How old is dj revolution

That was all I needed to know this was what I wanted to be doing. He dragged his old, dusty belt drive turntables from the attic and after cleaning them up a little, gave them to me.

So a couple of trips to radio shack and a hardware store later, my grandfather had built me two phono pre-amps and a custom mixer out of scrap metal, a few wires, and a bunch of other strange components. I learned how to hook up these turntables to my new mixer, which, incidentally, had no faders — just two knobs controlling the volume of each deck with NO master volume control.

I was 12 and learning to be a DJ without even realizing it. After that, I spent the next 4 or 5 months spending what little money I earned from doing chores and saving my lunch money buying records down at the shop. As my collection grew, kids in my sixth grade class found out I were the dudes with all the new music. They of course had no idea how to get it and or play it for themselves. There was no Internet, no iPods, not even CDs.

At any rate, I made some custom tapes for a few friends and word got around. Ultimately I turned into a hustler at 12 years old selling custom made mix tapes to my classmates.

After a short while, my collection became pretty impressive for a 12 year old anyway. Around that time, my grandfather started realizing that I was getting good at playing the music I was buying, so he gave me the last push in the right direction.

He gave me my first gig. I could barely reach up over the table where my turntables were sat. After he saw I did a good job there, he had me take over for the DJ at some stupid church function. I continued from there. All of this happened before I discovered hip-hop. I was hooked from that point on. I thought I knew what a DJ was and did. I had spent the last year learning the equipment and how to play records for people. Then, this guy makes this record with scratching, mixing and multi-track overdubs of rock and disco songs.

This was brand new, but even at 13; I knew this style of DJing would become the new standard eventually.

So I began my studies. Mixtapes, college radio, and battles all added to the experience that made me confident I could pull something off out there in Cali. That, and the fact that I had to get out of where I was.

It was getting a little stale for me and the east coast winters were becoming unbearable. I worked a few odd jobs and eventually started running into people involved with hip-hop. While I was weaving my way through the crowded entrance of the maze, so I could have my chance at the cheese too, I ended up getting a job at a place called Hits Magazine. I got stuck in the back with all the other peons, trying to make something of themselves, while wasting their precious time in a carpeted, particleboard cubicle, slaving away for someone else.

But it was a job working with music, so I gave it a shot. Working there was a blessing in the disguise of a horrible curse that some employees never shook off. I learned a lot and got a taste of why people looked at the music business as a breeding ground for scumbags and extortionists. Aside from squandering my creativity, and exerting valuable brainpower and energy for nothing, I met a person who would eventually become a good friend. He would ultimately connect me with what I was supposed to be doing in life Obi-wan-kenobi style.

His name is Prince Ice. Incidentally, Ice was also being victimized by a notorious sleaze, who just so happened to be a pretty smart dude and a powerful figure in the business at the time with Hits Magazine.

I already knew about Ice from some records he put out that used to get regular rotation in my club and party sets, so I was cool with dude from the beginning. This was at a time in LA when The guy who got me the job had a friend who also booked me with Julio G. So, he's done a lot of work in the music industry in the last few years. Visit the Wake Up Show's web-site for more information on Revolution.

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