What's up everyone, today is Monday and that means back on the grind after a great weekend. My weekend started on Thursday, when I played a set at Chloe. It was my first time there ever, in fact it was maybe my third time in Adams Morgan ever in about 3 years so it's been a while. I must say it certainly has changed, especially in the type of crowd that now attens, it's very different. Anyway back the Chloe, the spot is nice and has a fantastic DJ booth setup. It is most likely one of the better booths I've ever used, and while some of the ergonomic designs were a bit intrusive, it was cool for the most part. I seem to have DJed a lot of gigs which provide Rane Empaths lately, and since it is one of the mixers I own, I feel right at home. As for the party itself, it left a lot to be desired but it was still fun nonetheless. The crowd was scarce, split between walk-ins and some of my friends (thanks for coming out on a Thursday btw), but everyone had a good time. I'm going to spin there again on Thursday, August 10th I think, so I will keep yall posted.

Friday was the 4th session of Moonlight at H2O, and it was quite interesting. One of the promoting teams left for internal reasons so we lost a lot of pushing power, but the crowd turned out ok. However, it was a totally different crowd I did not expect, and while it was a surprise I managed to hold it down naturally. In fact the general manager at H2O was rather impressed with my set as he clearly expressed it at the end of the night. Overall, the crowd was decent - a little slow again but good times. The night ended smoothly with a one hour banter between H2O's sound guy and my friend and I, and it was a pretty cool way to wind down.

This week, I'm back at OB on Thursday and H2O on Friday. I hope that more people will come to H2O this week to check it out and make full use of the open bar and free food.

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Hey guys...Starting Thursday July 27, I will be starting a biweekly residency at Chloe named Crush. This event is in conjunction with dcNRG, East End, and Nightlife Agency, and has been pickin up a lot of buzz lately so you should definitely check it out. It also marks my first set in Adams Morgan area, so that should be interesting. see the flyer below. It's $10 cover, but guestlist makes it free up until 11PM, and it is an open bar for ladies until that time as well. Not bad right?

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Wats up all, I'm finally back to updatin its been busy here at the office, and I really havent had anythin interestin to rant about. This past friday at H2O was pretty good, the movie casting call was a success we had a HUGE stack of applications, thanks for the interest and support! Naturally, the party went great and the patio was actually quite busy. However, no surprise there since DJ Twinspin knows how to kill it with the classics. The party overall was great, although we did get a late crowd. Perhaps it just felt like a late crowd to me since people were outside doing the casting call for some time, and my room didn't fill until about 12:30 but it was BUMPIN after that. I'll be lookin forward to killin it more this week, no doubt about that. I did have some difficulty with the CD players and turntables - I don't like using Serato over two different mediums but it is so much easier to hook it up to CD players in a club rig. However, the discrepancy in equipment took a toll on my set (I know, a good DJ should be able to play on anything) and I have decided to stick strictly to turntables from now on so that I can be most comfortable. Hopefully they will fix the crooked one that causes skipping...I mean really, a Shure M44-G skipping? Makes no sense since I'm so light-handed.

So this Friday, again, Moonlight @ H2O is sure to be fire!! So I hope to see everyone there, thanks for everyone who has been supporting, and even more love to people who are now known as regulars. Also, don't forget about my weekly chill residencies at orange ball billiards in rockville, md. I never talk about it on here but it is ongoing weekly, and it's very fun given the fact that all liquor is half off! And since there is no cover, one cannot go wrong with going there to get wasted. The music format includes everything except Hip-Hop, so expect 90% house, 80s, classics, reggae, and funk. If I have a good crowd, I will play a bit of Hip-Hop but I generally try to stay away.

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this friday, as always is moonlight at h2o. the past two weeks have been amazing, and we only expect the event to get better as it builds momentum. same ol format, me playin hiphop and the likes, dj twinspin hittn 80s and classics on the patio, and dj kam rockin the house and trance in the vip.

also, CLIMAX DC will be holdng the open audtions for various parts in the movie, "Finishing the Game," at H2O this Friday, July 21st. The movie will be filmed in LA and Mexico starting July 30th!

i dont have an official flyer for this friday yet, but here is the information on the casting call

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man, this nite was hot!! i think jus as good if not better than the opening nite. the crowd was a lot more diverse tho, and i really appreciated that. they had 3 girls from laguna beach there, and they were wasted off their asses...arent they barely 19 if that?!? haha hilarious! one grl was like makin out wit some random dude i thought dat was rather funny. dj twinspin was on vacation, so we had djs rich ang and jae k fillin in with house outside, and they kept the patio bumpin. my room was quite packed, i played a bit more dirty south than i normally would but the crowd was responsive so why not. i did forget to play hips dont lie (AGAIN) and i didnt play its goin down...not because i was scared of that grl from the week before (see previous post) but because...well i just forgot. if u wanna hear a track, come by and request it and ill be happy to drop it fer u!!...speakin of which, this leads me to my next rant...

i was pretty happy with the nite except for this one girl who came in the booth 3 times...asking to hear two songs i havent played in 3 years - jlo's jenny on the block and punjabi MC. the first two times i told her id have to look for them cuz theyre old, but i would play em if i had em. she was like no no, play it next! i was like i cant..first off i got a song already cued up and second i have to find em!! after the second time, i realized i didnt have em so wen she came back the 3rd time i told her sorry i didnt have em, next time tho ill hook her up...then she KIRKED OUT on me!! she was like MAN THATS BULLSHIT!! THAT IS SUCH BULLSHIT!!!...i was like grl, it aint dat serious...u requested two mediocre songs that are old as hell and get mad at me fer not carryin em? i gotta rotate music on a weekly basis, and im still a heavy vinyl user so cmon, i cant think of it all...but she kept goin DASS BULLSHIT DASS BULLSHIT and i swore she was gonna throw her drink at me...then she went on sayin MY BOY IS A DJ HERE DASS BULLSHIT...at which point i was like...well if ur boy's a dj here, tell him to bring me the 2 songs and ill play them fer u, at which point she left cursin me under her breath. needless to say, this small altercation required a shot and a drink ASAP. in her defense tho, it is my own fault that i didn't carry punjabi mc, that song still gets the crowd going...but i havent carried jenny on the block...well, ever. im sorry, im damn nice and very polite and i treat everyone with the utmost respect when they come into my booth, after all my job is to please the crowd, but dont flip a shit jus cuz i cant cater to the ONE thing you ask, ESPECIALLY when it is an outdated request. why couldnt u ask fer promiscuous or bossy or somethin like everybody else

i mean geez, wat in the world makes it OK for people to come into the dj booth and ask fer irrational shit, and CUSS at me wen im not able to fill their personal need? i LOVE to fill people's requests. when they ask politely, and ask at the rite time for the rite songs, im more than happy to drop it rite away! but if ur a moron about it and extremely instrusive, u are not welcome in my booth. first off, u aint payin me...second, im club staff. u wouldnt cuss at a security guard or at a bartender, wat makes it ok to cuss at me? u wouldnt go and tell bartenders how to make their drinks or tell bouncers who to kick out, and tell them to DO IT NOW!!! in fact, scratch that...a person such as that girl WOULD cuss at staff jus cuz they think theyre god's gift. the sad thing is, im sorry to say that she didnt even look good. girl, dont take it out on me cuz u had a bad hair day.

but besides that, great nite...still lookin strong, so we expect this event to last through the summer. i need to see yall there, some people i thought would be regulars still have not shown up.

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dass rite we got a gimmick this week haha...but it should turn out to be packed, probly just as much if not more than the opening night. a lot of people that were expected to come out didn't and are planning to, and of course we have all the satisfied repeat clientelle from the grand opening coming back, so you do the math. i'll keep this brief, and before i leave i must remind everyone that my internet at home isn't working, so i am going to leave my aim runnin from the office. the sn is "bad bad chau," and if u dont have aim, please leave me names for guestlist at chau@djchizzau.com before 5PM on Friday please, thanks! here's the flyer:

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this is wat happens wen i play yung joc - its goin down. the one grl dat look like shes gonna eat me clearly did NOT bring sexy back.

tracks to lookout for:

busta rhymes f/ missy elliott - this is how we do it here
justin timberlake - sexyback
pitbull - bojangles

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Man...Friday night was the grand opening of Moonlight at H2O, and let me tell you it was HOT!!! The night went flawlessly, no issues (sorry if parking was kind of bad though, it is a crowded area after all), and everybody was great. ClimaxDC/DCNites/dcNRG did a great job as a team and really brought down the house that night. As always, DJ Twinspin and I killed it in our respective rooms, but of course you guys should expect no less from us.

Everyone I know that came had a great time, and people who I haven't seen in a while even said that they will be back on a weekly basis. Music to my ears! People most definitely made use of the open bar and free food out in the patio which was a nice touch and should make up for any inconvenience while parking. Remember, pay $15 for parking and if you make it to the open bar and buffet, you make ur money back within 30 minutes haha but I can't guarantee you will be able to keep that food down after all those free drinks.

The H2O setup was awesome, the booth was nice and loud. They had Rane Empath as a mixer, and that is a great touch because that is one of the mixers that I own so I felt right at home. The only downfall is that I had to use Serato through the CDJs, which is OK but generally not my preference. And the booth was like a room with a little window to peek out at the dance floor, that sucks too but apparently people told me I did a good job anyway. I think I woulda done a lot better if I had personal contact with the crowd though, I love to vibe off packed houses.

Please come back next Friday, July 14 - The cast of Laguna Beach is going to be there and hosting the event so there will be quite a bit of debauchery I'd say. Anyway, I'm going to end this post here...But speaking of packed house, here is a preview of the pictures from the Moonlight grand opening, with more to follow on the DCNites website. See yall this Friday!

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that's rite, biggest nite of the summer!! shit's gonna be sick...see yall there, im PUMPED!

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wats up all i had an entire post written but the power went out and i lost everything...Now i'm too lazy to rewrite it all so im gonna summarize everything then plug my next gig. i just got back from myrtle beach tuesday night, didnt realize that my blog only went back two days so i had a blank website for a bit of time, sorry for the delay on updates.

this friday is the beginning of moonlight at h2o, its sure to be a huge event. its promoted by climaxdc, dcnrg, and dcnites...so that means all those crowds will be combined for a huge event. they also hired me to spin, along with mark and an old friend dj kam in two other rooms for a total of three rooms of different music and a patio with music piped to it as well. the venue is sposed to be large and clean, and there's free food and open bar frmo 9-11. please arrive early, its sposed to be crazy. guestlist is available and ends at 12, please email me at chau@djchizzau.com and be sure to write GUESTLIST in caps all big so i don't delete it as spam, thanks! here's the flyer so click on it for more information...see yall there!!!

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