maDJam... where the nickname (and rest) come from

by **maDJam** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 4:57 pm

Okay.. hmmm.. where to start: :oops:

First of all my full name is a few letters added to my nickname. (The name Mad-Jam would be cheesy otherwise). so add a AH to MAD and an A to JAM.... that's my full name... :shock:

American Community School (ACS) Graduate Class of 2000
LAU (Beirut) BA Communication Arts Class of 2004

I've been DJing since '92, mainly with house parties and one-off events at places such as schools, summerland and faqra club. Double cassette machines & CD players/ discmans with no pitch control or cueing (it was all about the music more than the mix).

Music was pretty much everything "non-arabic" from the start, but at the time (mid 90's) it was all about urban sounds (hip-hop, RnB, Gangsta Rap).

In 1997, Lawrence Farel organized an event at Beirut Hall entitled "Soriee Queen" from the Champs Elysses club in Paris. From that night onwards, House music changed the music perception in my head PERMANENTLY. :idea:

Continueing to do events at Janna, Acid, St. Georges and Downtown Beirut with various organizers including Positive Vibration, got my first chance to play to bigger crowds.

By 2000, I got my first 3 residencies at Blues Alley, Club 70, Le Sas, and Cream- Kaslik. Also the year that Club Frequency was started on Mix FM with the assistance of Roger Saad & production guidance of Dan Harper.

In the last 4 years of collecting & playing House music, I held residencies at come-and-go clubs such as Loft & Strange Fruit.

Since 2002, I've warmed-up for a number of A-List DJs that have arrived to play to the Lebanese crowd. I've also done a number of gigs in Kuwait, Amman, Dubai and Nicosia (with Amadeus).

Music in the last 4 years has gone through Garage, Disco-House, Drum & Bass and more recently progressive house & breakbeat.

It doesn't really matter what style the track is, as long as it sounds good, I'd play it. Electro has it's trend in '04, but lets see if it lasts long.

Now I got my BA in Communication Arts, it's time to find a day-time job. E-mail me, I'll send u my CV... :lol:

hahaha!

I hope that summarizes it.... :roll:

sorry to bore you, but it's a slow day...

by **bxtreme** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 5:20 pm

well a belated introduction in the new members section, but its all worth the read! I love the way you came up with your name, pretty original

Anyways man, glad to know you better, and looking forward to seeing you around here

by **samer** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 5:45 pm

well thanks for the lovely intro.. now we all know you a lil bit more (excluding AMADEUS who's prolly now doing some nasty things but that's another story!!)

glad you're joining in man, i think you're already know that you're most welcomed in here.. hope to catch you i some gigs soon..

by **TRANCExual** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 6:19 pm

That's cool,i consider that as ur full "biography"

Im now an lau student,finished 2 years and still have 2 or 2.5 yrs left coz im doing double emphasis "im cool no"

What was ur gpa when u graduated? i wanna c how much it will drop if i became a dj

..now its 3.25/4 :oops:

by **Lza** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 8:20 pm

hey welcome again maDJam i can still remember the first time i talked to u and asked u about ur name u told me to add "ah" to "mad" and "a" to "jam" and the result was "madah jama":oops:
u laughed and told me that u can use it as a jingle and told me ur true name
it was fun !

by **AMADEUS** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 8:23 pm

nice complete self intro maDJam! it's nice to have you here between us mate!!

regards to all trancehits.com members from Bulgaria!

by **Dreamboy** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 8:45 pm

Hey welcome maDJam, glad to have u here ... now we have 2 top lebanese djs and that really a pride

& good luck in finding a job

by **e-sam** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:19 pm

Welcome aboard maDJam it was really nice getting to know you last time at the beach (La Voile Bleu). Hopefully, we will get to know you more in person as time passes by.

by **DIONYSOS** » Sun Aug 15, 2004 2:05 am

welcome again maDJam! your career sure sounds interesting, and truly hope that the future brings u even better opportunities! ur 1 of the few leb DJs that i actually respect because ur dedicated to 1 style of music, and u know how rare that is around here. btw r u spinnin at any local clubs nowadays? if u r or if u will b make sure u let us know! cheerz m8