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hi.....I decided it was time for me to write something new here.....Ive been doing alot of thinking about my life today and how much Ive changed over the years.....I never would have thought 10 years ago I would be doing what I am today......I guess my birthday coming up has something to do with it.....making mixes and having them played in other states, people asking me to remix songs for them (in other countries)......not only that but I am alot more confident than i was back then.....I try to be humble about what I do.....Ive never had a big ego....in fact before I started doing my mixing I pretty much had no confidence in myself...... but people tell me I should be proud of how far Ive come.....but sometimes ego can be a bad thing......you get overconfident and it sometimes eventually makes you a jerk......Im not like that.... I dont want to come across as cocky....all I can do is be me......I told a friend of mine last night that i dont want to get a big ego because Im afraid itll make people think Im arrogant and thats not something you want when youre trying to break into the music business......I know there are people out there who dont see me as having a brain or any sense of self....but trust me if you are someone who really knows me.....I have a pretty good sense of who I am.....Ive made mistakes, Ive done bad things in my life, but it made me a stronger person. and I learned from it..... which in the long run made me smarter....I think i am a very good friend i have a good heart and I do everything I can for someone I care about.....but sometimes people take my niceness and take it as stupidity....Yeah I may be too trusting at times....but that isnt always a bad thing.....funny because I just got a message about a mix I did just as an expirement that didnt turn out to be one of absolute best....this is what i wrote....."I admit, sometimes being different and standing out doesnt always make you look good, but I just like trying new things......I like to do what alot of people dont think of......I dont want to be limited to one sound.....thats just part of my creativity....I dont care if not everyone likes everything I do.....thats something I live with.....ok so this mix isnt my best, I get it...but you never know till you try...and I just wanted to try something new and different......I dont wanna get bored with what I am doing, so I am always taking risks with my mixes......ive got alot of songs being played in NY and they get a good reaction....New years Eve I had 3 songs played in 2 different states..that was a wonderful feeling......A few years ago I was basically ridiculed and made fun of for months because of a mix I did that didnt turn out so great.....people went too far with that whole thing....but did I give up??....no....I can admit I did something not everyone is gonna like.....but if you look at my body of work over on acidplanet you would see Ive come a long way since then....People were going out of their way trying to make me lose faith in what i was doing and I basically said fuck you Im not going anywhere.....I dont try to make it sound like I am the greatest producer or remixer in the world...I know im not.I am still learning....I put alot of time into what i do.....after 7 years I can still say that..yes ive gotten way better than I was when I did a bad mix 4 years ago.....I am learning and growing and expirementing....yeah I can admit that this isnt my absolute best work....but if you dont take risks youre gonna get bored with what youre doing.....that is one thing Ive learned being a Madonna fan.....its funny because as i saw this message pop up i was thinking about where i was before i started doing what i do....I had no confidence in myself at all....but in 2 weeks im gonna be handing out demo Cds of my best work to some of the best Djs on the planet....I think that shows my growth in believing in what i do.......I told a friend of mine I didnt wanna get a huge ego because I didnt wanna seem cocky or arrogant because i am neither of those things...Im just me.....im just Felix....if people wanna think of me as a bad remixer or producer or whatever the fuck let them because i know otherwise and ive proven it over and over again.......hey if someone doesnt like the song just erase it and move on.....I did and I made a great mix after which is gonna be played in NY this weekend.....Im not stressing...Im happy.....People are so quick to turn on someone......yeah I admit too that i myself have been guilty of that....I know there are people who think im just some burnout....look anyway the point I am making....yeah I did a not so great mix ok I admit it...but it was just an expirement....ive got over 350 that are way better.....so one not so great one in a few years time is no big deal to me....doesnt mean im not gonna stop taking chances and trying new things....Ive got a long way to go and lots of other ideas...." and trust me I do.....