DJ NOK DIGITAL: AN UNSUNG HERo

The night was slow. I knew and was advised as usual that we were going up against another hyped event in Tempe..this night it happened to be the Porn Awards. My stomach was gurgling, due to fact that i just realized i put to much money out on this event  but I can’t help but to follow my instinct. Deep down inside of me, I have a drive that pushes me to the creation of an art and music scene in the fifth largest city in the united states. I had given up the avenue of doing events in the hope of gaining a momentum that would kick off the domino effect in the city’s venue’s. This one...this one is different, i told myself. It had all the elements that could result in that perfect venue. The one that would set us on the way. I looked at son’s face and I saw the look that has grown to common. My wife as loving and intelligent as she is backed my crazy plan one more time. March 3,2012 9:00pm were off..... As the night grew and a hint of the same old results as before: a new venue, new owners, struggling growth but everyone is eager. This is the most important step. The start and i knew where it was going but it was a different feeling. Everyone that said they would show, showed. As I sat down at the table to talk with DJ 812, DJ Halcyon, 17old edm prodigy, held the floor into the third hour ,do to a DJ no show. Rob playing with his creation of lazors and lights, Dj Dark Vadar, making sure the sound was good to go. Eli and Martha Palacios in the background. Dj Zapata, Luke Dorsett and Robots vs Zombies at the outside stage. My son enduring his nagging cough. Me dreaming about the day that we know our acheivment has been born. And out of the shadow of the front door walks in a presence, One i know, One i am familiar with but very different......oh, that's Nok D.

The moment I saw him, it hit me, He just lost his mother recently but not more than a few weeks later he lost he infant baby girl. His wife walked in behind him and here i was feeling like an ass because i didn’t expect that response in me. The audacity of me to ask him to spin, even though he really wanted to. So, for me to even feel the slightest remorse for doing this show, i was ashamed of myself. It hit me there and then. Who the fuck am I to even entertain the idea of quitting. Of feeling overwhelmed and tired. When I was looking straight into the eyes of the reason why I do this effort ,so relentlessly. For Him and everyone of the artists like him in AZ, who so dedicated to their art, they surpass the pain of the most horrifying nightmare that any parent, let alone these young parents to endure. I was immensely proud of him, as he carried the weight of his sorrow like a hero that carries the weight of his calling. And absolutely blown away by how his music matured to a level of amazing. In his sorrow he still had the ability to make people dance but not just dance, celebrating like when a hunter brings home a feast to the village, like the love of life surrounding this unsung hero and embracing him, nurturing him protecting him and claiming to the world…......and the beat goes on!!!!!!! To DJ NoK Digital, my friend, you have surpassed that level of being a DJ. You are an artists and the Phoenix Underground salutes you!!!

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