After taking a break last year, I plan to be back in Miami for the WMC this coming March. However please do not expect extensive coverage as in past years with party lists etc. as I will focus on bring you quality mixes and reviews.

Mike Fossati
"Spirit of House"

You might remember that beginning of the year I announced changes to Spirit of House, but actually only some of them were introduced. Reflecting the past year, I have to admit that I spent much more time on the site than initially planned which kept me from doing other things. Looking forward I decided it is finally time for these changes to make time for other important things in my life.

So again I'm going to announce changes, and be prepared that this time I will actually implement them:

• The fundament will be weekly updates (usually late Saturday) as you are used from the past
• These weekly updates will include mixes and reviews
• The amount of reviews will be limited (exceptions to be made only for important events such as the Winter Music Conference)
• The focal point will be on soulful vocal house, the tracky/techy stuff will get fewer space and no longer get dedicated update cycles
• Everyone that is using my reviews for any type of activity (e.g. quotes, mail outs, promotional texts) will have to add a reference such as "Written by Mike Fossati for Spirit of House (www.spiritofhouse.com)"

Happy new year to all my loyal followers and all the music lovers out there !!

Regards,
Mike Fossati
"Spirit of House"

With 2009 going to be over soon, wouldn't it be time to look back on the year? I won't do this right now, instead lets look what is still ahead for Spirit of House...

Expect another mixshow loaded with all the deeper stuff I got in the past few weeks, but unfortunately time does not allow me to do it before mid next week. Then there should also be some "Pour le Connaisseur" reviews around that time as well.

And while we will take a short break over the new year, you will still get some fresh mixes as we plan to upload one or two Classic Mixes.

Regards,
Mike Fossati
"Spirit of House"

Well, what a day it was... Had to start three times over to get the mix done as my Tascam CD-RW700 stopped recording in the middle, it the end I had to cut the pieces together on the PC. The unit is a couple of years old, either it doesn't like the brand of CD-R I'm using or its simply broken...

I planned to do another mixshow with all the deeper promos I got recently, but the delay caused by these issues didn't allow me to do it. No idea if I'll find time sometime soon... so basically I have around 20 promos not yet reviewed, including some bombs like

• Michele McCain presents Marivent Soul "All I can do" (Andy Ward & BSC Mixes)
• BSC "Ubatuba" (Louie Vega Remix)
• some exclusive unreleased tracks
• ...

UPDATE: I just went through the list of pending reviews and cut the list down radically - let's call it quality control...

Some asked me if I go to Miami for the "Winter Music Conference" next year. Things look good, you might indeed see me there...

Regards,
Mike Fossati
"Spirit of House"