Playing and making music, digital imaging- editing and making, photography- b&w rocks my world, reading and writing poetry, books, movies, games, my dog, and my car- hey I practically live in it sometimes since I have been all over the country in it, parties/events, cooking and collecting recipes, chilling with friends, unwinding from daily stress...
Music
EDM- electronic tunes feed my soul, ambient, downtempo, lounge, acid jazz, idm, techno, trance, minimal, acid, house, breaks, jungle, dnb, avant-garde, noise, hardcore, happy hardcore, gabber, experimental, industrial, dub, reggae, turntablism, jazz, disco, rock, spoken word, 60s 70s & 80s, and some other stuff...
Movies
I love movies of all sorts, movies are better than tv -- comedy, romance, action, drama, horror, anime, sci-fi -- it's all good stuff! recently I found documentaries about the evolution of electronic dance music and its culture to be fascinating and I'm slowly collecting what I can find.
Television
I like food network, cartoon network- [as], tv land, history, nasa, tbs, amc, fx, discovery, animal planet, spike, g4, nick. That's about it...
Books
Classics, contemporary, fiction, science and technology, documentaries, sci-fi, etc. Favorite authors include: Ray Bradbury (the complete works), Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker series), Nicholson Baker (all his work, but VOX in particular), Wally Lamb (She's Come Undone), Edgar Allen Poe (the complete works), H.G. Wells (again, pretty much everything), Simon Reynolds (Generation Ecstasy), Jack Kerouac (beatnik media), William S. Burroughs (beatnik media), William Carlos Williams (poetry), Shel Silverstein (poetry and stories), Maurice Sendak (all things Sendak, esp. Mickey in the Night Kitchen), Roald Dahl (Phantom Tollbooth and Charlie & the Chocolate Factory)... Kevin Leman (self-help books) has peeked my curiosity, not even in my field of interest, Steven King (mostly early works), and Future Shock by Alvin Tofler -- lately I got into social/technical commentary involving how society handles change and prepares for the future and deals with that change and how technology plays into all of that.
Heroes
The entertainers of young and old, whether it is comedy, music, or literature. They bravely forge ahead simply because they do what they like, not because they want to be rich. Teachers are heroes, too- it's an underpaid, thankless job. I can now see how some become jaded and bitter and I admire those who are resilient, patient, and keep students thinking. Thoughts in motion are beautiful...
George Mason University
Fairfax, VIRGINIA
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: None
Major: Fine Art
Clubs: none
1993 to 1995
St Stephen's & St Agnes Sch
Alexandria, VIRGINIA
Graduated: 1993
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: art club, lit mag, yearbook.
About me:
Musician, photographer, writer, artist, thinker, dreamer... Life is about finding a balance and being happy while you're here... My music helps me find and achieve that balance.
I am also a photographer and traveler and have driven alone all over the United States and traveled through a lot of Europe. I have driven to upstate New York, down to South Beach Miami, Chicago, and I have driven to California twice; once to Long Beach L.A. area, and once to Santa Cruz. I have documented these travels and other things that have captured my attention at my spot at: http://flickr.com/photos/djsquelch/.
My journeys have taken me to some intense places physically and spiritually. As much as I have learned, I am still finding myself picking up new lessons from those experiences and life, in general. Life is an incredible journey. Keep your eyes open and experience as much as you can while you still can...
Born in Ohio and raised in the northern VA area, my life always made some attachment to art and music. Each of my family members had very different musical tastes and I had a lot of exposure to each of their musical collections which, in total, spanned from one end of the musical spectrum to the other.
In the 80's, I started to discover what my own musical tastes were and they continued to develop well into the 90's. In the early 90's I had my first taste of pure electronically driven music and by the time I was in college, I had grasped a full understanding of techno (edm) and raves. Having my eyes opened to this world I knew what it was I had been missing because it finally completed me. I was so impressed that I felt the need to do for others what had been done for me. Everyone should feel and experience what I felt. What possibly amazed me most of all was it all happened without drugs or alcohol. I should add now that you should do what you want as long as it doesn't hurt others. We all have our closets to fill with skeletons. ;) More of these sorts of thoughts can be found in my blog.
I started dj'ing in '87, more seriously in '94 as djsquelch. I spin and produce all styles of edm including ambient, downtempo, lounge, world, acid jazz, idm, trance, minimal, acid, house, techno, breaks, jungle, dnb, avant-garde, noise, hardcore, happy hardcore, gabber, experimental, industrial, dub, reggae, turntablism, jazz, disco, rock, and spoken word. I started producing in '92 as phase shifts. My equipment includes keyboards, a mac, a pc, a ton of software, several instruments, and random equipment. Music is my passion and I will always be involved with it in some way throughout my life. I hope you will enjoy what I do. Thank you...
Here is my musician page on myspace:
I also have another dj/producer page here:
You can buy my music here:
Thank you for your support!
My albums are available for sale at my SoundClick store!
Click on the album cover to go to its designated page.
Grab some tunes, enjoy the vibe, dig it...
Thanks to all for listening and continued support.
*P*L*U*R*
You have a tempered, reasonable way of thinking.
You tend to take every new idea in, and meld it with your world view.
For you, everything is always changing. Each moment is different.
Your thinking process tends to be very natural - with no beginnings or endings.
This is my blog.
Everything is posted here before it's posted anywhere else.
Who I'd like to meet: You, of course!
I love to see all my friends, new & old...
I love making new friends and keeping in touch with all my old friends. I like to make friends with genuine people who have no agenda or motive other than pure and simple friendship. I also like to network with people and businesses involved in the electronic dance music (edm) industry, since I dj and produce edm.
I DO NOT WANT TO MEET:
I do not want to meet anyone who advertises a webcam business and/or lifestyle. I do not want any add-requests from anyone with adult content on their page, links to sex sites, or other business ventures. NO WEB WHORES! please do not waste my time. I will not add you and I will report you as spam! Spam is anything I do not want to see and did not request to see. NO SPAM!
My NEW track..."Eq Checka" is now available Exclusively at "TOMMYWHO DIGITAL" before it's scheduled release on 12/21/09 !!! For a preview of the song,feel free to visit my homepage.Comments are appreciated!!! PLEASE follow link below to support your boy!!!
New breakbeat track up on my Myspace player, Flatline (Re-Edit). To be released through UFO Recordings 12-21-09 on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, etc. Pounding basslines and NASTY percussion! Check it out and leave a comment if you like.
Funkazoid (Annihilation Remix) is now available on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, Juno Download, and many others! This hard-hitting breakbeat remix was the #3 most requested track on UnitedBreaks.fm just a few weeks ago.
Calling For Love, the highly anticipated single from The Contract Killers, is now available for purchase at major online retailers such as iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, Juno Download, and JamVana.com!
If you haven't heard the track yet, you can preview it here:
If it gets your body movin' you can get it for only $.99 at stores like Amazon, eMusic, and Jamvana.
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Pump Them Brakes, the debut breakbeat single from The Contract Killers and UFO Recordings is now available for purchase on Amazon, JamVana, iTunes, Rhapsody, and eMusic for only 99 cents!
You can preview the track HERE and purchase for only $.99 if you like it.
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