The year was 1991 and Jason was already on his way to being a well-accomplished musician, but wanted to also explore other options within the music world. He always had a love for the entire hip-hop culture and soon became fascinated with the art of dee-jaying. His friend lent him his turntables and a few crates of records for a week and during that duration, he spent countless hours at home experimenting with mixing records. Dee-jaying came natural to him as his years as a musician made blending records easy. He taught himself the basic skills of a DJ and quickly realized he wanted to pursue a career in the art. It was during this time that J-Tyme was born. Shortly after getting his own equipment he began making mixtapes and giving them out to his friends. He started spinning at local house parties and his name quickly spread around town. When he enrolled at Shoreline Community College in the fall of 1991, requests for his mixtapes became more in demand and dee-jaying parties went from a hobby to a profession. In January of 1997, J-Tyme decided to attend Western Washington University in Bellingham to pursue his education. He was well aware of the lack of hip-hop in Bellingham and wanted to make a conscious effort to expand the nearly non-existent hip-hop scene. Seattle DJ, B-Mello, gave him the number of Jacque Cousteau, the hip-hop DJ on the campus radio station at the time. A few weeks after being up there, J-Tyme recorded a mix and gave it to him. Immediately, he was invited to sit in on Jacque's show and even covered his slot from time to time. After a few months, Jacque Cousteau stepped down and J-Tyme was chosen out of numerous applicants to fill the empty slot. In January of 1998, J-Tyme became the KUGS Urban Music Director and his show "Mass Appeal" officially hit the airwaves. His show was the main source of hip-hop for the residents in Bellingham and surrounding cities. For many people, tuning into his show quickly became a weekly ritual. As the interest in his mixshow grew, so did the demand for him to spin at local clubs. He was soon playing 2-3 nights a week in venues all over the Vancouver B.C and Seattle area. The urban scene in Bellingham has quickly risen since then and its safe to say that J-Tyme can be credited with helping in its tremendous turn-around time. J-Tyme quickly started to gain recognition not only locally, but also nationally as he has been profiled in industry trade magazines such as Gavin, HITS, Urban Network and The Network Magazine. He has also shared the stage with such artists as Souls Of Mischief, Pharcyde, Tha Alkaholiks, Rahzel, Raekwon, DJ Rob Swift, DJ Apollo, DJ Rectangle, DJ Vin-Roc, Ali Shaheed Mohammed, DJ Spinderella, Ras Kass, Masta Ace and The Blue Scholars. His hard work and perseverance has not gone unnoticed as he was chosen as National Hip-Hop College DJ of the year for 2001 by Urban Network. In October 2002, his mixing skills were showcased alongside those of DJ Kut (WWPR- NY, NY) and DJ Yoshi (WRNU- Newark, NJ) on LEEsentials Elements CD Vol. 1, hosted by K-Sly (KKBT - LA, CA) and brought forth by radio personality Lee Cadena and The Network Magazine. In 2003, he was nominated by Whats Up Magazine and The Bellingham Herald as favorite local dee-jay. J-Tyme graduated from Western Washington University in August of 2002 and the following year, he hung up his microphone after 5 years on the air at KUGS. After a year and half of spinning in clubs throughout the Seattle and Vancouver BC area, he is back on the air at KMIH FM- X104 for the Saturday Night Street Party from 8-10pm. Even with everything he has achieved, J-Tyme knows that nothing will become easier and with his hard work and determination, theres no doubt that he is destined to make an impact locally and nationally.
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I consider myself shy, but some people mistake that for being a jerk. I like to laugh and I like to make people laugh. Go figure. I'm a kid at heart. I'm outgoing, but I'm laid back. I consider myself easy going. I don't take myself too seriously because life is too short for that, but I do know how to handle my business when I have to. Finally and most importantly, I love my family and I love my friends. I'm blessed to be surrounded by such good people.
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