What record made you want to be a dj [Archive]

karizma

12-10-2003, 01:13 PM

well for me it was hearing Tim Watts dj at a relative's wedding that made me want to be a dj,as far as house goes it was Can you feel it , by Mr Fingers

1SmoothDj

12-10-2003, 01:15 PM

Wha Sup KaRizMa!! Good to see you get your cyberspace on!!

For me...damn...now that I think about it....it's a tough question. Because, before I started to spin...I was hitting some sock-hops @ Chi-town high schools & colleges and lots of great music was being played!

If I had to single one tune out.....Patrice Rushen "Forget Me Nots" & Junior..."Mama Use To Say"

Welcome Again Bro!!

Marv

1SmoothDj

12-10-2003, 01:19 PM

Looks like two questions are being asked!

Growing up in Chicago...One would only need listen to the radio and had a love for music to want to start putting together the mix! You kinda just fell into it! It was all around you! (or around me at least) Farley "Jackmaster" Funk & Ron Hardy, & the Hot Mix crew helped enormously.

Marv

Huey P. Freeman

12-10-2003, 01:20 PM

Essence Of A Dream-Risque III(Probably my favorite house song of all time)

[ December 10, 2003, 01:26 PM: Message edited by: Eargasm ]

KBig

12-10-2003, 01:20 PM

Did he say "Sock Hops"
Wowsers!!!1 graemlins/rofl.gif graemlins/rofl.gif graemlins/rofl.gif

karizma

12-10-2003, 01:20 PM

yeah marv it was songs like that, that made me wanna dj, nights over egypt,razzamatazz,also radio stations didn't have a genre, you could hear the clash next to sister sledge next to africa baambata,....those were the dayz maan

karizma

12-10-2003, 01:23 PM

Damn Ear thats goin back

'Magic' Juan

12-10-2003, 01:24 PM

Originally posted by Dj Marv:
Looks like two questions are being asked!

Growing up in Chicago...One would only need listen to the radio and had a love for music to want to start putting together the mix! You kinda just fell into it! It was all around you! (or around me at least) Farley "Jackmaster" Funk & Ron Hardy, & the Hot Mix crew helped enormously.

Marv Wholeheartedly agree. The WBMX jocks were the ones who did it for me, not just one particular track.

magic_juan

1SmoothDj

12-10-2003, 01:24 PM

Originally posted by karizma:
yeah marv it was songs like that, that made me wanna dj, nights over egypt,razzamatazz,also radio stations didn't have a genre, you could hear the clash next to sister sledge next to africa baambata,....those were the dayz maan You put it down in your mixes...You have a platform....bring it back!! I've already started digging out some of tunes from back then....I'll be posting a few pretty soon.

Marv

karizma

12-10-2003, 01:24 PM

yeah sock hops .... when all you had to worry about was Phunky feet....Ahhhh

1SmoothDj

12-10-2003, 01:29 PM

Originally posted by KBig:
Did he say "Sock Hops"
Wowsers!!!1 graemlins/rofl.gif graemlins/rofl.gif graemlins/rofl.gif Yeah Yeah...laugh it up Ms. KBig? Sock Hops!! Where tha sheeeit back in the day!! Don't make me laugh at myself!! graemlins/rofl5.gif

Huey P. Freeman

12-10-2003, 01:29 PM

Originally posted by Magic Juan:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Dj Marv:
Looks like two questions are being asked!

Growing up in Chicago...One would only need listen to the radio and had a love for music to want to start putting together the mix! You kinda just fell into it! It was all around you! (or around me at least) Farley "Jackmaster" Funk & Ron Hardy, & the Hot Mix crew helped enormously.

Marv Wholeheartedly agree. The WBMX jocks were the ones who did it for me, not just one particular track.

magic_juan [/QUOTE]It was more WKKC for me. Friday Night Audio (Walter "Get Down" Brown, Bobby Q Bobby, Pink House and Sheldon "Mega House" Reese(I think that was his name). And then of course Bobby Q Bobby had his show on sundays.

1SmoothDj

12-10-2003, 01:34 PM

Originally posted by Magic Juan:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Dj Marv:
Looks like two questions are being asked!

Growing up in Chicago...One would only need listen to the radio and had a love for music to want to start putting together the mix! You kinda just fell into it! It was all around you! (or around me at least) Farley "Jackmaster" Funk & Ron Hardy, & the Hot Mix crew helped enormously.

Marv Wholeheartedly agree. The WBMX jocks were the ones who did it for me, not just one particular track.

magic_juan [/QUOTE]Exactly...Magic! In my crew....we use to compete (battle) against each other! we were competitive like ah mug!! Everybody wanted to be like Farley!! Made all of us very good neopytes.

Marv

KBig

12-10-2003, 01:36 PM

*chuckle* @ Marv... its ok LOL LOL

Like I said Im not a DJ but what solidified underground/house/club/nuwave/funk.... shit... soul music as my preferred music were early cuts like...

Stevie Wonder- Past Time Paradise/ Another Star (any Stevie Wonder song!)
The Police - Voices Inside My Head
The Clash- The Radio Clash ...
Trans Euro. Xpress
Bostitch
Heaven 17 *QQkn @ Kariz* as u already know
The Bar Kays- Holy Ghost
Womack and Womack ...
The Art of Noise
The Dude- Q Jones
and Mozart- mass requiem and don giovanni hail.gif

1SmoothDj

12-10-2003, 01:37 PM

Originally posted by Eargasm:

It was more WKKC for me. Friday Night Audio (Walter "Get Down" Brown, Bobby Q Bobby, Pink House and Sheldon "Mega House" Reese(I think that was his name). And then of course Bobby Q Bobby had his show on sundays. [/QB][/QUOTE]

I often hear about WKKC...but it was very difficult to get good reception on the West Side!!

1SmoothDj

12-10-2003, 01:39 PM

Originally posted by karizma:
yeah marv it was songs like that, that made me wanna dj, nights over egypt,razzamatazz,also radio stations didn't have a genre, you could hear the clash next to sister sledge next to africa baambata,....those were the dayz maan Yeah...That was the best radio...to me! Where you didn't know what would be played next & everything was played! Good times indeed!

1SmoothDj

12-10-2003, 01:44 PM

Originally posted by KBig:
*chuckle* @ Marv... its ok LOL LOL

Like I said Im not a DJ but what solidified underground/house/club/nuwave/funk.... shit... soul music as my preferred music were early cuts like...

Stevie Wonder- Past Time Paradise/ Another Star (any Stevie Wonder song!)
The Police - Voices Inside My Head
The Clash- The Radio Clash ...
Trans Euro. Xpress
Bostitch
Heaven 17 *QQkn @ Kariz* as u already know
The Bar Kays- Holy Ghost
Womack and Womack ...
The Art of Noise
The Dude- Q Jones
and Mozart- mass requiem and don giovanni hail.gif You grew up in BMORE Kelli? if so...Bmore radio was like that? Looks like Chicago Radio!

Sock Hop! graemlins/tongueout.gif <----does that tongue look familiar? *hint* your photo!! graemlins/rofl5.gif

KBig

12-10-2003, 01:47 PM

heheheh @ Marv

Mos Def... especially WEBB...
Tell em Kariz... Bmor radio was very diverse... B104 I would hear Duran Duran and then Patti Austin! Radio One the conglomerate had RUINED BMore... Dats Right Dammit I said ... along wif Frank Ski's ass

karizma

12-10-2003, 01:56 PM

hey k, you cant get on frank, he was the first to start playing house on the V, he just started playing all that miami bass shizzle along with it, so in hindsight it was a catch/22

DaveR

12-10-2003, 02:02 PM

"Must Be The Music" - Secret Weapon !

KBig

12-10-2003, 02:05 PM

Kariz I love Frank... personally
professionally he helped eff up Bmore....

Doo Brown may I remind you LOL

* Ur not the boss of me* graemlins/bolt.gif

karizma

12-10-2003, 02:07 PM

Eh, im not saying he did no damage, im jus' saying he exposed house also, so a lil' rspect is due in the most minimalistic way

'Magic' Juan

12-10-2003, 02:08 PM

Originally posted by Dj Marv:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Eargasm:
I often hear about WKKC...but it was very difficult to get good reception on the West Side!! [/QB][/QUOTE]You were West side? Me too! It was very hard to get WKKC. Had to use that aluminum foil on the antennae. Aaaah .. the golden days.

magic_juan

Jamie 3:26

12-10-2003, 02:09 PM

I cannot pinpoint it.So many memories and moments.No one song will do it.I will say that radio had a strong influence on me.I actually wanted to be a radio dj,before I got into mixing.

WKKC,WBMX,WHPK,the all disco station,106.3,where Herb Kent used to do the punk-out show,influenced me strongly as a kid/pre-teen.

KBig

12-10-2003, 02:10 PM

minimalistic? LOL Lookn in Websters for that one LOL

I do respect him Kariz... he is a great radio personality I like his show better than that sorry 92 Q Im speaking strickly rhythm *wink* oriented
!!!

karizma

12-10-2003, 02:14 PM

GOTCHA graemlins/acclaim.gif

DJ Biskit

12-10-2003, 02:25 PM

KBig & Karizma,

Stop making all that noise in here!!LOL!!

What did it for me was my uncle and his basement parties @ my house while he was attending Morgan State University. The DJ(didn't know thats what he was @ the time) was playing Inner Life "Caught up in a one night love affair" and I would watch as people would really "feel" this record and I thought "I wish I could make people feel like that!! And there you have it. As far as House was hearing Serious Intentions' "You Don't Know" on that Massive Odells Sound System. KBig knows what I'm talking about!! :D

KBig

12-10-2003, 02:33 PM

LOL @ Biskit

Bmore in the hizzle fa shizzle

Odells hail.gif aaahhh how I miss walkn out of that place 6 in the morning and shouting cause I couldnt hear my own voice!

1SmoothDj

12-10-2003, 03:16 PM

Originally posted by DaveR:
"Must Be The Music" - Secret Weapon ! That song reminds me of the gurl I should have married...long ago! * Sign *

That was a popin song though!!

Marv

1SmoothDj

12-10-2003, 03:20 PM

Originally posted by KBig:
Kariz I love Frank... personally
professionally he helped eff up Bmore....

Doo Brown may I remind you LOL

* Ur not the boss of me* graemlins/bolt.gif Uh oH!! Doo Doo Brown was Kariz middle name!! Boy was Hot!! Then...he was awaken!! Now...He's a Soldier!! Great transformation!! Super Hero!!
graemlins/respekt.gif

1SmoothDj

12-10-2003, 03:21 PM

Originally posted by KBig:
Kariz I love Frank... personally
professionally he helped eff up Bmore....

Doo Brown may I remind you LOL

* Ur not the boss of me* graemlins/bolt.gif Uh oH!! Doo Doo Brown jointz was Kariz middle name!! Boy was Hot!! Then...he was awaken!! Now...He's a Soldier for the soulful!! Great transformation!! Super Hero!!
graemlins/respekt.gif

1SmoothDj

12-10-2003, 03:25 PM

Originally posted by Magic Juan:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Dj Marv:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Eargasm:
I often hear about WKKC...but it was very difficult to get good reception on the West Side!! [/QUOTE]You were West side? Me too! It was very hard to get WKKC. Had to use that aluminum foil on the antennae. Aaaah .. the golden days.

magic_juan [/QB][/QUOTE]When I heard about the aluminum foil trick.
graemlins/rofl5.gif

but by that time..it was too late! WKKC was canceled

KBig

12-10-2003, 03:25 PM

LOL I know LOL Kariz aka UnRuly Rudy! LOL

but that gives him SUCH an advantage. He hears break beats that ordinary house DJ's would miss.
Remember Spen was in the hip hop group The NuMarks First! He has the same edge as well!

graemlins/respekt.gif

1SmoothDj

12-10-2003, 03:29 PM

Originally posted by Jamie 3:26:
I cannot pinpoint it.So many memories and moments.No one song will do it.I will say that radio had a strong influence on me.I actually wanted to be a radio dj,before I got into mixing.

WKKC,WBMX,WHPK,the all disco station,106.3,where Herb Kent used to do the punk-out show,influenced me strongly as a kid/pre-teen. Herb Kent's Punk Out/New Wave show was The BOMB Diggity!! For the longest time....I looked for Gary Newman's "Cars" and I found it in VA in the early 90's!

sammyrock

12-10-2003, 03:36 PM

"Rocky Mountain High"(John Denver) I couldnt stand it no more!!! :D

1SmoothDj

12-10-2003, 03:39 PM

Originally posted by KBig:
LOL I know LOL Kariz aka UnRuly Rudy! LOL

but that gives him SUCH an advantage. He hears break beats that ordinary house DJ's would miss.
Remember Spen was in the hip hop group The NuMarks First! He has the same edge as well!

graemlins/respekt.gif Edge? Spen....the only thing that boy (pun)is missing is his robe when spinning!! That's Mr. Gospel Himself!! I've always admired his abilities and how he keeps it humble! But..let's not front....He's a damn demon on the 1,2,3!! and The Unruly Rudy isn't far behind!! graemlins/rofl5.gif

So easy a protic can do it (QUAD)

12-10-2003, 11:03 PM

AN EXPERIMENT WITH KRAFTWERK SONGS AND LISTENING TO THE ORIGINAL FRANKIE FINGERS/JAMIE PRINCIPLE'S "WAITING ON MY ANGEL" BACK IN 1982, AND FRIENDS TEACHIN ME HOW TO DJ, TELLIN ME THAT I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO SPIN PREP MUSIC B-4 HOUSE AND HAD TO PROVE THEM WRONG BY DOIN IT THE OTHER WAY-AROUND. graemlins/jpshakehead.gif :D

12-10-2003, 11:20 PM

Originally posted by Dj Marv:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by KBig:
Did he say "Sock Hops"
Wowsers!!!1 graemlins/rofl.gif graemlins/rofl.gif graemlins/rofl.gif Yeah Yeah...laugh it up Ms. KBig? Sock Hops!! Where tha sheeeit back in the day!! Don't make me laugh at myself!! graemlins/rofl5.gif [/QUOTE]That's where Steve Hurley got his start. Lindblom H.S. sock hops. Before we let him play with the big boys. smile.gif

TAB.

12-11-2003, 12:33 AM

I remember in 1984, going to a back-to-school party at the Beverly House on 103rd. Watching Lil John cut up on two 12s of 'Music is the Answer'- Col Abrams. He wasn't elevated in a booth, his gear was down on the floor with the crowd so I could see up front, him working them tables.

A lot of people hate on that brother but I just remember that moment where I caught the bug and I started djing/collecting ever since.

1SmoothDj

12-11-2003, 01:45 AM

Originally posted by AK:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Dj Marv:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by KBig:
Did he say "Sock Hops"
Wowsers!!!1 graemlins/rofl.gif graemlins/rofl.gif graemlins/rofl.gif Yeah Yeah...laugh it up Ms. KBig? Sock Hops!! Where tha sheeeit back in the day!! Don't make me laugh at myself!! graemlins/rofl5.gif [/QUOTE]That's where Steve Hurley got his start. Lindblom H.S. sock hops. Before we let him play with the big boys. smile.gif [/QUOTE]Didn't Farley get his "Sock Hop" start at Manley? Few of my cousins went to Lindblom!!