When I began solipsistic NATION<\/b> I didn\u2019t make any attempt to make the show commercially viable. My mission was to play electronic music that I love and if people listening to the show happened to love what I was playing, I considered that a bonus.<\/p>\n
I wasn\u2019t being entirely self-serving. I was playing quality music so I knew I was bound to pick up an audience, even if it was a niche audience. And I was right. Over the years, solipsistic NATION<\/b> has attracted an ever growing audience. And that\u2019s where it gets interesting.<\/p>\n
People often find their way to solipsistic NATION<\/b> because they are just as passionate about electronic music as I am. And that shared passion sparks some wonderful conversations, which often leads to friendships.<\/p>\n
Nearly a year ago I met Travis Nobles<\/a>, who runs the hiddenplace music<\/a> blog. Travis and I share similar taste in music and he constantly exposes me to new artists I most likely would have never heard about and usually those artists are on netlabels.<\/p>\n Travis is so dead-on about the artists he reviews that I invited him to be a guest DJ on solipsistic NATION<\/b> because I knew he would select some stellar music for the show. The other reason I had Travis come on the show is because that while our tastes are comparable, he tends to pick out music that is more ethereal than I would normally listen to. But it is exactly that difference that makes listening to his music such a beautiful experience; he turns me on to stuff that I might otherwise miss. That forces me to expand my horizons and ultimately keeps solipsistic NATION<\/b> fresh and exciting.<\/p>\n