Jocelyn Silver

29/04/2024

His Royal Raverness Sir Brian Of the Cod o' Cape

29/04/2024

Speaker if the House and my dear friend Jenne after being thoroughly broken down and rebuilt but better by Charles feelgood's instantly legendary set

29/04/2024

18/04/2024

Most recent Mixes online:
Shock Treatment: https://soundcloud.com/jocelyn_silver/shock-treatment

Imposter Syndrome: https://www.mixcloud.com/SpeakerOfTheHouse/imposter-syndrome/

8 O'clock In The: https://www.mixcloud.com/SpeakerOfTheHouse/8-oclock-in-the/

Listen to 8 O'clock in the by Speaker Of The House

14/04/2024

Iconic moments in the visual history of house; do you recognize this one out of context?

Don't answer but drop hints for the people still trying to figure it out .....Hint number one for those that know me: I have been pretending that one of the musicians associated with this image has been my boyfriend for well over 25 years

06/03/2024

And we just can't explain it

02/03/2024

Now i want blue contacts

28/12/2023

Happy 40th Anniversary to House Music!
To celebrate please watch for some special merchandise I'll be starting to release tomorrow (all my proceeds go to the Jocelyn Needs A Controller Fund!) And of course you can expect lots more posts about the early days and development of house.
While there were certainly already records that had been released and were being referred to as 'house music' on January 20th 1984 Jesse saunders released the first record ever to be intentionally written to be and marketed as house music; the seminal piece was called On & On , and the earliest pressings of it fetch quite a pretty penny to this day as you can see here on the site discogs, a great resource for all things vinyl.
(https://www.discogs.com/.../176575-Jesse-Saunders-On-And-On)
Ever wonder where house music got its name? So do modern house music historians! By most accountings it was a shortening of the word "Warehouse" which was the name of one of the popular Chicago underground clubs where disco music was being played fast, often with a steady four to the floor kick drum that we know as the hallmark clubhouse music to this day. But others remember it differently and contend that because the first producers of house music all worked in little home studios the music was simply called house because it was made in the house. Do any senior House family folk remember differently?
And by the way, I do want to be clear, those clubs in Chicago where house became house and the music of our heart was born where the home away from home of a predominantly black and gay audience. House music was birthed, nurtured, and raised by black q***r folk and always give the members of that community their due gratitude.
Ever wonder why you always hear the word Jack or name Jack in house music? Most scholarly tellings attributed to a jackknife like movement of dancing at those early Chicago House clubs, very sexual and very distinctive but my research in the past shows that there was at some time in the 1400s-ish a dancing plague and it's victims were said to Jack In motion. Just throwing it out there but I wonder if our friend Jack comes from Chicago or a plague!
He posted to my post for more information or see the first comment for a link to Jesse saunders own book about the history of house music!
Questions, critiques, or answers to my questions are of course welcome in the comments here however if it's going to hurt my feelings please keep it to DM so my ego doesn't get kicked in the teeth too!
I especially like to hear from some of the ogs of the house family with the recollections as invite all of you to do a little digging and post some information about the last 40 years in house.
❤ Jocelyn Silver,
your Speaker of the House
(Missed the Exit Again since '96)
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of House! A little under $5 of this goes toward my "Dear god, I really need my own dj equipment but fast" fund
of 26 shirt styles for Bois, bishes, bowies, and babies, more merch soon, please show your pride and help my hustle!

https://www.zazzle.com/collections/40th_houseversary-119424057775614873

Spells House with an upside-down "40th" and tinnnny little nods to the years 1984 and 2024

28/12/2023

Merchandise celebrating 40 years of House Music. Any payments to me (Jocelyn Silver/Speaker of the House) will go toward the purchase of badly needed DJ gear, a Pioneer XDJ-XZ, so you're supporting the art's! lol) for transparency, I'll add 17% to zazzles cost of each item toward that goal.

28/12/2023

40th houseversary!

28/12/2023

40th houseversary!

19/11/2023

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16/11/2023

Market Research! Help event coordinators tailor events to your taste, R@FFL3 ENTRY FOR PRIZES FOR COMPLETE PARTICIPATION at the bottom of this post.

Answer each honestly, no one will be butt-hurt. Extra comments if you think of something i dont ask are absolutely encouraged.

To participate, just copy/paste this post into my dm or email at [email protected]. with subject "intelligent answers to your du***ss questionnaire"

DO NOT ANSWER IN COMMENTS, I'm trying to bribe promoters to add prizes to the lame one's I'm offering and i lose all my power over them if they can get the info for free here .. (the only comments i encourage are suggestions for participation raffle prizes 😂)

ANY PROMOTER WHO WOULD LIKE THE RESULTS OF THIS QUESTIONNAIRE DM ME, ALSO SEE END OF POST.

1-Which regionally located djs do you like so much that you're more likely to go to an event if they are on the line up for $10 event? For a $20 event?

2-Are there any regional djs you'd go see if you weren't familiar with any if the other djs in a line up for $10 event and for a $20 event?

3- are there any event production teams that you have enough faith in that you'd pay to go to their event even if you weren't familiar with most of any of the DJs on the line up for $10 event and for a $20 event? What promoters and events do you buy "blind faith" tickets for?

4-are you more likely to go to an event if you know there will be a $10 afterhours with a reasonably priced late-night bar open nearby? What about a $20 door price, still reasonable drink costs?

5- on a scale of 1 - 10, how important is the dj lineup in your decision to attend afterhours?

6. On a scale of 1-10 how important is advance notice of an afterhours in your decision to attend/ability to afford afterhours.

7. If a club or rave you attend is $20 to get in and open til 2am and the afterhours opens at midnight and costs $20 do you a- go to the club only, b- go to the club then afterhours, or c- just go to afterhours

8. A- About what percent if the time do paper flyers tell you about an event you were not at all aware of? B- About what percentage of the time do they remind you about an event that had slipped your mind or give you new information? C- about what percentage of the time do you drop the paper flyer the moment the promoter who handed it to you turns their head.

9-what kind of paper flyers attract tour attention. Do you only take them when they are handed to you or will you luck one iff a pile on a table or by the door?

10. How often do you notice and read posters for future events on the wall at current events?

11. If you were going to host an event what would you do to get people to show up that the event promoters are not doing now?

R@ffl3 Prizes so far: for the first 8 names picked out if the hat, first picked gets first choice.

(ANY PROMOTER WHO WOULD LIKE ACCESS TO THE ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS PLEASE DM ME AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT SOMETHING YOU CAN ADD TO THE LIST OF PRIZES. YOU CAN DO SIMILAR PRIZES TO MINE OR COME UP WITH SOMETHING OF YOUR OWN.)

5 winners will get Three *Speaker of the House* (previously Jocelyn Silver) DJ mixes on usb, which I'll pay to ship, or sent to you digitally by dropbox. Prize is transferable if you dont need them

Two winners will get one 3 hour Beginner or Advanced-Beginner DJ Lesson (value $60) if you live in CT or Providence or can cover my gas to get to you, provided you can provide an appropriate place to get LOUD. A second person can join your lesson (value $45) as well; its more fun for you and easier to teach two instead of one.

One winner will get A comp with On Stage Eaves Dropping Privledges at my next event that you can attend, I will give you my free guest pass and let you come on stage with me where you can listen to my second set of headphones so you'll finally hear what it is the dj hears, but you CANT TOUCH ANYTHING lol

Note: i don't currently have any official gigs on the calendar but i sure do hope that changes soon!

27/09/2023

Oct 14 at Platforms in providence, event in comments!

12/09/2023

HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY, HOUSE MUSIC!!

This January 20 marks the 40th anniversary of the first House record release, called On and On, by Jesse Saunders.

I'LL be posting a bunch about that moment and more as I'm officially celebrating as of now.

To start my Houseaversary celebration I'm going to be treating myself to his book off Amazon because, like a lot of you, I'm a house history nerd. (He's got a 2nd book available free for Kindle Unlimited users, too)

Here's a link to the book; Jesse generously offered for me to use my Amazon affiliate link in this post, so I'll make a couple cents if you grab it from here.

Expect a lot of posts about the beginning and ongoing history of House music between now and 1-20-24.

https://amzn.to/3sW53IO

10/09/2023

Hey there! I'm so excited to be playing on the Mixedup Mike show, tune in to the link in comments at 2pm this Wednesday, Sept 13 for my innaugural Twitch appearance as Speaker of the House!

09/09/2023

1. Danny-D "Got the Funk (Bjoern Bender Remix)" 2. Micky More "King of Disco" 3. Nino Bua "The Vibe (Danny Dance Remix)" 4. Sami Dee & The Flamantic Orchestra "We're Comin' From Chicago (Bibi from

05/09/2023

My next two events are coming up soon!

I'm opening the Chuck Love show at in Providence on the 22nd so I'll be going smooth and classy.

For the streaming Mixedup Mike Show on the 13th I'm going in a little harder with a mix of current favorites and some irresistible House classics.

04/09/2023

On its way!

31/08/2023

20/08/2023

Not a bad price but sgirt notice fir me. Anyone want to go if i can get a ticket paid for?

19/06/2023

I sure have been surprised to find that I absolutely LOVE playing at mostly bass-heavy music events, where my beloved house music stands out like the last kid picked for the team on the flyer! Wanna guess why?

Except for my own friends who come to support, a good majority of the attendees aren't there for me or my house music, they're there for the bass and the buzz, right? But then those kids LIKE the House music, and they're as surprised about it as I was when I first started noticing it was a trend.

And isn't it why we play House music, to bring people into the House from outside it? Several people (ok, 3) told me in the last half year that they thought they hated house til they heard me play it at a bassy show, and now they're starting to join our family, so yah, BOOK ME FOR YOUR BASS EVENTS PLEASE, I WANT TO STEAL YOUR FANS! Or at very least, get to share them with you.

House matters and I'm gonna proselytize for it anywhere I can!
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08/06/2023

It's NEW MIX DAY! My first released as Speaker of the House so I'm extra excited. There are a lot of kinds of House here and a lot of our favorite artists' work, perfect for any 8:00 and any other time you want to get groovy!

We know where to find the link by now, and please like, comment, or repost this mix on SoundCloud for traction!