My mother was the first person to teach me how to press play and record. DJ Red Alert on 98.7 KISS-FM taught me how do the [Record*Stop*Rewind*Play*Pause *Record] move. Funkmaster Flex had me going to all the hot parties in the early 90s. It makes me laugh when I hear a kid shoot off at the mouth about how they cant find a download on an I-pod. When I remember avoiding many gunshot incidents at a Hip Hop party so I can hear that new song. My music evolution goes from, playing with that Fisher Price turntable, holding a walkman tape recorder to the Hi-fi speaker, to dubbing cassettes on a BOOM-BOX. Today I am uploading (downloaded/CD/cassette to MP3) music to a MP3-CD back-up. I play a song and they ask, Where did you get that song and I say I always had it. I love to sample. I was there on the side line. Until I saw how a Sound Engineer makes a living. It was in my first session walking out thinking, There is a job were I can play music as loud as I possibly could, and smoke weed! What do I have to do! The game is ruff, you get knocked on your ass and then you get back up. But as long as I can keep PRESSING RECORD, life is great. QWILDER The Q is for (freq)