Behind the decks.

I've loved EDM and bass music since the NoCopyrightSounds days, back in sixth grade when Alan Walker was everywhere and I was deep in Excision and Skrillex. (I swear I'm not old.) Then I went to my first festival in 2021 and fell even harder. Standing in a crowd during a live set, it clicked as a way to express myself, have fun, and let go. After a few festivals I had to know how the DJs actually did it. So I bought a Pioneer DDJ-200 and got to work.

It was a huge learning curve, and to be honest, it sounded horrible at first. I'd haul that little controller to my friends' houses and play, and I can promise you it was rough. But I figured there was no way something wouldn't eventually sound good if I just kept at it. I started where everyone does, with house and bass house. Knock2 was blowing up right after Dashstar dropped, and his stuff was forgiving to mix, that boots-and-cats rhythm that lines up easily. The whole time, though, I knew I wanted to mix dubstep and bass, and I knew I wasn't there yet. So I kept trying.

The thing that actually made me better was refusing to stay in my comfort zone. I'd play in front of people even when I knew it sounded bad, a real "trust me bro" situation. I started studying how DJs mixed live instead of just listening, carving out time to practice, find new tracks, mix them, record it, and then listen back at the gym so I knew exactly what to fix next time. Slowly it came together. People started asking me to play, then inviting me out to play.

I don't get as much time to mix these days, but when I sit down at home and do it, it's the best part of the week. Most of what I make lives on my SoundCloud, follow me there.