DJ THUMBZ(Brendan) has steadily shown his love for dirty tunes for as long as Ive known him.Moving to Florida with group member Nutty(Niko) to pursue a higher education of what they love and explore the demands of dirty music on both coasts.nuff tyoing check his shit!
[IF]When did you first start listening to EDM?
[DJ THUMBZ]About 3 years ago, my friend took me to Monster Massive '08 and fell in love with EDM since.
[IF]What was your first event as a attendee?
[DJ THUMBZ]Monster Massive '08
[IF]Who was your first favorite artist/group?
[DJ THUMBZ]My first favorite artist or group would have to been Crookers.
[IF]When did you first start producing?
[DJ THUMBZ]I started producing hip hop at the age of 16, then once i found EDM started producing deep house, house, electro, and dubstep.
[IF]When did you start DJing?How did you learn?
[DJ THUMBZ]One of my close friends bought some tables when we were 19, started of watching him play around with them, then finally got interested and had him show me a few things and took off from there.
[IF]First setup and current set up(including comps, software,drum-pads, etc)
[DJ THUMBZ]Producing, started using FL Studio on my old PC, then moved and started using a Mac which brought me to Logic Pro. Moved around too much to keep my keyboards and drumpads with me but have them lying around somewhere. DJing, started out using CDJ-200's with a DJM-400 mixer, now my buddy and I use CDJ-2000's and the DJM-800 which I have fallen in love with.
[IF]When was your first Gig/Performance?
[DJ THUMBZ] First gig was August 28 2010, The Mad Hatter's Rave.
[IF]Who has been a major influence to your productions?
[DJ THUMBZ]Too many influences haha, just to name some, Alex Kenji, Laidback Luke, Swedish House Mafia, Bart B More, Excision, Deadmau5 (as a producer), Emerge, Robotr!!!p, Slomo.
[IF]What are your future goals for performances and productions?
[DJ THUMBZ]Well I would definitely like to get some school background for my productions, and also need to put out an EP soon. For performances, lets just say i need a lot more haha.
[IF]Do you collaborate with anyone?If so who?
[DJ THUMBZ]I have done a few collabs with Robotr!!!p and Slomo producing, otherwise its me and Nutty (Niko) on the tables. Sometimes do some collab DJing with Plan B.
[IF]What is your Favorite or preferred performing equipment?(;Turntables(maker)/CDJ's/Drum-pads/Keyboards/Controllers)
DJ THUMBZ]CDJ-2000's won me over, there is just so much you can do with them, once i get some projects out there and some performances i want to experiment with Ableton Live and a keyboard, making live music.
[IF]What is the biggest event you want to perform at?
[DJ THUMBZ]Ultra Music Festival is on my top list, or Space Ibiza.
Newest Mix:
Early Mornings by DJ Thumbz
Track(s)
On One by DJ Thumbz
What Number by DJ Thumbz
The Unknown (Preview) by DJ Thumbz
Draught Talk by DJ Thumbz
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