A piece of music is often only as good as its bass line. The most memorable part of a tune from classic songs by artists like Masters at Work, Michael Jackson, or more recently the Black Eyed Peas would be so much less without the groove that’s driven by a good beat and a great bass. In this article, we look at some common chord structures and methods of creating a good bass line that will help to create better bass in your music.

Ms. Cocolove catches up with one of the hottest production teams of today: Electrofly artist Shiloh. She chats with them about how their passion for dance music came about and how their faith has influenced their lives.

Ryan Gibson a.k.a. 4o1K has been a mainstay in the Christian dance scene here in Atlanta, GA for years now. He has done it all from heading up the Atlanta based production group Amplified Life which threw parties throughout the southeast to writing and recording his own music and running his own music studio out of his home. Recently Ryan has gotten into creating a hybrid DJ/VJ show using self-produced audio and video controlled via a custom built rig.

When we, the forum members of Tastyfresh, think about Cornerstone, chances are we are thinking of the DJ's and dancing. However, when one actually goes to Cornerstone, you quickly see that we are the minority. Cornerstone attendees go for various reasons from the bands, to friends, to experience God, and others just to get away from life. But out of all the reasons people go, seeing DJ's spin is not on their minds a lot of the times. Well this year, dance music was represented in three venues and one impromptu card table near the footbridge.

Any event in which any of us are involved in is successful because of the effort put in by everyone. So many people came together to help make Cstone successful. The willingness of each person to be flexible, available, and to do whatever is needed is a HUGE component to a successful event.

It has been two days since we arrived back from Cornerstone Festival and let me tell ya, it has taken some time to adjust back to "non-Cornerstone" life and to try to put everything in perspective.  Looking back, I must say that I believe that Cornerstone 2005 was the most fulfilling and personally productive week of my life thus far; most importantly, the people that I was blessed to meet up with and those who I met for the first time made a huge impact in my spiritual life.

Well Cornerstone 05 has come and gone. My eyes are still tired. I have come to find that I am getting too old to only get 2 hours of sleep a night. I have been asked to write a wrap up of the Cornerstone 05 Dance Club from the organizer point of view. This wrap up will include general thoughts, highlights, lowlights, and what the future holds.

How Do I Start DJing? Good Question! I'll go over some newb practice ideas for you in a minute. First and most importantly ask yourself WHY you want to DJ, because it's a LOT of hard work and practice.  If it's not for the right reason, you're wasting your time.

What God is doing in my life...  sounds a lot like some serious church cliché doesn't it?  If you knew me personally you'd know that cliché church lingo is something that you wont find coming out of my mouth.  I almost cringe when I hear people say the same things that we've been trained to say in church every Sunday morning.  In fact I believe its come to the point where people say, “Ill be praying for you” when they have no intention of doing it at all.  In fact I know it happens because I've done it.

Today, I am finally writing the intro for the new issue. Everything is done except linking in the files and writing this one last piece. It’s almost done. I’m almost there. This has been a rough issue to get done. One of the biggest reasons was the birth of my son last month. Eric Scott Richardson is now 10 lbs and 23 inches long. I can’t believe he’s here. We’ve waited so long for him and we weren’t even expecting him. He truly is a gift from God and with that gift comes the challenge of balancing work, Tastyfresh, my music, my family and well… my video game addiction. All of that combined with the fact that this issue is DOUBLE in size meant I was in for a rough time getting it out. But… it’s here now. Let the celebration begin while I step out and take a 5 min. breather.