ADAM GOLDSTEIN: DJ AM REST IN POWER
Adam Goldsteins passing seems to me at this point surreal like a slow motion dream of sorts. Not really sure what to make of it. I didn’t know Adam all that well but what I did know was that he was a sweetheart of a man who always had a hug and a smile and a kind word or two when we crossed paths. He helped a bunch of people I know get and stay clean and sober which I highly respected. He was also the best technical DJ I have ever seen hands down. He once DJayed Bill Spectors and my birthday 5 years ago and played the greatest Dante Ross set I have ever heard which might have been the highlight of a very uneven birthday. I was always psyched at how far he had taken the craft of DJaying, how far he had come as a artist and how well he handled himself. I dug how his sobriety was part of his being and seemingly was some of the inspiration for his DJaying prowess.
Whether or not you dug his style of DJaying, pre Serato he helped pioneer a genre of DJaying that is prevalent to this day. Post serato he was on steroids. The guy was a musical genius and he hooked up a lot of his fellow DJ brethren. He was a rock star as a DJ sans the attitude and ensemble cast. He was in actuality really down to earth no matter who he was seen in People magazine with. He was consistent something I value highly and something you don’t see that often. We all know his triumphant tale of redemption, his surviving a tragic plane crash last year that killed 4 people and his battle with weight etc,etc. He overcame all that and more and that’s why this loss is that much harder to stomach.
He was a good man end of story.
His loss is really tragic and unfortunately the media’s gonna turn it into some sensational baloney by the looks of it. He was cool with all DJays of merit from the big to the small and I literally saw him propel a few friends careers a few times. He was always supportive of the homies. I don’t think I ever heard him say a bad word about anybody. I always dug how selfless this was considering the cut throat world of DJ politics. He was for all purpose and measure the DJays DJay. No one could ever front on his skill level love or hate his selection and crowd. He also had a amazing sneaker game right up there with Emz, Bobbito and people like Ben Baller. Besides all that he was a really good dude, a true BBoy at heart, a culuralist and a progressive thinker as a musician. He will be missed immensely by his friends, his family and by people that didn’t know him at all ,people who met him once, who just heard him spin for a few minutes and DJays everywhere even if they don’t know it.
He also just plain shredded.
Adam you were loved and you will be missed. Thanks for the memories you were one of the greatest who ever did it!
Dante Ross
NYC
August 29th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
Thanks Dante
August 30th, 2009 at 8:26 am
REST IN POWER ADAM MICHAEL GOLDSTEIN.
August 31st, 2009 at 1:02 am
[...] Dante Ross: Adam Goldsteins passing seems to me at this point surreal like a slow motion dream of sorts. Not really sure what to make of it. I didn’t know Adam all that well but what I did know was that he was a sweetheart of a man who always had a hug and a smile and a kind word or two when we crossed paths. He helped a bunch of people I know get and stay clean and sober which I highly respected. He was also the best technical DJ I have ever seen hands down. He once DJayed Bill Spectors and my birthday 5 years ago and played the greatest Dante Ross set I have ever heard which might have been the highlight of a very uneven birthday. I was always psyched at how far he had taken the craft of DJaying, how far he had come as a artist and how well he handled himself. I dug how his sobriety was part of his being and seemingly was some of the inspiration for his DJaying prowess. [...]