Rooms
Wythe Hotel
Williamsburg, big windows
The Foundry
LIC, great light
Brooklyn Winery
Williamsburg, warm intimate
Foxfire Mtn House
Catskills, moody wooded
Cedar Lakes Estate
Hudson Valley, outdoor magic
Brooklyn Botanic
Brooklyn, dreamy garden
Prospect Park
Brooklyn, lakeside classic
Rule of Thirds
Greenpoint, minimal sharp
The Hotel Chelsea
Chelsea, rock history
Celestine
DUMBO, clean waterfront
TWA Hotel
JFK, mid-century cool
Smack Mellon
DUMBO, raw gallery
Angel Orensanz
LES, cathedral scale
The Capitol Theatre
Port Chester, rock venue
Laser Wolf Brooklyn
Williamsburg, rooftop Israeli
Aurora Brooklyn
Cobble Hill, warm wood
Buttermilk Falls
Hudson Valley, waterfall inn
Weekapaug Inn
Rhode Island, quiet luxury
Pilgrim Monument
Provincetown, world's end
Old Catskill
Catskills, abandoned zoo
. . .
Listening
Magic 92.5
Where the taste started
World Vintage
Global funk, worn grooves
Philly
Emma and I love Philly
FN — 003
MATTHEW REATE / NOTES
Field Guide
Notes
Working notes on rooms, records, and timing.
Essays, playlists, and field notes from the job.
For room logs, go to Archive .
Playlist Pages
Listening Notes
For playlists only, start with Listening Notes .
Playlist file
First pours, early conversations, a room waking up.
Playlist file
Dinner music that keeps the room alive.
Playlist file
The first turn toward the floor.
AI_SUMMARY
This page indexes Field Notes essays and editorial playlist pages about wedding music, DJ craft, rare groove records, room energy, and sequencing. It acts as the editorial archive for short field guides and curated sequences that connect real event work, record culture, and social-room dynamics.