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Give Praise Where Praise is due! Not sense
Berry Gordy has Detroit had a true leader in the music industry. And though
it may be said like his contemporary the Honorable Mayor Coleman A. Young
(bless his soul) that the man behind the success of many of yesterday's and
today's musical icon was a bit shady, he gave many the chance to share their
talents with the world and them a way out of the slums and ghettoes of
Detroit.
Today we have opportunity to re-create that success
And be inspired by the leaders of our past, learn from their victories
and mistakes. We can again be a jewel in the crown of world music, without
mocking the present popular music forms, we can re-embrace a sound invented
here in Detroit during our lifetimes.
Call it what you will
Electronic Music, House, Techno. It really doesn't matter to me. What
matters is nearly 30 years after it first hit the streets and clubs this
Detroit Sound is still a global phenomena and it still effects every genre
of music.
But it saddens me to know
many of our most talented and prolific artists, remain unrecognized in
our home town and continue to perform at low paying gigs, work unrelated
jobs & are forced to leave, family friends and fans to support their ability
to come home and give us a strong dose of the music they love to play.
It is my dream
that upon reading this someone will step to the plate and see the vision
of Detroit having an equal to
BBC's Radio
One With the love and support of
Beatdown Sounds ; The guys at
Corner Productions ,
Below the Surface,
Women on Wax, DJ Cory, Collin Z.
Jake the Snake, The Tandem, Malik Alston, Craig Huckaby, Motunes. John
Arnold, Short Round, Jazz head, InohssivaD, Kem (thank God
for his success I remember) We are doing a lot and going places. Fuck
the politics, it's still our city, let's give the world a reason to want to
be here.
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