Summer sweet summer

My season has finally come around, and I'm feeling mixed vibes. BGIA is done, and I'm at Lafayette for the summer, working with ITS. Good times - It's good to finally be able to catch up on sleep and other projects that have been sidelined by the past semester.

I will be visiting Maria and a few friends in Holland, and I'm leaving on Monday! Can't wait to be on vacation for 2 whole weeks! It's back to Lafayette after that, and I'm going to begin recording my first track.

Also in music news, I have been planning on my next two mixes for this summer. Rhythm Electro episode 3 will be coming out alongside a brand new fresh summer mix. I've been looking into finally setting up that studio and it's looking harder than I thought. It should be functional by the time school starts up again in late August.

For now, I'm going back to packing for Holland and sampling some Ministry of Sound tunes. Ciao!

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