Talk in the Pub After Ministry of Sound DJ Academy December.. Chat with Jazzy M 2009

0:00 He started to teach me and I started to learn

He started to teach me and I started to learn. This is in the bar afterwards. I already started going clubbing, so I kind of was into disco music because at that time we were talking about disco music. House music is almost like the bastard of disco. It's made electronic. And that's kind of like, that was how I kind of got into it by pestering DJs and getting them to stop doing shit like that. And then my big break came by becoming a pirate DJ. And that's when I invented the name Jazzy M. And I worked on a pirate station called LWR which was based up in some very dark areas up in Peckham and Crystal Palace What year was that when you started doing it? Let me sing now. I kind of started LWR in about 1986, and house became very prominent by 1988, and I was playing house from the word go. I brought house to London because I was working in a record store and then going straight on a pirate's mansion and playing it. And I built up loads of connections. That's how I made my name for myself. It was through the media

2:35 DJ tutorial by Ellaskins, The DJ Tutor

...of radio, rather than being a club DJ. Even though I was in clubs earlier on, and then I went into radio, and then into radio again. And that promoted me. Self-promotion through radio. Almost like opening the door up into the world that you want to get into, you know? It's now up to you. It's really, really now up to you. You keep in touch with people, you test the people to a degree without getting on their nerves. And because you've become part of almost like a family, so to speak, with the ministry, the Academy people do look after you. It's not just you pay your money and go one day and bang, that's it. DJ tutorial by Ellaskins, The DJ Tutor. From the early 90s into the late 90s, I just built a load of vinyl and CDs. I borrowed a load of my mates' headcandies and stuff, collections, with individual tracks that I knew they'd love. And I'd get the last hour and a half between vinyl and CD. And I had a great time. And the ability to be able to do that, to turn it up and then obviously play in Austria or in Russia...

4:37 I enjoyed myself very much

DJ tutorial by Ellaskins, Now, no editing here. What's your name, sir? Gary Newsley. And where are you from? Well, just a city. London. Where, sorry? London. London, alright. What do you think about today? I enjoyed myself very much. Excellent. Which room did you enjoy the most? Goes without saying really, the main room. Was it loud? It was very loud. My ears are still ringing. Because I didn't go in there today but have they still got like 5 million DDJ-1000s? The DJ tutorial by Ellaskins, The DJ Tutor. the crossfader All the other DJs telling you off, it's good and the fuck's up. I don't like being a kid. What I like people to do, I like them to be honest. And if there were any bad points, there's no point not telling everyone. You've got to tell people because you've just got to be honest. That's how you can make it better, isn't it? Say again, sorry? That's how you can make it better. You find out the good points and bad points. Exactly, exactly. You see, if we don't know the bad points, then we're not going to learn from them. The thing is, the good points was the bad points.

The interaction of actually being with other people that are in the same mindset as you, but aiming for the same sort of thing. The networking thing is a big thing about it. But that main room, depending on that sound system, I've probably had about 8 or 9 mixes. You can't beat it! Have you played on a sound system that big before? Of course not. Alright, now a lot of people will want to know this. If it's your first time playing on a big sound system, how do you feel? What are the pros, what are the cons? What can you tell people who have never played What to expect? The sound system that you would play in your bedroom, on that sound system sounds a lot different. Every single element you can hear is sort of made for that isn't it? Is it more difficult to mix? Is it easier? It is because sometimes you might get, obviously because you've got the booth and the main sound system itself, you might get a slight delay between it and you might be able to hear the main system over the booth.

So basically you enjoy yourself? Yeah!

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