Jimmy Lesondak, aka DJ WiiJ is gaining momentum around the Bay Area DJing circuit, especially for his unique methods of producing music. Lately he's been messing around with the Nintendo Wii technology and has discovered ways to use the system and the Wiimote to bust out tunes:

"I bought [the Wii] for gaming on launch day. It wasn't until about a month into owning the system that I started using Wiimotes on my PC. I had been playing with one of the mouse hacks at the time and decided to open one of the DJ software applications I use. I started mixing using the Wiimote as a mouse and it dawned on me that it was possible to configure the controller to DJ with."

He's dubbed the process "WiiJing" and you can see a demonstration of how it works in one of his videos here:

Doesn't look terribly embarassing, really.

In addition to his solo stuff, DJ WiiJ performs sometimes with a group of people dressed into Nintendo character costumes:

It's a very cool idea, anyway, and thinking about how this kind of technology could be commercially implemented for drum modules/machines and the like is terribly exciting, in the video game world as well as the music world. Some hacks have already been done for Guitar Hero on the Wii, so how about Rock Band? A full bunch of people playing together with Wii remotes in this way would be a phenomenally fun experience, I think. Would also be awesome for a similar title that let you create music. The possibilities are infinite!