Writing your own bio

SteveDon

So i just had to write a bio for the first time to promote a gig im doing.

Just wondering does anyone else find them extremely cringing, i mean writing about oneself in the 3rd person?

seannash

SteveDon wrote: »

So i just had to write a bio for the first time to promote a gig im doing.

Just wondering does anyone else find them extremely cringing, i mean writing about oneself in the 3rd person?

yeah its kind of embarassing.i dont do it anymore to be honest.when i did have to do it i just took the piss out of myself.

(runs off to check steves myspace bio)

SteveDon

seannash wrote: »

yeah its kind of embarassing.i dont do it anymore to be honest.when i did have to do it i just took the piss out of myself.

(runs off to check steves myspace bio)

i havent put it up on my myspace, and i wont because it just makes me cringe!

here is what i came up with tho

Steve has been a keen fan of music ever since he can remember. He spent the majority of his adolensence playing in different bands and exploring various different styles of music from blues to punk, recording many different albums during this period. His ears were enlightened when he started listening to electronica, and straight away he went out and bought himself a midi keyboard and started composing some IDM and ambient tunes. Sick of the sound of mainstream clubs in the Dublin area Stephen started to explore the city's backstreet techno venues and he has not looked back since. Steve set to work on making techno productions drawing inspiration from the darker side of minimal. Fed up with the robot style interface that is a computer, Steve decided to take the more hands on approach and now works souley on hardware. The hardware he uses gives him a distinctive style and sets his productions apart from the mainstay of producers. Steves live show consists of a man and his synths, techno in its purest form. His first realease "Disapear" will be out on Dublins own Triple One Records later this summer.

:(:(

Four-Percent

Ah, that's not too bad really.Some i've seen have left me mortified for the authors :pac:

The bloody beetroots one in particular made me feel physically sick.I can only imagine what someone like Richie Hawtin's would say...

seannash

thats not too bad man.
oh and congrats on your release,you kept that one quiet:D

SteveDon

seannash wrote: »

thats not too bad man.
oh and congrats on your release,you kept that one quiet:D

Cheers man, yeah its been in the pipeline for a while now, but the label owner has been busy doing a masters in UCD so its only gettin finalised now.... fun fun

acman

Four-Percent wrote: »

Ah, that's not too bad really.Some i've seen have left me mortified for the authors :pac:

The bloody beetroots one in particular made me feel physically sick.I can only imagine what someone like Richie Hawtin's would say...

Which Bloody Beetroots bio did you not like? Link?

BaZmO*

You mean people write these themselves?? :eek:

Yeah, I always find them pretty cringeworthy but I suppose they're a necessary evil.

SteveDon wrote: »

i havent put it up on my myspace, and i wont because it just makes me cringe!

here is what i came up with tho

Steve has been a keen fan of music ever since he can remember. He spent the majority of his adolensence playing in different bands and exploring various different styles of music from blues to punk, recording many different albums during this period. His ears were enlightened when he started listening to electronica, and straight away he went out and bought himself a midi keyboard and started composing some IDM and ambient tunes. Sick of the sound of mainstream clubs in the Dublin area Stephen started to explore the city's backstreet techno venues and he has not looked back since. Steve set to work on making techno productions drawing inspiration from the darker side of minimal. Fed up with the robot style interface that is a computer, Steve decided to take the more hands on approach and now works souley on hardware. The hardware he uses gives him a distinctive style and sets his productions apart from the mainstay of producers. Steves live show consists of a man and his synths, techno in its purest form. His first realease "Disapear" will be out on Dublins own Triple One Records later this summer.

:(:(

I think that's fine although I'd probably change the word "Sick" to "Uninspired" and the words "Fed up" to
"Disillusioned"

Makes it seem less moany imo

jonny68

Only had it done once when i played (headlined) at an underground old skool gig last year in Brighton, the guy done alright actually writing a short bio for me (well i thought it was alright anyway :D)although more of a short description than an actual bio

"Our special guest all the way from Dublin is Jonny who spins House Music but also plays out Hardcore and various styles across the board, Jonny will be delivering a classic 91-95 underground House set"

seannash

jonny68 wrote: »

Only had it done once when i played (headlined) at an underground old skool gig last year in Brighton, the guy done alright actually writing a short bio for me (well i thought it was alright anyway :D)although more of a short description than an actual bio

bios normally contain influences and how the person got into dance music(or whatever there into).

jtsuited

feckin hate it. Thing is, even if someone else writes it, you're still gonna cringe when you read it and think 'jaysus, what a cnut!'.

Executive Steve

No thread on dj bios is complete without RANDALL's one from his myspace (Certified Dnb LEGEND, in his mid 40's)

RANDALL STARTED DJING AT THE AGE OF 17 INTRIDUCED TO DJ SRCATICHING AND MIXING BY A MATE @ COLLEGE WHO WAS DOWN WID DJ POGO/CUTMASTER SWIFT AND OTHER DJS IN THE LATE 80s WHO WHERE BIG IN THE GAME AT THE TIME....WAS A BANK HOLIDAY IN 87 NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL WHERE HE WAS INTRODUCED TO ACID HOUSE MUSIC, HE HAD TO KNOW MORE BOUT THIS NEW SOUND HE HAD WITNESSED, THE WAY PEOPLE WERE ALL TOGTHER GETTING DOWN TO THIS SOUND...... RANDALL STARTED BUYING RECORDS AND LISTEN TO DJS LIKE RYTHUM DOCTOR,ROB ACKINSON,LINDON C,MR C WHO WERE PART OF A CRU CALLED “HYPNOSIS”....BUT IT WAS R.DOCTOR THAT BLEW HIM AWAY BY THE WAY HE MIXED TUNES...IT WAS PURE CLASS...LATE IN 88 A GUY GOT A MIX TAPE THAT HAD DID THE ROUNDS IN MY AREA...(EAST LONDON).AND ASKED ME IF ID PLAY WID THEM AT A WHAREHOUSE PARTY IN STATFORD E.15. THE CRU WERE CALLED “DELERIUM”............... AFTER PLAYING A FEW DATES IN THE SAME WHAREHOUSE IT WAS A SAT NITE WHERE HE HOOKED UP WID MR PASHA WHO WAS RUNNING A PIRATE RADIO STATION CALLED “CENTREFORCE RADIO 88.3...HE LIKED THE WAY I PLAYED AND OFFERED ME A SAT NITE SHOW 10-12..HE COULDNT REFUSE THE OFFER....FOLLWING WEEK RANDALLS SOUND WAS ON THE AIRWAVES ACROSS LONDON...... .. MANY ILLIGAL PARTYS LATER GOT A BREAK PLAYING AT LIVING DREAM@EASTWAY SEED STADIUM IN LEYTON.(10,000 PEPS) COLIN DALE SIDNT TURN UP SO HE HAD TO PLAY 3HRS...THR R HAD BEEN NOTICED...AND WAS OFFERED A RESIDENT SATNITE SET WID A CRU CALLED “ORANGE” @ROCKET CLUB(HOLLOWAY RD) WID DJS HYPE GROOVE,FABIO, RAP,SQUIRRAL, ECT.....3YRS AFTER A WICKED WID ORANGE HE GOT AN OFFER TO PLAY WID A CRU CALLED “AWOL/WORLD DANCE..WHO HAD A CLUB JUS STARTED CALLED PARADISE CLUB IN ISLINGTON WID OTHER DJS, MICKEY FINN,KENNY KEN,DARREN JAY,GACHET AN MC GQ...HISTORY WAS IN THE MAKIN..FOR SHURE........ .. BY NOW RANDALL WAS WID COOLHAND FLEX,UNCLE22,MIKE WHO HAD A SHOP IN FORESTGATE CALLED DEUNDERGROUND RECORDS WHERE THE PUT TUNES OUT ON VARIOUS LABELS 1 WITCH WAS CALLED I.E.RECORDS WITCHED PRODUCED THAT TRK OF THE TIME “WE R E” BY LENNI DEE ICE JUNGLE WAS AROUND THE CORNER.....................CHECK RANDALLS DISCOGAPHY ON TUNES PUT OUT ON VARIOUS LABELS..........................PEACE..KEEP IT MOVING! RANDALL...-)

gotta love the shifts from third to first person

VinylJunkie

[cm]tyranny wrote: »

No thread on dj bios is complete without RANDALL's one from his myspace (Certified Dnb LEGEND, in his mid 40's)

gotta love the shifts from third to first person

Now that is poor grammar, Sean Nash's posts are much easier to read, the use of capitals here is ridiculous :pac:

HE LIKED THE WAY I PLAYED AND OFFERED ME A SAT NITE SHOW 10-12..HE COULDNT REFUSE THE OFFER

:D:D

Four-Percent

acman wrote: »

Which Bloody Beetroots bio did you not like? Link?

Imagine the love child of the Misfits and Daft Punk; the act of conception would be grisly, but what a mighty offspring their union would generate. A formidable force a la the Bloody Beetroots.


Bob Rifo is the not-so-secret identity of the mortal behind the Bloody Beetroots. In the studio, it is he—and he alone—who is responsible for their myriad creations. In the last days of 2008, the Bloody Beetroots once again displayed their might via CORNELIUS. No ordinary record, CORNELIUS integrated fashion, film, music and literature.



History has shown that the most provocative moments in art—the 1913 premiere of Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du primtemps, the notorious 1981 show by Public Image Ltd. at the Ritz in NYC—can provoke civil unrest. The Bloody Beetroots inspire that same brand of revolutionary fervor, yet with exuberance, not outrage. There’s a riot goin’ on, and you’re all invited.


http://www.myspace.com/thebloodybeetroots


:rolleyes:

jimi_t

SteveDon wrote: »

So i just had to write a bio for the first time to promote a gig im doing.

Nice (suprised) to see you on Triple One, was in school with the younger brother of the guy who set it up - did you try emailing many labels as a matter of interest or did you just end up setting it up with corry or someone on a night out?

jtsuited

VinylJunkie wrote: »

Now that is poor grammar, Sean Nash's posts are much easier to read, the use of capitals here is ridiculous :pac:

haha :pac::pac::D

seannash

vj you smart magnificent bastard:D

seannash

i just checked my bio on myspace.i really should change it

started out in dance music by listening to the prodigy,then onto happy hardcore,followed by trance,then onto house.i think ill stay with house. originally from dundalk ireland.living in new york at the moment. i make tunes in a little back room where my dog(adi bananas) sleeps.thats it

funnily enough though people have used that on promo releases,even mentioning my dog.hardly the picture of professionalism

ICN

This Guy wanted to befriend me on Myspace..

DJ Manuel Disonesti - http://www.myspace.com/manueldisonesti

He's from Italy. Bio is amusing.

The info on the Digital music sales makes my head hurt.

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Cynical? Uncensored? Unstoppable? Irreverent? I'm Manuel Disonesti. Years active 1996-present. I am a DJ, Vocal Animation, Italian record producer, i'm Vaffamix, Luna Joy, Luna Solaris and Air Liquid music productions. I'm remixer and owner of the labels Wait Lab and Afro Rebel Records. I'm Not Famous.. but...mixes non stop at various clubs in Italy By 1996..I’m really happy and proud of it.

Nov. 16, 1976 Born in Bologna; dj starts at the age of 19, (august 1996) Manuel works as a DJ at the network's Radio LatteMiele.

1996-2005
Manuel mixes happy music With massive bookings all over Italy with the name Manuelito dj.

1999
Manuel Disonesti's musicproduction starts 1999 at the Coco Studio (Bologna). In 1999 it begins a collaboration with Ciro Pagano and Stefano Mazzavillani (aka Datura) and together they produce Manuel’s first single, GAZE: Paradise (Saifam - 1999)

2005
Since august 2005 Manuel produces and collaborates with Montefeltro Publishing.

2007
2007 belongs to Manuel Disonesti. Manuel is taking things to the next level. In 2007 it begins a collaboration with Stefano Mattara, Andrea T. Mendoza and Steven Tibet and together they produce INVISIBLE: keep on. At March 2007 in Exclusive Management Agency of Carmelo Legato, Manuel Disonesti is on the stage, in collaboration with Radio 105. Becomes official dj/regia at various clubs in Italy with Leone di Lernia Show and performer dj some other artists radio. At May 2007 his a start with a new Label : Wait Lab (a division of Montefeltro Group). Genre: Pop, Dance, House, Electronic, Rock, Hip Hop, Alternative, Down-tempo. This is his moment. This is his time. His time to turn the page!

2008
It is organised a direct agreements with digital music stores to guarantee higher revenues, a quick and efficient digital distribution of music. A innovative digital distribution and promotion technology integrated with several hundred digital music stores in the world. A distribution network that includes internet digital music stores such as iTunes and Virgin as well as mobile and video services such as Vodafone, H3G, Orange, Telecom Italia… and An extensive network of offices (UK, USA, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal…) to efficiently coordinate international promotion. From that moment Manuel Disonesti (under various aliases) realizes infinite music productions signed with the pseudonym Vaffamix and builds various solid collaborations, including Fabrizio Fattori, Giulia Regain, Flavio Vecchi etc... The performers are rehearsed. At July 2008 Manuel is celebrating summer with new breezy releases and a refreshing event. Manuel made the decision to create a second new label : Afro Rebel (a division of Montefeltro Group). Genre: 100% exclusive afro-beat! The intention was to give the finest Afro Music to all the Djs that are looking for it. :pac:

Now Manuel is: Music Manager of Montefeltro Publishing, Proprietary e General Manager of Wait Lab and Afro Rebel (Indie Label), Music Productions (aka Luna Joy, Luna Solaris, Air Liquid, Vaffamix) Executive Producer, Dj, Vocal Animation and official dj/regia in various show dates (around Italy) with the inimitable Leone di Lernia and some other artists radio. That is all !

Executive Steve

seannash wrote: »

i just checked my bio on myspace.i really should change it

started out in dance music by listening to the prodigy,then onto happy hardcore,followed by trance,then onto house.i think ill stay with house. originally from dundalk ireland.living in new york at the moment. i make tunes in a little back room where my dog(adi bananas) sleeps.thats it

funnily enough though people have used that on promo releases,even mentioning my dog.hardly the picture of professionalism

quite apart from the punctuation issues, happy hardcore is one of those things that really should stay as a skeleton in the back of your closet..

Executive Steve

for fairness sake here's my one:

Executive Steve has the voice of an angel, the snake-hipped charm of a ballroom dancer, the soft and uncalloused hands of a kept man - and the cold hard stare of a contract killer!

Jungle or Hip Hop, Dubstep or Bassline House, God damn it, even MOZART; the man the honeyz call "Papa" never fails to make a party bubble with his tasteful selection of expertly trainwrecked drumfunk.

EXECUTIVE STEVE - ALLIGATOR WRESTLER, SOFT SHOE DANCER, REVOLUTIONARY, ACE PILOT, LOVER OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN; KNOWN TO TAKE AN OCCASIONAL SIP OF SHERRY, WANTED BY POLICE IN MORE COUNTRIES THAN HE CAN NAME.

TUNE IN TO RADIO NA LIFE 106.4 FM (DUBLIN) FOR AN FUAIM - THE WORLD'S ONLY LEGAL PRIMETIME IRISH LANGUAGE DRUM AND BASS RADIO SHOW - HOSTED BY YOURS TRULY. WEDNESDAYS 9 PM - 10.30AM, REPEATED SATURDAYS @ 4AM

EXECUTIVE STEVE plays the music of::: ALASKA, PARADOX, NUCLEUS, TRAX, KLUTE, AMIT, BREAKAGE, NAPHTA, EVESON, ZYON:BASE, D:BRIDGE, CALIBRE, MACC, ZERO T, BETA 2, COMMIX, ICICLE, NAIBU, SEBA, DIGITAL, DUB ONE, OUTRAGE, FRACTURE AND NEPTUNE, MARTSMAN, ASC, THEORY, MARTYN, EQUINOX, SPIRIT, FANU, SYSTEM, RESOUND, BOP, DATA, SUBWAVE, BREAK, SURVIVAL, PHOBIA, DISSIDENT and anyone else who keeps their basslines low, their beats broken and their strings sampled! No love to those who sold their souls!

jtsuited

not only is my one typically horrible. it's horrendously out of date. and i've seen it pop up all over the place.

Problem is, if you're funny, it looks unprofessional, if you're serious, ya look like a cnut.

arrgghhh!!

jtsuited

'Expertly Trainwrecked Drumfunk'

That's a great phrase in fairness.

Executive Steve

i'm a firm believer in truth in advertising

:pac:

seannash

[cm]tyranny wrote: »

for fairness sake here's my one:

i rememeber reading yours before.i was impressed.
cant remember how i stumbled across your page

VinylJunkie

seannash wrote: »

i rememeber reading yours before.i was impressed.
cant remember how i stumbled across your page

Admit it Sean your a fan

Photojoe

Right it in the first person and keep it factual and funny. If you are going to make some crazy claims then try and keep a sense of irony.

Try and avoid **** like this clown. Or his friend Dan Stringer.

Following his inauspicious beginnings DJ'ing at school discos and 21st birthday parties, John Gibbons' rise has been meteoric, fast-tracking his way into the public conciousness and making a name as arguably Ireland's hottest young property on the dance scene and the countrys only international Wet & Hard DJ.
Currently tagged as probably "Irelands hardest-working DJ"*, and Irelands answer to Corvin Dalek**, Club Educate head-honcho John has guested in the vast majority of Irish clubs including PoD, Red Box, Temple Theatre, Radisson, Enigma, Rapture, Foundry, runs the hugely successful Vivid Vinyl tour nationwide, plays regularly in Europe and the US and has appeared on MTV Dancefloor, VIVA TV Europe and 4FUN TV Poland. Gibbons currently holds down residencies in Lamouche (France), Forth (Miami), with the Escape club tour in Ireland, the Pornoground World Tour and DOM @ Pod/Crawdday, Dublin among others.
A champion of the ever-expanding worldwide Wet & Hard sound, John produces and hosts his own 'Club Educate', dubbed the worlds only dedicated Wet & Hard radio show***) on Spin FM, Dublin (Thursdays 23.45gmt - webcast on www.spin1038.com) and regularly appears on 2FM and various other high-profile radio stations including Ministry Of Sound (London & worldwide), KFBK (California), Europa (Czech Republic), Fun Radio (Slovakia). Described as the hottest newcomer in Irish dance radio**John also has his debut release Engorged forthcoming on Flesh Records and the track has been licensed by Mexicos Arteria Records for inclusion on the Tecnogeist 06 compilation, having received air-play on many major European and US radio stations to date, with the follow-up The Urge also receiving major top-level support.
Playing regularly worldwide alongside names such as Tiesto, Roger Sanchez, Fergie, Corvin Dalek, DJ Klang, Paul Van Dyk, Hybrid, DJ Rush, Space DJ's, Chris Liebing, Ferry Corsten, Westbam, Marco V, Carl Cox, Steve Lawler, Timo Mass, Sandra Collins, Derrik Carter, Tall Paul, John 00 Fleming, Tomcraft, Groove Armada, Richie Hawtin, Green Velvet, Lisa Lashes, Eddie Halliwell, Scot Project, Armin van Buuren and with confirmed future DJ bookings in America, UK, Spain, France, Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, Mexico, Canada, and Russia, John Gibbons is a name to watch out for now and in the future!
International press credits to date include DJ magazine, I-DJ magazine, M8 magazine, Mixmag, BBM, Bassline, USDJmag, Remix and full national exposure.
Recent high-profile gigs of note include Love Parade, San Francisco in front of 500,000 clubbers and the massive Summer of Love festival in Prague where response was such that John has been booked alongside Kraftwerk, CJ Bolland and Tiga for this years entire Summer of Love series. Gibbons also recently guested alongside Groove Armada at this years Playstation Experience in Dublins RDS Arena, with Dave Angel and Corvin Dalek at the massive 3D 4 Elements event in Slovakia and a series of dates with VIVA TV in Poland and headlined with Dalek, Angelo Mike and Tomcraft in the gigantic Lokomotiv club in Poland. Gibbons is also a part of the Pornoground Wet & Hard World Tour with Corvin Dalek and DJ Klang which has seen dates in Dublin, London, and Nortern Ireland in advance of the assault on Eastern Europe and Central America. John Gibbons also played last August alongside Armin Van Buuren, Fergie, Marco Bailey, Rolando, Umek and Steve Lawler at Irelands biggest dance music festival Planet Love, appeared at Dublins 8000 capacity Point Depot in September and the RDS Arena, Dublin with Groove Armada.
2006 has also seen Gibbons embark on an extensive tour of Mexico including a headline slot at the amazing Tecnogeist festival in San Luis Potosi in front of 50,000 screaming clubbers as well as making his London debut, headlining the world-renowned Gallery @ Turnmills alongside Fergie.
Future gigs in 2006 include The Gallery, London; Lamouche, France; Vernazzo, Italy; and a series of gigs across Eastern Europe as well as appearances in Miami, Mexico, Planet Love 06, The Point Depot Dublin, NEC Arena Birmingham in July, Gatecrasher Ireland, and alongside Tiesto, Paul Oakenfold and The Prodigy at Global Gatherings Hi:Fi event.
The star continues to rise as John Gibbons continues his ascent towards A-List recognition watch this space!

an Stringer has been involved in the Montreal underground music scene since 2002 and he began his DJ career at the very first ever North American Wet & Hard featuring Corvin Dalek and produced by House Of Sins Productions on March 13th, 2004. The success of the event led Dan to further explore his passion behind the decks and his early career was aided by his mentor, friend and partner in HOS, Indica, who turned out to be the most important influence and inspiration of Dan's musical and mixing style.

His sound is an energetic and high-octane blend of Wet & Hard tracks, aggressive prog & techy house beats fused together to create a truly intense and exploding energy. Each performance is unique as Dan's talent for connecting with his crowd changes with each venue. He does, however, maintain consistency through his objective of delivering a "very intense energy set" throughout each performance.

Given a few tracks of warming up, Dan will challenge your taste and sense of what a Wet & Hard DJ should sound like. Few master the flow of seamless genre shifting within one set with such technical mastery. His techny roots and style are very present during his sets, but he can occasionally dip into the darker side of house music. He's also been known to execute sessions of straight ahead techno and hard techno without an ounce of deviation. Many factors contribute to where a set will go, but the final product won't be known, even to Dan, until the very end when it's over.

Club owners and promoters find it a pleasure to work with him because of his practical down to earth attitude about life and business. He best describes himself, with a smile, as "low maintenance" and is genuinely interested in the success of all parties involved during his performances. As Dan's popularity continues to quickly gain momentum, his reputation for consistency and artistry also continues to make its mark throughout the circuit scene