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Born and raised in California's beautiful Bay Area, I started going to raves in 1998. In late 1999, I began learning how to DJ with vinyl, courtesy of DJ Sliver. In February 2000, some college kid ran into my POS car; he paid me personally in March for the total cost of the bodywork so that his parents would not find out. Of course as soon as I got the money, I drove my dented POS straight to the local music shop and spent it on a pair of Technics SL1200M3D turntables.
After months of practice, I began playing at Bay Area Raves in the summer of 2000. I went to audio engineering school in 2002-03 to get a better understanding of recording, digital audio, and sound equipment generally.
In December of 2003, disaster struck at my day job in the form of a catastrophic back injury. I could barely walk and could only stand up for 15 minutes at a time, so DJing had to be put on hold. After several years of physical therapy, painful spinal injections, and more medical people than you could fit in a city bus, my back finally started to improve. In late 2006, I set up my equipment in my bedroom and began practicing again. I quickly found that the amount of twisting motions associated with changing vinyl every couple minutes was terrible for my back, leading me to believe I'd never be able to play again. It was also getting harder and harder to find good music on vinyl.
Technology came to my rescue in the spring of 2007, in the form of a catalog from a music retailer. I saw two different Digital Vinyl Systems (DVSes) advertised in its pages, so I got online and started exploring the different options available. After a move to Oregon during the summer, I finally settled on Rane and Serato's collaborative Scratch LIVE! DVS in the late fall of 2007. I acquired Scratch LIVE! in the winter, set it up, and started spinning again. It didn't take long before I got the itch to play in front of crowds again, so I began scouring the local area for opportunities, which led me to We Are One Productions/WAO Events, where I was added to the crew as a resident DJ.
In January of 2009, I helped to found a new production company, MindShaft Industries.
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