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What Strength in the Sound is
Ok... I'm gonna pretend that I've been doing this for years and your all going to smile and say, "Yes Ash". Good, glad we got that straight.
The purpose of this connection I am making to everyone reading these lines, is to affirm you and I; that we are not alone on the bad days. We need not feel estranged to all the estrangers we meet on the street. These words are a testament to the good that all of us possess and how a certain sort of Music or Rhythm or Beat or Snare or Sequence or Bass Lined Bass Bin can and does push ourselves into a better place.
Mission Statement: No need because it will change just about the time I finish it.. but i guess to maintain some sort of balance to this; lets say. I am a spiritual person, though i do not to admit it at times. So here is a quote that defines my ideas about why I am here and what strength in the sound means to me.
"Today (no offense to rabbis and priests, who try their best) it is the DJ who fill this role. It is the DJ who presides at our festivals of transcendence. Like the witchdoctor, we know he's just a normal guy really-I mean look at him-but when he wipes away our everyday lives with holy drums and sanctified baselines, we are quite prepared to think of him as a god, or at the very least a sacred intermediary, the man who can get the great one to return our calls.
In a good club, and even in most bad ones, the dancers are celebrating their youth, their energy, their sexuality. They are worshiping life through dance and music. Some worship with the heightened levels of perception that drugs bring; but most are carried away merely by the music and the people around them. The DJ is the key to all this. By playing records in the right way the average DJ has a tremendous power to affect people's states of mind. A truly great DJ, just for a moment, can make a whole room fall in love. Because you see, DJing is not just about choosing a few tunes. It is about generating shared moods; its about understanding the feelings of a group of people and directing them to a better place. In the hands of a master, records become the tools for rituals of spiritual communion that from many people are the most powerful events in their lives. "
-copyright 1999 by Bill Brewster and Frank Brougbton, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life,
So that's what this is all about. And without any explanation...I'll let you guys stew on that a bit.. and I'll see ya next time.
The purpose of this connection I am making to everyone reading these lines, is to affirm you and I; that we are not alone on the bad days. We need not feel estranged to all the estrangers we meet on the street. These words are a testament to the good that all of us possess and how a certain sort of Music or Rhythm or Beat or Snare or Sequence or Bass Lined Bass Bin can and does push ourselves into a better place.
Mission Statement: No need because it will change just about the time I finish it.. but i guess to maintain some sort of balance to this; lets say. I am a spiritual person, though i do not to admit it at times. So here is a quote that defines my ideas about why I am here and what strength in the sound means to me.
"Today (no offense to rabbis and priests, who try their best) it is the DJ who fill this role. It is the DJ who presides at our festivals of transcendence. Like the witchdoctor, we know he's just a normal guy really-I mean look at him-but when he wipes away our everyday lives with holy drums and sanctified baselines, we are quite prepared to think of him as a god, or at the very least a sacred intermediary, the man who can get the great one to return our calls.
In a good club, and even in most bad ones, the dancers are celebrating their youth, their energy, their sexuality. They are worshiping life through dance and music. Some worship with the heightened levels of perception that drugs bring; but most are carried away merely by the music and the people around them. The DJ is the key to all this. By playing records in the right way the average DJ has a tremendous power to affect people's states of mind. A truly great DJ, just for a moment, can make a whole room fall in love. Because you see, DJing is not just about choosing a few tunes. It is about generating shared moods; its about understanding the feelings of a group of people and directing them to a better place. In the hands of a master, records become the tools for rituals of spiritual communion that from many people are the most powerful events in their lives. "
-copyright 1999 by Bill Brewster and Frank Brougbton, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life,
So that's what this is all about. And without any explanation...I'll let you guys stew on that a bit.. and I'll see ya next time.
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