Issue 27

Welcome to the new Tastyfresh.com!: by Alex W Welcome to the new Tastyfresh.com! If you’re a regular to Tastyfresh.com, I bet you are thinking to yourself, “Wow.” And I completely understand. When I first saw the initial design months ago I thought the same thing. In those months, I have seen the evolution of the site to what it is right now and every time Dave informed me of a change, I got more excited. “But what is the real difference?” you may say. I am glad you asked.

Optimizing Your Digital DJ Setup: Formerly known as: Optimizing Workflow in Traktor
by Alex W Workflow is a very individualized, depending how your brain works and what you use more. However, there are many things that you can work on to improve your workflow. Having a streamlined workflow gives you ability to concentrate on the things that are important, reading the crowd, building a cohesive set, and adding the things that make your sets unique. Workflow is all about taking everything that you use and rely on and bring them to the forefront for easy use and reference. It is a balance of the two major parts of Traktor, hardware and software/interface setup.

Your Label, Your Way: Part 1: by Kevin Oneel Getting signed is tough. I would know. I’ve been going down that road for several years now. Getting noticed is only slightly easier than picking the winning superfecta in the Kentucky Derby. Maybe that’s why you decided to start your own label. Perhaps it’s because you do a genre of music that isn’t in demand much, or maybe even before it’s time. Anyway around it, you’re probably starting a label as a means to get your own music out to the masses. Well, kudos to you! You are joining the entrepreneurial club of people the likes of Paul Oakenfold, Nick Warren, and Deep Dish. Any of those people can reaffirm, however, that starting your own label on a whim is not exactly something you want to do. Starting a music label requires dedication, commitment, and perseverance.

Safe Parties: by Shana Gray When I was younger I used to have vivid dreams and visions of places and events that were safe parties. I still have many dreams and visions but not all of them relate to rave culture. Many of them have come true while others are of heavenly places I have never been.
Picture this, like the room you are in is glowing. Everyone is filled with an energy, the very breath of life, given by God. We are all luminescent, glowing with this energy, the essence of life itself. And deeper inside, some of us are filled with a white light much like a torch of fire: life-giving Spirit, the very life that leads to eternal life in heavenly places with God.