Renamed. Remixed. Relaunched: The Transformation Into The Loop

It's pretty easy to see that there has not been too many updates on this site recently. Reason is that I am currently working on another complete relaunch of the site. A total transformation. Basically, I have grown sick and tired of the current dynamic of the site. I have been stuck in the realms of being simply a "blog" for far too long, unsure how to approach things in this new blog/social networking web culture. After racking my brain for a while, and after some time of rest and relaxation, the ideas started pouring like Niagara Falls.

In the past 8+ years of doing this site, I have represented the works and then legacy of the great J. Dilla, while showcasing the best of Detroit urban music scene. The site has very much mirrored my life for all those years. When things were good in my life, it showed by the amount of content being posted on the site. When my life was down, you seen this site ignored at times. This is an important concept. As I am currently growing into another phase of my life, a new beginning you could say, its time for a new fresh outlook for the site while culminating everything thats been good about this site and my life in the past.

In doing so, I have decided that upon relaunching, the site will be getting not only a graphical facelift, but a new name and updated focus. The new name of the site will be The Loop Detroit, named after my column in Real Detroit Weekly that I wrote from 2003-2006. That was a great time in my life and will fit nicely into the new phase of this site. Don't worry. Renaissance Soul will site be around. I have an amazing idea how to incorporate it within the site that I will share with you later. There will still be a blog section on the site were I'll post small tidbits and what not, but the main focus of the site will become a much more journalistic approach, returning to how I did it in my days at Real Detroit Weekly. I just feel for me to be satisfied about this site, I need to CREATE more my own content for it to truly be mine. I need to have my heart back into the work presented on this site.

I have more announcements about the direction of the site to come. I don't want to let all the cats out of the bag. Please stay tuned. I think its going to be amazing times to come. - KF