E-Smoove - "I Love Analyzing Business And Negotiating Deals" GRAMMY®-nominated producer and remixer Eric "E-Smoove" Miller is an industry veteran who has remixed tracks from the likes of Michael Jackson, Mary J. Blige, INXS, Seal, Lil Kim and more. As a producer, he is responsible for the House classics "Deja Vu" and "Insatiable", both featuring vocalist Latanza Waters as well as numerous [...]

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Trevor Lamont - "Why Don't You Move To Chicago?" Trevor Lamont of Grand Reserve has been a DJ since college in 1987. During that time house was starting to take hold within the Philadelphia scene. Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania would have parties which were half house and hip hop. Trevor started playing records in 1987, and was influenced early by the likes of Frankie [...]

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ZEBO - "We See Ourselves The Way That We Think Others See Us" Zebo packs a cut-up crateful of styles, from hip-hop and B-more to French, Electro, Disco and even a nasty snippet of a techno track or throwback freestyle gem. While this maximal approach might be increasingly common among DJs who cater to the ADD-riddled mash-up club casualties, Zebo stays head and shoulders above the rest for [...]

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DJ LIL' JOHN™ - "I'm A Low-Key Computer Geek" DJ LIL' JOHN™ is without question one of Chicago's most well-known DJs. Nationally and internationally, millions of listeners have heard his "hands do the talking", as he mixed a variety of music on-the-air for almost three decades!! From the college radio station WKKC 89.3fm (1980's), summer guest spots on the Top 40 powerhouse WBBM 96.3fm [...]

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Stanny Abram - "People Have A Lot Of Their Own Problems" When word comes to electronic music, Stanny Abram is spectacular. Not only can we talk about musical genius, who has currently more than 1100 released tracks out there, including 6 studio albums on more that 100 international labels. He is also an owner of 6 successful electronic music labels, an active DJ, entertainer behind the decks. [...]

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Michael Airhart - "Growing Up In The Projects In The Early 80's" S&S: What's your style of music? How do you describe it? Michael Airhart: I love soulful house, gospel house, funky house and disco house . These different types are meds to my soul. I carry a case of these were ever I go .more like stress relief. Sometimes when the day gets ruff I slide a CD in and its a rap stress be gone lol[...]

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Thomas "DJ P.E.A.C.E" Spann - "How Does One Continue To Have Some Relevance" S&S: What's your style of music? How do you describe it? Thomas "DJ P.E.A.C.E" Spann: My style is very eclectic-I draw musical inspiration from all genres-not just electronic dance music–deep house, progressive, etc –but also from global influences. My musical tastes run from Yousou N’Dour to Salif Keita to [...]

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