DJ Brow
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About DJ Brow
I started mixing hip hop at an early age. I used to produce the pause-button style mix tapes with two different tape recorders and a handful of spliced wires. After dreaming about it for many years, I finally got my first set of turntables and mixer in 1996.
The whole set up was very cheap and horrible but I was finally scratching and mixing on vinyl. Weekend after weekend, I would go to nearby cities such as Indianapolis and Chicago to build up my vinyl collection and dig myself deeper into hip hop…it was my drug.
For some years after that, life and work eventually got in the way and my turntables ended up at the bottom of a junk pile in my shed. I slacked off from mixing and even recall trying to revive the set from time to time. Although my love for hip hop was still strong, I put it in my head that my scratching and mixing days were over.
On my 32nd birthday, my family surpised me with a brand new set of turntables and started the fire all over again! I remember the excitement of being able to have that chance again like it were yesterday. I began to dust off old vinyl and took some fun trips down memory lane.
A few months later, I discoverd digital mixing purely by accident. I remember watching tutorial videos on how to scratch ( they didn’t have that stuff when I first started ) and realized that the guy was scratching and mixing with mp3s from his laptop. I was blown away by this and soon after had a full digital set up.
Today, I digitally scratch and mix as often as I can. I constantly look for new techniques and beats to keep me up to date and don’t plan on stopping until my arms fall off.
I owe a lot to all the Sikmixx Radio DJs for the inspiration and support!
Links:
DJBrow – Digital Turntablist
DJBrow – Facebook
DJBrow – Twitter
