My Real Name is...

[MrScorpio]

Not to be revealed in public on DU

[SeattleGirl]

1. Hi "not to be revealed"

Nice to finally know your real name!! :hi:

[enigmatic]

2. Hey bro

I've got some leads on some sites; give me another 12 hours and I'll E you..

[MrScorpio]

5. Excellent, Dude

I'm gonna do a Underground Music Manifest one of these days, you think you can post it on the site once I get it finalized?

I want to let the people know what I'm trying to do

[enigmatic]

6. absolutely

you write it, and I'll get it up, pronto...

[MrScorpio]

10. I was just discussing the sad state of corporate controlled music today

With a co-worker

What set me off is the devolution of mainstream hip-hop in the US for the last ten years.

Something happened in 94-95 that killed the raw, underground quality of the sound... I still don't know what it was.

Pop music in general is suffering from the same lack emotion and musical quality

The state of mainline hip-hop is this country is sad. The only place where it's still alive is in the underground. In the street, in places like Detroit and London.

I want to really write about that and let the people know where I'm coming from

[enigmatic]

11. music across the board is like that,. I think

It's "product" now, not music anymore. It's the same in Rock, Country, Hip-Hop; it's being controlled by Corporations who are shoveling out processed music to consumers who are told that it's the "next hot thing", and devour it w/o question. It's bloodless, emotionless music w/o a soul.

You have to go underground to get any heart/soul, I think; that's why the PC/Internet revolution is so important to music and artists who can DIY for next to nothing and promote it far and wide w/o having to go to a label.

In 10 years big labels will be a thing of the past, and I can't wait for that to happen..

[MrScorpio]

13. To me a perfect example is Jay-Z moving from the studio

to the corner office

I can't think of a better metaphor

[enigmatic]

15. Oh yeah

And getting a record contract w/ these monolith labels is like getting a key to the executive washroom...

[MrScorpio]

19. Anyways, I've been checking out college radio and foreign streams

It's still out there


But in Clear Channel, MTV, VH1, BET America , the Underground is nowhere to be found.


All Glory To The Internet

[enigmatic]

20. you're right

That's why Internet Radio is the place to be; it's free-form as you want it to be, and w/o the chains of advertising and suits telling you what to play.

Onr person can have a station and play what they want to play; that's how it should be..

[MrScorpio]

21. For the last four years, it's the only place that I've found my music

Up to that point, after I got back to The States, I was in a musical doldrums

Except for the two local college radio stations and NPR, I don't listen to my radio anymore.

I'm a much happier man

[enigmatic]

22. I listen to AM exclusively up here

for CBC Radio One and CKUA; you'd love this station:

http://www.ckua.org/

And because I love to DX at night and try to get far-away stations. But FM? No way; it's a wasteland...

[MrScorpio]

23. I've got fond memories of CKLW back in Detroit

I know that there's a lot of great Canadian music.

Right now, I'm exploring the underground Detroit sound.

It's the bomb. I'm finding out that a LOT of Detroiters are treated like gods in the UK. I found some remix combos of Detroiters and Brits kicking it up. PLUS, the old school masters like DJ Primeir and DJ Jazzy Jeff are still gettin top exposure over there.


Over here? No know has heard of them.

A fucking shame.

[enigmatic]

24. CKLW

Oh boy, that brings back alot of memories; we used to get it loud and clear in Clevo when I was growing up in the 70's; I loved it..

Have you seen this page?:

http://www.thebig8.net/

[MrScorpio]

25. Oh yeah, I saw that before.

Ah, the good old days!

[MrScorpio]

26. Oh, By the way

I did a 17:36 Mastermix to start out the second half

I love this DJing shit

[enigmatic]

27. right on

I can't wait to hear it!

[ghostsofgiants]

28. It's like Conor Oberst said in "Mall Of America" by Desaparecidos...

"There are no artforms now, just capitalism."

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

3. My Radio name was "Bob Daniels."

Hah! So there!

[NMMNG]

4. Likewise

B-)

[Floogeldy]

7. What's up, Harry?

Heh heh. ;)

[wildhorses]

8. incognito....I am with you on that

:hi:B-)

[Az]

9. My real name is easy to figure out

My namesake sold his soul to the devil to play guitar while standing at the crossroads.

[samplegirl]

12. Mr. Scorpio......oh Mr. Scorpio

can you play a special request???
I'd like to hear the George Bush Bash

[MrScorpio]

14. Is it funky?

That's my primary criteria

[samplegirl]

17. funky as it gets

read my previous post.

[MrScorpio]

18. Find me a J-Dilla remix and it's on

Big time

[DanCa]

16. My real name is Dan i am from Il not ca. What's the ca stand for

I am not saying. My middile initial however is just E. And while I have no proof my mom is a huge Elvis fan. Please say it aint so. I don't want to be Daniel Elvis.

[Mutley]

29. I don't care if people know my first name...

It's not all that unique or anything.