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