The passing of an icon, Michael Jackson

July 7, 2009

I have lots of feelings today about the passing of MJ, as I'm sure many of us do. For my generation, there has been no one close to his impact culturally and musically - I remember getting his "Off the Wall" album and playing it over & over in my room. I remember programming my Sequential Circuits keyboard for just the right sound for the beginning of "Beat It". I remember Moonwalking at the school dance. As the world celebrates his life today, I hope we all can take a minute and really think about the contributions he made, and what he constantly kept striving to do. Sure he had some eccentricities - but who of us doesn't? I will miss knowing that you're around, MJ. And I am sad to know that we will never have the opportunity to work together, but I am glad for the friends of mine who have had the chance. Your legacy will live, here and beyond.