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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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