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Three Bay Area Musicians Compete to Perform at Winter White Tour
AR|2, composed of three Bay Area musicians, is competing to win the opportunity to play a 45-minute DJ set at the Winter White Tour — which features Steve Aoki and other surprise guests.
Three Bay Area musicians are competing to win the opportunity many up-and-coming disc jockeys can only dream of.
Ronald Pabalate (DJ Rodd) of Hayward, Adrian Per of Daly City and Roland Bautista (Rollin Beatz) of Richmond, form the Bay Area DJ/producing trio AR|2 — one of 79 entrants in the Winter White DJ Invitational contest. AR|2 is currently in the Top 10.
Hosted by NV Concepts, Collective Effort Events and Wavo — the contest gives DJs the chance to open for famous electro house DJ Steve Aoki and other well-known DJs at the Winter White Tour on Jan. 30 at the Event Center at San Jose State University.
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The winner will be chosen based on skill, appropriateness/quality of mix and amount of votes, according to Wavo’s contest webpage. The winner will be announced on Jan. 27.
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AR|2 has submitted a music mix for the public to listen to and vote for.
“Another night of work, another step closer.” said DJ Rodd. “[To win this contest] would be one of the biggest steps towards the vision of AR|2, which is to make it in the music industry."
"Not only making it, but adding a vibe and style [to the music industry] that people aren't used to," he added. "Bridging the worlds of hip hop and electronic dance music, playing songs with a Bay Area/California style."
AR|2 has already been featured at the Treasure Island Massive and many clubs all around the Bay Area — as well as AVALON Hollywood in Los Angeles.
To listen to AR|2’s mix and to vote for them, please visit this link. Voting ends on Jan. 26.
AR|2 recently released a 49ers tribute mix, "Who's Got It Better", that has been listened to over 1,900 times. St. John of 99.7 NOW contacted AR|2 letting them know their tribute mix will be playing on 99.7 all weekend in celebration of the game on Sunday, according to DJ Rodd.
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To listen to more mixes by AR|2, check out their Soundcloud
View AR|2’s YouTube channel to watch their recent music video “The Heist”
Be sure to ‘LIKE’ AR|2’s Facebook page
Follow AR|2 on Instagram at @itsAR2, @djrodd, @omgadrian and @rollinbeatz
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