I fullfilled one of my musical life goals on May 1st 2007. I saw DJ Shadow perform live. It was a real treat, not only because the music was completely mind blowingly wonderful, but it turns out that DJ Shadow (aka Josh Davis) is a really cool, down to earth fellow. Allow me to elaborate.
He walks on stage with the lights still high, house music still pumping. He walks over to his turntables, opens his blue protective case for his cartridges, puts them on the arm himself, and kind of mills around a bit getting things organized. When he came on stage people cheered and cheered and he kept his head down in a shy-like manner and had just an adorable little smile that was as ubiquitous throughout the show as amazing beats and melodies. There was no hype with him. Just before he started playing he had a little heart to heart with the audience about his regrets for not playing SLC earlier, as well as some of his future show plans etc; real personal seeming stuff. He didn't come out with epic intro music; no smoke preceded his entrance, he just walked out, said "hi", and rocked us as best he could, and his best is pretty darn good. It honestly looked like he was having fun - like he was doing this because he really enjoys doing it, not because of image, or money, or fame. I think kids would do well to use Shadow as a role model over, say, Jay-Z.
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