Right then! I suppose I should start this new blog off by saying a bit about myself and why Im doing all this so here we go.
This blog is going to work as an accompaniment to the main website. I split them out so that Ive got one site dedicated to a blog, and another to keep you all up to date with where Im playing, where I've been and what Im doing. And a myspace page because, er, well everyone seems to have one these days but personally I think they're utter gash. But needs must....
My real name is indeed Spencer Loveridge. I thought I'd keep it the same for DJing as it's unique (Google me), and all attempts to come up with a cool DJ name have all portrayed the image of a whiffy cheese playing minstrel, which I certainly am not. Aside from that, an estate agent once suggested I should be a movie star with a name like that so it's good enough for DJing until I get to Hollywood.
If you read my biography on the main site then you will know that I've been mucking about with DJing since I got my first decks in 2000, here's a fresh faced pic:
"Got any Speed Garage mate?"
I've played around here and there with highlights being gigs for Ministry of Sound and Hed Kandi but after such high profile gigs I suppose your wondering what happened. Well, itchy feet for one. I felt I needed to get the hell away for a while and go travelling, which I did for 14 months, around the world and back (which, if you have a few days spare, you can read all about in my other blog here). But for all my changed views and maturing as a person, the one thing I couldn’t shake off is my darned stubborn love for House music. Early in my trip I met up with a British Techno DJ living and DJing in Tokyo (Dave Twomey), and as he was the same age as me but doing bloody well in the DJing and he inspired me to think "Why cant I do that?". As I continued my travels I played in different bars and clubs and each time people would come up to me saying how much they loved what I was playing so in the end I made the firm decision to make a real big go of it when I got back to the UK. Ok so I got back in January and it's September now but real life can slow you down sometimes. Anyways I'm all ready now so as you read this now, you are joining me at the start of what hopes to be a wonderful journey.
But why? All this time, money and effort for what? I want to make clear my intentions are here at the start. The first, foremost and primary reason, and this is the truth, even though I come across as cynical bastard sometimes, is that I purely love the music. If I'd have got bored of it I would have moved on. But just when you think its all starting to sound the same and boring you'll find that track that'll get your head nodding like a Churchill dog and goose bumps all over like when you need a really big poo. It's that buzz that I crave. The music, not the pooing. And what could be better than sharing that feeling with everyone else? Nothing that’s what! Well, except maybe eating a REALLY good pack of crisps.
Don't get me wrong though, the other perks are certainly not undesirable; adulation of fans, people chanting your name, free stuff, flipping great wadges of cash and women throwing themselves at you. Although I'm very well aware that getting to that level of 'Superstar' DJ is not exactly a reality in this day in age as that time I feel has passed. But it's certainly free to dream. However, that is not what is driving me. It's the simple desire to share my wonderful music with you good people. So if you ever see me on a yacht somewhere, eating caviar out of a Page 3 girl's bottom and I'm too busy to give you an autograph, please feel free to slap me in the face and refer me to this first entry of my blog.
One last thing; This blog is also going to act as a sort of evil opposing force to my main website. Where as that is all business, promotion, pictures of me looking all mean and moody - that sort of thing, this blog will be the truth as it really is. Straight from my rambling inner monologue. No bullshit. I feel Im taking a risk as it might undermine all the marketing and promoting yourself nonsense, but I'm fully aware it is a necessary evil. Only time will tell I guess. See you on the floor!
Peas, love and music,
SL
P.S. I'm feeling generous so here's some more distinctly dodgy pics of me in my early DJing days:
But why? All this time, money and effort for what? I want to make clear my intentions are here at the start. The first, foremost and primary reason, and this is the truth, even though I come across as cynical bastard sometimes, is that I purely love the music. If I'd have got bored of it I would have moved on. But just when you think its all starting to sound the same and boring you'll find that track that'll get your head nodding like a Churchill dog and goose bumps all over like when you need a really big poo. It's that buzz that I crave. The music, not the pooing. And what could be better than sharing that feeling with everyone else? Nothing that’s what! Well, except maybe eating a REALLY good pack of crisps.
Don't get me wrong though, the other perks are certainly not undesirable; adulation of fans, people chanting your name, free stuff, flipping great wadges of cash and women throwing themselves at you. Although I'm very well aware that getting to that level of 'Superstar' DJ is not exactly a reality in this day in age as that time I feel has passed. But it's certainly free to dream. However, that is not what is driving me. It's the simple desire to share my wonderful music with you good people. So if you ever see me on a yacht somewhere, eating caviar out of a Page 3 girl's bottom and I'm too busy to give you an autograph, please feel free to slap me in the face and refer me to this first entry of my blog.
One last thing; This blog is also going to act as a sort of evil opposing force to my main website. Where as that is all business, promotion, pictures of me looking all mean and moody - that sort of thing, this blog will be the truth as it really is. Straight from my rambling inner monologue. No bullshit. I feel Im taking a risk as it might undermine all the marketing and promoting yourself nonsense, but I'm fully aware it is a necessary evil. Only time will tell I guess. See you on the floor!
Peas, love and music,
SL
P.S. I'm feeling generous so here's some more distinctly dodgy pics of me in my early DJing days:
"He certainly has an 'ear' for it"
"Drat, I forgot me Bon Jovi..."
"You appear to be wearing home-made tshirts...."
1 comment:
Nice one Spencer, go for it matey! I certainly have good memories of comparing Reason mixes on integration projects. That was the best part of the project. Will have to come to one of your gigs when I back in the UK. Brad
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