At 19 years old I used my first income tax return check to purchase two turntables and a Radio Shack 2 channel mixer. I built a set of speakers.
Shortly thereafter I teamed up with a buddy and using his equipment we started getting gigs around town in some decent venues.
*Sound Injection featuring Dave Barton*
I looked up to the greats like Shep Pettibone, Sweet T, Frankie Knuckles, and some local mesmerizing greats like Stacey Hale, Melvin Hill, Ken Collier, and Duane Bradley.
I ultimately had a career in computers and left the music.
The desire to produce music has brought me back to my true love.
A month into returning I was a guest DJ on Chicago's WBMX classic house party. What an honor!
Thus, Gratitude.
Everything from this point forward is a bonus.