I had an interview to be a radio DJ this morning. Only in the music business would you meet at the local java joint and discuss radio, music and the art of DJ’ing for 45 minutes.

I had been animatedly discussing the possibilities of the position and all the wonderful ideas I had jotted down, punctuating each point with arm waves and jabbing holes in the air around me with my fingers in my excitement when my potential boss stopped me with this statement.

“You’re really all about the music, aren’t you.”

That stopped me in midsentence. Everything else I had lined up to say was gone. Of course it is about the music! How could it not be? This particular station is a rock station and I love rock music. I love alternative, punk, light and hard rock - I love it and I get excited about it. To have someone stare at me and so simply state - “You’re all about the music.” - well, it just floored me that the owner of a radio station would pick out that detail and get hung up on it.

I think that is one of the best qualities music holds. It takes you over. It sucks you in and creates a whole new world. Ask someone to explain music to you and I think you’ll find they have a hard time doing it. Music is an enigmatic phantom. A single song can mean something different to each ear listening to it and it is for that reason I’m body and soul about the music.

I still don’t know whether I got the job or not. I think I would be amazing at it and precisely because I am all about the music. When you have a passion for something, it shows. It comes across in your voice and, in my case, it’s quite apparent by my arms seemingly becoming unattached from my body.

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