DJ CEREMONY : Clubs/Private Events/Weddings

Welcome. I’m an extremely versatile DJ based in the East Village of New York City with 10+ years of experience DJing a variety of types of events from private parties, to weddings, to NYC clubs & lounges. My music library is vast and spans an array of genres. If left completely to my own devices, my top-leanings are towards: Indie, 80s, Glam Rock, Retro, Manchester, Postpunk, New Wave, Britpop, Northern Songs, The Minneapolis Sound, Lo-Fi, Shoegaze, Dreampop, Bristol, British Invasion, & Soul. On a secondary tier, I would say that I enjoy playing: Contemporary Pop, Motown, Hip-Hop (of all eras), Classic Rock, Funk, Disco & Post-Disco, Girl Groups, and Old-School Rock ‘N’ Roll among others.

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BIO

Like most people, I became interested in music at a very young age. Growing up I would always spend a lot of time with my Mother, who in the 80s was heavily into British New Wave, Synthpop, and the English New Romantics. She was the one who introduced me to bands like XTC, OMD, and New Order for the first time. I eventually realized that my Mother had a huge influence on my particular sensibility in sound.

After attending HSPVA in Houston, at age 18 I moved to New York to study Fine Art at the Cooper Union. I went through rigorous training in all artistic disciplines, but my main interests then, and to this day are: mixed media sculpture, large scale painting, drawing (pencil, ink, & charcoal), and collage. After Cooper Union, I went on to study Design at the University of Houston, where I learned about typography and Postmodern Design principles. That led to a career in as an Art Director in Advertising that occupied me full time for most of the 2000s.

Although I would perform sporadic DJ gigs during my Advertising years, I didn’t take it up full time until 2008, when my craving for more independence, the running of my own practice, and full creative control surpassed my interest in the Advertising & Corporate world.

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VENUE HISTORY

Over the years I’ve DJed events at: Abilene (Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn), Alder Manor (Yonkers, NY), Alger House, Art Omi International Arts Center (Ghent, NY), Astra, BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Battery Gardens, The Bell House (Brooklyn, NY), Black & White, The Boathouse at the Prospect Park Audubon Center (Brooklyn, NY), The Bowery Hotel, Bridgewaters, Brooklyn Society For Ethical Culture (Park Slope, Brooklyn), Bryant Park Grill, The Carlyle, Crossed Keys Inn (Andover, NJ), The Delancey, The DUMBO Loft (DUMBO, Brooklyn), Dyker Beach Golf Course (Dyker Heights, Brooklyn), East Hampton Point (East Hampton, NY), Fiamma, The Foundry (L.I.C., Queens), Fox Hollow (Woodbury, LI, NY), Giando On The Water (Williamsburg, Brooklyn), Glass, The Green Building (Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn), Guernica, Harborside Creative Catering (Jersey City, NJ), The Harold Pratt House (Presented by The Council on Foreign Relations), The Italian Academy, Johnny Brenda’s (Philadelphia, PA), Land’s Inn (Sayville, NY), The Lotos Club, Luca Lounge, Manhattan Penthouse, Maritime Parc (Jersey City, NJ), The Metropolitan Building (Long Island City, Queens, NY), The Milleridge Inn (Jericho, NY), The Montauk Club Of Brooklyn (Park Slope, Brooklyn), MyMoon Restaurant & Bar (Brooklyn, NY), New Meadowlands Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ), New York Botanical Garden (Bronx), Niagara, No Malice Palace, Pochron Studios (DUMBO, Brooklyn), Pre:Post, Prospect Park Audubon Center (Brooklyn, NY), R Bar at the Renaissance New York Times Square Hotel, ReBar (DUMBO, Brooklyn), Renaissance of Astoria (Long Island City, NY), Rififi/Cinema Classics, The River Café (Brooklyn, NY), River Room of Harlem, Riverside Church, The Romantica (of Prestige Yacht Charters), Route 85A, Russo’s On The Bay, 17, The Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel (Flushing, Queens), Smack Mellon (Brooklyn, NY), Smithfield, Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Gardens (Staten Island, NY), Society Of Illustrators, Solé East (Montauk, NY), Studio 450, Sullivan Hall, Tammany Hall, Temple Beth-El (Great Neck, New York), Terrace In The Sky, 320 Studios, The Ukranian Institute, Water Street Restaurant and Lounge (DUMBO, Brooklyn), Waterside Restaurant and Catering (North Bergen, NJ), and Westbury Manor (Westbury, NY) among others.

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