Yo,
Over the last ten years my pallet for Dance music has adapted over many genres of different electronic sounds. I started my love of Djing first with Hip Hop and rap, artists such as Biggie, Pac, Daz. Warren G, Wu-Tang, and many others. Simply using two Tape decks and an amp with home speakers, at 16y/o me and buddy would roll into as house party with a big brown couch and attempt to look cool (Undercuts and all), rolling trees and flicking the track back and forth.
From here my buddy and myself experimented with what I think was a very old version of Traktor, or maybe something else, just using his computer and the mouse, learning how to beat match and mix, I would sit in his computer room for hours, mixing the same tracks over and over, striving for the perfect mix, of course no one would know being so young then back in 1998/99, stoned on the couch I would run out of the room screaming, " Did you hear that, it was sick!!".. Having said that my boys always did support.
For the next couple of years I developed a tasted for Trance, Hard Dance and hard house, anything fast.. I was going to all the raves, candy raving my way around experimenting with different sounds, I wasn't djing so much as listening to the music and enjoying the mixes. I thought I had left it all behind, thinking that music should be focused on rather than playing other peoples music.
I lived in the UK for a year and my cousin introduced me to the turntables. He would spin Old school Breaks, garage and house.. I fell for the sound instantly. The Uk was going through I big Garage and break scene around this time, and I was desperate to learn how to use these Technics 1200's.. Quickly...
He showed me as much as he could, as I would watch in awe of him, he would have friends who would throw parties with decks set up, vinyl thrown everywhere, I loved it..
I was hooked when I flew back to Sydney, my mates hadn't even heard of Breaks, Garage or speed garage, I brought them into it and it was then just becoming known around the clubs in Sydney.
Another friend of mine owned decks, he had shown me his skills, and scratching techniques which in turn led me to the massive purchase of my first Turntables.
In all honesty, when I got them home, I couldn't even set them up, I was so confused, " My girlfriend at the time figured it out and made me feel so stupid".
From that day I practiced all the time, day and night..
Buying records was a strange feeling, though I fell in love with the ritual and the scene. Any chance I could get I would throw money at the records stores, my love for breaks was increasing though House was moving in fast..
Back then I hardly saw myself 10 years down the track booking gigs.
Electronic music is my lifeblood now, my everything in terms of music, I'm currently getting into my Indie/Dance big-time and always up for a party..
From here my buddy and myself experimented with what I think was a very old version of Traktor, or maybe something else, just using his computer and the mouse, learning how to beat match and mix, I would sit in his computer room for hours, mixing the same tracks over and over, striving for the perfect mix, of course no one would know being so young then back in 1998/99, stoned on the couch I would run out of the room screaming, " Did you hear that, it was sick!!".. Having said that my boys always did support.
For the next couple of years I developed a tasted for Trance, Hard Dance and hard house, anything fast.. I was going to all the raves, candy raving my way around experimenting with different sounds, I wasn't djing so much as listening to the music and enjoying the mixes. I thought I had left it all behind, thinking that music should be focused on rather than playing other peoples music.
I lived in the UK for a year and my cousin introduced me to the turntables. He would spin Old school Breaks, garage and house.. I fell for the sound instantly. The Uk was going through I big Garage and break scene around this time, and I was desperate to learn how to use these Technics 1200's.. Quickly...
He showed me as much as he could, as I would watch in awe of him, he would have friends who would throw parties with decks set up, vinyl thrown everywhere, I loved it..
I was hooked when I flew back to Sydney, my mates hadn't even heard of Breaks, Garage or speed garage, I brought them into it and it was then just becoming known around the clubs in Sydney.
Another friend of mine owned decks, he had shown me his skills, and scratching techniques which in turn led me to the massive purchase of my first Turntables.
In all honesty, when I got them home, I couldn't even set them up, I was so confused, " My girlfriend at the time figured it out and made me feel so stupid".
From that day I practiced all the time, day and night..
Buying records was a strange feeling, though I fell in love with the ritual and the scene. Any chance I could get I would throw money at the records stores, my love for breaks was increasing though House was moving in fast..
Back then I hardly saw myself 10 years down the track booking gigs.
Electronic music is my lifeblood now, my everything in terms of music, I'm currently getting into my Indie/Dance big-time and always up for a party..
You can find me and my Dj team at Tom Lee music during the day, or maybe I'll see you around the clubs and bars..
Peace
BjAze Out....
BjAze Out....
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