Why
Music?
Other than sports and political
rallies, what can cause 20,000 strangers to scream and bounce
in a unified frenzy?
Music of course
But-
The even cooler thing about music is that there are no losers
Only winners!
In
sports and politics- there have to be losers in order for the
winners to raise those hands in the air-
Not
with music- Simply great beats and great vibes to make all these
people who’ve never met each other go crazy together! Not
just with dance music- but with rock and roll, RnB, country, punk,
funk, pop, and hip hop.
Music is MAGIC
Music is EMOTION
Music is LIFE
Music is POWER
It’s
pretty powerful- Super powerful
It’s
so powerful that we are still moved by songs of people who are
long gone.
We chant the lyrics like mantras- permeating our souls- shifting
our perspectives
“Imagine”-
John Lennon
“Get Up, Stand Up” - Bob Marley
And of people who are
still around….
“If you Believe-you’ll find a way” – Jocelyn
Brown
“You are beautiful, You are perfect, Just the way you are”
– Dubtribe
That
last song by Dubtribe changed my course in life. In 1998 I was
at Utopia in Vegas and hadn’t really been into electronic
music because the stuff I had been exposed to wasn’t really
that soulful or organic. Then BAM! Sunshine and Moonbeam were
getting down on stage – sitting no less- singing and playing
phat magical beats. The words shot through me like a ray of hope
–
“You are beautiful, You are perfect, just the way you
are”
“You are beautiful, You are perfect, just the way you are”
“You are beautiful, You are perfect, just the way you are”
I
was like - “I am? Are you sure? You don’t
even know me. I’m not as pretty as all those skinny girls
in the magazines and I make lots of mistakes- LOTS.
”
“You are beautiful, You are perfect, just the way you are”
Hmm. Then I realized he was right- I AM beautiful and perfect
just the way I am.
SWEET!!!
Music
changed my life forever
I’ve always loved
music- I used to play flute and violin in school. Lil’ ol’
me thought DJing was going to be a breeze because I can count
to 4 no problem. Ummm- yeah right. I bought my first turntables
with Tara Bear and neither of us had even attempted DJing prior
to that fateful evening when we first met. Tara was wearing the
ugliest brown plaid polyester leisure suit I’d ever seen-
Perrrrfect! I thought- It will go great with that horrible green
polka-dotted Granny gear (aka The Knobbler outfit) that I love
so much~ Yeah ~ A new friend! Jon Bishop was killin’ it
at the Candybar that night~Memorial Day 1999~The place was going
off! Tara and I both agreed in our Beavis and Butthead voices
“Hmm- let’s do that-HmHm-Cool” A week later
we had our brand new used Technics turntables bought from DJ Damon
Clark at the former Champion Sound in San Diego. Thanks Damon!
Never Give Up! Ever~
Learning how to DJ was
so hard at first. Good god! If I knew it was going to be so annoying
on my poor eardrums I may have wussed out and not got the tables
with Tara. But alas, I spent the cash and by golly-gee-willakers
I was going to learn how to DJ. “Ker-ching-Ka-Krash-Com-Kiz-My-Arse”
Have you ever heard shoes in the dryer? Argh! I drove myself mad
with all the train wrecks – Then one day- POOF- a brief
mix of magic- Wow- look Mom- it’s working- I’m Djing!
Grrrrrr-splat-kr-chunk-ker-plunk- Well I was DJing- I had newfound
hope that I too would be one of the few, the proud, the beat matchers!
And guess what- I did it! And now I’m on a brand new adventure
learning how to produce music –
I am living my dreams- One beat at a time.
You can too. If not you, who? If not now, when?
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