Category: Updates

  • Paused, But Now Resuming – Part 2

    As I write this on a cloudy, but beautiful, day outside at the back patio of Linnaea’s Cafe on a Monday afternoon, listening to one of my go-to current affairs broadcast, Deadline: White House, it pains me when I am listening to what’s been happening over the two months since Prisdent Trump has returned to…

  • Paused, But Now Resuming

    Continuation, especially after a long period quiet, can take a minute. Searching for clever words, I’m resigning to let the words be the words; my words, so shall it be. Online, my presence has been on the down low. Save for my personal Instagram (@velanchedj). I do use it whenever I have something to share;…

  • Less DJing, More Beats

    While I do intend to continue as a DJ, I’m more interested in becoming a maker of music, rather than playing other people’s (as I have for years).  I still do play other people’s music, and enjoy it.  But making music is a significant bucket list item that I intend to lean on in the…

  • Details on the New Site

    For a long time, I’ve wanted to refresh my web site. Now, thanks to one of the DJs in my crew, who is also a professional web developer, I’ve finally gotten it done! I asked him to keep the look and feel simple. It doesn’t need to have flash; it just needs something to grow…

  • Where I’m Going

    I’m in the early stages of tapping on the live side. I’m currently enrolled in the audio engineering certication course at Cuesta College here in San Luis Obispo, California. I am in the middle of the second course of five, and though it has been a bit challenging for me as a low vision person,…

  • To a New Chapter… Hello Again!

    My name is Velanche, and some of you might know me. If you don’t, and if you’re a jazzy and soulful music fiend, then welcome. I have been dabbling in this in some way for over two decades, on radio and podcast, in bars and lounges, in writing reviews…yes, I’ve been around. Though I still…