJ in Deutschland machen kannst was du willst, solange Du gut aussiehst, Connections hast und irgendeine zweitklassige Produktion auf dem Markt. All das habe ich in Chicago nicht beobachtet! Was mir auch stark aufgefallen ist, ist die musikalische Erziehung und die Roots der Menschen. Es ist schon Wahnsinn wie intensiv die sich mit der Musik und dessen Roots beschäftigen. Vieleicht liegst daran das House Music in Chicago - also Ihrer eigenen Stadt - geboren wurde, aber Fakt ist das Du diese crowd nicht mit einem simplen standard set zufrieden stellen kannst, geschweige denn verarschen kannst. Einige deutsche DJ´s würden sich ganz schön umgucken und im besten Fall davon lernen, denn im Grunde ist, bzw sollte es immer eine Verbindung zwischen dem DJ und seiner Crowd geben und keine wie hier in Deutschland herschedende Barriere!!!

DJNETZ: Du besuchst in Chicago gleichzeitig auch Deine Freundin, ist es da nicht manchmal schwer zwischen Musik und Ihr hin und herzuwechseln?

Booming: Hmmm, eigentlich nicht wirklich. Natürlich bin ich irgendwie in erster Linie wegen Ihr dort, aber durch ein paar Kompromisse läßt sich das ganz einfach regeln. Das größere Problem ist eigentlich das sie noch keine 21 Jahre alt ist und deshalb oft nicht mit mir in die Clubs kommen kann! Und wenn ich 2 bis 3 Wochen dort bin und ungefähr 4 bis 6 bookings habe, dann sind das durchschnittlich gerade mal 2 gigs pro Woche, also alles halb so wild.

DJNETZ: Auf welche Dinge freust Du dich besonders wenn Du endlich wieder in Chicago bist?

Booming: Auf meine Süße und all die Sachen die wir endlich wieder zusammen machen können!!! Natürlich auch auf das Essen, ich bin einfach ein Fast-Food-Junkie und welches Land würde da besser zu mir passen, ha ha ha ha ha ha................ Ausserdem auf das gesamten Flair den die Stadt auf mich wirken läßt und meine Bookings. Die Crowd respektiert mich einfach und die Promoter und Club-Owner wollen mich wirklich haben, das ist ein tolles Gefühl!

DJNETZ: In welchen Clubs stehst Du diesmal hinter den Plattentellern?

Booming: Zur Zeit habe ich vier bestätigte Bookings. Am 16. Dezember werde ich im Club Euro spielen und am 18., meinem Geburtstag, werde ich in der La Taberna spielen. Am 22. Dezember spiele ich in der Bettys Blue Star Lounge zusammen mit Lady D von D´Lectable Records und am 7. Januar spiele ich für einen anderen Promoter nochmals in der La Taberna. Es sind noch andere Anfragen, aber das steht alles noch nicht fest und mehr als fünf bookings möchte ich eigentlich auch nicht annehmen!

DJNETZ: Wie reagiert die Clubszene auf einen deutschen DJ? Wirst Du besonders behandelt?

Booming: Puuhhhh, ehrlich gesagt weis ich nicht ob ich besonders oder anders behandelt werde, aber ich werde auf jeden Fall gut und mit Respekt behandelt, was ich von Deutschland nicht unbedingt behaupten kann. Ich glaube aber auch das du als deutscher Dj einfach einen Vorteil hast, weil Du für die promoter halt aus dem Ausland kommst und das gleiche gilt ja auch hier oder sonst wo, es macht sich halt immer gut wenn Du einen internationalen DJ auf dem Flyer stehen hast. Die crowd reagiert glaube ich sehr gut auf mich ....

DJNETZ: Du hast schon verschiedene Legenden aus Chicago getroffen z.B. Fast Eddie wen würdest Du gerne mal kennenlernen?

Booming: Na ja, so viele habe ich jetzt auch nun wieder nicht persönlich getroffen. Fast Eddie ist schon richtig, ausserdem war da noch Lego, Gene Farris und JMJ, aber ich glaube das wars dann auch. Ich würde gerne mal Sneak treffen, der wohnt zwar nicht mehr in Chicago, aber er ist für mich einer der größten aus der zweiten Generation. Ich Liebe seine alten Produktionen. Farley ist eigentlich uninteressant für mich geworden, aber natürlich würde ich ihn auch gerne mal treffren. Marshall Jefferson und Armando würde ich gerne mal treffen, aber Armando ist Tod und Marshall lebt glaube ich auch nicht mehr in Chicago. Im Grunde würde ich viele gerne mal treffen...

DJNETZ: Willst Du zukünftig Chicago zu Deiner Stadt machen und Deutschland verlassen?

Booming: Nee, im Januar zieht meine Freundin erst mal nach Deutschland und dann schauen wir weiter. Aber ich will die Connection aufrecht erhalten und am Ball bleiben was das auflegen angeht. Vieleicht entschliessen wir usn auch eines Tages in Chicago zu leben, aber das mache ich im Moment eher von meiner Beziehung zu meiner Süßen abhängig.

DJNETZ: Chicago hat eine lebendige Geschichte hinter sich gerade im Nachtleben. Um nur einige Schlagwörter zu nennen Alkoholverbot , Al Capone, Jazz! Konnte sich House nur in dieser besonderen Stadt entwickeln und hat es nur hier dieses besondere Flair?

Booming: Das kann ich nicht beurteilen, daher ich noch nie in New York, L.A. oder sonst wo war, aber ich glaube das all diese Städte iIhren unvergleichlichen Reiz haben. Chicago ist sicherlich eine der ehrlichsten Städte in den USA, daher sie die verschiedenen Elemente verbindet, welches Du in New York oder LA nicht hast, aber inwiefern man dies alles auf die Geburt und Geschichte von House beziehen kann weis ich nicht...

DJNETZ: Welches sind Deine Lieblingsplätze in Chicago?

Booming:Ich mag es am Lake Michigan lang zu fahren, das Ding ist echt riesig, ich meine es ist ungefähr so groß wie Deutschland, aber immer noch ein See. Da gefällt es mir gut und natürlich mag ich es immer wieder nachts richtung Downtown zu fahren und eine der geilsten Skylines der Welt zu sehen. Einfach nur beeindruckend und inspirierend. Die Paten-Eltern meiner Freundin haben ein Haus ausserhalb von Chicago an einem kleinen See, da mag ich es auch gern, da komme ich mir immer vor wie in einem Road Movie oder sowas..... Und ich mag es bei Bennigans, das ist ein Restaurant, die haben echt nur leckere Sachen dort, yammy..............!!!

DJNETZ: Welches war Deine allererrste richtige Chicago-House Platte?

Booming: Keine Ahnung, vieleicht wars "Love Can´t Turn Around" oder irgendwas von Sneak oder so...............

DJNETZ: Hat sich seit Deinen Besuchen in Chicago etwas entscheidendes an Deinem Mixstil verändert?

Booming: Oh ja, ich achte nun noch mehr auf den Groove beim mixen und versuche die Cuts etwas zu reduzieren. Mann, die erwarten dort echt was von Dir und das ist gut so. Seit meinem ersten Besuch versuche ich mich halt noch mehr zu entwicklen und auch die verschiedenen Mix-Styles zu perfektionieren usw.

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Chicago DJ Tour Pt. 3 - Daily Diary -

Schon in seiner ersten Tour im April 2004 hat Booming jeden der es abonniert hatte während der Tour mit dem "Daily Diary´s" auf dem laufen gehalten. So konnte man einiges an Geschichten und Ereignisen aus Chicago aus der Sicht eines DJ´s nachvollziehen. Damit diese Eindrücke nicht verloren gehen könnt Ihr hier die gesamten Diarys der dritten Chicago DJ Tour anschauen...

Natürlich haben wir die Diarys damit sie authentisch bleiben im englischen Originaltext belassen!

15.12.2004 - "Lucky as hell..."

Hello everyone!!!

First, yesterday, my travel day, was just a lucky day for me. It started when I flew from Paderborn, my city, to Frankfurt (Germanys International airport). There were so many free seats on the plane that I had a free one next to me. When I arrived in Frankfurt and checked in again, the guy from Lufthansa told me that I would have a really bad and uncomfortable seat on the flight to chicago cause the plane is overbooked! You can imagine that I wasn't happy about that and I asked him to give me a better one. He said that there is no better one because the plane is overbooked. Then he saw that I'm gonna have my birthday this Saturday and he said: "Well, I guess we're going to make you a special birthday gift!" I asked him what that means and he said : "OK, I booked you up in the buisness class for free!" Man, I couldn't believe it! Yeah, I was lucky as hell...
OK, the buisness class rocks. They bring you everything and you have so much space and the standard of comfort is so much higher!!! They treat you like a lil prince, hehe . This was the first time that I didn't want to get from the plane, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha .....

The weather is really nice here, it's cold and we got a blue sky today! I love the winter time and I pray everyday for snow while I am here... I hope so much that it's gonna snow soon, at least for Christmas and New Years Eve!!!
Tomorrow is my first tour gig at Club Euro. Can't wait to meet the guys again. I hope it's gonna work out good and that some more people come out compared to last time. I will keep you updated...

Well, this was my first Daily Diarie, I hope you still enjoy it and I wish you guys a wonderful time...

B.

16.12.2004 - "...kinda sick!?"

Hello out there...

...how are you guys doing today? I hope all is well. I am doing fine, but I guess I got a cold lately. It's really very cold here, which is not my problem, but somehow I got kinda sick.

Anyway, today is my first tour gig. I hope I am gonna feel better later today. Can't wait to meet Steve and Igor, the guys behind Bohemian Music and play for them. I might go with another promoter to Club Euro this evening, cause my girl is not coming with me anyway. We will see...

Here, for those of you guys who didn't see it already, have a look at the flyer.

You all know that I like to watch movies, so yesterday we went to Blockbuster and rent three movies. We watched a comedy called "Elf" which was really funny and also "The Day After Tomorrow". The second movie wasn't as good as I hoped for, but it made me and my girl think about the future of the world. The movie is about an upcoming ice age and why it happens to the world. It's because we don't take care of the world and use all resources and polution and all that stuff!

Well, the point is that the possibility that it really happens sooner or later is quite sure. We all should think more about how we treat our world and especially here in the USA you can see everyday why it probably will happen one day. It's unbelieveable how they spend the resources of our planet and do less in points such as environment or waste separation. Anyway, I don't want to nerv you with that, it just seems to be important to me.

By the way, like always, feel free to write me an e-mail whenever you get the time and mood...

OK, I wish you a wonderful day.

B.

17.12.2004 - "Club Euro"

Hello out there!!!

I just woke up and here is my third Daily Diary.

Yesterday I played at Club Euro. It was good. They rebuild the outside of the club and it looks really cool now. I tried to take a picture, but it didn't come out very good, so I will go there again over the day and take one. My settime was from 9:30 til 11:00. I really enjoy going to Club Euro cause the people are such nice there. Even when the club isn't full of people these guys know how to make a good party! Yesterday were more people out there because someone celebrated his birthday. Oh, and I guess I have seen them recording my set, I am not quite sure, but I really hope so.

I have to mention one thing. The main reason why I like to spin in Chicago so much, is the way the promoter treat you and deal with you. It's an easy and especially fair thing. If the dj does a good job he deserves money and respect. If not, then it was the last time that he played for the promoter. Hard but fair! People show me a lot of respect over here and I always try to do a good job. That's how it should be and it works.

Tomorrow is my birthday and I am gonna celebrate with my girl over the day and spin at La Taberna later in the evening.

I hope that I get some e-mails from you guys, so long, take care and keep writing me anyway, hehe.....

B.

18.12. - "My Birthday"

Good Morning everybody...

...today is my BIRTHDAY!!!
I hope you guys are doing well.

First, I wanna thank everyone who has send me an E-Mail for my Birthday. That was really nice of you, THANK YOU!

And those of you who didn't - be ashamed!!!

OK, today I planed to do a lot of stuff. First, I will have a nice and long breakfast with my girlfriend and then we're going shopping a lil bit.

The weather is kind of nice here, it's getting more and more cold, but the sky is almost every day blue and nice. Everyone mentioned that I am really lucky with the weather.

This evening I am celebrating and playing at La Taberna Tapatia. I have a feeling that it will be very good, especially because the promoter told me that lately the lounge is always packed with people. Also, we made a lot of promotion, so it should be a good night today!!!

Some of my friends are supposed to meet me there, but everyone is very busy these days, so I am not quite sure if I am really gonna meet everyone. Anyway, tonight we're gonna have some fun!!!

OK, it's time time to wake up my girl and start the day, but before I have to recommend something to you guys. I saw this great movie yesterday, it's called "White Chicks" and it's a comedy. Man, this movie is so funny, I couldn't stop laughing!!! Check it out if you get the chance.

I wish you a wonderful day and don't forget to keep writing me, I really miss to get an e-mail from some of you guys...

B.

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