AboutMartinStJohn Expertise I can answer questions on dance music, classic alternative, 80s rock, 80s pop, vocal trance, house, industrial, and other forms of electronica. Im very knowledgable about dance music especially, remix services such as ultimix and import hi nrg cover songs. I also have a small working knowledge of manchester rock on such labels as 4ad, and a fan of bands such as Lush, Ride, CUrve.Im very familiar with Paul Oakenfold and the Perfecto label, and Djs such as Paul van dyk, Gatecrasher, BT, Danny Tenaglia, Junior, PEter Rauhofer, Masters at work(MAW),and others too numerous to mention, which is quite awesomely diverse i know. I like some drum n bass, however im not qualified to answer questions on it. I also have discovered that i need to leave the hip hop questions alone as i've been out of the hip hop arena for over 17 years.
Experience 17 years experience in the club and mobile dj arena. I've played top 40 gigs, house gigs, trance gigs, alternative dance gigs, old school funk, and freestyle dance music. I'm not limited to any one form of dance music to say the least.
Publications Hoping to be able to write a dance music column for billboard one day.
Education/Credentials 2 year college.
Awards and Honors Crack'd Belle award-Birmingham DJ of the year 2004.
Past/Present Clients Current clients include the Lakeview Yacht Club, of Birmingham, AL as well as various clients i've done mobile gigs for.
Past Clients include:
City Limit nightclub-anniston, al 1992-93
Dee FOrd's nightclub-anniston, al 1997-98
Legends's-anniston, al 1995
Nitro, Gadsden, al 1993-1998
Phoenix nightclub, Birmingham, al (1998-2006)
Otherside nightclub, atlanta, ga (1998)
and private clients include: The Goodyear Co., Talladega high school class of 68., The boys and girls ranch of Alabama,Sunshine skate center of Oxford, al, and various keg parties, weddings and tailgate parties since 1990.
Question Hi do you know when Eskimo will be playing in the UK?
also what effects are used to produce that typical rolling psytrance (goa) bassline?
do you think logic express is good enough to get started or would you recommend logic pro?
thanks
c
Answer Christian, i'm not from the uk, i'm unfamiliar with Eskimo. However, i am a small time fan of goa, most of my goa collection is ancient stuff from the 90s when goa was dujour in the trance world. I'm no expert on keyboards and effects, i kinda just play around on a Korg micro keyboard and don't really know what i'm doing, i do it for fun. As far as programs, Logic is a good program so i've heard, but the industry standard is Pro Tools especially for mastering. There are others too: REason, Acid, Sonic Foundry, etc..I'm no expert on this subject but familiar with the program names as i have friends in the industry.
Thanx
Martin,,b'ham al.US
