Reply to What Made You Start DJing? What's Your Story?

I'm curious to see everyone's story about what got you into DJing/electronic music/just this type of lifestyle in general. Why do you do what you do?


My story:
For me it kind of started with just messing around on shockwave back when it was big. I would spend hours playing this one game where you are this kid who just walks the streets with a tape recorder and recording different sounds, go back to your apartment and mix it. Virtual DJ also had a game that I played frequently.

Then I got a dreamcast.


And then an xbox.

This track still give me chills.


Shortly after getting my xbox, I got super into video editing and animation (still am really). So I *purchased* (I was 11) fl studio for making quick little samples for intros and stuff like that. I also got Virtual DJ for the eq, and just to play with.

Fast forward to 16, I went to a club known as Afterlife in Dallas because my friend/roomie had left his license at home (which was an hour drive) so he offered to pay my way in. That was my first time to see a DJ, I spent the evening having a blast but kept going back to the outdoor stage to watch the DJ's spin. Instantly feel in love with it. The way to control the music, the people, the fun, the dancing, the mood and you're the center of it all. Hell yeah!

Did the whole "raver" thing for about 1 1/2 years. I eventually just grew out of it. Toward the end of my raver days was when dubstep started getting really big, so I jumped on that bandwagon trying to make the next big track for the genre!

That never happened. I realized quickly that dubstep just wasn't my thing.

Started branching out, learning more instruments, genres, had a few bands, and now I've come back with a bit more knowledge and understanding of music, trying to relearn everything and hopefully do something with it.

And here I am!