Deep, deep gratitude for Aaron's presence in the world - a Gun Ru legend. Thanks to Dreas and Jonny as well for opening up this space - hope to make it to the memorial bash.
2004... we all converged in Detroit from NYC, Chicago, Grand Rapids, etc. We all came together back then united by Soul Strut and our love for digging. We then road tripped up to Kevin's lake house in Canada. I don't get to do things like this any more. They are good times that I deeply miss... Memories I will cherish forever.
i'm glad his fight is over, but i'm crying over here
Too sad to even bring to words, but I will cosine that I have never known a more genuine and selfless human being. It is beyond tragic that such a great life was cut so short. RIP my dear friend.
Both sad & tragic. Anytime I hear news of young people getting cancer, it hits home. But the fact that we had mutual friends, he loved music, and also knowing that he stayed BEYOND POSITIVE AND BEYOND HAPPY ,while being aware of what was happening, really just makes this painful and totally unfair. No one deserves to go like that, and especially not like a guy him.
I would talk to friends about him, asking how he was and whatnot, and they all said the same thing "Dude is so nice/upbeat/never complains" and I would always get a tug of guilt knowing I would be upset at the most trivial things. I will always admire him for that, he had strength and joy in times where it's okay and normal to be weak and sad.
It is hard to process the feeling of losing someone you've never met, but the loss goes much much farther than me.
I haven't been on Soulstrut in a while but I just heard the news and I had to come on here and express my deepest condolences to the Soulstrut community and all of his many friends and the people who loved him. I never met Aaron in person but we exchanged a few records and PMs about Buddhist art and he pointed me (like many others) in the direction of some life-changing records. He was just a genuinely nice person.
I don't have much more to add than any of the previous posts but I know his loss is deeply felt here and around the world.
This is sad. Without knowing him, you could tell he was genuinely a funloving lighthearted dude with a great sense of humor and deep raer knowledge. RIP and my thoughts go out to his friends and fam.
I never had the good fortune of meeting Aaron, but always appreciated his contributions. I admired that he shared knowledge out of a sincere love of music and generosity of spirit rather than the typical collectro posturing. My condolences to his family.
Unfortunately, I never had the pleasure of meeting Aaron, but his Soul Strut handle and avatar remain familiar from the early days. One of my best friend's sisters died from brain cancer last year, also aged 30. It's gut-wrenching. My condolences to his friends and family. RIP.
I feel lucky to have met him. This news makes me very sad. He was a true gentleman with incredible taste. Peace and blessings to his loved ones.
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I'll need to read this thread when I'm home from work, but until then I'll cross post the pics I put up at waxidermy.
dollar_bin wrote: Goodbye, Aaron. I'll say more later, but I don't want to start crying at work. Until then, here's some pics of him behind the ones and twos, dropping raer for the folks.
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You will be missed Junior, be at peace.
RIP my friend.
2004... we all converged in Detroit from NYC, Chicago, Grand Rapids, etc. We all came together back then united by Soul Strut and our love for digging. We then road tripped up to Kevin's lake house in Canada. I don't get to do things like this any more. They are good times that I deeply miss... Memories I will cherish forever.
Too sad to even bring to words, but I will cosine that I have never known a more genuine and selfless human being. It is beyond tragic that such a great life was cut so short. RIP my dear friend.
Really great dude. Sad loss and I wish him peace.
may the brother rest in peace.
I would talk to friends about him, asking how he was and whatnot, and they all said the same thing "Dude is so nice/upbeat/never complains" and I would always get a tug of guilt knowing I would be upset at the most trivial things. I will always admire him for that, he had strength and joy in times where it's okay and normal to be weak and sad.
Strength to all his friends and family.
I haven't been on Soulstrut in a while but I just heard the news and I had to come on here and express my deepest condolences to the Soulstrut community and all of his many friends and the people who loved him. I never met Aaron in person but we exchanged a few records and PMs about Buddhist art and he pointed me (like many others) in the direction of some life-changing records. He was just a genuinely nice person.
I don't have much more to add than any of the previous posts but I know his loss is deeply felt here and around the world.
Really sad about this, have given his mixes a ton of burn over the years. And after reading this thread, sad to not have ever met the dude.
RIP
I remember convos on this and never heard back from him. Hope this trip happened. I remember him being a bit nervous and super excited.
Example: http://www.soulstrut.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/63346/
RIP
The mix Aaron did for Jazzman in 2010. http://www.divshare.com/download/13532926-2ee
As described by Aaron, "ice grill wu tang girl replete with 50-cent pimp cup and Ben Platano lp."