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.
Expert: MartinStJohn Date: 11/19/2007 Subject: find this track
Question QUESTION: hello there im looking for this track think it's house music but it's not the type that they sing lots, its only the chore they say a few words. all i remember is the video clip ,a few men's dancing with masks that have a big " trunks like the elephants" and they dancing. think it came out around 1998 not sure but i remember i was 14 and i could ear it on the radio not often but was very cool.
ANSWER: Tatiana, if you can think of those few words they sang in the chorus that would help out a lot, otherwise, just telling me about a video clip won't do me much good.
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QUESTION: hello again im so sorry its like looking for a needle in the middle of the ocean. ok the chorus was something like this: i've been been ... cant remenber the rest im so sorry but thank you for trying to help us out cheers xxx.
Answer Yeh....it's so obvious...why didn't i think of it before. But around 1997 -98 there was a house track that got so overplayed around clubs in b'ham that i had almost blocked it out cuz i heard it so much. Anyway, you're talking about "magic carpet ride" by Mighty Dub Katz..most likely.
MartinStJohn
birmingham,al
