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Thank you my friends, but this is goodbye

Конечно. Вот перевод вашего прощального сообщения на русский язык, сохраняющий теплоту и уважение к сообществу PromoDJ:


Прощальное письмо

«Я был частью сообщества PromoDJ очень долгое время. За эти годы я вложил всю душу в каждый гигабайт музыки и каждый микс, который загружал сюда. Это была целая эпоха, наполненная творчеством и общением, но сегодня глава "Guido’s Lounge Cafe" на этом ресурсе подходит к концу.

Я хочу выразить особую, искреннюю благодарность создателям и команде PromoDJ. Я глубоко уважаю вас не только за создание этой платформы, но и за те личные усилия, которые вы прилагали в последние несколько лет, чтобы помочь мне остаться здесь. Ваша доброта и готовность поддержать мой канал в трудные времена значили для меня очень много. Спасибо вам за всё, что вы сделали, чтобы моя музыка жила на этом сайте.

Я также хочу поблагодарить тех невероятных друзей, которые помогали мне финансово. Ваша щедрость позволила мне оставаться здесь дольше, чем я мог бы себе позволить в одиночку. Однако я пришел к моменту, когда совесть больше не позволяет мне принимать эту помощь; чувство вины стало слишком тяжелым, и я не могу продолжать в таком ключе.

Помимо личных трудностей, состояние дел в мире наложило тень на ту радость, которую раньше приносила мне эта платформа. Я никогда не думал, что это пространство, созданное для музыки и сотрудничества, будет затронуто войнами или теми глупостями, что происходят сейчас в мире. К сожалению, эти проблемы умеют портить всё удовольствие. В таких обстоятельствах мне стало слишком сложно сохранять тот музыкальный дух, который я хотел нести.

Я буду очень скучать по всем вам — моим друзьям, коллегам-диджеям и всем, с кем мне довелось сотрудничать. Нам было очень весело вместе, и я всегда буду дорожить этими воспоминаниями. Всё хорошее когда-нибудь заканчивается, но я надеюсь, что в будущем мировые проблемы разрешатся и мир вернется к спокойствию. Если этот день настанет, я обязательно постараюсь вернуться. А пока я желаю вам всего самого лучшего. Пожалуйста, будьте добры друг к другу и наслаждайтесь музыкой.

С уважением и благодарностью,

Guido (Guido’s Lounge Cafe)

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I have been a part of the PromoDJ community for a very long time, and over these many years, I have poured my heart into every gigabyte of music and every mix I’ve uploaded. It has been an era defined by creativity and connection, but today, that chapter for Guido’s Lounge Cafe is coming to an end.

I want to give a very special and heartfelt thank you to the creators and the team behind PromoDJ. You have my utmost respect, not just for providing this platform, but for the personal effort you’ve made over the last few years to help me stay here. Your kindness and your willingness to support my channel during difficult times have meant the world to me. Thank you for everything you have done to keep my music alive on this site.

I also want to thank the incredible friends who stepped in to help me financially. Your generosity allowed me to stay longer than I ever could have on my own. However, I have reached a point where I can no longer accept that help in good conscience; the weight of that guilt has made it impossible for me to continue.

Beyond the personal struggle, the state of the world today has cast a shadow over the joy this platform once brought me. I never imagined this space—built on music and collaboration—would be touched by war or the 'stupid things' happening globally, yet those problems have a way of spoiling the fun. It has become too difficult to maintain the spirit of the music under these circumstances.

I will deeply miss all of you—my friends, my fellow DJs, and everyone I’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with. We had so much fun together, and those memories are something I will always cherish. All good things must come to an end, but I hope that in the future, these global problems will resolve and the world will find its way back to a more peaceful place. If that day comes, I surely hope to return. Until then, I wish you all the very best. Please, stay good to one another and keep enjoying the music.

With respect and gratitude,

Guido (Guido’s Lounge Cafe)

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yesterday 12:46
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Guido’s Lounge Café - Changes announcement

Hello dear friends,

 

I hope that this message finds you all well, I have news, please read on;

 

Those that have been with me all the way on my musical journey will know that I've been creating weekly mix’s and much more for about 12 years now and overall, this remains a pleasure.

 

However, after so many years of making sure that every week there’s a broadcast as well as the monthly broadcasts of my 2 hour ‘In The Zone’ mix’s, my web radio host work +++ frankly, my own enjoyment has taken a hit as there is so much work and time demands which are now impacting my own musical pleasure and lifestyle... this is something that I will not allow so I need to make changes.

 

These changes will give me more time back. I don’t mind working hard and with music it’s always a pleasure, but I need more time to ‘breathe’ again so these changes will facilitate that.

 

The time has now come so I am going to implement changes as follows:

 

Firstly, I'm going to stop the weekly broadcasts of Guido’s Lounge Café as well as monthly broadcasts of  the ‘In The Zone’ series.  I want the pleasure I have in mixing to become what it was originally, a deeply personal hobby that I enjoy curating so much. To get back to that I'm going to take a step back from all of this.

 

Rest assured that I will not be stopping completely but from this point on, I will upload mixes at my own leisure as crucially, this gives me the time back to make more considered mix’s across different genres, mix themes as well as ‘story’ mix’s (which are my favorites to produce btw).

 

Essentially, I want the time pressure off me so, I'm still going to produce my mixes but not on a weekly basis. I really don’t know how often I will upload the mixes so we will see but the bigger point is that the time has come to think a little more about myself and my family time. The mixes I will be producing will be different as they will be longer, even more considered as I have that time back as well as higher quality. Then I will make the special editions, this is how I will proceed from January ‘22

 

I’m confident that all of you will understand and I’m also sure that there are some who will not like buy hey, cie la vie, it’s my life and it must work for me or else, the pleasures dissipate, and I cannot allow that because of the sheer pleasure that music gives me, THAT is at the core of these changes, I’m confident that all music-lovers will understand this sentiment.

 

To my Select listeners; Hang in there please, more quality is coming!

I want to thank you all for the trust you have put in me all those years and we will stay in touch for sure.

 

To the Artists and Labels; keep sending me music! I will still produce my mixes, but now in a higher quality and with special one-off theme mixes as well

 

To the Radio stations; I’m sorry my friends, we had a great time, maybe I will come back with another structure once I have achieved my primary objective of getting more time back in my life, lets see.

 

Finally, thank you all for your ongoing support as I make these changes of which I’m very confident, will take my work and the GLC brand to new levels as I am also in discussions with other creative professionals and other parties regarding an expansion of the whole GLC brand overall...more to come in due course…watch this space my musical friends and associates. Who knows the future…there could be a real-world Lounge Café with myself and rotating guest DJ’s in your own country dear reader... ?.

 

Forward, onwards and upwards! Time to live again everyone, music is the way

 

Peace, love and music

Guido van der Meulen

 

Guido’s Lounge Café

In The Zone

 

www.guidosloungecafe.com
guidoslounge@gmail.com

https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?c=1327750

https://www.facebook.com/GuidosLoungeCafe
https://www.facebook.com/groups/guidosloungecafe/
http://www.mixcloud.com/Jazzmo/

https://twitter.com/Guidoslounge

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/guidosloungecafe

 

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4 December 2021 6:35
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