My given family name is "Son of John", I am the actual (grand)son of a John, I cut samples (when I use 'em) like a fillet-o-fish (Slivers) and I take a long time perfecting the mix... Name kinda wrote itself really - ...

Not currently - although I have played (as a DJ) in Brighton & Hove and performed a couple of my own tracks in Jamaica in 2002...

I'd love to DJ properly again someday... But for now I'm happy to broadcast on the Internet from home...

The MP3 provides a compact, versatile, easily transferable medium for both artist and enthusiast/collector alike - empowering the production of 'quality' music by computer without the 'overhead' of expensive "Studio Time".

The Internet allows real potential for independent ("unsigned") artists & producers, should they choose, to get their material heard and distributed "on merit" direct to their "target audience" - thereby freeing them to focus on their art, rather than compliance with contractual obligations - via Internet broadcasting, MP3 distribution and other sites.

Also inherent within the Internet are its communities. These provide the medium for direct contact and communication between artist and audience - and all this implies for distribution, feedback, artistic growth and opening doors for collaborations.

Both ease the grip held by the "corporate" Music Industry on music. This is a good thing for music as it returns 'focus' to "The Art" and the artist/producer...

Surprisingly, yes I would.

Whilst I hold a firm belief that there is far too much 'control' held by the "corporates" within the Music Industry, they DO have an established 'network' for wide exposure and distribution.

The Internet (although still 'young') is already a complicated, competitive "mire" within which it is very easy to get "lost" and go un-noticed... It'll improve - but it's not there yet...

The other alternative is to get involved with a new studio / label as it's starting up - which I now am; so watch this space...

Always loved music - collecting it, playing it, dabbling with creation...
Always had musically talented friends and taken every opportunity to "jam"...
1999 - decided to take my musical interests beyond 'hobby'...
1999 - LJS tracks played in Brighton & Hove & elsewhere in the UK...
2001 - "Freak-me-knots" played on MTV...
2001 - co-produced "eJayberFest" with my wife (who's idea it was); a live, one-day event bringing together members of an online community of 'unsigned' artists under one roof, playing their tracks in a venue and broadcasting it to the world via 'Net radio...
2001 - LJS tracks played in Ibiza...
2002 - played briefly at Sandals, Jamaica (Ocho Rios)...
2003 - wrote the UK manual for PC DJ Producer and the demo for the 'dance' edition.
2004 - Contracted by Empire for music s/w QA.
2005 - Involvement with Ivy Arch Studio.
...The Future Awaits...

A wide range of influences: classical, opera, pop, rock, reggae, dub, rap, blues, trance, techno, breakbeat, drum 'n' bass, ragga, ska... Just about everything really...

Specifically (and in no particular order):

David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Bob Marley, Horace Andy, Lee Perry, Black Uhuru, Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno, Urian Heap, Motorcycle, Darude, Marshal Mathers (Eminem), Dr Dre, Eurythmics, Althea & Donna, Dandy Livingstone, Steel Pulse, Chemical Brothers, Fat Boy Slim, Gary Numan, Led Zeppelin, ATB, Adam & The Ants, Stray Cats, Fats Domino, Big Bopper, Duane Eddy, Alanis Morrisette, Alice Cooper, Alice Deejay, Anabolic Frolic, Apollo 440, Armin van Buuren, Artful Dodger, Augustus Pablo, Seal, Baccaccia Life, Art of Noise, Enigma, Benny Benassi, Big Bruvaz, Black Eyes Peas, Blank & Jones, Burning Spear, Busta Rymes, Chicane, Elton John, Culture, Cygnus X, Depeche Mode, Fred Locks, Flanders and Swan, Fugees, G.O.L., Grand Master Flash, Ian Van Dahl - and many, many, many more...

Jamaica

Hardware
Pentium 4 (R-bus connection)
Roland VS-2480 24-track (R-bus connection)
Korg "Karma" (MIDI connection)
Yamaha SY-55 (MIDI connection)
Freebass FB383 (MIDI connection)
Electrix "WarpFactory" vocoder (MIDI connection)

Software
Cakewalk "Sonar" XL 2.2
Reason 2.0
FruityLoops "Studio" 4.1
CoolEdit Pro 2.0
VSTi/DXi soft-synths
VST/DX processors
Massive sample library (67,000+ = 6GB)

Although I have dabbled with eJay (and other "instant music" packages) my 1st love was always Cakewalk - and still is; especially now it hooks into Reason & soft-synths with ease...

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