Hey Mr DJ: Ready To Play?

Did You Always Want To Be A DJ?

Growing up, from the age of nine to 15, I always wanted to be a pilot. Then I started high school, went to Cornwall College where I did an engineering course because I loved drawing, too, and did technical drawing. I was so good at technical drawing that I got the second-highest mark in Cornwall county for that year, 1993. So it was either engineering or architecture. But then I met a friend, Jason Russell. His father owned Pier One, so we started hanging out, going to Pier One and began getting interested in music. I started playing there from 1992 and I haven't looked back since. Music just captivated me.

How Do You Know When You Have Captivated The Audience?

I know my audience is mine when my crowd is moving, singing and dancing.

Do You Like Taking Requests?

I like to take requests, but it all depends on the time. If you ask me for a request and I can fit it in the set because it goes with what I'm playing then I'll definitely go ahead. Pleasing my audience is always number one. If I can't play it and it's way out, I will let them know and ask them to request another one. All about making them happy.

Do You Get Approached

By A Lot Of Females?

Whenever I'm playing I'm always catering to the ladies, so I always get approached by a lot of the ladies. They'll ask for pictures and big me up. To me, that is a good move, it's shows that I'm pleasing the ladies.

What Has Been Your Most Awkward Moment Playing?

I was playing at the National Stadium one time for Red Stripe. They were launching something big. I was playing on the radio before, left the radio station to play there, and in the middle of my set, my computer just died. Not talking about the battery, the hard drive went dead, couldn't turn on. It was embarrassing on such a platform because everybody was looking forward to hearing me play, and I couldn't even explain it until later when I went to a specialist who told me that it was the hard drive that had crashed.

What Do You Do When The Crowd Doesn't Respond To What You're Playing?

I keep on trying, I experiment until I catch them. I always catch them by the end of the set. Sometimes it's not you. Sometimes it's just the place, it's the people's vibe, it's the sound. It could be a lot of things but you have to try your best as a deejay, and for me, I try my best sometimes to change it up and give them a few things until I find it.

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