Dj Takenotes

HEY ALL, BEEN ON HIATUS SINCE JAN 2023 AS I HAVE BEEN ON A JOURNEY OF RECONNECTING WITH GOD WHO CALLED ME OUT WHEN I WAS SO FOCUSED ON ELEVATING, SUCCESS AND DOING ME. THIS ALL HAPPENED JUST AT THE BRINK OF MY JOURNEY HITTING A LEVEL I HAD BEEN STRIVING TOWARDS FOR NEARLLY TWO YEARS, BUT, IT WAS A PERSONAL CONVICTION TO LET GO AND TRULY LET GOD LEAD WHICH CULMINATED IN TAKING A EXTENDED SABBATICAL OF SORTS TO REASSESS MY NEXT STEPS.

THERE IS A REASON AND A PURPOSE FOR THIS THING WE CALL LIFE AND GROWING UP IN A BIBLE BELIEVING FAMILY, I KNEW AND UNDERSTOOD THAT LIGHT AND DARKNESS COULD NOT CO-EXIST NO MATTER HOW ONE MAY TELL THEMSELVES THAT IT COULD BE DONE [ANYWAYS I WON'T CONFUSE YOU FOR THOSE WHO ARE THINKING HUH…LOL]. 
 ALL WILL MAKE SENSE IF YOU FOLLOW MY SOCIALS MOVING FORWARD AS I BEGIN TO POST AGAIN. BUT ONCE AGAIN, THANKS FOR THOSE WHO ACTUALLY BELIEVED IN THE JOURNEY.  MY LOVE FOR MUSIC REALLY WAS THE MOTIVATION, DESPITE THE EXTERNAL GUNK!

I COPPED SO MUCH HEAT MAINLY FROM PEERS DURING MY SHORT STINT BACK WITHIN THE FIELD AND BECAUSE OF THIS, MANY MISUNDERSTOOD MY PUBLIC PERSONA AND WHO I ACTUALLY WAS IN REAL LIFE [THIS LED TO MANY MISSED OPPORTUNITIES OF NETWORKS DUE TO THE RUMOUR MILL COMING FROM THE HOME TOWN], THIS INCLUDED THOSE I THOUGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE, BUT THAT IS THE NATURE OF THE GAME, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY FAILED TO REALIZE MY FOCUS WAS BIGGER THAN THE FISHBOWL WE CALL THE BERRA AND NOT NECESSARILY TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME SUPPOSED COMPETITION. IT IS A SAD REALITY, BUT IF YOU WANT SOMETHING BAD ENOUGH, YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE HATE IS WATER OF A DUCKS BACK TO DRIVE YOU UPWARDS.

ANYWAYS….GOD HANDLES THESE THINGS SO SHOULD I BE LED INTO THAT POSITION AGAIN, THAN I  WOULD BE OPEN TO WORK WITH ANYONE HUMBLE, TRUSTWORTHY AND HARDWORKING TO BE GUIDED AND TAUGHT HOW I ACHIEVED THE LEVEL I DID.

NOW, JUST TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT….NO HATE!
 BEFORE I MOVE ON, I'LL ADDRESS AND MAKE IT OFFICIAL FOR THOSE THIS ONE TIME ONLY [GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF TIMES IT WAS QUESTIONED, POSSIBLY BECAUSE I COULD PUMP OUT 4-5 MIXES A DAY], BUT --- 
ALL MY MIXES, WERE NOT PRE-MIXED, OR PROGRAMED IN A DAW PROGRAM LIKE PROTOOLS AND STUDIO ONE (MY DAW'S OF CHOICE), BUT i WOULD GET IN THE FEELS AND RECORD IN ONE OR TWO TAKES. YES, i WOULD PLAN MY SONGS, WHICH INVOLVED RESEARCH ACCORDINGLY OR KNOWING MY CRATES, CLEANED UP THE TRACKS FOR DISTROS AND MASTERS,  BUT ALSO THE ORDER OF SONGS WAS ON THE FLY, THIS WAS EXACTLY HOW I WOULD DO IT IN  MY LIVE GIGS, I GO BY THE FEELS, SOMETHING THAT SEPERATED ME FROM SOME PURISTS, TURNTABLISTS AND SELECTORZ. (CONTROVERSIAL, MAYBE, BUT WHATEVZ LIKE I SAID, CUT AND PASTE BUT NOW YOU KNOW) AND ANOTHER THING, IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY TO SOME OF THE MIXES, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PICK UP ON SOME OFFTIMING MIXING OR MISSCRATCHES, I LEFT THESE MISTAKES IN THE RECORDINGS ON PURPOSE.  NOT A COP OUT, BUT MY FOCUS WAS A PRINCIPLE I LEARNED FROM GARY VEE, FAIL FOWARD AND YOU WILL ACHIEVE MORE, AND YES, I DID ALL THE MIXING, EDITING, ENGINEERING, RECORDING, AND FINAL MASTER OF ALL TRAKCS. I ALSO DID MY OWN VIDEO EDITS, GRAPHICS, POSTERS, PROMOTION, AND MANAGED MY ACCOUNTS AND BUSINESS ON MY OWN FOR THE MOST PART THERE WERE TIMES I OUTSOURCED SOME OF THE WORK TO GIVE ME MORE TIME AND FLEXIBILITY TO FOCUS ON THE MIXES AND REMIX PRODUCTIONS, BUT THESE PEOPLE ENDED UP BECOMING A PART OF THE TEAM OF TAKENOTES. THIS REALLY WAS A SMALL DREAM TO PROVE I COULD IT, DESPITE STEPPING ASIDE FROM MY TRUE GIFT OF PLAYING AND WRITING. I DIGRESS…

ALSO, MY DECKS OF CHOICE WAS THE DDJ SB3 CONTROLLER, WHICH I ENDED UP STICKING WITH TO PROVE A POINT,. FOR THE  ELITISTS WHO ARE OF THE VIEW THAT YOU NEED 2K + GEAR TO ROCK SHOWS LOL.., IF SOMEONE LIKE ME FROM THE NORTHSIDE BURBS OF CANBERRA CAN GET RECOGNISED AND HEADHUNTED BY INTERNATIONAL A&R REPS OF LABELS, AS WELL AS HOLD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RESIDENCIES,THEN IT GOES TO SHOW THAT IT ISN'T THE GEAR, THE CRATES, THE LATESTS REMIXES, THE GROUPIES, THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW (EVEN THOUGH IT HELPS OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES), THE AMOUNT OF FRIENDS YOU BRING TO YOUR GIGS, THE PROMOTERS BOYZ CLUB GATEKEEPERS WHO PUSH SUBPAR AND CHEAPER DJS OR THEIR MATES BECAUSE YOU WON'T CAVE TO THEIR DEMANDS,  BUT RATHER YOUR VERSATILITY, MUSICALITY, SONG SELECTION AND CROWD PERSONA AND READING THE ROOM. IT HELPS TO HAVE A MUSICAL THEORY BACKGROUND AND TRAINING BUT HAVING THE EAR PUTS YOU AHEAD, AS WELL AS SOME TALENT. THIS IS MORE EVIDENT DURING HIGH STRESS UNFORESEEN MOMENTS WHERE THE PROS RISE UP TO THE MOMENTS. ALSO, HAVING A WHOLE BUNCH OF CONTENT UPLOADED TO SHOWCASE SOME OF YOUR SKILLZ AS WELL AS PEOPLE LIKING YOU TOO I GUESS HAHA..
OR…
YOU CAN BE A YES MAN OR GAL AND TAKE THE SHORT CUT IN THE LINE, AND BE A MID TIER ACT IN THE FISH BOWL WITHOUT REALIZING THERE IS A WHOLE OCEAN OUT THERE TO EXPLORE! I'M NOT WIRED THAT WAY UNFORTUNATELY, WHICH MADE MY JOURNEY 10X HARDER HAHA 

 EVEN IF YOU FEEL THE WHOLE WORLD IS AGAINST YOU, YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND MAKE THE OPPORTUNITIES AND BE YOUR #1 HYPE FAN AND BACK IT UP UNTIL THE PENDULUM SWINGS YOUR WAY THEN REAP THE BENEFITS OF THE SEEDS YOU PLANTED IN YOUR FIELDS. THIS WEBSITE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST GOALS I SET. IT WOULD BE MY CALLING CARD AND A WAY TO PUT MY MONEY WHERE MY MOUTH WAS, A THING THAT MANY IN THIS GAME HAVE NOT EVEN REACHED THEMSELVES, BUT, SEEM TO DO ALOT MORE TALKING THEN ACTION….
 

• ANOTHER THING, YOU DON'T NEED TO BE HEADLINING BIG CLUBS TO BE MAKING BIG MONIES [A BIG MISCONCEPTION OUT THERE FOR NEW DJS]. FIND YOUR LITTLE CORNER OF ACREAGE IN THIS GAME, OR DO WHAT I DID AND SET YOURSELF IN ALL AREAS [FUNCTION, CORPORATE, FESTIVALS, CLUBS, BARS, PRIVATE, ELITE/RICH AND FAMOUS INVITE ONLY GIGS] AND MONOPOLIZE AND CONQUER, AND SPEND LESS TIME LOOKING OVER YOUR  COMPETITIONS YARD, GET TO KNOW THEM AND DOMINATE COLLECTIVELY.  
• JUST FOR ONE OF THE VENUES, I EARNED ENOUGH IN A WEEKEND TO EQUAL MY 9-5 CUSHY PUBLIC SERVICE JOB. (WHICH WAS ONE OF THE GOALS I SET OUT TO DO SO I COULD QUIT THE FT JOB TO DO THIS DJ THING AND TRAVEL OVERSEAS FT) SAME AS MY PRIVATE GIGS…THESE COME WHEN YOU PUT THE WORK IN, 
   
• BEFORE I FORGET - ACTIONS, RESULTS, AND FACTS WILL ALWAYS KEEP THE LID ON ANY FALSE NARRATIVES THAT WILL DERAIL YOUR ENDEAVOURS TO  SUCCEED IN THIS GAME AND ANY VENTURE YOU CHOOSE. WHEN NOBODY IN THE HOMETOWN GAVE ME A SHOT, I WENT OUTSIDE THE NORM, MADE A NAME FOR MYSELF, AND THEY CAME KNOCKING LATER. DON'T LET THE HATERS DETER…HAVE A GOAL AND GET TO WORK, THERE IS ENOUGH MONEY TO GO AROUND - DONT BITE MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW BECAUSE YOU AIN'T PUT IN THE WORK TO DESERVE SUCH THINGS. THERE ARE NO SHORT CUTZ IF YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO! 
  
  TRUE TO THE NAME, I GUESS PEOPLE REALLY WERE PAYING ATTENTION AS I NOTICED MANY ADOPTING MY EVENTS, AND MIXTAPE IDEAS. SOME EVEN GOING AS FAR AS COPY AND PASTING. LOOK, TRUE PIONEERS SET THE TRENDS, AND THAT IS ALSO ANOTHER THING, KEEP YOUR EAR TO THE KERB, AND ALWAYS STAY A COUPLE OF MOVES AHEAD OF THE REST. 
  THE OLD SAYING IS TRUE…IMTATION IS THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY. BANGERZ, PROPER,NOSTALGIA, SATURDAYZ…
  RECIEPTS CAN'T BE REFUTED WHEN YOU PUT IN THE HOURS!
  
  SO THAT'S THE TRUTH AND, WHATEVER WAS SAID, CAN BE LAID TO REST HAHA
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• ONE LAST THING…..
  PEOPLE I NEED TO THANK PUBLICLY FOR WHERE i GOT IN THIS DJ THING (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)
• GOD - 
• FOR GIVING ME THE TALENT AND GIFT OF MUSICIANSHIP, FOR WITHOUT I AM NOTHING! THANK YOU JESUS, THANK YOU GOD, MY LORD AND SAVIOR!
• DJ SCULLY AND HIS PARTNER IN CRIME WHO'S NAME ESCAPES ME LOL..SOZ [ACT]
• I HAD TO COME BACK AND UPDATE THIS POST TO ENSURE I GIVE THESE GUYS CREDIT. THESE TWO ARE WELL KNOWN IN THE CANBERRA SCENE FOR TURNTABLISM [SCULLY WELL KNOWN IN THE HIPHOP SCENE AND DMC COMPETITIONS IN AUS] AND HIS PARTNER IN CRIME FOR EDM AND PRODUCTIONS, AND HAVE TO CREDIT BOTH AND IN PARTICULAR SCULLY FOR TEACHING ME THE ART OF TURNTABLISM AND HOW TO SPIN, SCRATCH, BEAT JUGGLE ECT ON VYNYL WHEN THEY USE TO RUN DJ BEGINNER COURSES AT GUNGAHLIN PCYC  CANBERRA AND INSPIRED ME TO GO OUT AND BUY MY FIRST PAIR OF TECHNIC 1200S AND ALSO TAUGHT ME THE ART OF BEAT MATCHING BY EAR WITH NO HEADPHONES. 
• ERROLD AND MAC AYAMISEBA (DJ MOOKIE (ACT) 
• - THESE BROTHERS, GAVE ME MY FIRST SHOT OF A MAIN ROOM MAIN SET DJ GIG IN CANBERRA AND IT WAS ALSO MY FIRST PRESSURE GIG WHERE AFTER OPENING SONG, PLAYED A SONG ON A SCRATCHED CD AND THE CROWD BOOED LOL….[FOR CONTEXT, THIS WAS A SOLD OUT EVENT, AND THE CLUB WAS PACKED AS I WAS OPENING UP FOR THE MAIN ACT] NONE THE LESS FILLED THAT FLOOR BACK UP 15 MINS LATER, BUT THE LESSON THAT TAUGHT ME MADE ME A BETTER DJ MOVING FORWARD. NO MATTER THE SITUATION, KEEP IT PROFESSIONAL, ALWAYS!
• GARRY FAUMUI (THE BOOYAH GROUP CEO) - 
• MENTOR, BROTHER AND FAMILY. ALL THE LIFE LESSONS, TOOLS AND CONVERSATIONS PREPARED ME MENTALLY TO BE ABLE TO BREAK STRIDE IN THIS UNFORGIVABLE INDUSTRY. DESPITE NOT AGREEING WITH THE DIRECTION, A PUBLIC THANKYOU IS STILL SUFFICE.. NOT TO MENTION ALL THE PRODUCTION AND SOUND ENGINEERING TRAINING AND LATE NIGHTS. HAHA, THANKS BRO!
• ROD GAETE (DJ KARMA ACT) AND CHRIS GAETE - 
• THE CHILIEAN BROTHERS OF THE SOUTH HAHA, TY FOR GIVING ME ONE OF MY FIRST FIRST GIGS IN CANBERRA BACK IN THE DAY AT THE INCEPTION OF MONKEY BAR AND AGAIN WHEN I CAME BACK IN 2021.  WE MAY HAVE HAD DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS NOW AND THEN, BUT OVERALL, THESE MEN DON'T GET ENOUGH RECOGNITION FOR BRINGING SOME GOOD TALENT TO CANBERRA. THEY KEPT IT 100% , RAISED THE STANDARD OF CLUB DJS IN THE AREA AS WELL SETTING THE STANDARD FOR VISITING ARTISTS ECT, WE KNEW HOW TO GET BUSINESS SORTED IN OUR HAY DAY. 
• DAN RAWSON (BOOMBOX2U) (RAWSON ACT) -
•  HUMBLE BUT KILLER ON THE DECKS AND SONG SELECTIONZ AS WELL AS DOING GREAT THINGS IN THE LOCAL SCENE. ENJOY THE CRATES AS WELL LAD! 
• DJ ANDRE NIKZ 
• (THE LIL BRO, LOVE YA UCE AND PROB THE BEST UNDERCOVER DJ COMPARED TO SOME HEADLINERS I KNOW IN THE AUSTRALIAN SCENE)
• HOMIE DJ RNB (FEVER NIGHTCLUB WOLLONGONG) - 
• I'LL VISIT THE GONG AND DROP IN TO THE CAFE WHEN IM THERE NEXT
• RON FAIR, PJ AND THE COLLECTIVE TEAM @ TALENTLOTTO INC (TALENTLOTTO INC) - 
• LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THIS NEW ROAD OPENS UP AND WHERE IT LEADS, EVEN THOUGH I JUST MISSED  A CHANCE AT SOME NOTABLE FESTIVALS AND TOURING OPPORTUNITES. IT WAS A STRAIN TO KEEP IT TO MYSELF BUT AS MENTIONED, HARD WORK CAN PAY OFF. 
• GOULBURN WORKERS MANAGEMENT AND CLUB. SPECIAL MENTION TO ANTHONY (CEO) - 
• APPRECIATE THE HOSPITALITY AND LOVE
• DJ/MC TANKSTAR  (BNE) RIP - 
• TAUGHT ME THE ART OF REMIXING IN SONY ACID LOL AND USED THE PRINCIPLES IN PROTOOLS AND STUDIO ONE. SEE YOU IN THE LAGI UCE!
• DJ TIKELZ, DJ PETER GUNZ, DJ MANNY, DJ RECTANGLE, QBERT, DJ MOTTO, DJ NOIZ 
• (THESE GUYS i DON'T PERSONALLY KNOW, HAVE MET THEM ONCE, BUT THEY INSPIRED ME YEARS AGO TO GET INTO THIS DJ GAME DESPITE MY TRUE TALENT IN PIANO AND SONGWRITING. THANKS LADS)
• MY OVERSEAS TEAM OF HELPERS - KAREL, EDGAR AND THE REST [YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE] 
• THANK YOU FOR HELPING PRODUCE CONTENT WHEN I WAS INUNDATED AND NEEDED AN EXTRA PAIR OF HANDS AS WELL AS HELPOINNG WITH TAG, VIDEO, INTRO IDEAS PRODUCTIONS. MY SOCIALS ARE LOCKED BUT WHEN I GAIN ACCESS, I SHALL REACH BACK OUT ACCORDINGLY. 
  i FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING HAS BEEN ADDRESSED ACCORDINGLY NOW!!
  
  I DON'T BOAST, FOR THE LORD WILL ELEVATE IN DUE SEASON, BUT THE RECIEPTS ARE A TESTAMENT TO THE FRUITS OF ONES HARDWORK AND LABOR EVEN WHEN IT SEEMED FUTILE., AND TO THINK THE OPPORTUNITY I WAS SEEKING WOULD COME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR JUST AS GOD STARTED REACH BACK OUT TO ME. 
  THE BIGGEST TEST FOR ME WAS WALKING AWAY FROM IT ALL, ONLY TO REALIZE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 12 + MONTHS THAT THIS WAS ONLY GOING TO BE THE BEGINNING OF A NEW VENTURE.
  
  NO REGRETS FOR I WANT TO TELL PEOPLE OF A GOD THAT LOVES, SEEKED ME OUT AND CHANGED MY LIFE FROM THE INSIDE OUT IN SUCH A WAY THAT HAS MADE ME VIEW LIFE IN A TOTAL NEW FOCUS. 
  
  REGARDING DJING PERSE, I DONT BELIEVE I WILL BE BACK DOING THE SAME THING OR DABBLING IN THE SAME LANE AGAIN. i AM CHOOSING TO FOCUS ON PUTTING CONTENT OUT THAT IMPACTS AND INSTILLS CHANGE IN PEOPLES LIVES. ONE WORD, JESUS. 
  
  I WILL REACH OUT TO CONTACTS AND A&R'S AND SEE WHAT CAN BE MADE WITH THE NEW DIRECTIVE, BUT ALL IN ALL, I'LL GO AND WALK WHERE GOD LEADS.  2023 TOOK ME TO THE LOWEST OF LOWS, AND YET, IT ALSO LIFTED ME HIGHER THAN I EVER HAVE BEEN. ALL WILL BE UNVEILED IN TIME, GOD WILLING, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THANK YOU AND KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE NEW CONTENT.
   I'LL UPLOAD THE REST OF MY CONTENT EVEN THE UNRELEASED THEN I'LL LEAVE AS IS.
  
  FYI - SOME MAY BE WONDERING WHY LEAVE THE OLD CONTENT UP IF IM FLYING THE GOD FLAG, BUT, LOOKING BACK AND SEEING THE TOTALITY OF THE STORY IS THE TESTAMENT OF ONES' WALK AND JOURNEY. I'M NOT ASHAMED, IF ANYTHING, I'M ASHAMED I DIDN'T MAKE THIS POST EARLIER. 
  
  “ BEHOLD, I AM DOING A NEW THING; NOW IT SPRINGS FORTH, DO YOU NOT PERCEIVE IT? i WILL MAKE A WAY IN THE WILDERNESS AND RIVERS IN THE DESERT.” ISAIAH 43:19
  #JESUSISGOD 
  DJTN