DJ QWEST
Trent'n Boyz
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I really got serious back in 91. Being a novice I really didn't know how to blend because basically all you had to do to be a hip-hop DJ was to know how to scratch. One rarely used the pitch control because back then it was all about scratching and not blending. Learning how to mix was not an easy task but being the determined-minded person that I am, I couldn't let anything hold me back. I basically taught myself how to mix, but I did have some assistance from DJ Gusto (Disco Revenge). Gusto mixed all my house tapes then; I would sit there for hours watching him work. It was beautiful. (Sigh) The mere fact that he would take two separate things and create one sound that flowed so sweetly. Gusto and I are still tight, but now I make tapes on my own. I've come a long way since my first mix tape. I feel very confident today that I have arrived as DJ QWEST! I earned my name rightfully due to the fact that I am always on a qwest if you will for something new and old in the realm of house music. Presently, my goal is to obtain my own residency here in the states or abroad. That would complete my mission…. For now.
In 98 I joined forces with the Trent'n Boyz who have been consistently putting out slamin tracks for you to move your body to. Look for upcoming releases at your local record shop from a production group that is definitely on the rise.
This is my story, this is my song……but it ain't over.
Bio -
The year was 1985 when I first sparked my passion for mixing. Back then I only mixed rap music because my musical horizons weren't quite as broad as they are today. Every Friday I would sit if front of my 20/20 (For those who know) and to get better reception I'd hold my hand on the antenna to pull in NYC's 107.5 WBLS and Mr. Magic's Rap Attack show with mixoligist Marley Marl. But there was competition because not to far down the dial was rival station 98.7Kiss FM with Kool DJ Red-Alert. I soon recall flipping the dial back and forth recording (which I still have the tapes of) whoever was spinning the livest sounds. Eventually, Kiss Fm won me over simply because Red-Alert was and will always be the man on the wheels of steel. At that time my favorite rap groups were Public Enemy, Eric B & Rakim, and Boogie Down Productions. I guess because they brought a message with every line that they recited.
In 1987, I entered a new form of music that would turn my life around as a DJ…. HOUSE MUSIC! The first time I heard house music was in the parking lot of Trenton Central High School. One of boys, Earl Scott, was playing a Tony Humphries tape and I immediately said to myself, "Rudy this stuff is phat", (back then I probably said, "dope", but you get my drift). Anyway, Earl told me that Tony came on right after Red. I was in heaven. I mean to have two great DJ's spinning back-to-back. (And it meant that I would have to stay up later, but it was well worth it). I indirectly strayed away from the other station down the dial but not totally because they had their share of house DJ's as well. (Timmy Regisford, Merlin Bobb, Bobby Konders) to name a few. As I reminisce, I realize that dance music has really evolved from the era that I grew up in. It doesn't have the support that it once had. However, that's a story all to itself.
