From the depths of his soul, NIKOS, DJ Extrordinaire and one of the founding members of the Deep, Spirit-filled and Soulful Under My Skin Records ( http://undermyskinrecords.com ) mos definitely sho's his Love for the music, for his fellow man, and for his Lord.  Alright NIKOS...It's your turn.

When asked to write the drop of the month, I figured the best way to give people tips on how to make good (great even) mixes is to explain why I became a DJ. This is an excerpt from my blog a couple of months ago.

Well, it has been yet another two months since the last issue. A lot has happened in the lives of some and not much has changed in the lives of others. I think the best place to start is with a bit of good news.

A while ago, Carey Jarvis gave us a brief history of Christian dance music. This month I want to share with you how I feel about where we are today. Some of this is great and other parts of this will probably draw some criticism from our forum members. The short answer is we are doing better, but we have a long way to go as a whole, but let’s take a detailed and hopefully non-bias look at things.

In the previous issue, I wrote a somewhat emotional article about the foundation we ought to have as Christians involved in the music industry. This article is going to be a bit less emotional. It’s going to deal with the ins and outs of our industry and how we might improve what we’re doing. I’m going to point out a few bad things and a few good things, and we’ll get to hear some thoughts from people in the industry itself. Hopefully, these things can be useful for everyone in working toward a new position in the music industry.

At bottom, playing live is about control: control of music and control of technology. It is this search for control that has led producers down many paths to performance, from hardware to software and everything in between.

This is the first in a series of articles on the various methods to the madness of performing live electronic music.

Nathan Phillips Square . This was the downtown meeting point for many of the raves held in Toronto ’s industrial fringe. Every Saturday night the square would fill up with phat pant wearing, backpack toting ravers waiting for the rented shuttle buses to arrive and ferry them off to a night’s excitement. It took on a carnival atmosphere, and was transformed into a pharmaceutical marketplace, for a few hours on the weekend. One such night nearly a decade ago, I happened to be in Toronto with a bunch of my Christian friends on our way home from a concert, and we crossed the square on our way to our parked cars. Here and there, little clusters of ravers were gathered, viewing flyers by the light cast from their lighters and generally preparing for a long night out. We were asked if we wanted to buy E at least twice before leaving the square. One of my best friends turned to me as he looked at the growing crowds and said quite seriously, “ Brandon , this is your mission field.”

This month’s installment of Sho’ Ya Love is from a couple of guys that have been influential in Christian EDM for quite some time. They are on fire for God, and their work brings many to the Lord. And their music ain’t bad either.

My style is a touch unorthodox when it comes to mixing, I try as often as possible to make mixes 2:30-3:00 long and make the mixes seem as if both tracks are the same. Its tough to do, but when it’s done right it sounds beautiful.

You are now looking at the fourth official release of the Tastyfresh.com Ezine. Yippee! A lot has changed in the past two months. I wish that we could have kept up a monthly publishing schedule, but I think the content of this issue more than makes up for it. Having two months to produce this material has made my life easier.