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...milestone in Lord’s personal life, the birth of her daughter Annabelle has also ushered in a new stage of her professional life. As touring has become less practical, Lord is switching gears to focus on promoting the budding careers of new and unrecognized musicians. She views DJing, busking and music publishing as natural steps in a career devoted to the belief that “everyone deserves a good song.” Lord admits that finding new talent has been difficult because of her strict standards. “But I found something and I want...
...list of America's best artists? Well, 75 years ago, many critics thought jazz wasn't an art; 50 years ago, they derided rock; 25 years ago, they went after rap. In the '70s and '80s, DJs such as Kool Herc and Grand Wizard Theodore helped established DJing as an integral part of hip-hop culture. Craze is taking the genre further. People dance to DJs, but "turntablists" like Craze they stand and listen to, they study, they admire as they might a jazz soloist. Craze's sets are meticulously planned and carefully executed. Employing a keen ear, he locates...
...touch my stuff,'" says Craze. But he was all over the stuff anyway. Pretty soon he was playing small parties, spinning merengue records, salsa, hip-hop. Then Craze saw a videotape of Mix Master Mike, a pioneering West Coast DJ, battling another DJ. "I didn't know DJing was an art until then," says Craze. He began to refine his skills. "That's all my life was back then," he says, "coming home and practicing...
...This is it. The DJing is a small part of what makes the night happen. The rest of the time I'm setting up promotions. I try to keep different things happening every week--a different promotion, promoting a new album or a new artist, or different DJs coming in to showcase what they have. That keeps me busy during the day. One or two days a week I'm at FNX taking phone calls from record labels and doing that side of the business. I also do a little bit of studio work where I produce my own music...