Bob Marley once said “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.†The moment I read this I knew this was my life motto. I was born and raised in Medway, Ohio. As a kid, I would keep to myself in my bedroom listening to the mix tapes I dubbed off the radio studying what instruments did what and how they worked together. Growing up my passion for music was my life. I learned to play many instruments and I have been in a few rock bands. The first time I heard a dj play was in 2001. It was actually Dj Venus, my partner in crime here at Club Masque. I had never heard dance music until then. There was a song out my Antoine Clamaran called “Get UP†that says “have you ever met those kind of people that don’t quite get it?†That night I got the passion and energy of dance music. I then moved to Tennessee for a year in 2002 during my freshman year of college. I took a job as the lighting tech at a small club in Johnson City, Tennessee. One night the resident DJ quit and I was thrown on the turntables and I haven’t stopped since. Now my whole life is music. The best feeling in the world, just like Bob Marley said, is when you get so lost in the music and it takes you to another level of consciousness and nothing else matters. What drives me is the connection with the crowd and being able to convey what I feel about the music to everyone on the dance floor. One of my goals at Club Masque is to break the mold of just hearing Top 40 all of the time. There are great dance songs being made everyday and I want to be able to introduce Dayton to them. Some of my biggest influences are Michael Jackson, Bad Boy Bill, JJ Flores, Steve Smooth, Incubus, Janet Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and David Guetta just to name a few. I’ve always described my style as House music with a heavy rock and R&B influence. Deejaying has given me the chance to travel to places I never thought I would go. I’ve been able to DJ all over the east coast and out west in Las Vegas. I started my career at Club Masque in May of 2005 as the lighting tech. I’m glad I had that job because it taught me patience and it helped me gain a following making it easier get my foot in the door to one of the biggest clubs in the nation. This is a big step in my life and I hope that it will be a launching pad for my career.
