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Flash is one of my favorite places in DC these days.
There are a lot of places that have electronic music in the DC area and frankly most of them are junk. Yeah this is rather judgmental, but hear me out.
Yes a lot of electronic music has become more mainstream and this in of itself is not a bad thing. More mainstream means more ears will hear it right?
True, more people will hear ‘something’, but this does not mean it is the right somethings. As anything that becomes overtly popular, other forces start to have an impact.
We forget to keep being curious about the ‘why’ behind something and turn into the dumb, blind, non-thinking, zombies that consumerism is really all about.
Money, instead of quality, becomes the driver. With the focus on the bottom dollar, the often difficult and or accidental paths that delivered uniqueness to us is replaced with just trying to rubber stamp the results in.
More mainstream means more ears will hear it right?
Okay, I’ll stop ranting about the negatives.
Why do I like Flash? Because they seem to keep looking for the forward and edgy while not forgetting those paths I mentioned that have described what some would call a tradition. Yes, they do look for what is popular but with an eye to what might be next. This is not without much risk, which is just the opposite one gets with pop (read= that EDM term).
However, there isn’t any adventure without some risk.
I have 2 or 3 more places in the DC area that are on my short list of where to get good curated electronic music from the popular to the emerging. Send me a note to get the list of those places in your inbox via the Contact Me page.
Tonight, I am joining the Preview DC gang again on the roof top of Flash for Happy Hour. Don’t worry it’s free and we start at 6PM.
Although the date was made many weeks ago to be a part of Preview DC at Flash, it could not have come at a better time.
Music–especially dance music in general and House music in particular–is very therapeutic. It is the best dope, the best side-effect free drug, the best medicine.
Flash once again also proves why it has been successful in working with the great talents from the local level to international, but making sure to curate folks to be on the decks who are positive to the entire scene; not just to their own glorification.
For myself going through a tough break up, these culminated in quite the spiritual re-awakening last night.
I was given a chance to play some of the best I have the pleasure of having access to and releasing on mGrooves Music. I also had the chance to play some of my own creations before a large audience. And again, I was surprised by the reassuring and supportive response to all of the above.
I am glad I have stuck to my guns so to speak regarding being very picky about the newest of projects I have chosen to work and collaborate. Playing out every weekend and being ‘everywhere’ is not by itself an indicator of doing good work.
Again, thank you Christauff and Jon MFD for considering me again and again for your Preview DC event, and your dedication to the best of local DJs. Thank you Flash for being fertile ground for the new and innovative. And for being similarly picky.