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Topic: SPECIAL GUESTS TO VISIT THE BOARD - Kenny Jammin Jason of The Hot Mix 5
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PK
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Originally posted by Chip_E: If somebody makes a jammin' tune and there's noboby around to play it, and nobody around to Jack to it...is it House? -e.
   Chip, Armando, Kenny, and everybody else - this is some thread...Truth is, I was wondering why this was still going on, but after I caught up with the last few pages, I can better see the method in the madness, as it were peace
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HotMix5KJJ
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Originally posted by Chip_E:
JeRe speaks much truth regarding how Frankie became. Allow me to elaborate...Frankie, Ronnie, and the HM5 were very important to my success in music. Before my first record was released others turned their ears away from the music I was making, Frankie and Ronnie would play my tapes on reel-to-reel, and all of the HM5 passed around my first acetate (test pressing made out of a gas byproduct, degrades with each play) of "Jack Trax". Not to dis Jesse and Vince, but the fact is...in the early days they didn't want any part of underground, disco, or House music. Matter of fact, when I had Larry Sherman make my acetate (he was the only local record pressing plant) Jesse and Vince were at the plant...Larry asked them if he should buy the record, they told him that it wouldn't sell...that it was too raw, and that he should take a pass. Larry would spend the next 20 years asking me to record a song for him (came close when Danny Wilson sold him our "Sweet D" project, which I never saw a penny from).
Back to my point...as of 1986 Frankie (as far as I know) didn't play any instruments, didn't know much about drum machines other than the play and stop button, and didn't have any studio experience. I took Frankie into Chicago Trax to record his first song, "You Can't Hide". I found a horn section that played at AKA on Latin nites, Joe Smooth helped with the keyboards, and Ralphi Rosario was in on the session. Frankie brought the singer, but basically Joe, Ralphi and myself were in control. I imagine that's the way things were with the Whistle Song.
I think Frankie deserves the acclaim that he has, but like Jerry said, it's because of "US" and the press that he got a break.
As far as I know, Jamie did all the work on "Your Love" and Frankie supported and played it (then...from sold it to both Rocky Jones and Larry Sherman, and split for NYC). Oh, I can never thank Vince enough for all the help he gave me...lending me Jesse's 808, showing me how to use it, helping me understand music production.
Bottom line, there were those that created the sound, and those that supported the creators. If somebody makes a jammin' tune and there's noboby around to play it, and nobody around to Jack to it...is it House?-e.
Hi Chip....
Well Spoken.....
kjj
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All I can say is WOW! Big ups G for facilitating lots of discussion and education goin on here for the past few weeks. Sorry I've missed it all, but I'm thankful that Kenny, Armando, and others I've met and respect have brought the real ("can I get an AMEN?!") For those of you who don't know, I'm a Deacon now.
I still reflect on the past, and how it wasn't until a mutual friend introduced me to Kenny at an N.I.U. party in 1984, and Kenny gave me "some time on the tables" that the same crowd I'd been spinning for during the past year gave me THE KIND of respect many DJs sought. I didn't even think I was "on" that night, but the association lent credibility. It's like when you think that the brand name asprin will work better and faster than the generic even when the ingredients are exactly the same. Sometimes, however, there are BIG differences, like between a Yugo and a Cadillac; you've got to read the lables! We all can be blessed differently, but when we are, we need to strive for the best with what we've been given. Thanks, Kenny, for setting that example in DJ-ing for me & others. And to all the haters, I've talked to Kenny (& others) off and on throughout the past 15+ years, so this is heart felt - no bull - and he knows.
peace, D-Mix
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For those of you who don't know, I'm a Deacon now.
Congratulations, bro. I'm pretty sure the Lord digs house music too, so don't leave us. Peace and blessings. Alan
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Originally posted by HotMix5KJJ:
Guess again Dean.... That was MICKEY !!!hahahaa nice one... kjj
God I would hear In-Ten-Si-T in the most perculier places. I think for a while I heard that more than "French Kiss" at the time. I have a friend that let me borrow a "Speak and Spell" recently but can't seem to make it say what I want it to. I used to dig hearing the speak and spell on the "Dazzle Ships" album by OMD. When I first heard In-ten-sity for the first time,i't brought me back to that OMD album. Thanks to Micky "Mixin'" Oliver for that.
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*******Congratulations, bro. I'm pretty sure the Lord digs house music too, so don't leave us. Peace and blessings. Alan ******* Thanks AK. I don't know if the Lord likes House music, but I do know that music is spiritual. All the talk about what is or isn't house is kind of funny to me now. I've been working on some music for the past few months (hopefully will be able to share it soon), and a lyricist said that you should write from YOUR soul....someone else in the world will feel it also. When I spin now, or do mixes for a web site, I pick songs that move my soul; I know that SOMEONE will feel it! So my question to all is, are you feeling what you're playin? Is there "soul in the music"?
BTW - Alan, I may be contacting you later for your lawyer services - planning on starting something new for my music business wise - but I'll get back to you later on that.
Peace
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Gman
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