Recently the Underground was selected to be in charge of the dance tent at Cornerstone. And the demos that poured in were as many in number as I received last year alone. So between our normal events and Cornerstone 2005 I have seen my fair share of promo packets and I have noticed several trends. Promo packets do land you the gig and here are some pointers to help you in having the best promo packet out there.

In the past, both N*Soul Records and MYX Records have run the Dance Club. This year, the club is under new management by a group of veterans from Cincinnati, Ohio. For the past three years the crew of The Underground have hosted monthly club events and two years ago they provided the lights for the Dance Barn. We recently had a chance to sit down with both Chris Human and Cindy Tucker to talk about both the Underground and the changes at the Dance Barn and it looks like the changes being made will be worth it.

This year we have a rare treat in the One Life Radio/Gospel for Asia Stage. It is a generator stage that will showcase additional DJs and live PAs. In addition, this stage will be used to raise awareness regarding the growing missions opportunities in Asia. To find out more about this new stage, we sat down with Andrew Turner, one of the stage’s coordinators.

It's been almost a year since we last heard from Andy Hunter. On May 24th, his new album/EP Life will be released. Today, we caught up with him to discuss the new project, his thoughts about the Christian dance scene in general and a few other things.

This man is everywhere.  He’s got a Legendary after-hours mix show called HOUSE OF INSPIRATIONCORNERSTONE (W00t!!) Friday, July 1st at the One Life Radio/Gospel For Asia Stage along with other excellent turntablists.  Who knows … you might even see ME there!  Aiight … Here Goes 

404 has played events all over Southern California. In 2003 and 2005, he was chosen to play in the dance club for Cornerstone, an annual festival in Illinois. He has worked with many leading DJ's in the Christian music scene including Scott Blackwell, AJ Mora and DJ DarryL. 404 plays house, trance, & breaks.

A DJ since 1989, Davo has spun everywhere from Cornerstone music festival in Illinois to Soulfest in New Hampshire. He's played on the same bill with everyone from Scott Blackwell to C-3PO. He's also opened up for diverse acts such as the Newsboys, Jason Upton, Superchick, and Faith Massive. He's co-founder of Shine productions, a rave ministry team out of Detroit, and works with Eternal Productions and House Party.

Shelby Callaway always had a passion for music, from making beats and theme songs as a kid to discovering Propellerheads Rebirth in high school and producing his first independent album. Over the following 2 years Shelby picked up a pair of CDJ-100's and a DJM-300 mixer and practiced as much as humanly possible. He spun a few school dances with the high school production company and became addicted to mixing.

Coming from a Jewish/Spanish background my family who loved music and dancing, so I started going to clubs sometime in 1975 and after seeing some guy in a booth playing records I knew this is what I wanted to do. So in 1977 I learned how to spin records in local clubs like Riffs, Chaz, and Stepping Out in New York.