Why I love disco/dance music

[discodoc]

I wanted to comment and get feedback from all of you on why I love disco/dance music. I consider myself to be a promoter of the Dance Music genre, from the 70's through today. Even though we may have gone from disco to new wave freestyle to hi-nrg to house to techno to trance (and MANY other styles & eras), bottom line is, they are ALL dance music! Some say that disco died, but I prefer Bernie's take: "It just evolved." I love to mix in the old with the new because it helps the younger generations who know nothing about music over 5 yrs old (or 5 months in many cases) to realize that there is a wealth of incredible music to be rediscovered from the past 30 years, and that maybe the disco era isn't really as ancient as they might have thought! There are some classic disco tracks that sound right at home on today's dancefloors ("Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood" pops immediately to mind). There were some VERY innovative songs 10, 20 & 30 years ago, made by some true visionaries. Likewise, I continue to study and collect today's dance music, because it at it's core, it is built from the same strong melododic rhythms that were at the foundation of it's disco forebears, and still has the same extreme creativity and those addictive beats! Mixing of dance music is an art all of it's own that was begun and perfected by Dance DJ's, and is still nearly exclusive to our genre. What I'm out to prove is that dance- not rock, hip hop or any other past or future contender is the most creative, versatile, fun, innovative and utterly cool music in the world! :P
-discodoc