"Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears - it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But for many...music is even more - it can provide access, even when no medication can, to movement, to speech, to life. For them, music is not a luxury, but a necessity."
- Oliver Sacks.
James Skyy was born in Sacramento, CA on July 20th. From the start it was inevitable that music would always be a part of his life. Having played classical and jazz piano for 10 years and violin for about 8 years; a passion for music was in his blood. Music came naturally to James and he needed it to live and keep life simple and uplifting.
James started DJing in November of 2005 after spinning at a college block party. Knowing nothing about DJing he stepped behind the decks and for the first time felt an amazing sense of power over how he could make people move to the music he was blaring. That night, James became hooked. One month later he had his own set of equipment and spent hours every day teaching himself everything he needed to know about how to DJ. No books, no how-to's. All James had were his decks, his mixer, his headphones, CDs, speakers and a drive to become the best psytrance DJ in the Bay Area. Just over two years later, James has been asked to spin outside the United States in places like Brazil, Russia, Japan, Canada and Germany. James is unstoppable. Nothing can stand in the way of his passion for music and bringing the music scene back to life. It's not for money, it's not for fame -- it's for the music.
In the midst of his passion for DJing, James Skyy is currently attending college with plans to transfer to Cal Poly University to obtain a Masters in Marriage/Family Counseling after receiving a Bachelors in Psychology, and a double Minor in Child Development and Marketing. So yes, James is that struggling, starving college student with a dying passion to make people dance. Help James keep the music alive so that the music scene doesn't die out!!
Notice: the music in the music player are recorded live from his DJ sets. He is a DJ and nothing more. He does produce music, but his produced work is not in his music player as of right now. Please do not take the music as his own, it will create unwanted legalities with the original artists. Thank you.
