Hey, it’s time for Episode 4. Glad you could make it out. This time we’re bringing you a slice of mint and a guy named Doug as well as info on the Cornerstone Music Festival’s official EDM stage and the unofficial one that BTU Live and Tastyfresh will be co-hosting. Oh yeah… one more thing… I close the show with a sneak peak of my remix of Look Brown’s Without You feat. Holly.
Air Date:
April 2007
Guest Bios:
Hour 1: Mint DJ (www.mintdj.com & www.thisweekatbeatport.com)
Mint DJ's path in music began at an early age, playing on the dashboard of the family's car to rock music on the radio. Learning how to play various instruments such as violin, bass guitar, guitar, and piano exposured Mint DJ to many types of music. Through college, Mint DJ played bass guitar, electric guitar and singing in two bands; Sound Mind and Proving Ground. Both bands were comprised of Christians yet both bands primarily played in clubs and bars.
After college and frustrated with finding the right drummer, Geoffrey Wilcoxson and Jeff Herold formed an electronic dance duo called Mint creating electronic music. Mint was being established in 1999 just as America was going crazy about dance music and going to raves. Mint, the live act played raves with big name DJs like Paul Oakenfold, D:Fuse, Alice DJ and Deepsky to name a few throughout the Southwest and Mexico. Mint also played the Sundance Film Festival in 2003.
From 2001-2004, Mint's music was featured in two independent movies, Heineken Music sampler and an ABC news special about ecstasy.
As the rave scene was being effected by federal government, Geoffrey Wilcoxson saw an opportunity to learn how to DJ and started playing small clubs and lounges. Geoffrey Wilcoxson began being booked as Mint DJ, keeping with the "mint" theme. With the development of podcasting, Geoffrey Wilcoxson started a monthly podcast that was reaching around the globe with regular emails from Australia, South Africa, Europe and South America. Mint DJ's podcast, now a quarterly show has close to a 1000 monthly downloads.
One of Mint's earliest tracks included samples from the movie "Dune" talking about the Spice!
Mint DJ in 2007 has teamed with Dream Traveler (Joey Fehrenbach) to produce original tracks and remixes using the moniker, "Jetpack." Jetpack's first track will be a remix for Binge Records.
Hour 2: DJ Doug Theodore (www.myspace.com/djdougtheodore)
2006 was the biggest year yet for DJ Doug Theodore, preparing him for an enormous 2007. He changed his name, sound, look, and feel as 2006 was a massive year of transformation in the career of Doug. Formerly known as DJ Backdraft, Doug changed his name to Doug Theodore and ventured out to play clubs in Atlanta. Doug entered the Surface Atlanta mix contest in August and won 1st place securing gigs with one of the largest DJ production companies in the southeast. His sound evolved as well. Gone were the rolling buildups and a more mature, polished sound evolved. He found his nitch within the large scope of Electronic Dance Music.
This will be his second performance at Cornerstone Music Festival after djing the N*soul stage with the likes of DJ Lovejoy, Jeremy Dawson, Faith Massive, and Antidote in 2000. Some of Doug’s other achievements include winning the Florida Music Festival mix contest and DJing at the festival in Orlando, DJing at Fusion in Jacksonville, FL ½ dozen times and being a major cog in the rise of Amplified Life in the Atlanta Rave Scene in the late 90’s. He has opened or played with The Echoing Green, Sheltershed, Joy Electric, Jason Dunne, Bill Sikes, Audity, Prophetica and The Prodigal Sons.
2007 guarantees to be an even bigger year out on the town for Doug as more and more clubbers in the south here his melodic driving progressive sound he has been crafting live for over 9 years.