My First Gig

I DJed at my friend's (Ashan) engagement, which was held at the Green Papaya restaurant in Melbourne. This was my first live performance in front of a large audience! I had a bit of trouble setting up the speakers etc. (nerves + ignorance) so a friend helped me out.

I had to share the night with a band that played classical music so I played on and off, for about 2 hrs in total. I had borrowed my friend's 200 Watt (RMS) speakers + AMP and had to push them to the max, so the sound quality wasn't all the great and the AMP was heating up like crazy!

A person or two had complained to the manager about the filth in some uncensored HipHop songs -- the complaints probably came from the people who were there for the classical music! The people who enjoyed RnB/ Hip Hop (including some of the oldies who were dancing ballroom to P.I.M.P ) had a ball.


Here's some pics of some of the scrapbooking done of the night by Charmane (Ashan's fiance). Check out her blog here for more amazing scrapbooking pages -- definitely worth a visit!! I look weird in the left pic with the lifted cheek and all, but the scrapbooking makes me look a bit more normal, don't you think?

Edit: I'm having a look at these pics around 3 years later (11th Oct 2006) and I see I was using my old $5 Philips headphones, and Ashan's ornament rack as the DJ table! Also, I noticed that Charmane's scrapbooking has improved heaps (again, check out her blog!).

Come to think of it, I remember that during my set that night, Ashan (wearing white in the above pic) came so close to me that he kicked the plug and everything went silent for a couple of seconds!! Good times...

Videos!

Here are all the videos taken with my digital camera. Most of them are dark because they were taken at night in low light. Some of them don't have me in them, but most of them do. Enjoy!

• Dinner Plain Hotel
• House Party at Stellar Bar
• Swindlers Bar Mount Hotham
• Lustre Lounge NYE 06


• ParkLife Melbourne 2006


• Mark Farina @ ParkLife 2006


• Sunday Lounge @ HushBar

Mixes & Tracks

My November 2006 Demo can be downloaded from here.

1. DJ Freestyle -- Girlz & Boyz
2. Greenskeepers -- On The Line (Mark Farina Remix)
3. Kaskade -- Gonna Make It (Original)
4. Chuck Love -- Soul Symphony feat. Fourfeet (Original)
5. JT Donaldson -- Trust Me (Broadway and Wilson Remix)
6. Bryan Jones -- Baby Fever (Original)
7. Swirl Peepz -- Excuse Me (Original)
8. Chuck Daniels -- The Get Back
9. Oliver Desmet & B. Mccarthy -- Disco Dust (Original)
10. Jay West -- Feelin Sexxy (DJ Freestyle Mix)
11. Ross couch -- Latin Fusion (Da Sunlounge Mix)
12. Da Sunlounge -- How Can You Resist?
13. Town & Country -- Love Could Be (Town Mix)
14. Natural Rhythm & Trap Groove -- Dancefloor Jazz (Trap Groove Mix)
15. Herbal Essence 003 -- Disco Inferno


My latest track Bop[Original] - Unreleased created in November 2006 can be downloaded from here (I'm still working on this!).


My March 2006 House Demo can be downloaded from here .

1. Solar House -- Universal (Part Two)
2. Fred Everything & 20for7 feat. Vanessa Baker -- Friday (Trentmoller Mix)
3. East Coast boogiemen & DJ Heather -- Picture of You (Sticky Pictures Remix with add rub by Chuck Daniels)
4. EvilJack -- Getaway (Original Rythm Trax)
5. Just Jason -- Different Things (Joey Youngman Mix)
6. Mark Farina -- Dream Machine (DJ Fluid Mix)
7. Lawnchair Generals -- The Truth (Chris Carrier and Hector Moralez Remix)
8. Martin Venetjoki feat. Derek Conyer -- Really Don't Stop (Lawnchair Generals Remix)
9. Big Lick's "N" Funk V's Maroon 5 -- This Love (Time Dawes Mix)
10. Jake Childs -- Telephone Tag
11. Joey Youngman -- Body & Soul (Original Mix)
12. Joey Youngman -- Keep Rocking
13. JT Donaldson -- Makin' Music
14. Johnny Fiasco -- Jazzmatic


A short [25 min] House Demo, from sometime around August 2005, can be downloaded from here

1. Street Talk -- Into the Lite
2. East Coast Boogiemen & DJ Heather -- Sticky Pictures (Jason Hodges Remix)
3. Mark Farina -- Dream Machine (JT Donaldson Remix)
4. Mario Fabriani -- Fender Bender
5. Lawnchair Generals -- The Truth (DJ Sneaks Filthy Dub)
6. Sound Navigators -- Down on it (Inland Knights Remix)
7. Colette -- Feelin' Hypnotized (Jason Hodges Remix)
8. Audio Soul Project -- Nevicata (Jason Hodges Remix)
9. Joey Youngman -- Casual Encounters
10. Deviate -- Capricorn


My April 2005 House Demo can be downloaded from here

1. Bassline Road -- Infused
2. Solar House -- Basement Nights
3. Jake Childs -- Plain As Day
4. Joey Youngman -- The Pickup
5. Lawnchair Generals -- Speechless
6. Joey Youngman -- Keep Rocking
7. Lawnchair Generals -- One Thing
8. City Loop -- U Got Me
9. Armand Van Helden -- My My My (Ashley Beedle's New York Fam Remix)
10. Troydon -- Phat Boy
11. Jake Childs -- Soundz (Screwed and Chopped Remix)
12. JT Donaldson -- Makin' Music
13. Johnny Fiasco -- Jazzmatic
14. Jesus -- The Second Gift


My May 2005 House Demo can be downloaded from here

1. Fred Everything -- Forever (Dub Mix)
2. Trentmoller -- Le Champagne
3. To-Ka Project -- Revolution
4. Alexander East -- Feel Me (JT Donaldson Remix)
5. Colette -- Feelin' Hypnotized (Jason Hodges Mix)
6. Natural Rhythm -- Nevicata (Jason Hodges Remix)
7. Just Jason -- Different Things (Joey Youngman Mix)
8. Troydon -- Steppin' Up
9. Lawnchair Generals -- The Truth
10. Lawnchair Generals -- Alright
11. Funkalizer -- Capricorn
12. Joey Youngman -- Casual Encounters
13. Mario Fabriani -- Things to do

Snapshots

Here are a few pictures of me at gigs.


[1] DJ Booth @ LustreLounge, [2]TwoFloorsUp


[1] Republika, [2] Strike Bowling Bar


[1] Waiting for my turn @ [2] DP Hotel @ Mt. Hotham
Fresh, Mauritius


[1] NYE @ Lustre Lounge

Conquered Venues

Here are the venues/events I've played at, either as a Guest, Resident or just at an Open Decks night

The Social Bar and Cafe [Flemington Road, Melbourne]

RMIT Orientation [City, Brunswick & Bourke St., Melbourne]

Beach Party [Brighton Beach, Melbourne]

Mint Bar & Nightclub [Church St., Brighton]

Swindlers Balcony [Mt. Hotham]

Hush Bar [Melbourne Central, Melbourne]

LustreLounge [Flinders Lane, Melbourne]

Inck Lounge [Swanston Street, Melbourne]

Vanilla Room [Sydney]

Concrete Lounge [Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn]

Dinner Plain Hotel [Mt. Hotham, VIC]

Fresh [Mauritius]

StellarBar [Bourke Street, Melbourne]

Republika [Smith Street, Fitzroy]

TwoFloorsUp [Lonsdale Street, Melbourne]

Strike Bowling Bar [Swanston Street, Melbourne]

TempleBar Preccint [Smith Street, Fitzroy]

eFiftyFive Internet Cafe and Bar [Elizabeth Street, Melbourne]

Khokolat [Hardware Lane, Melbourne]

RMIT CS/IT Orientation 2004, 2005 [Sunken Gardens, Melbourne]

My first DJ Kit!

Received my Numark CDN-36 from the states, which I bought for AUS$ 750 including shipment! Thats a pretty good price I reckon compared to prices here in aussie. Before the CD players I had bought a cheap Numark CM 100 mixer, that didn't even have separate high/mid/lows for the 4 different channels (there's one equaliser for all four!). But turned out to be ok for practice. Altogether it costed me just under AUS $ 1000!