Mickey G

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Now in my thirties, plus ten...
In my teens, like many others, I used to listen to Greg Edwards on a Friday night and JFM (the pirate station) on a Sunday. I was not old enough to go to clubs, so had to listen on the radio instead. I persuaded my father to take me to Tottenham Court Road to buy me a mixer, which was very basic with no cross fade. My first turntables were belt driven, different makes and a nightmare to work with, but a good grounding to start bedroom mixing. Pocket money was spent on 12" records, my first 12" purchase was Vicky D This Beat Is Mine on Import (Sam Records). The mixer and decks meant that I could DJ at house parties and that's where it all started.
I started clubbing as soon as I could drive, hop into the Ford Capri and we were off up to town. I remember going to see Steve Walsh in Peckham, Robbie Vincent in Camberley and Norman Jay in Camden. Heading out to Caister for the soul weekenders. From these early days of what I would describe as pure soul music we drifted into another scene, with DJs like Giles Peterson , Bob Jones and Kevin Beadle introducing us to Jazz and rare groove. Clubs like the Special Branch playing a mixture of hip hop, rare groove and Northern soul. Chris Brown at the Belverdere in Ascot on a Sunday lunch time then down to the Belvedere in Richmond for some Jazz in the evening. Good times that certainly expanded my mind as far as music was concerned.
Then came House music, I was doing a residency at the time where I played soul and rare groove but the crowd did not want this anymore so I made the change to house music.
I have a large collection of vinyl, switched to CDs a few years back and am now being forced into digital music. I am not big on technology so MP3 and wav files are all new to me! I still love the feel of vinyl and much prefer to use it when DJing.
I like to listen to Ralph Tee, Richard Searling and Robbie Vincent and when I found the vinyl morpher web site I felt right at home immediately. Like minded people playing quality soul music. I wanted to be a part of it!
So into web based music stations, this is the way forward, so I am told. I am very pleased to be a part of this revolution and it's great to trawl through my collection and present a show. I hope you like my choice in music and please email with any suggestions for the show.

Mickey G