Chicago + a Mixtape!

(Listen to “Part 1. Mixtape” by John Khuu)

JOHN KHUU | Part 1. Mixtape”

Hello LC followers,

Hi, hello, this is John from LC. We haven’t done this in awhile but it seems just about time to update you on what’s been going on lately internally within LC. To start things off, we would like to thank you all for supporting us and esp following us as we go through our day to day lives sharing our favorite tracks and such to all of you. We just hit over our 3,000^th follower and without your support, we wouldn’t be here right now sharing the love of music. So you might want to know what’s been happening, huh (maybe?)? Well, we both parted in our separate ways and are working independently in different area’s of the states. Rick is currently doing coverage in the northeast (Philly/NYC) and I’m here doing coverage in Chicago, IL. Here’s my dose of happening’s lately.

On my end of things, this summer has been a total trip so far since the day I left PA. The scene here is fantastic in Chicago. I’ve seen many bands and DJ’s from Mates of State, Local Natives, Here We Go Magic, Deadmau5, Willy Joy, We Are Scientists, The Morning Benders, Broken Bells, etc. It’s still ever growing and I’ll still keep you all updated on my happenings. Just follow me at (@john_khuu) on twitter. Next weekend, I’ll be seeing The Black Keys w/ The Morning Benders and then Phoenix w/ Toro y Moi. Even thought its Lollapalooza weekend, I will not be attending the festival but will be going to the after parties! I’ve been working diligently on new happenings for bands/DJ’s coming into the scene and it’s hard to handle with a full-time job simultaneously.

A lot of times, I’ll go to the shows by myself to enjoy the music and somehow I end up networking with other music enthusiasts or publication writers in deep conversations about our love of music. I’m not going to lie, after networking with many people, they always end up giving me their card with their contact info/who they write for and such and I have nothing to give them in return. Perhaps, I should work on that! I got an excellent website that many marketers/graphic designers use for their business cards designs! (Thank you marketing team at work!) They seriously helped me out a lot on some layouts.

I hope you’re summer has been fun and relaxing. Go out and go big on shows that you always wanted to see. Just ask yourself “When is the next time you’re going to see them again?” That’s what I always ask myself when I go to these shows. Enjoy it. We really appreciate you following us and as an added bonus, I’ll give you my personal mixtape with material that was featured on the blog as well as my own electro mix that I’m fully releasing soon. Enjoy some new musique!

Feel free to drop a reply to us and we’ll check them soon! We love to hear your guys thoughts and such!

Thank you again on following us.

-John
The Lightning Collective

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