I first became a fan of Moby when his hit album "Play" came out in 1999. Since then, I've been jammin to his tunes ever since. I first met him during his promotion of his last album "Hotel" at the W Hotel in West Los Angeles. It was put together by the W and Paper magazine. That night, he was so cool and humble. Flash forward about three years later, thanks to the magic of myspace. I found out about this event called Nissan Live Sets. If you all don't know what that is, it's basically a small intimate, oh and did I mention free?! Yes it was free! It's a free concert, brought to you by the people at Nissan and Yahoo, for the fans of the featured musician. For some cool reason, I answered a bulletin that Moby posted on the myspace. A few days later, I got an email and was chosen to go to the concert with a friend.
Talk about laws of attraction. I just bought his new cd "Last Night" which is a dance driven album. The album is great, and my favorite track on the album is a song called "Disco Lies." I was thinking that day that I really wanted to see Moby live again. One cool thing about life is that it is unpredictable. I was just finishing up my last year at college at UC Santa Barbara, Moby's popularity was at it's peak, and I bought a ticket for myself to see him live at the Santa Barbara Bowl, I was in the last row, no kidding, hundreds upon hundreds of feet away, but I still had the greatest time dancing and jamming out. Then I move to L.A. and my friend Jonathan had a "plus one" to see Moby play at the W Hotel, there I was within 20 feet of him. Then flash forward a few years later, and I am in the front row of Nissan Sets Live. Not only that, but one of the directors wanted me to be a part of the fan Question & Answer segment of the show. I was so stoked to do this. Not only was I seeing him live for free, front row, but I get to interview him, and we got VIP treatment. I felt really blessed.
Here is the Q & A segment of the Moby show. They edited me to be the first question but in reality I was the last. And just to let you all know, they gave me the question to ask him, so in a way it was scripted, but I feel like I got the best and most humorous question of them all. I hope you enjoy it!
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