How long have you been DJing? I started DJing back in 1996

How did you get started? Both my brother and i were into Jungle / DnB... and my brothers birthday was coming up. So he decided that he wanted to be a DJ. So he was only allowed the cheapest ones for his birthday, and he opted for a set of Soundlab DLP 1600s & a DSM 5 mixer. And then his birthday came, he opened up the boxes, but infact, there was only one Soundlab DLP 1600 deck, the other was exactly the same, just a different name...

anyway, he set em up, and played with em for a few weeks, then got bored, packed em up, and put em in the Spare room. One day, i got bored, and decided to read through an old copy of Dj mag...and this got me back into the feelin of being a Dj. So i headed for the spare room, set em up, and played. Back then i thought i was the god of Djing, and it wont be long before my millions start to roll in...but i soon realised that my mixing skills were lacking something... hmm, what was it... oh yeah... SKILL!... anyways, i kept on practicing, and i was still shite, but i kept at it cos i loved it... and then the mixer started to wear out..

I got my first break at the end of 1998...at this stage, i could mix properly, and i was handin out tapes while i was at college, i gave a tape to my mate, Rob, who passed it on to his mate, who was a Club Promoter... one evenin when i got back from college, i got a phone call from this club promoter, askin if we could meet up, so i met him, and he told me about this club night he had set, and he needed an extra DJ, and he wanted to give me a go...which was cool...so i played out at this club, there was about 100-150 people there, and they enjoyed the night...and so did i...and that was my first break!...

since then, my DJin career has been pretty quiet, ive played in a few clubs, and over the internet, courtesy of Kurly D & www.uk-garage.co.uk...

Since then, ive played at a few clubs and bars around my way. Ive also done a few radio shows on Supreme 96.1 & 2G Fm. But now im on the lookout for something a bit bigger!

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