two thousand tree by djrawman@yahoo.com 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Culture Flash! You see a snapshot of hundreds of bodies, bouncing to the thundering music. The room is cavernous, the light dim. Your arms and feet freestyle to the throbbing rhythm. Suddenly, the rhythmic pulses taper off, and the melody overflows onto the dancefloor, fading away... The dj quickly drops the next song, and instantly everybody snaps into different motions. The bassline burrows into your chest, hypnotizing you into a moving trance... The culture of dj's, dance musicians, and "clubbers" inspires much of the new music being created today. Usually, the songs are recorded once by the musicians using electronic equipment, never to be performed live. Instead, dj's select these songs and put together dazzling live dance mixes by controlling turntables, CD players, effects units, and a mixer live in a club. In some clubs, the beat of the music controls a laser lighting system!