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[ MUSIC ]  Deejaying, Beat crafting, Rhythm & Percussion, Vocals, Electronic Music, Performance / Instruments and Gear:  1200s, DJM-500, PC, Drums [Drum set, Frame Drum (Irish/Middle eastern), Doumbek (Middle eastern), Conga (African)], Piano, Vocal Cords

Styles & Influences:  Breakbeat, Drum N Bass/Jungle, Speed Garage/2 Step, Techno, Trip Hop, Some Trance, Classical, Indian (Tabla & Sitar), World Percussion, Tibetan, Some Rock/Alternative, Some Electronic pop.  I would say my taste is pretty eclectic, and of course it depends on my mood. 

Props go To:  (Other than the breakbeat-heads) Bjork, Portishead, Bach, Mozart, Philip Glass, Ravi Shankar, The Cure, The Smiths, NIN, BT, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Norman Cook, Roni Size...and the beat goes ON...

I got my start DJing in the summer of 99, when my boyfriend at the time got into it.  At first I tagged along on record shopping outings, helping him pick out good cuts.  But soon I realized that I had my own taste in music and that spinning was something that I could do too.  

I've always been musical, playing the piano for many years, teaching myself to play drums in high school, and developing my voice over the years.  If I try to remember my earliest memory as a child, it would be when I was 2 years old.  I was on a swing in the playground, joyfully making up and singing a song as I gazed up at the clouds in the sky.  Music is life.  And life is music.

[ DANCE ]  Started dancing at age 2 1/2 and never stopped!  I studied Jazz, Ballet, Modern, Tap and was part of the prestigious Dance program at UC Irvine (also studied Theater).

Now, mostly into dancing all night at a party or club or drum circle.  Freeform dance, Trance Dance, start moving your body and the music (or your spirit) takes over and you forget where you are!

I wish I could breakdance, but I guess I was too young in the 80's.  I'm still a B-girl!  Actually, if you saw me dancing to breaks or jungle, I move with a certain style that combines really fluid modern dance-like movements and quick starts and stops like you would see in "popping" or "locking."  I also have been known to climb up on top of things such as speakers, platforms, cages, etc...

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