I recently received this letter in the mail.  Unbeknownst to me, it looks like I was in the running to be voted in this magazine as "Best Local Club DJ," and won... I think, maybe, mmmmm...

The letter was addressed to my residence, and there are no other DJs who live here.  There's even a large sticker, and a frame-able poster.  The strange thing is that the name posted on the award was different from my name; I blurred out the name to protect the innocent, so to speak.  The name on there was completely ambiguous, and no one I've ever heard of.

I have a feeling that some of my clients, and fellow vendors may have put my name in for this award.  If this is the case, I am eternally grateful.  I seem to have a silent, but powerful group of people that support what I do.  It's like someone who votes in your favor at the secret ballot box when no one else can see who they voted for.  

In the end, I wouldn't have been able to accept this award because I'm not a club DJ per se.  Maybe that's why the organization made the name mistake on the award;  seems like a Freudian slip.  Either way, I love my silent supporters, and I know that they run the risk of being outcast by their collective because they've been forced to recommend their own group members.  Or, a competitor DJ might blow a fuse if they learn I've been recommended by a photographer or venue.  Either way, I know you are out there, and that is the award for me.

P.S. I received this letter AFTER the magazine was printed and issued... very strange.