ALMOST 27YRS IN THE MIX. I LOVE ALL KINDS OF MUSIC. MY MOTHER IS MY BIGGEST INFLUENCE MUSICALLY EVEN THOUGH I AM INSPIRED BY SO MANY DJS. I REMEMBER MY MOTHER SENDING MY FATHER DOWN TO DYNAMIC SOUNDS WITH A LIST OF SONGS TO GET FROM MR. KOUHRIE AND HE WOULD TAKE US ON A TOUR AND I SAW HOW THEY MADE SOCA BEATS ON A EARLY SEQUENCER WITH DIFFERENT TRACKS TO CONTROL THE HIGH HATS AND DRUMS AND I WAS HOOKED.

WE MET THE LATE MR.LEE AND SAW HOW RECORDS WERE MADE. ON ONE OF THOSE TRIPS WE GOT DONNA SUMMERS’ ALBUM - I REMEMBER YESTERDAY, THE LAST TRACK WAS A SONG MADE BEFORE IT’S TIME AND SOME WOULD CLAIM THIS TO BE THE FIRST TECHNO SONG MADE 10YRS BEFORE TECHNO WAS INVENTED BY JUAN ATKINS A DJ FROM DETROIT.

THE FIRST MIXER I EVER SAW WAS MADE OUT OF MILO TIN THAT WAS CUT AND FOLDED INTO A HALF A CIRCLE WITH ONE POTENTIOMETER TO MIX BETWEEN THE 2 TURNTABLES WHEN I WAS LITTLE BOY. BEFORE THAT IT WAS A COUPLE OF 45S ON TOP OF A RECORD CHANGER SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO DANCE THEN WAIT FOR THE NEXT RECORD TO CHANGE OVER.

I WAS FASCINATED BY THAT MIXER AND IT INFLUENCED ME IN 2WAYS. I BECAME A ELECTROMECHANICAL TECH WHO CAN FIX JUST ABOUT ANYTHING AND DJ WITH THE NEVER ENDING QUEST OF PERFECTING THE ART. I STARTED BY RECORDS DOWN AT AQUARIUS IN HALF WAY TREE WHEN I WENT TO CALABAR BACK IN EARLY 1980. THE FIRST ONE WAS FUNTIME - PEACHES & HERB.

I WAS FROM UPTOWN REDHILLS AND DISCO WAS BIG SO I A LOT OF MY EARLY COLLECTION WAS DISCO. BUT THE FIRST RIDDIM (RHYTHM) I BOUGHT WAS SLENG TENG. THAT WAS THE FIRST DIGITAL RIDDIM THAT I CAN RECALL. SO NOW I HAVE DONE IT ALL ....CLUBS, PARTIES,RADIO AND NOW MZJA INTERNET RADIO. I WISH FOR THIS STATION NOTHING BUT SUCCESS FOR THE FUTURE. BLESS ALL.