Re: [acid-jazz] Hi everyone, I'm back...

From: Mike Rosales (bullish1974_at_gmail.com)
Date: 2004-11-26 17:01:17

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    welcome back, elson! :D
    i'm still one of them lurkers here :D

    /mike, lurking since 1997

    On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 02:50:59 -0800, Elson Trinidad <elson_at_elsongs.com> wrote:
    > Hi Folks -
    >
    > Long time no see. Nice to know this list is still going strong?
    >
    > A little (re) intro...My name is Elson Trinidad, from Los Angeles, CA, USA.
    > I was one of the original charter members of this list back in 1993
    > (a-jazz-l in da house! :)) when I was in college. To cut a long story
    > short, I was heavily active in the list back then, not to mention the fact
    > that I was a musician (singer, keyboardist, bassist) that had my own
    > funk/acid jazz bands spanning from '93 to '98.
    >
    > In the late 90s, springing from the drum n bass discussions on this list, I
    > caught the electronica bug, got tired of playing in a band and did
    > electronic music exclusively (albeit the more soulful kind - DnB, 2-step,
    > broken-beat, downtempo, house). I became electronic artist e:trinity
    > (www.e-trinity.org) and didn't even DJ but did a LivePA act and released
    > two albums.
    >
    > Well, what comes around goes around. In the part few years, I've gotten
    > tired of and uninspired by electronica, felt it's reached this stagnant
    > plateau, and missed playing (and singing) with live musicians. So starting
    > this year, I got some musically talented friends I've known of the years
    > together, revived some old funky/soulful jams I wrote, added some new ones
    > and perform under my first name. We've played three gigs so far this year
    > and I've been having a blast.
    >
    > Anyway, on the night of my 33rd birthday, I went to Erik's (wassup?) site
    > and was pleased to see the list still existing. Recently I was inspired by
    > a song I heard on the radio ("Evil Vibrations" by the Rebirth (on
    > Ubiquity)) and it felt like there's this resurgence going on, I dunno. I
    > don't care. I'm back here to reconnect with AJ heads, find about cool new
    > music to buy (and stuff in my iPod, heheh) and probably reach out to some
    > folks who might have some interest in my music. I guess I'm just resuming
    > what I did back in the day...
    >
    > If anyone wants to check out my tunes, feel free to visit www.elsongs.com -
    > It's a little on the R&B-sh tip, but then it sounds nothing like Usher or
    > anything like that. :)
    >
    > See ya 'round,
    > Elson
    >
    >
    > Elson Trinidad
    > Los Angeles, California, USA
    > e l s o n @ e l s o n g s . c o m
    > www.elsongs.com
    >
    >