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::DJ Gaza’s Schedule::
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How long have you been djing and what inspired you to start?

I have only been officially dj’ing since late 2007, but I used to help with a house party or two many years ago. I think it’s a common fantasy for people to want to be something great with music. Most might invision themselves as rockstars in that fantasy. Me, I was always given goosebumps by dance music, and the idea that I could somehow stand before a crowd, with lights flashing, and lazers going and embody that as a DJ ….well that is just grand. My opportunity game when my wife first became a SL addict in 2007, spending much time trying to build and grow clubs. She complained that many of the people dj’ing the small clubs she worked were bad, and wanted for me to spend time with her and wanted something better to listen to.  In her words, “you couldn’t do any worse.”

Who were your music influences growing up?

It’s hard to say. I’ve always loved so much different music. I would say, Prodigy, David Bowie, Micheal Jackson, Public Enemy, Tiesto, and tons of no name people producing pulsing dance and techno.

What do you think makes a good DJ?

At the heart of any good dj is an emotional warefare warrior willing to attempt to both be sensitive to a group’s collective highs and lows, and still somehow guide it. I think most any dj is primarily an entertainer. So a good dj I beleive is one that can sift through hours of medocre music, to find the tracks that actually motive a crowd and manage somehow to play them in a order one step ahead of the crowds desires. A good sense of humor and a willingness to take a beating every now and again doesn’t hurt.

How would you describe your style?

Diverse. I find myself drawn to electro house and vocal trance, but I find hours of boom, boom, boom, bap…..boring! I like to mix in lots of different styles creating more of an unexpected rollercoster of music. I’m told I have a particular sound and style that people can identify without having to know who is on the air, but that at the same time when someone hears me, it never sounds the same. I don’t understand how that can be, or if it’s a good thing, but it is who I am.

Who are your favorite artists?

With 70 thousand tracks and growing…..it changes day by day.  I will say that smooth female vocals give me shivers, so the fact that tiesto used to commonly use them in his productions makes him high on my list. I also find the break beat sounds of the 90′s still get my heart pumping, so the artist ‘BT’ and ‘the crystal method” are found to me. While I haven’t been a fan long, the sounds of drum and bass excite me with the artist “Pendulum”. I have been known to throw some of my favorite rock band “linkin park” in where I can get away with it. In the world of hip/hop and R&B, there are too many to truely pay tribute to, but ‘Brandi’ and “The pussy cat dolls” rank very high. I also still love the classics, and many have heard the sounds of Sam Cooke and Chubby Checker in my sets from time to time.

What’s your favorite guilty pleasure song?

Sam Cooke – Somebody…. “Everybody needs somebody….to love!”

What was the oddest song request you have ever received?

I think all djs have the same story to tell of someone asking for something wildly crazy different than what you have been playing and usually in the middle of even the most successfull set. There is a reason that most folks aren’t djs, but still posses the desire to somehow control the situation. It’s the same as if you walked in an italian resteraunt and got pissed becuase they don’t have tacos. That being said, I pride myself on having a diverse library to try to roll with needs as they come. I once boasted during dj’ing a birthday party on air, “with 70k tracks, I have come preparied to play something you like, so let me hear your request.” I was answered in kind with a request for some ‘japanese death metal’. While I posses some metal in my collection, I don’t have much ‘death metal’, and I was completely unaware that anyone japanese had ever produced death metal. Just goes to show, can’t make everyone happy.

Out of all the songs you have, which one “never fails”?

Oh, I don’t think there is ever such a thing. I have tracks that succeed often, but there are times that a crowds tastes are so down or poisoned that even those don’t fly. “Songs that never fail” tend to be the ones that new djs or the people pretending to be djs blast out endlessly. Sometimes a track is just too played out. I think it is best to never rely on such things and embrace the new as best as you can. However, if you want to know “most requested in Second life” that has to be “bilingual” aka the track that won’t die.

What do you have to say about the up and coming female DJs proving themselves in such a male dominated field?

Love it! While dj’ing is obviously crowded with guys, I’ve never thought that meant that a woman couldn’t do it. All djs are only as good as the artists they spin, and women are equally present if not more so in the tracks we all love. If you say there is a trend where more women are becoming djs, I say cool. I don’t know if have ever seen this as truth in Second life however. Seems to me that plenty women and men spin in SL.

What advice would you give to up and coming DJs?

Welcome to the craft! I would advise them this though. Any dj that has been dj’ing for about a minute is going to get praise, even if they are awefull. My words of wisedom is don’t get lost in the highs of your own hype, or the lows. All dj’s are only as good as the artists we spin, and while we share in the artists success in some small why, don’t confuse yourself as an artist. DJ’s are entertainers which means we aren’t creating anything new. We are simple servants of the crowd bringing their attention to the awesome music we find.  So embrace your love of the music, and the joy you can bring to people by sharing it, and you will be doing this for years to come. If you don’t, you will burn out then when the reality sets in that dj’ing can be learned easily by anyone, but it takes a life time to master while never getting any easier.

When all the partying is over how do you like to just chill?

Actually, I find I like to cool down after a set by listening to my fellow djs work thier craft. I find it relaxing, and still so exciting that no matter how good I might become or how much collecting of music I might do, that every dj sounds different and has something new to surprise you with.

What can we expect from you in 2010?

Can’t say there is an official plan at the moment, but my intention is to keep bringing the hot tunes to people who want hear them!