"On The Road" Sessions
what are the "on the road" sessions?
Quite simply - its my music & me in obscure locations!
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Whenever I have an opportunity to travel I always try to take my DJ equipment along.
I think about the location - will I be in a forest, near mountains, near a river or the sea... or perhaps in amongst the bustle of buildings and a crowded city?
Will I record in the daytime or at night? Will the sun be shining or will it be raining and cold?
All of these elements will influence how I think about the energy of the location and therefore what type of music would compliment those surroundings.
This is far from simply playing music outside as a gimmick - its a purposeful understanding of how music and visuals interact and trying to create something artistic from the marriage of the two.
where and when did this begin?
In 2018 I took a 3 month break from my day job and went to live & travel in Japan.
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I wanted to continue my love of DJing while travelling and so considered recording DJ mixes to Mixcloud (audio only) using a laptop and DJ controller.
Separately I was considering recording videos using a selfie-stick while out walking in Japanese nature for a self-development project I was working on.
I had the Eureka moment of combining the two ideas - and the idea of recording myself DJing out in nature was born.
I searched online (Google search, YouTube) to see if anyone else was already doing this - and to my surprise no one had done this before and therefore felt exited about the prospect of trailblazing this area.
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Little did I know exactly 2 years later from my first DJ video the world would be taken over by Covid-19 and thousands of DJs - unable to DJ in bars & clubs - would copy the idea.
where has the journey led me to?
Quite simply - all over the world - Japan, Hong Kong, Slovenia, Netherlands, Canary Islands, South Africa, England.
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While various DJing commitments in bars and on the radio have made travelling less frequent more recently the "on the road" project is alive & well; the next on-location DJ video is always just around the corner...
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To see the full collection of on the road videos or photos from the excursions you can click on the following YouTube or Instagram links below: