Well, it has been well… It has been much longer than I anticipated for this next issue. There have been several reasons for this. July was a month covered with vacations and changes in my life as well as Bill Sikes and Doug Jones’ lives. To make a long story short, in early August, Doug decided that he was not the right person to be the editor of this zine. Bill Sikes also left for various reasons which he has expressed in the forums.

Well, it has been well… It has been much longer than I anticipated for this next issue. There have been several reasons for this. July was a month covered with vacations and changes in my life as well as Bill Sikes and Doug Jones’ lives. To make a long story short, in early August, Doug decided that he was not the right person to be the editor of this zine. Bill Sikes also left for various reasons which he has expressed in the forums. I am not mad at either one of them and I fully understand why they backed out. There really isn’t anything more that can be said about this, but it was better that it happened now rather than later on. I will be looking for new people to help carry on with the zine however.

So, this month we are back and we have a massive line-up of articles for your enjoyment. First up is our interview with Eric Dunne a.k.a. Prophetica who has recently hung up his synth for the last time. We also have a great article by Gabriel Cox regarding the importance of developing our God-given talents. I follow that up with the first in a series of articles discussing Christians and their involvement with dance music. We also have a short FAQ for the DJ Contest that we announced last month. The last of the major articles focuses on how to give and receive criticism. This article is vital to the next few months as we will be questioning just about everything that we have been doing in the past. Some things that we have been doing are great the way they are, others need improvement. By engaging in critiques, we will be able to better identify our strengths and weaknesses and in the end, grow our talents in a way that will be useful to God.

In our departments, we have two reviews. The first review is for Prophetica’s Walkaway RMXD. The second review is for Steve Lawler’s newest track Lost on Subversive Records. Our testimony this month is from Craig Willers who spins under the name of DJ Himmel and has been a DJ since 1997. DJ Ethan Bliss provides us with his Drop of the Month. We also bring you the results of our July opinion question which focuses on how we can make a bigger impact in the world as Christians in the EDM scene. Lastly, we ask a new and very important opinion question: What should the number one goal of Christians in the EDM scene be?

In forum news, we are modifying the forums big time. First, the rules have been reduced to simply seven rules. Second, the number of moderators is being reduced to seven as well. The final and biggest change is that we are narrowing the focus of the forums. This is a dance music site, so the majority of the conversation needs to be related to dance music. For more information on the reasons behind these changes and what has changed, you can check out the discussion in the announcements forum.

That is all for now. I hope that this issue has been worth the wait and helps you to start re-examining your role in our scene. This issue marks a new period of growth for all Christians who are actively involved in dance music.

Dave R