A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutesa way of viewing reality for the community that shares them, especiallyin an intellectual discipline. From Dictionary.com.
From Hanau Germany to Baghdad International Airport (2002-2004). From Fort Bragg, NC to Phoenix, AZ. I bring you Paradigm. While I was going to college, my name was D.J. Smoooth. Paradigm is what I am today, creating concepts of sound, vision, and values.
I am now working on some new music. Enact stands for "to represent on or as on the stage; act the part of" according to Dictionary.com. For me and this album, it stands for re-enacting a dream that I had to let go for a long time. For about a year or so, I did not have the right equipment or computer power to handle music making. Now that I do, I can get back into music making again. Please do not expect anything great in Enact as I am getting my feet wet again in the process of making music again like I did in the past.
My wife and my wife's setup randomly displayed from Flickr
The Enact is the name of the third album under my title as Paradigm.
When I was in Iraq, I was playing with this software Reason by Propellerhead. I did not have a keyboard, so I had to use my laptop keyboard to produce my first song, Bee-Zar. The video that is included in this podcast feed includes the Bee-Zar music along with a video slide show of pictures I took between April 2003 and November 2003 when I was in Kuwait and Iraq.
The Sentiment is the name of the second album under my title as Paradigm.
Before I went to Iraq, I got a hold of a program that allowed me to mix beats. That's all this is. A beat machine of some sorts. My first album under Paradigm is Pulchritude.
According to Dictionary.com, Pulchritude is "physical beauty; comeliness."
This album includes a lot of cool beats for dancing, which also includes a little disco and latin flavor as well. I only had the demo version, so I did not have a LOT of choices in the choice of sounds. BUT, with only a few samples, I came up with 45 minutes worth of music which I am actually proud of.
