to play devil's avocado...

i am certainly not saying promote something that's crap just cuz your mate wrote it, but...part of the fun of techno for me has always been my friends. we hang out, talk records and tech stuff, we drive to shows, we go crazy in front of the speakers...ya know...the whole thing.

so of course, i am gonna help my friends get gigs, learn production (or they teach me), work on events...this isn't about me...it's about music and family. without both, my life would suck.

i think sometimes we lose sight of those things because we are driven to create, but what is the point of creation without sharing it? money? ya can't take it with you. success? ephemeral... creation is (to me) the expression of life and life energy and that is all part and parcel of my relationships with other people and to the planet.

without friends llike adam and gil, i would not have accomplished the things i have in the time i have. when i had the opportunity, i shared production knowledge and opportunities with other friends who have supported me through the years.

in other words, i think it's natural and to be expected that people will help their friends. now of course, one can see the frustration if they were...say...talentless hacks...but it's still a fairly natural (and i would say) decent process.

sorry if this is a ramble...kinda sick today...