Well, here is yet another issue of the Tastyfresh.com Ezine. Again, it is packed with a wealth of information, opinions, and well… useless information to keep you happy for two months. In the last issue, we focused on the annual event known as Cornerstone. We interviewed the performers, the promoters and even got feedback on how to make a better demo for next year’s event. Cornerstone ended July 3rd without a hitch. Everyone is back home now and many if not all of those who attended are experiencing a spiritual high.

Spiritual highs are great. You feel so close to God that you don’t feel as though you ever could ever move away from Him. You feel as though He is standing next to you in everything you do. It’s an awesome feeling. Added to that feeling is usually a sense of worth and purpose. I love that feeling. The thing about spiritual highs is that they often can fade as time passes. It isn’t intentional, but like driving across the nation, you eventually struggle to climb the mountain, bask at the peak, and then race down the other side. The problem is that many times there is a valley at the bottom of the mountain and you are right back to where you started… an up hill climb to get to the peak again.

The last time I was at Cstone, it was 2002. I loved it. Andy Hunter was there as was the Scrogginator. I had an awesome time worshipping to Andy’s sets. When we watched Better Living Through Circuitry one afternoon, everything started to click with me regarding our purpose in the scene. That the whole scene, secular or Christian, was really set up as a big worship experience. The real difference was in who was being worshipped. This is what I took back with me and it has been engraved on my heart since then. For me, I never hit the valley after that event, but I have discovered that I wasn’t really at the highest peak as well. It has been obvious to me since that day how much work there is to be done in this scene just to get to the point where we can start doing what God wants us to do.

For those of you who had the honor of attending Cornerstone this year, I hope you found that same kind of spiritual high. One that gives you purpose, drive and a desire to work hard as God desires you to rather than to simply wait for His Spirit to move. We are the tools He has chosen to use. All we need to do is realize that there is work to do and to make ourselves available to God. He will take care of the rest. When/if you do get down, remember to share your burden with the rest of us here. God will provide in your weakness as well as in your strength and we will stand by you offering aid as we can. Tastyfresh.com is a family. We don’t always act like it, but we are all linked to one another through our love of dance music and the grace of God.

In This Issue:

This issue is a bit strange. Usually, Ms. Coco’s featured artist is treated as a bonus article, but this time around she’s got one of the hottest production duo’s in the world: Shiloh. She gets into the nitty-gritty about what drew them to dance music and their faith. So… Shiloh and Coco get top billing. We have a massive interview/article with Christian techno legend Brian Scroggins formally known as Prophecy of P.A.N.I.C. regarding how Cstone has changed over the years regarding dance culture. We also have an interview with Ryan Gibson of 401k Productions. If you ever heard of the Atlanta-based Christian DJ production/promotion team Amplified Life, this is the guy behind it and he’s got something exciting and new he wants to share with our community. And that’s just the beginning. We have some Cornerstone wrap-up articles, a review of the new Siminz EP and more. This issue is packed with about 40 pages of information. As usual, the articles are listed on the right-hand column. I hope that this issue exceeds your expectations. This one I know has exceeded mine.

Dave R