Celebration

Hooray for a New Clarity!

In the past month or so, I’ve had the great fortune of spending some time in Thailand observing some of the parties that they throw there.

It comforts me that they’re not very different from what we do at the Epic Tribe.

Once I got back, I had a sudden opportunity to compare the motivations between us and other tribes across the region.

One of the things that struck me as interesting was the reasonings behind celebration. After all, what we did at the Epic Tribe was effectively get a group of people together, meet up at a particular location, then party down.

In my experience, people throw parties when they’re celebrating something. Mostly birthdays, religious occasions, sometimes even divorces and funerals.

Many people are eagerly waiting for the clock-out on a Friday evening to celebrate the end of a hard working week.

But what of people who don’t work a corporate job and spend almost every waking moment in the most subtle of inner-celebrations (like many monks).

What exactly were we doing that deserved celebrating?

For me, I celebrate the fact that we’re capable of pulling off the stunts that we have since FoundationKL.org right up to the Epic Tribe.

I’m extremely grateful for the fantastic people that I work with and the meandering new friends that I’d meet along the way.

I celebrate the fact that FoundationKL.org has been running for 4 years now, and 2 years for Epic Tribe — and 12 events locally and internationally.

And most of all, I celebrate the people that have come to celebrate with me. The type of effort required to be present contributes to the energy and the successes of everything that I’ve done so far.

What are you celebrating right now?

Who are you celebrating with?

What does it mean to celebrate?

Have You Stopped Being Entertaining?

My DJs and performers…

Humor this line of thinking…

Who are you entertaining?

Should they be?

Or are they not.

If so, why?

If then, what is the point?

This is really not meant to be a rhetorical post. I’m genuinely interested in knowing what the intentions behind your choice of being a DJ or performer are.

Why do you choose to entertain?

And if so…

How can you tell if you are?

Let’s discuss.

Zen for DJs – #1

I became aware of this:

You are NOT the music you play.

You play OTHER people’s music.
You play OTHER people’s music.
You play OTHER people’s music.

GET OVER YOURSELF.

This is the first realization.

Agree? Disagree? What do you think? Let’s have a discussion.