Describe your relationship with radio - both traditional and internet. You have an internet radio show. It seems you've been heavily influenced by radio as well.
Radio has really helped cultivate my sound dating way back to the late '70s through the early- to mid-'90s. Internet radio shows, although a dime a dozen now, are really spreading the new music and the vibe much more globally than any other traditional radio station. As for me with radio, I started playing for a friend named Samuel Acosta aka Sammyrock for a small music site called CyberJamz back in 2004. Well, here it is four years later and CyberJamz has grown much more than possibly I, or most, would have ever thought possible.
What does your next set of big goals look like? Where do you want to be in a decade?
My next set of goals is to make some more good music and of course try to score that really huge hit. Who knows - a Grammy would be nice. [laughs]
Where do I want to be in a decade? Hmmm, good question - preferably somewhere away from the cold and in a more tropical climate.
As far as the music goes, I'm not sure but I figured I would do this until it becomes not fun anymore, if that is even possible. If the fun stops then it will most likely be time for a change, but for now I'm loving the ride!
What releases should our readers be on the look out for?
Just recently released on Traxsource is a track I did with Abicah Soul called "Kora" on Iwannai Records. Also, a remix I did with Scott Wozniak for a David Harness track called "The Rhythm" was also just released on Traxsource. In the near future Abicah Soul and I will be finishing up a Nuwambe Project remix to shop and I will be back in the studio working on some brand new stuff with Scott Wozniak.
Speaking of Traxsource - please weigh in on the issue of digital record stores replacing vinyl stores. I have heard the argument made that download stores have made it too easy to put out a record and have killed the natural selection of the recording industry. (I wont print his name for fear of his Traxsource account being cancelled.) What is your take?
Well, I guess that is true in the sense that as much as we should embrace the technology and being able to play sets either from CDs or laptops, in a way it has hurt the record industry.
Now I'm not saying Traxsource, per se - I'm saying file sharing. Traxsource I believe has helped as well as Beatport and many other download sites. With the mass production of the music nowadays, its become much more convenient to obtain so-called "exclusive" tracks up front from Traxsource. Back in the day, one had to wait sometimes months and in some cases a year or more for the vinyl release to drop.
Now if there was something that could be done with random file sharing or people hacking others hard drives for music, maybe there could be money to be made for making records now. It's getting to the point now that the money is just not there anymore and people are making and selling records almost for free these days.
