How did you first get started
in the music industry?
I first started DJing in about 1983, just
in my bedroom and stuff like that and just sort of progressed from
then.Ê I got decks, did mix tapes, and stuff like that.Ê As far
as the whole industry thing started, I didn't start getting gigs
until 1994, then someone accidentally got hold of one of my demo
tapes and I got a deal straight away which was all quite bizarre.Ê
So I wasn't really hustling or anything like that I was just messing
around with records like young lads do and it turned out alright.
So it wasn't that difficult getting into the
industry, it was kind of by accident?
Mmm yeah, I mean I was doing gigs and stuff
like that, and I knew I was good at what I did, but I didn't see
anyone else around me that was making a living out of it, I just
thought you stick with doing it as a hobby and then I started to
get a few bar gigs.Ê I think if I was trying I probably would have
been frustrated because I was Djing for over ten years before I
even got my first gig, it wasnÕt easy, but I wasn't trying. If that
explains anything!!
What was it that lead you into this area of
music?
ErmÉWhat area is that?
Well, What would you classify your music as,
what genre would you say it is?
I don't know, my music if programmed and uses
samples, so that immediately classifies it as programmed music I
suppose. Because of everything I'm into, I am obviously influenced
by my influences, and then I put a bit of my daft personality in
there, but there is so much I find it very difficult to describe,
I have no idea what the next thing I record will sound like.
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