Lombardo

I'm what you get when you mix the cuddliness of a Cabbage Patch Doll with a teddy bear...then, add a dash of attitude of, say, Heathcliff, but with an edge...and all the elements of an oversized loveable bad boy...that's me.....LONG LIVE CORRUPTION!5/24/07: OK OK….I’m really not so good at this “profile tweaking” bit, but considering that this is the key to open doors that lead to promising and aspiring opportunities in the professional world of music, I figured I could sacrifice a bit of my time and give y’all a run-down of who I am, so I’m compromising my sleep time and I’m gonna try to make this shit interesting while I get my groove on. Born to Dominican parents, my ass wuz born and raised in glorious Woodside, Queens, NY. Funny to acknowledge that Queens is the birthcrib to some of my bigger influences inside music, especially hip-hop. I guess you could say that somewhere deep within the most inner realms of my often-misinterpreted DNA, I always had the musical buzz lurking around. I was always considered an outcast of some sorts, but I could always count on my music to get me by. Whether it would be the Spanish adult contemporary stuff Mom and GrandMa were into, or the hippie-isms of my uncle (he made me listen to Beatles, Stones, Led Zep, etc.), I’d always have some influence to draw upon. From that, to listening to radio 24/7 by the age of like 7 ‘n’ stuff, I kinda got the hang of it and the addiction of music flowing thru me. My first experience stepping into a discotheque was at 15 years old (risking getting busted all in the sake of curiosity!), when my neighbors invited me to this club a couple of blocks from home. While I was in this club, I was taken aback by the sounds of the music going non-stop, and took a peek inside the booth, and saw this dude just spinning records so near-flawlessly. It was commotional because, being the music lover that I am, I could picture myself venting out my emotions through the power of music. At THAT moment, that’s when I thought, “FUCK IT….THIS is what I wanna do!!!” I had gotten a run-down of what DJing was like a few years prior to that, so I somewhat had an idea. It wasn’t until 1988, when I was given a pair of turntables and a mixer, that I began to explore the art of DJing. How life takes its twist on things, that same dude I saw at that club is one of my best friends and one of my mentors in the DJ world, so props to him. Even though I started to bubble as a “bedroom DJ”, I never really sunk so deep into that because I always wanted to hone my skills in front of crowds. For me, that’s the best challenge. When you have a crowd of people sweating their asses off and vibing to your music, you get that tinge on your side that you just wanna let it all loose. It was after I moved out to the Dominican Republic at age 20 that I started to hone my DJ skill. I guess you could say that a lot of these Dominican cats felt somewhat threatened by this “chunky kid from New York” ‘cos I had muhfukkaz rolling with MY particular style. You see, when I worked in clubs in D.R., I went under a lot of pressure because of the mainstream-minded mentality that they seem to carry out. But see, I ALWAYS had the “edge”…I play what people wanna hear, but I manage to sneak in something of my own. It’s the psychological gameplan that drives you to chase your artistic ambitions. Because of this, people just don’t look at you as “just another DJ”…they consider you as “THE DJ”. I’ve tried lots of ventures. When clubs weren’t relevant to me anymore (at least in D.R., that is), I switched to strip clubs and did that for 10 years, thus my obsession with beautiful women. Yeah, I know what y’all are thinkin’…”who da fuc does this pudgy fat dude think he is? He ain’t even all that!” But I think it takes a lot of karazma (oops! charisma) to be somewhat loved and adored by many, and that’s saying a lot because I’m one shy bastard. If there’s someone who got game with chicks, it certainly is NOT me. So I seclude myself into my music, it liberates me. And people around me tend to get caught in my circle. For me, there’s a strong connection between women and music, and I’ve managed to intertwine both within my carrer. While I worked in strip clubs, the “rave” scene began to blossom late 1996 in the Dominican Republic. I juggled about in carrying out stripper shows, but I had my ear fixed on what was going down in that whole electronic world and tried to get as much as I could without giving up the “day job”. Up ‘til 2004, where I finally said, “OK, I’m going all exclusive in DJing, so fuck all that employment bullshit”. People kid me around all the time, saying “so you’re NOW into electronica?” The fact is, I ALWAYS was a DJ…I’m just expanding my knowledge to farther horizons doing what I do best. I got a stretch of sounds to play upon. Off the bat, I’m a house junkie and always will be, but I love to flirt with the “dark side of the force”, musically. I can soothe your soul with some deep vocal house on a beachy tip, or I can twist your senses banging out some techy groove or some nasty minimal. Depends on the crowd and my mood thereafter. In all this I keepz it housey, but I guess you should hear me out and make your own conclusions. Aside DJing, I also am getting my feet wet at producing…that’s one’s ticket to stardom. I also study French and computers, want to learn Portuguese and possibly German. The people that compromise my oft-entertaining Friends list are artists that I bounce to, some are personal friends of mine, lots of porn stars in hopes I get to meet at least ONE porn actress (Carmen Luvana, are you reading this???!!!), and interesting peepz that I hope to meet somedaysomeway…“Some just play music…some live their music...all I’m looking for is to FUCK YOUR HEAD UP….”