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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() About Me
![]() WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE...
THANX FOR STOPPING BY AND VISITING...A QUICK (OR MAYBE NOT SO QUICK HISTORY ABOUT MYSELF).
I'VE BEEN A DJ FOR MANY YEARS NOW
AND THE DAY THAT I KNEW THAT I WANTED TO BE A DJ WAS ONE THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET...ONE DAY BACK IN 1977 IN NEW YORK (WHICH IS WHERE I WAS RAISED) WHILE IN ELEMEMTARY SCHOOL, I DISCOVERED THAT I WAS ONE OF MANY STUDENTS CHOSEN TO GO ON A FIELD TRIP TO ATTEND A BENEFIT SHOW AT THE "WORLD FAMOUS" STUDIO 54. IT WAS ON A SATURDAY (DURING THE DAY)
BUT STILL, I GOT TO SEE ALL THE LIGHTS, HEAR THE MUSIC AND WATCH THE DJ WORK THE CROWD. IT WAS INCREDIBLE..I ALWAYS LIKED MUSIC AND TRIED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BECOMING A DJ..AFTER A WHILE I STARTED TRYING TO BUY MUSIC WITH MY ALLOWENCE. I REMEMBER THAT I WALKED ABOUT 4 OR 5 MILES WITH A FRIEND TO BUY MY FIRST RECORD (LE FREAK- BY: CHIC) IT ONLY COST $1.99 FOR A 12 INCH SINGLE A FEW YEARS LATER, WHEN MY FAMILY MOVED US TO HOUSTON, I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET A JOB SO THAT I COULD START SAVING MONEY SO THAT I OULD BUY ME SOME TURNTABLES..I ACTUALLY LIED ABOUT MY AGE (14) SO THAT I COULD GET MY FIRST JOB AT JACK-IN-THE -BOX.FINALLY, WHEN I GOT ALL MY EQUIPMENT, I STARTED MAKING TAPES FOR FRIENDS AND BECAME WELL KNOWN BECAUSE BACK THEN , THERE WEREN'T VERY MANY PEOPLE DOING THIS IN HOUSTON...AS TIME WENT ON I STARDED GETTING JOBS AT NOT SO FAMOUS CLUBS..(NOBODY STARTS AT THE TOP)..AND ONE DAY THIS GUY HEARD ME PLAY AT A TEEN CLUB I WAS WORKING AT AND HOOKED ME UP TO A CLUB THAT WAS MORE ESTABLISHED..FROM THERE THE OWNER OF A BIGGER CLUB HEARD ME PLAY AND GAVE ME A JOB AT HIS CLUB AND SO ON..ONE DAY I MET AL BARRETO (OWNER OF CRYSTAL) AND A FEW MONTHS LATER HE GAVE ME A JOB..THEN ONE DAY CHARLES CHAVEZ
(WUZ UP CHUCK) CAME TO CRYSTAL AND ASKED IF I WOULD LIKE TO MIX ON KISS 98.5...MIXIN ON THE RADIO HAD BEEN MY DREAM..I JUST WANTED THE WHOLE WORLD TO HEAR ME MIX
SINCE THEN I'VE MET SOME COOL PEOPLE THAT IN SOME WAY HAVE HELPED,INSPIRED AND SUPORTED ME
TO THEM I SAY "THANX & GOD BLESS"
DJ KAMIKAZE
P.S. THERE IS ALOT MORE TO THIS STORY BUT I GUESS YA'LL WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE BOOK..
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