OLD SKOOL JAMZFEST: 2009

Yo, whaddup my peeps?... its me, Mixmaster J on the Wheels of Steel here!!

OK, each and every year around the end of January I have a celebration/house party of sorts called the Old Skool Jamzfest. I have been doing this for about the last 8 or 9 years, and usually it encompasses just myself and a few friends or neighbors over, a few adult libations and me working the wheels of steel spinning a lot of the Soul/Funk/R&B/Dance music that has influenced me over a good portion of my lifetime.Why do I do this? Well, because even though I have followed the changes in popular and R&B music over the years, I still love the old skool stuff. I was just a young dude when I accidentally discovered this music on a college radio station one snowy January night back in the 80's. So each weekend thereafter, I simply commemorated the event, and when I moved out, I usually have people over to my place to celebrate. Some of the groups that influenced me are the likes of The Tom Tom Club, D-Train, The Whispers, Prince, The Time (featuring the flashy Morris Day), The Isley Brothers, and a whole host of others. These artists today have become legendary so to speak, and I am always following the progression of modern day music (Pop, Dance & R&B), and I probably always will. I simply love music, be it from yesterday to today, and looking forward to tomorrows talent as well.

The Old Skool Jamzfest I had planned was to have been held on Saturday January 31, 2009 and broadcast over my FM transmitter to my whole neighborhood on 88.3 FM, but due to some unforseen crcumstances that have presented themselves, I am deciding to push the date back to sometime in February or March perhaps. I will keep y'all informed, because the thing I am aiming to do is to digitally record my entire program and posting it up online for all to hear if you wish. And I have to work out the logistics on that, but it's gonna have to take a back seat for right now unfortunately. Hopefully by next year or by 2011, I would like to do a full-blown webcast for y'all to listen in live as I not only broadcast to my neighborhood on the FM dial, but to a global audience via the internet as well. This thing is going to grow exponentially over the next several years if I have my way. And I usually get my way!!

But, alas, my peeps, I will keep you informed as to the date of the Old Skool Jamzfest:2009 as it warrants. And I'll post my show up online so y'all can hear some of my "mad skillz" haha!!!

Till then, keep jammin!

Peace, Love, Sole,

JD