TOM "SNEAKERFREAKS" SMEYERS
chicago - deep - funky - westcoast house music
visit my website : www.tomsmeyers.com
If you look for "Tom Smeyers" in a dictionary, you will find these words : Tom Smeyers [Tom Smijers]; chicago, deep, jackin, funky house dj also sneakerfreak. No ... stop the tape, let's get serious. =) Tom has made a musical journey for the past 10 years playing deep Detroit and Tech House stuff before ariving in Chicago. During these years Tom shared the dj booth with dj's like : Jerome Derradji USA, Funk d' Void ESP, Fabrice Lig BE, Massimo DaCosta BE, Pole Folder BE, Estroe NL, Marko BE, Shinedoe NL, Tony Rohr USA, ... (just to name a few). Tom played in several nightclubs and venues like Silo Leuven, Vooruit Gent, Decadance Gent, Zazou Lier, Den Hemel Zichem, The Zoo Hasselt & Largo Room Geel. He recently started a brand new Chicago house concept called "SneakerFreaks" during the summer of 2007.
listen to my latest liveset :
played alongside : funk d' void ESP, fabrice lig BE, jerome derradji USA, pole folder BE, estroe NL, shinedoe NL, tony rohr USA, magnus BE, ... and many more
venues : silo leuven, vooruit gent, zazou lier, decandace gent, casino blankenberge, largo room geel, the zoo hasselt, den hemel zichem, ...
homestudio :
apple mania : macbook pro (intel) 2.33 ghz 13" - powermac g4 dual 1.25ghz mirrordrive (out of duty) - powerbook 1.5 ghz 12" (out of duty) - imac g3 snow (trashed), ...
audio interfaces : digidesign mbox 2 pro - native instruments audio 8 dj - native instruments kore - motu 828 mkII
synth/drummachine mania : roland jupiter 8 (encore midi) - roland juno 106 - roland sh 101 - roland jp 8080 (sold) - roland e300 - clavia nordlead 3 (keys) - jomox xbase09 - yamaha rx7, ...
software mania : native instruments komplete 2, 3 4 and 5 - native instruments massive - native instruments kore - native instruments traktor dj studio 3 - native instruments bandstand - native instruments akoustik piano - apple logic pro 7.2 - apple logic studio 8 - pro tools le 7.3 - cubase sx3 - ableton live 5 - waves mercury bundle - sonnox bundle - urs classic compressors/eq's - ...
dj gear : rodec mx180 mk2 - technics sl1200 (x2) - pioneer efx500 - native instruments traktor scratch
personal details :
school / training : sae audio engineer diploma (12 months) - sae electronic music producer certificate (6 months) - designer print/web diploma (36 months) - galaxy studios (be) training (4 months) - dlm studio (be) training (6 months)
job info : pro audio sales & support (daw) - amptec (diepenbeek)
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