A.I.M. ME AT DJAYORIONTHERES NOTHING BETTER THAN BEING ABLE TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING KNOWING THAT WHAT YOU DO MAKES OTHER PEOPLES DAYS BETTER AND BRIGHTER.THERES A LANGUAGE THAT I SPEAK THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WITHOUT ME EVEN OPENING MY MOUTH. ITS BEYOND WORDS. ITS MOVEMENT. ITS ENERGY. ITS SOUND. ITS HOUSE MUSIC.
MY NAME IS DJ ORION. CLOSE FRIENDS AND FAMILY CALL ME MIKE OR MIKEE. IM 27 YEARS OLD. I LIVE IN HUNTINGTON BEACH AT THE MOMENT. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LA QUINTA CALIFORNIA. WHICH IS A SMALLER CITY JUST OUTSIDE OF PALM SPRINGS. I CAME FROM A SMALL FAMILY WHICH CONSISTED ONLY OF MY PARENTS MY YOUNGER SISTER, VANESSA AND MYSELF. MY PARENTS WERE VERY HARDWORKING INDIVIDUALS WHO TAUGHT ME THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKING FOR WHAT YOU WANT.HIGH SCHOOL WAS A PIVOTAL TIME IN MY LIFE. IT WAS WHEN I FOUND OUT WHAT I WAS SUPPOSE TO DO WITH MY LIFE. I FIGURED OUT WHAT MADE ME HAPPY AND I ALSO FOUND OUT HOW I COULD USE THAT TO GIVE BACK TO OTHERS. I BECAME A PERFORMER. DANCING, ACTING, SINGING. IT WAS MY HIGH SCHOOL LIFE.THIS LED ME TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS SOON AFTER. I WENT TO CAL STATE FULLERTON AS A THEATER/DANCE MAJOR. I LOVED MY TIME THERE, BUT I SOON REALIZED THAT ALL I WAS GOING TO BECOME WAS A TEACHER BY STICKING WITH THIS PROGRAM. SO I MADE A DECISION TO DISCONTINUE SCHOOL AND REALLY GO AFTER WHAT I WANTED...TO PERFORM...
I ATTEMPTED TO ACHIEVE ONE OF MY CHILDHOOD DREAMS WHICH WAS DANCING A DISNEYLAND PARADE. IT TOOK A FEW ATTEMPTS, BUT IN THE WINTER OF 2000. I WAS CAST AS GEPETTO IN A "CHRISTMAS FANTASY PARADE". IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME. AND AGAIN I FELT THE IMPORTANCE OF MY PERFORMING FOR OTHERS. IT MADE MY DAY...AND IT MADE SMILES APPEAR ON THE FACES OF CHILDREN. THERES NOTHING BETTER THAN WATCHING A CHILDS FACE LIGHT UP WHEN YOU MERELY SMILE AND WAVE AT THEM OR GIVE THEM A HI-5. ITS TRULY PRICELESS. SOON AFTER CHRISTMAS PARADE I WAS PART OF THE OPENING CAST FOR EUREKA! THE OPENING PARADE AT DISNEY'S CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE. AS WELL AS A COUPLE COMMERCIAL SHOOTS FOR THE GRAND OPENING AS WELL.WHILE I WAS DOING THIS, I WAS ALSO GOING AFTER ANOTHER DREAM I HAD. I WANTED TO BE A DJ. I KNOW I KNOW "EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A DJ". BUT I REEEEEAAAALLLY WANTED TO BE A DJ. IT STILL STAYED ALONG THE LINES OF PERFORMING, BUT IN SUCH A DIFFERENT WAY THAN NO ONE IN MY HOMETOWN COULD UNDERSTAND. ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT MIXING MUSIC IS THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN IN MY GENES. IT CAME NATURALLY TO ME. I JUST NEEDED TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHICH DIRECTION I WANTED TO TAKE THIS IN.........FAST FORWARD...... ITS NOW 2008 AND I HAVE PERFORMED AT SOME OF THE SWANKIEST, WELL KNOWN VENUES AND EVENTS IN CALIFORNIA.I'VE DJ'ED AT THE ABBEY, SAN DIEGO, FIRE ISLAND, LONG BEACH. THE GROVE AT ANAHEIM, ANAHEIM STADIUM, THE MIGHTY DUCKS TRAINING FACILITY, LONG BEACH PRIDE FESTIVAL FOR 3 YEARS, AS WELL AS PARTIES SURROUNDING THE PRIDE EVENT. BOAT CRUISES THROUGH NEWPORT BEACH HARBOR, IVE ALSO WORKED PRIVATE PARTIES FOR THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY. ETC ETCMORE RECENTLY I HAVE PLAYED AT CIRCUS DISCO AND THE VANGUARD IN HOLLYWOOD, JOSEPHS, CLUB VEGAS IN COSTA MESA, CLUB ROC IN COSTA MESA. ETC ETC. I COULD SURE USE SOME HELP IN MAKING MY DJ CAREER A MORE CONCRETE PART OF MY LIFE. I AM LOOKING FOR REPRESENTATION AND/ OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENCIES. MY WEEKENDS ARE FREE. SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY LEADS... I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
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