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Entering the world of turntables, late night parties and crowd rocking in 1994 Dj G-Wizard started as a mobile Dj touring Sydneys backyards doing everything from birthdays to barmitzvahs! Today, G-Wizard still occasionally rocks the backyards and block parties. "No shit Im still doin the odd mobile gig these days, love the outdoors and it keeps me grounded".
Moving on together with an unconscious decision that would mould his career,
G-Wizard hit the club circuit in 1996 with residencies at Studebakers, Rogues, Coronation Hotel, Collector Hotel Parramatta, & guest appearances and other premier Sydney night clubs.
By 1997, it was clear that creativity and a need to experience the culture on an international level left G-Wizard with no choice but to explore practical ways to nurture his career in the music industry.
G-Wizard took residence Ohio, USA where he completed a recording & music engineering module at one of the most reputable music and engineering colleges in the USA REC-SHOP (RECORDING WORKSHOP) Ohio State. www.recordingworkshop.com Recording Workshop graduates since 1971 have been highly accredited and have moved on to work on projects for such talents as Stevie Wonder, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Outkast, Ludacris, Coldplay, Jewel, Dave Matthews, Audioslave, Puddle of Mud, Keith Urban, India Aria, Justin Timberlake, Nelly, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, N*E*R*D, and many more of todays biggest artists.
In 1999 he had made his way back to Sydney club scene playing a record number of guest spots, feature industry gigs and of course a lock-down of residencies.
2000 saw the year that G-Wizard would play at the Naughty By Nature afterparty in Sydney, and a series of Support gigs for the likes of Brian McKnight, Ruff Endz, Kci & Jo Jo and Kurtis Blow at there Sydney shows. Since then he has played major shows with artists and opened for artists including GURU, Craig David, Old schoolers - SugarHill Gang, and Scribe.
Music production became a priority as DJ G-Wizard had been presented the opportunity to remix songs for local artists signed to major labels and also working on his own mix cds. It wasnt long after that a recording & engineering facility out of his mums garage dubbed THE KITCHEN was established and in full effect. G-Wizard continued working with locals cutting demos, remixing & mastering, working on radio advertisements for agencies and anything else associated with recording and manipulating music. "
"2000 was the year shit got heavy again getting back into resident club gigs This was the year I did the infamous switch from Vinyl to CDs. For a mobile Dj, this was the wisest thing I ever did technology was getting ahead of me and the machines that were comin out just freaked me out!"
Whilst still maintaining a huge collection of vinyl and keeping his mixing techniques G-Wizard decided to store the vinyl and explore the features of the new age professional DJ cd players.
By the end of the year G-Wizard had teamed up with a friend and started REQUEST Magazine. Sydneys premier Hip-Hop/R&B/Urban Street press magazine.
As Publisher of REQUEST magazine - Sydneys premier and only URBAN street press mag (at the time of est.), this opened many doors of course and created opportunity for G-Wizard to spend time with some of the most influential names in the music industry. Public Enemy, Pharrell of NERD (The Neptunes), Snoop Dogg, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce & Kelly Rowland of Destinys Child, Nelly, Jurassic 5, NAS, Ice T, Nate Dogg, Chingy, Shaun Paul Ja Rule, Xzibit, Kelis, RZA of the Wu Tang Clan, J-Wess, De La Soul, Black Eyed Peas, 50 Cent & G-Unit; are just a few of the long list of mainstream artists that G-Wizard has rubbed shoulders with.
However the administration and overall involvement in the media aspect of the industry wasn' G's forte, with his creative juices busting out and his creative input being highly requested by major labels. Whether it be engineering, compiling, programming, mixing or mastering titles based on his trusted ear for professional sound output.
In 2001 G-Wizard teamed up with another Sydney Dj to mix a cd for Universal Music Australias Urban Hymns volume 3 cd. (Over 40,000 sold). Yes! And it is true to say that this was the first Australian Urban Mixed-Cod concept to hit the shelves.
Following this release G-Wizard worked with SHOCK Records to put out Request Volume 1 - an urban release to coincide with the magazine & movement toward the growth of urban music in Australia and its influence on the pop charts.
In 2002, G-Wizard worked with Jive-Zomba to successfully clear a Request Magazine - JIVE Sampler compilation as a promo for the magazine and Zombas urban releases at the time.
The SuperKuts Volume 1 release in 2004 was the next big cd release fully engineered, mixed, edited as well as mastered by G-Wizard on the SHOCK Records Label.
This was the first installment of a two part compilation deal which saw G-Wizard mixing up tracks from the biggest artists in hip-hop and with no limits! Artists included on the Cd included Lil Jon, Outsidaz, Eminem, 2Pac, Dr Dre, Busta Rhymes, Wu Tang Clan, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Outkast, Nas, Missy Elliot, NERD and heaps more.
SuperKuts Volume 2 was released at the end of 2005. Check out the Shock Records website to view more info on the product and up and coming releases.
Superkuts saw DJ G-Wizard embark on a national club tour in 2005 in support of Superkuts Volume 2 that includes over 20 dates in Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Cairns, Newcastle and Perth throughout August and September. Media coverage included radio and television campaign with G-Wizard's profile lifted to being recongnised in every state in Australia with rave reviews in New Zealand.
DJ G-Wizard has collaborated many artists and Djs - engineering, programming, editing, recording, remixing and mastering their own releases. With Executive Producer Credits on The RNB Superclub cd series, through Warner Music Australia the Cd series boasts over 140,000 cds sold with 3 of the titles achieving gold status. Volume 5 hit the shelves July this year (2006).
March 2007 will see The highly anticipated RNB Superclub Volume 6 release - the first title Warner Music Titlle fully mixed and engineered by G-Wizard with Def Rok. With G-Wizard Heading the release and National tour accross Australia and NZ.
Today G-Wizard is maintaining a balance between resident and guest spots, traveling across Australia, working on a number of projects ensuring he gets enough hours in the studio.
Recenlty as part of the crew at The Edge 96.1 DJ G-Wizard was heard throughout 2007 mixing it up every day at 6pm and every saturday night from 9pm along with The Edge Mix Masters, on 96.1FM Sydney Australia.
The doors to his and Dj Eko's studio dubbed EMRALD CITY were opened in Sydney Metro NSW. More info available at www.djgwizard.com.
BattleStar - G-Wizard and Dj Eko's Label recently established. Check out mypsace.com/battlestar to hear some beats and info on current projects.
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