Run-DMC on Yo! MTV Raps, a VHS tape I’ve kept for 33 years, and why they were hip hop to me.
Neil Martin · Beats, Business & Life
Old school
Bedroom decks, 1987: where it all started
Where the DJing started. Years of learning to mix behind a shut bedroom door, then MCing at parties as a teenager. And yes, two records locking together still gives me a buzz.
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Hi, I’m Neil
DJing since 1987, three decades in business, and the author of Done Beats Perfect. This is where I write it all down.