Q) Where are you from?
A) Point Loma. I grew up here.

Q) What's your status?
A) I've been single for a while now.

Q) How long have you been a club DJ?
A) 17 years. I started March of 86'.

Q) First club you spun at?
A) Stratus in Spring Valley. It's a church now.

Q) Where do you currently spin?
A) I float around a few clubs. On Broadway, E Street Alley, Deco's, Red
Circle and Spirits After Dark at Harrah's Rincon Casino. I DJ out of town a little too. L.A., Orange County, Palm Springs, Santa Barbara, San Francisco.

Q) Favorite DJ equipment?
A) Technics 1200 turntables. Rane or Pioneer mixers. I like the Stanton 101 SR headphone too, but I heard they don't make them anymore.

Q) How did you get started?
A) I was a music advisor to a teen dance club called Stratus. The owner, Sam Baris, gave me an opportunity to have his headliner, DJ Kool T (Terry Spears), teach me how to spin and open on their night called "The Metro Beat". I spun British electro pop, hi- nrg, hip hop, soul, house, alternative, and gothic. I got $20 to spin the first hour and a small VIP list.

Q) Who are you into musically?
A) I more into producers than the actual artist. For hip hop, I like Farrell and Dr. Dre. For older music, I like Quincy Jones, Nile Rodgers, Stock Aitkin Waterman, Bobby O, Giorgio Moroder. With house and trance, the music changes so quickly. It's hard to pin point what I like.

Q) Music styles you spin?
A) New school and old school hip hop and r & b. 80's new wave, British electro pop, hi nrg, hip hop, soul, and alternative. 70's disco and funk. New school and old school house and trance.

Q) Your best event?
A) I DJed MTV's "The Grind" at Chillers in Palm Springs. Three episodes in 95' and three more in 96'. It was crazy. I remember looking at the crowd and it was like looking at an ocean of people. When I'd get on the mic and say, "Make some noise!" it was the loudest crowd response I had ever heard.

Q) Who were your favorite DJ's when you started?
A) Before I started, it was DJ Citizen Cane from 91x because he always spun great music and had a great connection to the crowd. He knew exactly the right music to play. DJ Kool T taught me how to spin, format, and the importance of being unpredictable. The same goes for DJ Mr. T (Tony Mirador), who was the second DJ I ever worked with.

Q) What makes a great club DJ?
A) It's having a connection to your audience. It's programming, formatting, and spinning good music. To keep on knocking out sets of great music for hours and hours.

Q) What's the funniest thing that ever happened to you DJing?
A) I was DJing at this club in 1990. The owner ran up to me and told me to make an announcement. "M.C. Hammer had just called and was going to make a surprise appearance in 30 minutes!" The crowd went crazy. When he and his entourage arrived, the crowd went totally nuts and tried to bum rush the DJ booth. I gave the owner the mic and he hands it over to M.C. Hammer. He was an imposter! Amazingly, almost everyone bought it.

Q) The best things about being a club DJ?
A) The incredible people I've met. I love to rock the crowd, no matter what style of music I'm spinning. Getting paid to work in a party atmosphere. Working in world class venues. Watching people behave badly.

Q) Any last comments?
A) Thank you to Sam Baris, DJ Kool T, Visco Entertainment Group,
ClubDeviate.com, The DJ Store, Etcetera, DesignedEntertainment.com, Kenton (Pappacostas) Photography, my friends on Friendster.com, all the people I work with, all the club owners and promoters who have helped my career from back in the day till now, the club goers, and my parents for their support, especially my Dad Al.