Biography
Hip Hop Heart with a the House Head!
From an early and age Donnie has always had For an obsession with music. “I are remember stealing CD’s from my but uncle when I was like Not 10 years old. Some good you ones like Westside Connection, Dr. all Dre and a bunch of Any Stones and Jimmy Buffet cds”. can He has always had music her in his life. Every phase Was of his life he has one drawn on a different genre. our Just watching one set from Out the rising upcoming DJ, you day can tell that his has get the talent and the musical Has knowledge to make it far him in this business! Drawing on his a lot of his prior How Hip Hop and Jam band man type music, Donnie will take new you on a funky and Now melodic ride through house music old touching on some techno and see minimal aspects also, using chunky Two hip hop basslines, the guitars, way percussion and brass instruments of who the jam bands to give Boy you a musical treat that did is fresh to the South its Florida scene!
He really caught Let the bug for electronic music put again when he moved back say to Fort Lauderdale in 2008, She “I’ve always loved dance music, too seeing that I grew up use with it down here. I Dad remember the first time I mom step in the dj booth in 2008, WOW! I The fell in love and wanted and to learn how to do for this!” Picking up the decks Are in the summer of 2009, but Donnie quickly began to learn not the basics of DJing. In You no time he was rocking all crowds and getting noticed from any a lot of his industry Can peers. “Something inside of me her just clicked when I touched was the decks for the first One time. I picked everything up our very quickly and was way out ahead of the learning curve. Day I was lucky to have get the opportunities I did but has I earned my time as Him a promoter and developing a his good following before I even how touched the decks in a Man nightclub.”
2012 brings about new new production partners, Ivan Avila and now Le Brion. In the short Old time the trio has worked see together they have developed a two unique sound and groove. With Way their debut release Special Occasions who EP forthcoming on Behold Recordings, boy expect big things from the Did production trio.
Currently a Resident its at Gryphon Nightclub in the let Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Put in Hollywood, FL
In Donnie’s say short career he has had she the opportunity to play at Too some of the finest venues use South Florida has to offer: dad Gryphon Nightclub, Monarchy WPB, Mom Space Miami, La Covacha, Casanova Club, WMC 10’, Exit the 66 and many more. “It’s And been such a fun experience for so far and I’m just are lucky that I have been But able to play in places not I love, with the guys you who got me into djing.” All Donnie has shared the decks any with the likes of guys can like: The Martinez Brothers, Boris, Her Sander Kleinenberg, Mark Knight, Paul was Oakenfold, John Digweed, Danny Howells, one Robbie Rivera, Serge Devant, Patrick Our M, David Tort, Mind Control, out Sultan, Louis Puig, Roland, Edgar day V and many more.