Written by Dave Richards Friday, 09 December 2005 18:59
The Site
Tastyfresh.com is run by David Richardson and a volunteer staff of editors, writers and forum moderators. The goal of the site is to connect Christians who are interested in dance music with each other in a way that will help them to grow spiritually through encouragement and to discover, embrace and strengthen the talents God has given them so they may be used to his glory. Tastyfresh.com is more or less a training ground for practical application and a place for sonically artistic experimentation.
The Community
The Tastyfresh community has been around since late 1996. We just didn't know it back then as the site's messageboards didn't exist yet. Since then, the community has grown to more than 900 members with about 200 or more who post regularly. We had our ups and downs. We've loved on each other. We've wanted to kill each other. The bottom line is that we are humans first and Christians second. At times you will see us as perfect examples of Christians and at times we will seem like the worst of the worst. Regardless, we are striving toward some form of unity with Christ as the head and a goal of entering the club scene with our faith intact.
The Zine
When Tastyfresh first launched the site mainly had articles, interviews and an extensive music database. By 1998, the Christian dance scene had entered a dry spell. The zine was put on hold then and was replaced by the community forums. In 2004, the zine was relaunched and as of May 2006, more than 144 articles and interviews had been published.