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Biography

Anything but ordinary, DJ Santos is an open format DJ, capable of playing a set of anything from Club Banger Hits to Rock to Reggae to Latin. He is well versed in all music genres and is able to do live mash-ups whether in the same genre or across genres. Always bringing an uncanny energy to each and every performance which allows him to connect with a crowd like no other DJ can. Homegrown in California, DJ Santos is well polished in all facets of DJ’ing including scratching, beat matching as well as MCEE’ing.

 

Being raised in a large family has been influential in the origin of DJ Santos’ career. Ranging from big band and jazz to Motown, disco and the eighties his relatives helped fuel an abounding passion for music. Growing up with a love of nineties music he began mixing his own music from cassette tapes, records and the radio with a dual cassette recorder. Although his affection for music always flourished he never had a chance to pursue it because of sports, but ironically it was his college coach who re-opened that door. To lessen his course load while in college, during the wrestling season, he was signed up for singing and music appreciation classes. This expanded his knowledge of how music works and gave him an understanding of notes, key, rhythm, and pitch; so he began playing a variety of instruments and fine-tuning his singing skills.

 

He soon landed a spot in a vocal group which allowed him to travel the world preforming. During this time he started recording himself and his fellow singers, discovering a knack for it he pursued a certification in sound engineering, learning even more about the recording process. Due to the mixture of both a musical and technological backgrounds DJ’ing seemed to be a natural next step in his career and he began DJ’ing for fun after he completed his certification program. Singing helped raise his confidence and allowed him to not only be a better DJ in front of large audiences but more importantly gave him the skills needed to become a Mcee. His recording/sound engineering roots gave him the ability to write, mix and record his own songs, both of these qualities couple to give his audiences a night to remember, and the ability to pick the best equipment and best sound for any venue’s acoustics.

 

Starting at a local club, DJ Santos began to be recognized by other larger clubs who wanted to hire him, so he quit his job and jumped into the DJ world full time. As his popularity grew he had the opportunity to work with some of his favorite childhood artists like: E-40, YaBoy, Audio Push, and Bone Thugs and Harmony. Eventually he moved on to work with bigger corporations including: MGM Grand, Wynn Las Vegas, The Palazzo, The Venetian, Men's Wearhouse, Princess Cruise Lines and Virgin America. He traveled more throughout the next few years to Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, Russia and Europe. Broadening his horizons also expanded his musical repertoire, after meeting people from all different cultures and backgrounds he learned to adapt to the musical tastes of the region he was in. In addition through the years DJ Santos has expanded to include corporate events, weddings, private parties and other social gatherings. Always inspired by the reaction of his audience Dj Santos has the uncanny ability to combine the right beats, songs and effects at the right moment, keeping every performance high energy.

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