Now this is going to be a good discussion..!

My first question is can you tell me who the six member of the Hot Mix 5 was who did not show up ?

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Hi All

As a "Original Member" of the Hot Mix 5...

I can assure you thst every single member was involved in the foundation of what today is called "House Music".

I started my DJ career in 1975 at a Small Radio station WCYC-Fm, which was owned by the Chicago Boys Clubs. My 1st Commercial Radio Station was an ABC owned Affiliate WDAI-FM 94.7 where i did a weekly mix show.

In 1982 i went to work with Lee Micheals at WBMX-FM. The Hot Mix 5 was originally the Hot Mix 6, but somebody didn't show up for the station meeting, so the Hot Mix 5 was born.

The Hot Mix 5 members were responsible for
bringing things like:

1). The Casio Keyboard (Yamaha Juno 106)
2). 808 Drum Machine
3). 32,16,8,4,& 2 beat live loops
4). 1/2 Headphones... (i'll show you a
picture of that from 1976
5). Monitor
6). felt slip pads
7). felt slip pads w/wax paper underneath
(thats how we got down to 2 beat loops)
8). Digital Samplers
9). Computer Editing
10). Beats track records.... (Farley's stuff, Jam tracks etc>)

and the list goes on.

House Music originated from the "RADIO" DJ's innovative ideas that were heard every weekend on the Mix Show. Farley would top Kenny, Kenny would top Mickey's Edit's, Mickey would top Ralph, etc etc

Every single member has produced records that dates back to the begining of the House Music era.

But... one key thing is forgotten...

IT WAS ALL FIVE GUYS WHO PROMOTED THE ARTISTS RELEASES IN THE MIXSHOW AND POURED THE FOUNDATION FOR THIS MUSIC.

A club only has 100, 200, 500 even 1,000 people. But the radio staions mix show had a 30 share of the market. that translated into a full 500,000 listeners that cumed the station ever 15 minutes during the 7 hour show.

That is how "HOUSE MUSIC" became imbedded into ever one's life hear in this market.

House Music started with a "DJ" that produced his own brand of music.

Question : Who Played A Keyboard over the top of songs in the mix in 1982 ?

Question : Who used a 808 Drum machine to create a track to segue from one song to another ?

That is where the start of House Music is...

in the innovative style of of my TEAM MEMBERS...

Farley
Mickey
Ralphi

and of course myself

Kenny "Jammin" Jason
Hot Mix Five member (and damn proud of it)

email info@digimix.com
website http://digimix.com

ps.... Check out Old School Fridays on V103 10p-2a in Chicago...

My New York brothers can check me out on WTJM Jammin 105 Saturdays from 6p-10p

check the website for the other 60 stations that i currently do mix shows for....

peace & good luck to everybody

(don't hate, i didn't )

kjj

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The reason I LOVED clubs like the Muzic Box, and Power Plant is because I could hear the unreleased versions of tunes like "Music is the key", "Like this", "Donnie" etc. WBMX "Hot Mix 5" djs played the watered down vinyl releases. No disrespect to you however, Francis Grasso came up with the slip mat concept. But since we are on the subject of dj-ing and the "innovators" of house music tell me, Wasn't the wheels of this dj/music culture set into motion long before 1975 and WBMX? If most New York "disco/dance" labels/djs and clubs predate the existence of the Hot Mix 5, what has the Hot Mix 5 done that is so innovative? Why is it that the names Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy are mentioned when the issue of the origins of house comes into play (refer to Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton's "Last night a dj saved my life")as opposed to the "Hot Mix5"?. Yes you are right about WBMX djs having the power of the airwaves however, WBMX hot mixes just didn't suffice for a Frankie and Ronnie palette. Sure WBMX played a key part in bringing the artists of DJ International and Trax to the mainstream radio format however, isn't it a stretch to say that WBMX djs were the "innovators" of the culture?

Respectfully,
EL

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Originally posted by DJJM3:
Lee Micheals (the creater of the Hot Mix 5/PD of 'BMX) and 4 original members will visit tonight or tomorrow to address the recent bashings about the Hot MIx 5 and answer questions.

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Okay! What the HELL is going on here! Kenny stated all the FACTS in an earlier post on this site! Damn! I'll read thru them all tomorrow! I have to get back to this ASP video instruction tape.

Oh by the way, i was the host of the Saturday Night Live "Ain't No Jive" Chicago Dance Party. I'm currently APD/MD at Kiss 103.5 in Chicago ... for inquiring minds.

Armando ... host of the Saturday Night Live "Ain't No Jive" Chicago Dance Party featuring the HOT MIX 5.

Oh and most recently host of Club 1075 in the 90's. I hosted mix shows on Chicago radio for 18 years!!! For inquiring minds ... current APD/MD at Kiss 103.5 in Chicago.

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Farley would top Kenny, Kenny would top Mickey's Edit's, Mickey would top Ralph, etc etc

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But Kenny,

Where was Farley getting his inspiration for what he did to try to top everybody else?

I was one of those kids that was out there partying my a** of when, and a little before, you guys hit the airwaves, and I know and have worked, on musical projects, with Farley, Steve, Ralphi, and Julian Perez.

Maybe it's just my opinion, but it seemed to me like Farley, the one I had been around the most, was drawing a lot of his inspiration from the underground crowd of kids that he was playing for, before, and a little less, after, he got involved with the Hot mix 5. And those kids were already being influenced, a great deal, by the legend, and mystique, of places like the Warehouse and Music Box.

I am glad this came up because, a salesman at Power 92 said that Jay Allen - PD - started the Hot Mix 5. He tried to use that to get my intrest in buying airtime to promote a record store I was planning to open.

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Originally posted by Gman:

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Gman.....

WOW... Thanks for the pix....

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Originally posted by :
Hi All

As a "Original Member" of the Hot Mix 5...

I can assure you thst every single member was involved in the foundation of what today is called "House Music".

In 1982 i went to work with Lee Micheals at WBMX-FM. The Hot Mix 5 was originally the Hot Mix 6, but somebody didn't show up for the station meeting, so the Hot Mix 5 was born.

House Music originated from the "RADIO" DJ's innovative ideas that were heard every weekend on the Mix Show. Farley would top Kenny, Kenny would top Mickey's Edit's, Mickey would top Ralph, etc etc

Every single member has produced records that dates back to the begining of the House Music era.

But... one key thing is forgotten...

IT WAS ALL FIVE GUYS WHO PROMOTED THE ARTISTS RELEASES IN THE MIXSHOW AND POURED THE FOUNDATION FOR THIS MUSIC.

A club only has 100, 200, 500 even 1,000 people. But the radio staions mix show had a 30 share of the market. that translated into a full 500,000 listeners that cumed the station ever 15 minutes during the 7 hour show.

That is how "HOUSE MUSIC" became imbedded into ever one's life hear in this market.

House Music started with a "DJ" that produced his own brand of music.

Question : Who Played A Keyboard over the top of songs in the mix in 1982 ?

Question : Who used a 808 Drum machine to create a track to segue from one song to another ?

That is where the start of House Music is...

in the innovative style of of my TEAM MEMBERS...

Farley
Mickey
Ralphi

and of course myself

Kenny "Jammin" Jason
Hot Mix Five member (and damn proud of it)

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Kenny.....Why did you leave Scott Smokin Sills out of History lesson? He also was an original member....although he did leave...for unknown reasons to the public at least.

Peace and hair greace to the Hot Mix 5!

THE DEEP HOUSE PAGE IS ABOUT THE ONLY PLACE WHERE ONE CAN DEFINATLY FIND OUT ABOUT THE ROOTS OF HOUSE MUSIC.

PEACE V-ROD

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House Music originated from the "RADIO" DJ's innovative ideas that were heard every weekend on the Mix Show. Farley would top Kenny, Kenny would top Mickey's Edit's, Mickey would top Ralph, etc etc

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All I can say about the quote above is, Farley stole the House idea from me and brought it to radio - namely WBMX - I am the DJ who named House as a form of music before The Hot Mix 5 was even an Idea.

The original members never did nor do they today have my unique skills of the mix....Kenny, have you forgot what happened at The Rink Zone in 1983? I faded every DJ who spun that night, to include our resident DJ's!

House started with WBMX?...NOT!! I guess that is why Farley - the best DJ in The Hot Mix 5 said he stole the idea of House Music from me and took it to the radio.

Back to the quote

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Farley would top Kenny, Kenny would top Mickey's Edit's, Mickey would top Ralph, etc etc

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I topped Farley ya'll #1 DJ, now wassup!

Farley admited who really started House and it sure as hell was not The Hot Mix 5 let alone WBMX, all the facts are on this page!

I am not hating' just informing / with documentation and DJ's to back me up.

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House music was born may 5, 1981 by DJ Leonard Remix RRoy. DJ Lori Branch is the only dj I ever saw live that made me wanna be a better dj.I am the only dj that Farley would not battle and, the only dj who won a dj battle at Sauers against Steve "Silk" Hurley (resident dj at sauers).When the hot mix 5 played at the Rink Zone, the crowd chanted my name as I entered the booth. No other dj ever faded the hot mix 5 except me, I always played better live than on the air........and I played out of love for the art - not the money. In the 80's I was the Michael Jordan of the mix.I was never one to pat myself on the back, ask Tyree Cooper, Chip E, Hugo, Lil John, Vince Lawrence, Jessy Saunders, Walter Brown (WKKC), Steve Maestro, DJ Magic, Mike Dunn (wgci).To make a long story short, I can write a book and include all the dj lives i touched. All there was in the 80's were - Frankie, Ron Hardy, Farley & Leonard. No other dj's had any public value to the (new then) house nation. Ron & I did not have the large club like Frankie and Farley but, we had a loyal following that to this day state that we are the best there ever were.

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Can you tell them the story about Frankie Knuckles and his time with the HotMix5?

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Originally posted by DJJM3:
Kenny or Armando-

Can you tell them the story about Frankie Knuckles and his time with the HotMix5?

-JM3

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I remember going to a Whitney Young HS party and hearing the hot mix 5 live. It was great! "Was" being the key word. This is a great history session for those of you who were too young to remember the birth...

"House Music, it's a spiritual thing, a body thing, a soul thing..." A. Amador.

Because, I've read Frankie Knuckles reviews where he says he brought a 909 into the booth in the Warehouse in 1979.

Boyd Jarvis had a Casio in the (club) dj booth in the very early 80s...81?

Also the slipmat items (and by extension the slip-queing technique) have been remarked on by somebody else, earlier.

If I may say, the practice of using a percussion track to bridge 2 other tracks was in use way before 1982, at least in New York...unless you mean specifically using a drum machine to create such a bridge.

Sorry to be nit-picking, but your listing of HM5 contributions was quite extensive and detailed, and therefore also prone to detailed examination. I posted the above not to start an argument, but for clarification.

Where I would have a problem is your assertion that there would be NO house music without the radio...modern dance music, of which "house" is a part, was born, evolved, and finds its justification, in a dance club setting. It's not just music you can dance to - it's dance music. It took club djs (starting in the late 60s - there's a very specific reason for the dates) who interacted with their crowd, discovering what little technical or musical detail would make them move, all this knowledge, the competition, and the advances in technology that eventually gave us house.

True, a radio show can have 100, 1000 times the numbers of a club. But, it's a different audience. Radio audience is fickle, they can switch off anytime, they can use radio just as background. Compare that to a club audience, which is way more captive, dedicated, that will give you immediate feedback, that is much more likely to talk about a dope track than your average radio listener.

I'm not saying that shows such as yours were worthless, far from it. Your contributions are great, and I think, duly noted by everybody. Radio is definitely a big part of the equation of pushing this music out. My problem is when people look for the end-all and be-all answer to all of these questions...real life is way more messy, why get so worked up over neat, but more likely incomplete/false answers?

I've noticed that people keep saying in this board "well so-and-so will come over here and set things straight", when are we going to get over this? Even the people who lived this can have their experiences bent by subjectivity, wishful thinking and plain forgetfulness. Never mind that early on these scenes were pretty insular, and therefore, ignorant of each others' contributions.

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Originally posted by PK:

Because, I've read Frankie Knuckles reviews where he says he brought a 909 into the booth in the Warehouse in 1979.

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I've read that too, but I found it hard to believe as the TR-909 was released in 1983. Of course he was pretty well known for having the rare promos right?
Also, the Juno 106 was manufactured by Roland (not Yamaha) and was released in 1984.

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Originally posted by DivineVersatile:
Yo, Armando...one of the hottest mixes I have was on your birthday...and you were playing "STOP BAJON"...I just found out the name of that song 2 weeks ago...

Thanks for 3 years of wrecking my brain! LOL

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That's funny....I'm a vet of the music...Crane 82 and I was wrecking my brains trying to describe/sing that song looking like a dufus (c' Until I rented 3 Kings (Marky Mark, Georg Cluney) Check it out you'll see in the desert scene midway thru the flick!!

Marv

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Originally posted by PK:

I'm not saying that shows such as yours were worthless, far from it. Your contributions are great, and I think, duly noted by everybody. Radio is definitely a big part of the equation of pushing this music out. My problem is when people look for the end-all and be-all answer to all of these questions...real life is way more messy, why get so worked up over neat, but more likely incomplete/false answers?

I've noticed that people keep saying in this board "well so-and-so will come over here and set things straight", when are we going to get over this? Even the people who lived this can have their experiences bent by subjectivity, wishful thinking and plain forgetfulness. Never mind that early on these scenes were pretty insular, and therefore, ignorant of each others' contributions.

peace
PK

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Very well said PK. I agree so much with your statements. I couldn't have said it better, if I tried.

I grew up in the Chicago House scene, I got to know a lot of the major players, and still do. But, I understand that there are no cut and dry answers to the question of the history of House. There were a lot of different factors at work, and nothing perturbs me more than people trying to claim sole credit. Sure, take credit for your contribution, or the fact that you were good at one thing or another. But, people need to stop claiming these be all to end all answers. House is much DEEPER than that.

But that's JMO.

P.S.
You want a job as an administrator?