The Purpose.....

If God is the DJ, Life is a Dance Floor, Love is the Rhythm, and You are the Music.
I turn 30 in September, although people tell me I look a lot younger (thankfully) I have a great job, a great group of friends, and a very strong passion for music. I was brought up in a household where Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, Sade and the Gipsy Kings were blared on Friday nights in the living room with my parents. I asked my dad to take me to a New Kids on the Block concert in the second grade- he told me to learn all of the “Dark Side of the Moon” lyrics, and then we could talk- I did- and quickly forgot about NKOTB.
While in college, I had a great experience. I met the sound guy for Bob Marley’s original Wailers at a show at UVA. It was cold, me being the kind natured person I am brought him a hot chocolate- we became fast friends, and I had the pleasure of touring with them for several summers, selling shirts, and taking care of Rasta kids. I was going to the summer festivals like Bonnaroo, and All Good, when they were small and not trendy at all. It was cool, because I wasn’t a spectator- I was there to make cash selling shirts- and you saw the other side of a festival. I had daily interactions with people like Ashton “Family Man” Barrett, and Junior Marvin, who would tell some crazy stories of Marley. I also had the honor of being able to sit in watching the recordings of “Is It Rolling Bob”- Bob Dylan songs remade by reggae artists. I saw Soldiers of Jah Army, grow from a high school opener, to a Wailers opener, to a world renowned name. Reggae and I have always had an intimate relationship. When I get depressed, the choosing of a Toots and the Maytals song- often lifts my spirits.
While my counterparts spend their times at bars- I am out on the concert scene- soaking up like a sponge, the music, the culture and the people. I have always felt at the bar scene where I reside that we are often judged… judged by our clothes, our friends and etc. and one of the most valued things about music is I am not judged- everyone there is for the same purpose and to experience the oneness. “Music is the great communicator”
I am dedicating this blog to the soundtrack of my life, the people, the shows… and the Music.