Music Production, DJ, Live PA and Random Ramblings
Archive for October, 2009
Ultimix at 6 on 5FM
Oct 15th
Getting pretty tired of this crap. I listen every day hoping that today will be the day they decide to play something other then the same crap house mash-ups using the same crap acapella’s. Every day, the same tunes almost, trying to do the same thing….off beat, off key vocals and mash ups. It’s really sad that a DJ in South Africa is someone who does the same thing as everyone else. No wonder we have no one in the Top 100, it’s because we are completely unoriginal in our approach!
I was fortunate enough to go to Ibiza in 2008 and in doing so, one realises just how far behind we are in terms of parties, the atmosphere, the fun and of course, the music. There is only on place in SA that has it and does it right and that is ESP in JHB! They know what music is and how to play and mix it. They know how to drive a crowd wild! They are the only nightclub I will go to because they have a soul for the music.
Everything else in SA is shit!
I don’t know what happened to that rave seen of the 90′s? Those good old Rosebank days of the 90′s! Fuck man, those were the days! Since then, there has been almost nothing new, nothing unique and nothing that pushes the boundaries. Trance and Techno just aren’t accepted in this country and I don’t know why, it has so much depth and character but I guess, one can’t account for taste these days!
I listen to the radio on my way to work and all I hear is Lady Gaga, Britney and other horse shit and I wonder, where have the real musicians and artists gone? Where is the talent, it must still be there surely?
I saw something on Facebook the other day which really pissed me off. Fucking Tiesto is giving away as a competition prize, a personal phone call!!!!! Huge ass WTF!!!!!
How can their egos have gone so far up their own asses that even the guys that are talented, have become shallow, vote seeking, Top 100 thriving assholes!
Good on you ESP and James and Shane and everyone else! You are authentic! Don’t loose sight of that!
The post
Oct 15th
For many of us, that post to Twitter, Facebook,
What are the emotional and mental ambiguities that are being attached to such an operation? When taking the pics, was “how it would look on Facebook” the concern? Was the effect of jealousy on others something to marvel about? Why do we do it, actually? Well fuck me if I knew, I do it too 
There seems to be some sort of social phenomenon going on that is fixated on the need to share “stuff” be it personal status updates, photo feeds or maybe even home-made porn. Why? Are we in general, a society who cannot find sollace in those that surround us or perhaps more directly, can we not find acceptance from those around us?
Acceptance of the norm seems to be crucial to how to survive in this day and age. Acceptance is such a four letter word to me. Normalisation, to me, seems like such a trivial goal. Fuck you and what you think, honestly! You don’t define the rules or how they should be implemented! You don’t define my happiness and solitude! You are a wanker, just like me and everyone else!
Yet your opinion seems to matter, silly really!
The egoic mind
Oct 15th
If at all possible, I am always on the prowl to reduce the effects that the mind-identified mind has on me. My own mind, that is.
I have been reading the 2 famous books by Eckhard Tolle namely, “The Power of Now” and “The New Earth” and of course they are life changing, mind altering and truly revolutionary. I have been on the quest of self-improvement for a number of years now and at this point, I have been able to reach a good place in terms of ego balance yet I am still battling a bit with acceptance of The Now, acceptance of what-is.
It is a difficult thing to comprehend because our entire lives, upbringing and culture is fixated on making you, effectively, the conglomeration of the past who constantly yearns for the future, believing that the future is better and the grass is greener.
I see this around me mostly because I am now able to see it in myself. I want to help those around me get out of this train of thought but I know it would be too condescending to mention. Of course, my emotional awareness also makes me realise that I want to make it aware to them because at some level, it would satisfy the always present need to have my ego scratched, due to the ego’s desire to prove a separation between them and me. I am aware of it. The work place seems to be where people need the most awakening but it is also the one place that would probably never understand.
The trick is to not be too hard on yourself for having the egoic thoughts. It is merely to acknowledge them. Acknowledgement does 2 things. Firstly, it stops the thought in its tracks. Secondly, stepping outside of the thought, over time, will stop the egoic thoughts from happening in the first place because that’s just part of how the mind seems to work.
I love where I am right now in terms of my consciousness but ironically the world seems simpler when you let your mind run on auto-pilot and never truly thinking about what you are thinking or feeling.
My true aim for the next while is to be able to completely focus on the now without needing to focus on the now. If what is, just is, then, well….I have reached that point where few will ever tread.
