About

ATL-based DJ with Brooklyn beginnings

My journey in music started at Griffin Middle School in Smyrna, GA where I began playing trumpet. Throughout high school, marching band was my main extracurricular activity; honing my skills as a player and section leader was an important goal.

Fast forward to 2013 shortly after moving to Brooklyn, NY: I began getting into electronic music and attended the TomorrowWorld music festival outside of Atlanta, GA. I was hooked on the experience: the variety of subgenres, the accepting nature and randomness of the culture, the production that went into throwing an amazing party, etc. During the Diplo set on the Mad Decent stage, I thought, "This is so cool, but how hard can it really be up there behind the decks?"

I bought myself a beginner DJ controller and started tinkering with it right after the festival. A few controller upgrades and years later, I struck up a conversation with a DJ at a Williamsburg bar who had my same controller (s/o Luther Calvin Riggs) and he offered me a gig that he couldn't do at Switch Playground in Manhattan and that took me from a bedroom DJ to a paid professional. 

The team at Switch helped me grow into a more flexible and versatile DJ. One class, I'd be playing disco, the next class would be dubstep. It got me and my library of music into types of beats that I'd never be exposed to otherwise. I loved it. 

I continued to get more gigs from the Switch staff and clientele that included college parties, weddings, silent discos, corporate gigs, lounges, and bars until the COVID19 pandemic. NYC-living was tough during that time and a offer to move back to Atlanta at my day job came up, so I jumped on it. 

2023 marks my 10 year anniversary of getting into DJing and it's been an amazing hobby full of humbling experiences and amazing highs.