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Every city around my hood allows fireworks except mine! WTF

Crappy gigs = A night I could have had a nice time with my wife or a evening I could have been in the studio making beats. NO MORE WASTING MY TIME!!!

It is easy to get comfortable. Easy to get complacent. Easy to not try harder. Easy to live with what is given to you. I no longer want the easy. I want to push. I want to push myself. I want to learn. I want to strive. I want live past what I thought were my limitations. I want to die with a **** eating grin on my face. And with that being said...I am off to the gym

In the end all a man is worth is really their word and their character. Life is too short to waste time with people you don't want to be associated with. Time to move on and better yet, move up. Time to take out the garbage.

Another sunny morning. About to leave to work. Plan on grooving in the car again. I got some stares yesterday...but who cares. Life is about enjoyment, even in the commute

Thank you for all the great demo submissions. I have a lot to listen to this weekend. There are already some DJ's I know I am going to get in to a VLT show for sure. I plan on really supporting new and emerging talent and give a forum to those who need it. If I dig your stuff, we will get you on. This first event is just a start. I plan on always having someone new to start off every show for a good 2 hours.

No disrespect to the DJ's out there but if you submitted your demo and it contained that damn "Hello" track, you certainly don't get what I am trying to do here. Dig deeper....we are going underground.

Looking for a proper opening DJ. 2 hour slot. Needs to be able to set the tone for the night. Is important role. Send me your demos? Think deep.

I think a lot of what I have been posting can be misconstrued as coming from a bitter point of view. It is quite the opposite. I feel enlightened. I feel like I have a second chance at life and a second chance at making changes for the better in all parts of my life. I am far from bitter. I am hopeful.

It is easy as a DJ to get a false sense of security and even feel you doing a great job if you are playing all the songs that you know people will go off to. Don’t get it twisted. You are playing to the lowest common denominator. You are setting yourself up to be safe and comfortable. Greatness never comes from being safe about things. Art is never safe.

Rave used to be a bad word for the right reasons. Now Rave is a bad word for the wrong reasons.

Good morning everyone. I am currently enjoying the clarity of this moment As Bob Marley said "Sun is Shining...The weather is sweet...makes me wanna move my dancing feet!" Think I am going to get my groove on in the car on the way to work and not care who watches

Underground Success ... should be a oxymoron, but I am going to try and make it a reality.

Open Ears = Open Minds .... nuff said

The truth of it is. I still have fun doing this. And that is what is most important. I love it. I love playing music. Being behind the decks is my natural habitat. Music is what motivates me. I just want to be able to continue to be passionate about it and sometimes with all the politics and bullshit it can be hard, but if it is just me in my studio playing beats for me and myself...then I am still blessed.

More rules to come. It has been a good day of dialog. Good stuff thank you all for being so insightful.

2011 DJ Rule #12: You Aren’t More Important – As much as your ego won’t allow you to believe it, you aren’t that important. We have all played for empty rooms. It sucks. What does that tell you? The floor is always more important than you. It's a symbiotic relationship. Feed off the crowd and give back to them. Take the cues you get from the crowd and use it make a better experience fo all. Remember, they come first.

2011 DJ Rule #11: Don’t Plan Your Sets – I have an idea of what I am going to do but I generally go in and free form my sets. One of the reasons I record my sets so often is so that I don’t play the same tracks all the time. It reminds me to try something new all the time. Part of the fun of DJing is feeding off the energy and the crowd and being spontaneous with them.

One thing I miss about vinyl. People couldn’t jump on stage and act like idiots without causing some serious skipping. I miss when DJ’s couldn’t jump around like fools on stage

2011 DJ Rule #8: Is It You Or?: We all have our go to tracks. The ones that make the crowd go off. But is that all you are playing? Any DJ can play the hits and make a crowd go off. At that point your skill as a DJ means nothing really because a top 40 radio station can do your job better. There is no skill in that. Be creative. Push the crowd and push yourself at the same time.

2011 DJ Rule #6: Have Some Humility: I mean come on. You are a DJ. You play OTHER peoples music for the most part. You aren’t reinventing the wheel. Be humble. Be Gracious. You are lucky that people want to pay attention to you at all. If you want to get respect in this, give it…especially to those who support you.

2011 DJ Rule #4: Support The Artists: Unless I get promos from the artist or label directly I purchase all my music. I don't do the torrent thing. I don't file share. I support the artists that I play out. As an artist I would want that support so I give it in return. It is important to support the music with you dollars. Especially if you are getting paid to DJ, you need to support with your wallet.

2011 DJ Rule #2: The Music Comes First - Check your ego at the door. Yes you are there to provide a show but it should be about the music and not the spectacle. Of course you can hype a crowd but it should be done mainly by your music and not because you wear masks or take off your shirt. There should be a balance of style and substance.