MixMasterMac's Podcast

Well where do I begin, let’s just say that I’ve been involved in playing and producing music on and off for the last 25 errrr! a lot of years (yes I am younger then I look-YEAH RIGHT!). I started playing music as a DJ when I was 15 years old or should I say selecting music because I wasn’t in a position to buy the music at the time for my cousin Eddie’s sound system called “Soularkus” (don’t ask me what it means) when they played a couple of parties. My cousin was impressed with my knowledge so when I approached him about putting together my own sound system he agreed to help. So BAS3 was born. The creation, which consisted of myself and my cousins Woodhouse & Adonte. I had been playing out as a DJ for a number of years before I ended up doing any form of radio. My first look in was with two employees of a now defunct TV hire company. They were Ben West and Chris Phillips (www.jazzfm.com/) and the station was called Radio Activity (Yeah very creative). Well, I did one show on there & the phone lines blew up. So much so that within two weeks the station changed it’s name to Starpoint FM with a 100% R&B Hip-hop format. It spawned loads of good people like Chris Phillips, Wilber Willberforce (1Xtra), Maxi Jazz (Faithless), Carl Lewis (Starpoint Radio) and probably a few more I don’t remember, aaah good times, I still have that first show on tape somewhere & might upload it one day for fun. I sort of dropped out of radio stuff once it all went legal (too ugly for radio) and spent some time concentrating on raising some boys. I got a little bit board with being domestic and started helping my partner with some events called BWIM & BMIM – Black Women/Men In Music which showcased the best in UK artist performing with a live band in a great setting. We got a lot of props for the show & actually helped a couple of them get on their way to getting record or publishing deals. I am currently doing a little bit of podcasting & ad voice-overs (good work when you can get it) and I’m currently part of Raydeoh which is part internet radio and podcasting and a few other side projects. It all seems like fun again.