initially when i was first approached to do this contest i agreed to it pretty quickly.  in retrospect i think my gung ho-ness came out of insecurity. you know..like when you don't want someone to see how you might really feel about a certain sitch. Instead of showing vulnerablity in the moment a person might pretend to be unaffected, laugh matters off, or just react in a overly dramtic joyful way.   Point is, it took a while for me to understand what was really going on here! To overstand that there are amazing musicians all over the world in basements and studio shrines alike!...

what is a hit? does anyone really knowis it a formula? i think maybe it is.. i write music all the time that comes from all places.  Strange arrangements .. chords i will never know how to play again! and i wonder if a hit song is a language. and.. since originality might be defined as speaking in one's own language if.. making a hit is it a selfless thing.. or a totally selfish thing? you know... to make a deliberate effort to speak in a language that everyone unerstands or has been programmed to understand .. is this un-artistic? sometimes when i am in my lab-----> and i listen to ol...

When i was 18 i spent a countless amount of time chopping beats in my room in the basement. Sometimes my father would enter unannounced, and even though i had headphones on i could feel his presence towering behind me. He would tap me on the shoulder and ask me "Boy what are you really doing with my records?' to which i would reply 'you know...Just making beats Dad... sampling.' Of course he would laugh, start shaking his head and say..  'Sampling--->is Stealing? if you change a couple letters around in those 2 words it means the same thing to me!' Needless to say my father was and sti...

what is garage band ... with no garage? what is supply and demand?  who corners the market? who markets the corner? what is stem cell research? how can reality be virtual?  why do i spell my name like that? am i special? are you special? what is special? does god exist? does anyone care?  what is your name? how do i work this? how can i not? will this be excellent? is the future a modified past or the unknown? could i have just said hello and welcome to indaba?  was there any question? obviously Yes!   thanks for coming khvtron.