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Craig never imagined himself a DJ, he had been helping a mate doing mobile DJ work since 1989, but never seriously considered it until late 1992 when he penned a letter to a good friend who lived up in Cairn's explaining that he wanted to become a DJ. So his friend told him to "come on up and see how you go". So that's exactly what Craig did. Early 1993 he left Brisbane behind, his family and friends and started a journey of music, lights and new friends and horizons.

His journey began as a DJ's apprentice to one of Cairn's finest and most popular DJ's, who currently still plays and resides in Cairn's, DJ SmoothE. Taking Craig under his wing DJ SmoothE showed him the ropes of how to be an excellent club DJ. Starting in one of Cairn's popular nightclubs for locals, Club 2000, it was only a couple of months later when Craig scored his first residency in another of Cairn's more larger and very popular nightspot, "End Of The World", owned by Reno Nicastro who also owned "Club 2000". Very soon Craig was doing regular nights and fill-in spots for SmoothE at "Club 2000" as well as his nights at "End Of The World", building up his reputation as an excellent club DJ.

Not satisfied with just DJ'ing, Craig branched out into radio DJ'ing too hosting a regular Friday night radio show called "off Ya Dial" alongside good friend and DJ Gary Cook or DJ Chooky as the locals know him. The show was a prelude to the Friday's night night-life, a sort of warm-up before they hit the clubs. The radio show was to increase the awareness of the local DJ talent as well as a showcase of the latest club tracks. It was also a vessel to feature any touring international and national DJ's and to promote the dance culture up in Cairn's.

Still not satisfied with this Craig also started writing regular columns in the local Street Press 'The Son Of Barfly' to further the awareness of Cairn's growing love for dance music and the culture. All this exposure ensured Craig was on the DJ line-up of some of Cairn's dance parties and dance clubs.

In mid 1997 Craig left Cairn's to head back to Brisbane. It was only a couple of months later that he was offered a dream job of managing a Central Station Records franchise in Broadbeach on the Gold Coast. So again Craig packed his bags and headed to the Gold Coast. During his time he was exposed to more elaborate dance parties and dance clubs and befriended some of Australia's popular DJ's at the time like DJ Peewee, GT (Groove Terminator), DJ Paul Holden, the late DJ Angus, DJ Michael Andre (Peter Andre's brother), as well as the popular local DJ talent. Through his contact with the scene he was invited to play at a few clubs and parties around the Gold Coast. Sadly after 8 months of hard work and blood sweat and tears it was time for Craig to move on to another chapter in his DJ career.

Leaving the Gold Coast and "Central Station Records" around early 1998 he headed back to Cairn's mid-year and re-united with another good DJ friend, DJ Jahlion, who helped him gain a residency at the "Sports Bar", a very popular local nightclub in Cairns, again owned by Reno Nicastro at the time. He again scored a regular weekly column write-up for the local street Press 'The Son Of Barfly', reviewing music, promoting the dance music scene and local DJ's. Unfortunately due to a broken collar bone, Craig returned to Brisbane mid 1999 and from there withdrew from DJ'ing until 2006.

Whilst Craig wasn't actively DJ'ing from 1999 through to 2006, thou he been involved in the production side of music. Doing remix competitions for artists on the popular website acidplanet.com, Craig was slowly learning the art of computer based remix and music production. Now with a home studio set-up Craig is currently working on some projects that he hopes will bring to fruition his dream of getting tracks published and played.

The style of music Craig has played and loves to play is 'House Music', although not limited to this genre, Craig is able to play anything from rock, pop to hip-hop. He constantly sources the latest and greatest tracks from around the world via the internet as well as his contacts in the DJ world. His collection is vast and varied and spends hours updating his collection, meticulously organising his music and preparing it for playing. Craig's beat-mixing skills combined with his music selection has seen crowds pumped up and leaving them crying out for more.

So now to the present and Craig now finds himself part of the DJ team of Absolute Infinity, Australia's No 1 DJ and Entertainment Agency. Having been in the team now for a couple of years, Craig has played at Club Envy and Burleigh Tavern on the Gold Coast, Bliss @ Grafton, a regular in Yamba at The Shores Tavern, as well as doing weddings and private functions. Craig will strive to bring the best music and to play it well wherever he plays. You are all guaranteed a great night out when Craig is playing.
 
 
 
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