ARVEE "THE CHAMELEON" ECO
"I DONT BLAME YOU FOR NOT APPRECIATING MY STYLE, IT'S JUST THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER"
Male
30 years old
5 Boroughs NYC / Belleville, NEW JERSEY
United States
Last Login: 1/5/2007
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Contacting ARVEE "THE CHAMELEON" ECO
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...: VESTAX PMC-07PRO / RANE TTM-52 / MACKIE DFX-12 :...
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::: ABOUT ME :::
I HAVE BEEN DJ'ING FOR 12 YEARS NOW AND I BASICALLY STARTED FROM SCRATCH [ NO PUN INTENDED ]. FROM THE FIRST BOOTLEG TURNTABLE AND MIXER MY OLDER BROTHER GOT ME, WHICH I BEGGED FOR ALMOST A YEAR I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE IN THE LEVEL I'M AT RIGHT NOW.
I WAS BORN IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES @ EARLY DEC. OF 1976 AND I HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED WITH MUSIC SINCE I CAN REMEMBER. AT THE AGE OF 4 MY FAMILY MOVED TO NIGERIA AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I CAN SAY I HEARD HIP HOP. THE VERY FIRST SONG I REMEMBER WAS "BASKETBALL" BY KURTIS BLOW. ALTHOUGH THIS SONG CAME OUT AT 1984 IT'S THE FIRST SONG THAT I CAN REMEMBER THE LYRICS TO. ASIDE FROM RAP I WAS INFLUENCED BY A MOVIE CALLED "BREAKIN" AND THE VIDEO OF "THRILLER" IN DANCING. AFTER SEEING THAT I USE TO PRACTICE MY POPIN' AND LOCKIN' SKILLS DAILY WITH THE HELP OF MY BROTHERS AS MY TEACHERS. I WAS ALWAYS THAT KID THAT'S DANCING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DANCEFLOOR AT GATHERINGS AND I WAS NEVER SHY TO BE ON THE SPOTLIGHT BECAUSE I COULDNT HELP MYSELF BUT ENJOY IT. AS THE YEARS WENT BY I LEARNED A BIT MORE ABOUT THE HIP HOP CULTURE BUT I WAS ALSO INFLUENCED A LOT BY POPULAR MUSIC. I HEARD A LOT OF BEE GEE'S AND ABBA 8 TRACKS IN OUR VW BEETLE DAILY [ THANKS MOM AND POPS ].
BY 1987 I MOVED BACK TO PHILIPPINES FOR 3 YEARS AND MOVED TO QUEENS,NY AT THE SPRING OF 1990. FROM THE FIRST DAY I ARRIVED TO AMERICA, I MIGHT HAVE ONLY BEEN 13 YEARS OLD BUT I KNEW THIS PLACE WAS THE MECCA OF THE HIP HOP CULTURE. THIS IS WHERE IT ALL STARTED AND I WAS JUST EXCITED TO BE LIVING IN THIS VERY CITY. AT FIRST I WAS IN A CULTURE SHOCK ON HOW LIFE IS SO MUCH DIFFRENT HERE COMPARED TO LIVING IN NIGERIA AND PHILIPPINES BUT I KNEW I FIT IN PERFECTLY IN THIS ENVIROMENT.
BY THE AGE OF 17-18 I GOT MY FIRST BOOTLEG TURNTABLE AND MIXER [THANKS BRO]. I WAS MIXING CASSETE SINGLES WITH WHATEVER RECORD I HAD IN THE HOUSE UNTIL I COULD ACTUALLY AFFORD TO GET RECORDS. I USE TO GO TO SCHOOL SO EXCITED FOR MY FRIENDS TO LISTEN TO WHAT I HAD MADE [ALTHOUGH WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT NOW IT SOUNDED TERRIBLE] BUT THAT DIDN'T BREAK ME ONE BIT. AT THE SAME TIME I WAS DOING TALENT SHOWS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL WITH MY BEST FRIENDS. I USE TO PRACTICE IN THE PARK BREAKIN' LATE AT NIGHT SO WHENEVER I WENT OUT TO THE PARTIES I CAN TAKE OUT ANY SUCKA! HAHA.
I CALLED MYSELF "THE CHAMELEON" BECAUSE FOR A FEW REASONS. I ADAPT TO MY ENVIROMENT, I DON'T WANT TO BE STUCK AS ONE CERTAIN THING AND I CAN IMITATE PEOPLE ON THE DANCEFLOOR AND RIP YOU APART IN THE SAME TIME. REGARDLESS OF THE REASON I ENDED UP SHORTENING IT TO "CAM.ONE" AFTER A FEW YEARS.
AS FOR MY DJ'ING CAREER, EVERYONE KNEW ME AS "THE DANCER"/"THE BREAKER" DURING THOSE DAYS BUT NO ONE KNEW I WAS TEACHING MYSELF TO DJ. SO WHEN I STARTED BEGGING PROMOTERS TO PUT ME ON NO ONE TOOK ME SERIOUSLY. BUT IN DUE TIME AFTER LETTING THEM KNOW I WOULD DO IT FOR FREE, THEY COULDNT DENY ME FOR LONG. JUST A FEW YEARS LATER I WAS DJ'ING WITH THE SAME PEOPLE I LOOKED UP TO JUST A FEW YEARS BACK AND STARTED GETTING THE RESPECT I DESERVED. FROM THERE I BEGAN DOING MAJOR PARTIES FOR DIFFERENT PROMOTERS IN ALL THE CLUBS IN NEW YORK AND LAYING SOME GROUNDWORK IN THE L.E.S. @ "BOB'S" FOR 4 YEARS TO "GOODWORLD" IN CHINATOWN TO "OPEN AIR/MORRISEY PARK" IN THE EAST SIDE.
ALTHOUGH NOW THAT I AM GETTING MORE FOCUSED IN GETTING A CAREER IN FINANCE AND BANKING I DON'T LET GO OF MY DREAMS TO BECOME FAMOUS. I STILL BELIEVE IT JUST TAKES TIME BEFORE SOMEONE WILL REALIZE THAT I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE IT TO THE TOP. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A LATE BLOOMER SINCE I WAS YOUNG AND BEEN LOOKED AT AS THE UNDERDOG SINCE I CAN REMEMBER BUT REGARDLESS OF WHAT PEOPLE THINK IT WILL NEVER BREAK MY LOVE FOR MUSIC AND ANY DIRECTION I TAKE.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I'M DEFINITELY NOT PERFECT AND I DO HAVE MY FLAWS. I TRY TO IMPROVE MYSELF FROM DAY TO DAY. SOME SAY I AM WORKING BACKWARDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL, BEING "A SQUARE" BACK THEN TO NOW SMOKING AND DRINKING... ETC. NOW THAT I JUST TURNED 30 I CAN SAY I HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT THE PAST 10 YEARS AND HAVE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF THINGS MOST PEOPLE CAN'T EVEN ACHIEVE IN A LIFETIME. FROM MOVING BACKWARDS I HAVE LEARNED HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AGAIN BUT DOING IT BETTER AS I HAVE EVER DONE BEFORE.
I'M NOT GOING TO LET ANYONE TELL ME I CAN'T DO SOMETHING, THAT JUST GIVES ME MORE FUEL TO PROVE THEM WRONG. I KNOW IN MY HEART WHAT I AM GOING TO BE GREAT AT AND IF I CAN'T BELIEVE IN MYSELF THERE IS NO REASON FOR ANYONE TO BELIEVE IN ME EITHER.
"IN LIFE, TO FIT IN YOU HAVE TO STAND OUT!"
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