For four long days and nights at the end of January I was able to work and play up in Aspen for Winter X Games. I was fortunate to work with Redbull and Winter X games doing a couple different events.

Redbull being one of the biggest corporate sponsors there had their presence everywhere, and I do mean everywhere. Everyday from Thursday to Sunday i was posted up on the beast that is the Redbull MXT. These trucks travel throughout the U.S and go to different Redbull sponsored events and have a full DJ rig set up inside. Two Technics 1200′s and a Rane 56 mixer ready to go at all times, a very nice! I played two days at the base of Aspen Mountain and two days at Snowmass Mountain from 11:30-2:30. Big shout out to Eric and Tyler who operate the MXT’s…if you are a single guy in your 20′s their job is a dream job!

Additionally, I was set up to DJ the VIP tent at the X games all four days as well from 6-9 ish. This tent is a place for corporate sponsors, VIP’s, and athletes to get out of the cold, get a bite to eat, and relax. This gig was refreshing and fun because I got to play a lot of music I normally don’t get to play at clubs and bars. Check pics below for the VIP tent set up.

Food table

Barber set up in case you needed to get fresh!

Lounge area with 3-D TV’s

Upstairs lounge area with a deck view of the events.

My work area. They provided CDJ’s 2000 and a Pioneer 2000 mixer for all my DJ nerds.

Working the VIP tent and the Redbull MTX trucks was awesome but I think my favorite “work” aspect of Winter X games was Saturday night. I was set up to DJ at the Sky Bar at Sky Hotel. Redbull rented the entire hotel and had DJ’s in there every night. Redbull threw a kick off party on Thursday night with DJ Vice and DJ Dan (which was awesome, Vice got busy with it!)

DJ Vice’s set up for the kick off party at Sky Hotel

Louie Vito posted up on the edge

So… I finished up at the VIP tent on Saturday night and busted ass over to Sky Bar to get going. When I got there about 9:30 the place was already busy and people looked like they were ready to party. I switched over from VIP tent music to party rocking mode and got into it. The night turned out to be very fun. Great crowd and good fun times all around. Thanks to the staff at Sky and everyone who came thru!

Sky Hotel and Bar

Come Sunday, I was beat. That didn’t stop me from hitting up the closing party at Hotel Jerome after all my gigs were wrapped up. Redbull rented out the ball room and had it all set up for DJ Spider, Bun B, and Diplo to perform. To say the least, I had a good time! Check the pics below!

Bun B

Diplo

If you don’t know about Benny the Blade, get familiarized with an Aspen legend!

Diplo telling the ladies to express themselves!

DJ Spider and I at the Marley house.

Once again thank you to Tara Sprung from Redbull, DJ Naka G, Sky Bar staff, Kalei Hori and the VIP staff, and everyone who made my time up in Aspen great. Hope to be back again!