Life after WMC 2010

Now that the page has turned on another chapter of the saga known as the Winter Music Conference- this year's chapter title being "The 25th Anniversary Edition"- it is time for another year of maintaining contact with producers, publishers, promoters, labels, musicians, DJ's and other contacts not previously known to me in my constant search for new collaborations and fresh inspiration. I believe to be successful as an independent artist, one must create a certain distinction in the eyes of those the artist is connected with, be it through their image, personality or through the sheer uniqueness of their talent. Once that distinction is evident, the task of building and maintaining relationships that support an artist's growth and notoriety becomes an essential part of promoting the artist's music.

The Winter Music Conference, a yearly Miami Beach music summit helps to do just that. By both highlighting and introducing DJ's, performing artists, recording artists and musicians from around the globe to their peers and to the public, it has the distinction, itself, of being one of the few music summits that is driven and supported by creative artists in the electronic music 'sub-culture' with emphasis on creativity through remixing, programming and promoting electronic music to the masses. By electronic I mean genres that are not often favored by mass radio airplay such as house music, broken beat, chill out, lounge and even club, techno and trance, which get a huge nod from the 'sister' music festival, ULTRA, which takes place at the same time of the WMC.

And OH the PARTIES! This year's WMC boasted 400+ parties spread throughout South Beach, Miami Beach, the Design District, Wynwood, Downtown...even Coral Gables: a wide and diverse surface area for the public to get their electro-fix and rub shoulders with some of the biggest names in the DJ based, sub-culture of the music industry. Not only were there attendees from as far abroad as Europe, Eastern Europe, India, Japan...but even the locals finally started buzzing about "the festival". A good sign. Let there be HOUSE...MUSIC!

My thanks and respect go to DJ Bill Kelly, founder of the Winter Music Conference, who has done it again! For more information on the Winter Music Conference, visit the link at the header of this post.

An interview from my showgirl days.

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Inspired by silliness...

TEN RANDOM THINGS YOU DO NOT KNOW ABOUT ME:

1. I don't lie. Not even by omission. And I quite often see through all of the lies that people tell me. Please do not waste my time telling me lies, nor waste your own time expecting me to believe them.

2. I am not jealous, nor envious. And on the same subject, I do not view jealousy or envy as natural and I do not have a lot of tolerance for jealous or envious people. Reminds me of an Erykah Badu lyric: "I don't walk around tryin' to be who I'm not, I don't waste my time tryin' to get what you got." DITTO for possessiveness.

3. I often get the impression that many people are just information or attention whores. Sad but true. I say this because it often seems that people are just trying to question or provoke me in hopes of getting some life enhancing information for their own lives, or soliciting a service, without giving or even feeling compelled to give me anything that is productive, pertinent or enriching for my own life, in return for my input. Do people really expect me to worship or to serve THEM?

4. I call it as I see it and I am rarely swayed by sentiment. Show or..."tell me something good." :)

5. Unfortunately, too many people have taught me not to care. I was once a very caring person and I still have this capacity but after hearing, so many times, "It doesn't matter...", "Don't care what other people think...", "Ignore them...", "Who cares...", "It's no big deal...," "What's the big deal?" As I saw it, I was not striving to be Mother Teresa, nor Jesus...but I was not willing to be completely and totally insensitive and detatched, either (and why are these same people so overdramatic and demanding when they want someone to care about THEM? Maybe they just like to 'milk sympathy'?).

6. This online experience has really opened my eyes about people, especially on the social networking sites: most people I meet, there, think that the people behind the profiles are not real people and that their interactions with these people are not happening in real time. Many of the people I meet believe that they should not be held accountable for their actions online, as they would be in the 'real' world. Strange...

7. I do NOT believe that "love means never having to say you are sorry."

8. ...hmmm, what should I let out of my mind today? I think I will keep it in until I am sure of how I want to say EXACTLY what is on my mind. Might even keep it in for good, because I do not believe that EVERYTHING HAS TO BE EXPRESSED RIGHT NOW! Get my drift?

9. I do not like hearing baby talk from anyone over the age of 6, nor do I like being talked to like a baby, DITTO 'pet' names for humans.

10. Despite my spiritual leanings, I can be quite unforgiving.

...and considering what I know...I'm keeping it that way. LOL

snooze - doremifa girl

I almost forgot I wrote this song. The original title was "Nicole's Painting", recorded with French musician Dominique Dalcan under the artist name Snooze, his moniker for his electronica compositions. Sometimes perspective is all you need to appreciate and reconnect with the beauty of creation...