Thank you for making it to this part of my website, I intentionally set it as the last skill because it’s the skill I advertise the least, despite being the skill I’ve been perfecting for the longest time. That’s not to say I’m a bad DJ, I just personally prefer to market my other talents above this one.

Growing up, I was always the one in my friend group who knew the most about music. It helped that my family didn’t pay for cable so the radio was one of my primary forms of entertainment. My junior year, I was approached by a friend to “DJ” their birthday party. At the time, I had only speakers, an ever-expanding iTunes library, and good crowd-reading skills. I showed up with my laptop and speakers, and proceeded to queue up music for the next four hours. I guess it must have worked out well because I immediately started getting more offers.

By the time senior year came around, I bought my first ever controller, a Pioneer DDJ SB2. I started DJing even more events for my high school friends, slowly improving upon my mixing skills.

My skill level didn’t improve much however, until I got to Ohio University. I instantly made connections with other local campus DJs and started learning from them. When some of them found out I was a photographer, I was brought along to shoot photos for them at gigs. Being able to observe them for four hours straight at events helped me learn more than I ever could from YouTube tutorials.

I soon invested in my own set of professional speakers, and began DJing house parties for my friends at The Post. My first ever residency was at The Pigskin, which was pretty good for a beginner DJ as it was the largest venue in Athens by square footage. I got it because I was brought on board as a photographer for club nights, and the DJ let me play the opening set from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.

By the time my senior year at Ohio University came around, I was director of operations at the largest event promotion company in town, overseeing a staff of eight DJs. Our company was responsible for installing a DJ booth in Red Brick Tavern, a bar where I played my own headlining set every weekend.

I never set out to be a professional DJ when I first set up my speakers at a high school party, but I definitely don’t mind pursuing it as a hobby. Today, I occasionally DJ at various bars on Broadway in my free time and also at Big Machine sponsored events, such as the Indy 500 and Firestone Grand Prix of St. Pete.

The purpose of this website was never to market my abilities as a DJ, which is why it’s not mentioned anywhere else and I haven’t formatted this page with experience the way I have for other pages. That being said, I’m always down for a good time so if you’re interested in booking me, feel free to head on over to the contact page.