LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
August
2010
Frontier
Pop is almost a month old, now (it will be a month old on August
20), and we’ve had enough issues up by now to kick off our
first in a series of monthly letter mail bags.
We only have a few letters in this first mail bag, since Frontier
Pop is so new, so let’s get on to it. Want to have
your letter published, and answered, in a future letters issue?
Email us at frontierpop@yahoo.com.
- C. A. Passinault
AKA DJ Frontier, or simply “Frontier”
Editor
Frontier Pop
Owner
Frontier Society
FROM: Ronnie
TO: frontierpop@yahoo.com
RE: who are you competing with?
Hi frontier
pop. I have been following your progress I found you on twitter
and was wondering what the other pop culture web site that you have
been talking about is are you competing with them have you defeated
them. Thanks.
Hello
Ronnie,
The other pop culture web site that we’ve referenced in our
earlier issue is a local Tampa fanboy pop culture review web site.
It’s almost a joke, and I’m not talking about the site
itself, which actually has a lot of good information and other content
on it. The joke is that we are “competing” against it,
and that the publisher believes that we are. The truth , however,
is that we are not, at least not really. Frontier Pop is more into
entertainment, cyber culture, technology, and some more mainstream
pop culture. The other web site is about other types of pop culture,
and other subject matter. While both sites DO overlap quite a bit,
we actually have slightly different interests, expertise in different
areas, and different target audiences.
We may end up referencing this site in the future, but for now,
we’re having too much fun to bother. The ball is more in their
court than ours in this time. It’s up to them how this will
proceed.
This said, in direct competition, there would be no competition.
Frontier Pop is more advanced in every way, and it will always win
in an outright popularity contest. Regarding Pop Culture, too, Frontier
Pop again has the edge. We’re the future, and they are more
of the past.
So, for not, although we’re playing that we are competing,
we really don’t have any competition, besides our own high
expectations and standards, which will drive innovation and keep
us on our toes. We’re left with competing against ourselves,
and outdoing earlier efforts.
Also, note that we are not yet up to full speed, yet. We’re
putting together our issues, and doing a good job, but our articles
and other major feature have been scaled back until we have more
time to work on them. Please be patient. We should be publishing
a lot more before the year is out.
- Frontier
FROM: Gordie Lyons
TO: frontierpop@yahoo.com
RE: Is this about the wild west?
Is this
web site about the wild west? What’s up with all the high
tech stuff?
Hello
Gordie,
We knew that we would be getting this question. Frontier can mean
the old west, but even in the old west, “Frontier” meant
new things worth seeking out. In our case, Frontier represents the
future, new things, ideas, and revolution in society and in business.
Frontier represents innovation.
As DJ Frontier, for example, I am the DJ of the future; a futuristic
DJ with proven concepts, advanced technology, and who is here today.
There is no one quite like me anywhere else in the world (and wait
until you see my cyber suit technology, and the capabilities that
it will give me. It’s far more than just for show... it’s
also fully functional, adaptable, brilliant, and optimized to be
useful in any situation. You’ll see.)
Likewise, my Frontier Society underground subculture is one of the
most advanced cybercultures in the world. Our members are living
lifestyles at least an entire generation ahead of people today.
When the technology does not exist which we need, or we encounter
a flaw, we simply make things happen to improve. It’s highly
likely that you’ll be living like us one day, a few decades
in the future (and, it must be noted, that we can do this by modifying
current technology, in some instances, remixing what is currently
available).
So, there you have it. Frontier Pop is the place to go to read up
on cool, new things that you never knew was going on. We transcend
the technologically-enabled culture of today (in our opinion, technology
has advanced too far for the current generation to be able to comprehend
it. Kids and adults today simply don’t know what to do with
it, and this is why idiots seem to have voices. Texting? Social
networking sites? Those might be great if you’re someone who
is selling something to the common, mainstream market, but like
all fads, this too, will pass. People will eventually have to educate
themselves and learn to think for themselves again. It is then that
you’ll see more productive uses of this technology. For now,
however, most people are simple, and clueless, and this is why most
of what they have to say, and do, is pointless).
- Frontier
FROM: Jennie L
TO: frontierpop@yahoo.com
RE: I think that I love you.
Hi Frontier
Pop!
I agree with the first review of this site, that it is extremely
insane, and in a good way. I love this site, and want more!
Did Passinault come up with this? He is brilliant. He is a genius.
My mother used to collect all of his DJ tapes, and I’ve been
reading his writing for years. He is like a modern Shakespear; his
writing is so insightful, witty, brilliant, and knowledgeable. I
also love his work as a photographer. He literally writes so much
meaning into his pictures!
I have listened to his last releases as DJ Frontier. Those tapes
were brilliant. I am also so happy to discover, through his DJ Blog,
that he is returning to DJ’ing as DJ Frontier soon. I’m
looking forward to his new releases and projects!
I think that I love him, too. I hope to meet him in person soon!
With love and admiration,
Jenny L.
Hello
Jenny,
Thank you. I think.
I knew a Jenny L. back in the day, who was really pretty. You couldn’t
be her, however, with some of the clues in your letter, so I’m
thinking that you found a reference to Jenny L. on an old DJ release,
on the Tampa DJ Blog, perhaps, and that you’re playing homage
to that name. In other words, I don’t think that Jenny L.
is your real name. It would be to much of a coincidence to be probable,
and whatever is too improbable cannot be true; the odds are against
it.
At any rate, thank you for the compliments. I appreciate it.
Regarding the new DJ Frontier releases, they are going to make what
was done in the past look like nothing. Seriously, the old DJ Wiz
Kid and DJ Frontier releases, GEN’s 1 to 3, were way ahead
of their time, and the technology of the day was straining to support
the concept. This kept it from getting as big as it could have been.
It’s the future, now, and the technology to support the concept
of the programs is available. It’s also cheap, and makes what
was difficult in the past cost-effective, as well as much easier.
You won’t believe how cool some of the things that we’re
working on in the studio are coming out. We have programs, and projects,
in the works that will blow your mind. I look at the near future,
and what is going to happen, and I get goosebumps. You haven’t
seen anything, yet.
Technically, things are much different, too, with the latest technology.
In the old days, we did creative projects with whatever we had,
and with analog technology. Now, everything is digital. I just obtained
Ableton Live 8, a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) program, and that
alone will revolutionize the production process of all future audio
programs. My DJ releases of the past, most of which are considered
to be classics, were done with analog production processes, and
the execution of all of those programs had flaws in them. Not anymore.
I now have professional production capabilities, and my upcoming
projects will blow the past projects away in every way. The best
is yet to come, I can assure you. Just wait until you experience
the new GEN 5 Digital Program Releases.
In fact, I was going over the material for Party Zone 5 just the
other day, which is the newest in a long line of dance mix programs
(actually, it will be the 6th). It will be the best Party Zone ever
made, with content mixed perfectly, perfect sample sequences, shorter
monologues, a superb music program, and transitions beat / pitch
matched perfectly. I’m currently readying all of my older
releases for re-release as DPR MP3's, and I listen to all of the
test MP3's constantly. The original Party Zone, done in 1991, is
really good, and Party Zone 2, done in 1994, is even better. Party
Zone 3, done in 1995, was, perhaps, the best Party Zone ever done,
to date. Party Zone 4 had a better program than 2 or 3, but as a
release, with some of the flaws, it was my most disappointing. Party
Zone RMX, which was a remix of the series, and one of my last releases
before I stopped making them in 1997, is roughly as good as Party
Zone 3, but 3 still edges it out, due to the massive popularity
of Party Zone 3.
What I have of Party Zone 5 makes it very promising, especially
noting that the project has not officially gone into preproduction
yet. Party Zone 5 is due sometime in 2011, along with over 20 releases
from the first wave of the GEN 5 releases.
And, before anyone asks, how long will production of GEN 5 releases
go? This time, I’m in it for the long haul. I made 19 releases
(and produced another 2) from October 1990 to March 1992, with GEN
1 and GEN 2 production technology. The best releases, however, and
most of the classics, did not enter production until 1994, with
GEN 3 analog technology. Between 1994 and 1998, I made an additional
10 releases.
Wait until you see what’s planned, now.
Starting in 2011, the release line will continue, with all new GEN
5 digital production technology. Although I have the production
line balanced for 24 releases a year, I have so much going on that
I’ll be lucky to do half that. I’ll do them, however,
regardless, and if it’s not as many per year, we’ll
make it up over the long term (not to mention that taking my time
with each release, and not rushing them, will make them even better).
Expect a minimum of 10 releases a year, all of them 140 minutes
long (compared to the old running program time of 90 minutes), and
this could, schedule permitting, be scaled up to as many as 24 releases
a year; which would be 1 release every two weeks (I want to do the
24, as we have a que right now of at least 20 releases, and I want
to get those done within the first year so I can work on some of
my latest concepts in programming).
Regarding the long-term statement, that will be especially cool.
The new release line will last for at least two decades, with new
technology and concepts being integrated along the way. Expect hundreds
of new programs, and some of the coolest program properties ever
done!
- Frontier
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