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DJ Name: DJ Draw
Location: Chicago, Illinois USA |
One of the founding members of Bumpcafe, Dj Draw is motivated to bring together a powerful roster of extremely talented musicians. A native Kalamazoo Michigan resident relocated to Chicago in 2001. Music and art have driven his career. Dj Draw has been Djing since 1998 all over the Midwest, he starting out banging house parties that eventually evolved into club residencies, and performing at large scale rave parties. Since 2002 Dj Draw has helped host multiple events with his long time friend and co founder of Bumpcafe John Luna. |
At his core Dj Draw is a party rocking DJ. His sets range from hard hitting techno, deep or funky house, to acid jazz over melodic hip hop beats. You never know what will grace your ears on the dance floor, but his selections are guaranteed to make you move! |
| Aside from DJ-ing along side top name artists; Dj Draw produces his own tracks in his home studio. His professional background in audio and video production have allowed him to produce high impact sound design, music and videos for multiple video game trailers, cinematics, television commercials and DVD production. |
| A natural progression to video production and djing has allowed Dj Draw to build a unique Video Dj (VJ) portfolio that is sure to please any crowd. Dj Draw is truely and artist through and through, creating spectacular aniimations, visual effects, and high impact video compositing, sync'd in real time to his extremely motivating DJ sets. |
| Before exploring his passion for DJing Dj Draw studied percussion for 10 years and has also been known to drop some analog Korg and Roland midi sequencers and keyboard performances with live bands. His live music background pushes his production and live events to the next level. |
| DJ Draw Residencies and Bookings |
| Venue |
Location |
Year |
| Cafe TWO 07 |
Chicago, IL |
2009 |
| Sushi Ya |
Kalamazoo, MI |
2009 |
| Red Eye Studio |
Hoffman Estates, IL |
2005-2009 |
| Gilda Lounge |
Charlotte, NC |
2007 |
| Forans |
Detroit MI |
2006 |
| Taverna Ouzos |
Kalamazoo, MI |
2006 - 2007 |
| Chromium Night Club |
Chicago, IL |
2004 |
| Temple Lounge |
Lansing, MI |
2004 |
| Dragon Room |
Chicago, IL |
2003 |
| Francois |
Kalamazoo MI |
2003-2004 |
| Glow |
Chicago, IL |
2002 |
| Gabes |
Iowa City, IA |
2002 |
| Boomerangs |
Kalamazoo, MI |
2002 |
| Turned On 2 |
Madison, WI |
2002 |
| Studio 128 |
Kalamazoo, MI |
2001 |
| Big Fellas |
Kalamazoo, MI |
2000-2002 |
| Park Party |
Kalamazoo, MI |
2000 |
| Zoo Bar |
Kalamazoo, MI |
2000 |
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| Dj Draw's influences vary greatly from all genres. |
John Luna, Frankie Vega, Dj Jes, Dj Jenna, Freddy Montanez, Dj Trevael, Op Mode, Ares, DG, Sean Smith, Agent AA, Dj Motion, Dj Loki, Mazi, John Simmons, Devastating Dennis, Prime Minister, Little Willie Love, Brian Gardner, Tony Technics, Angel Alanis, Mark Farina, Derrick Carter, Brian Boncher, Lady D, Collette, Feelgood, Paul Johnson, DJ Funk, Slugo, Danny The Wildchild, Diesel Boy, Phantom 45, Dan X, FLX, Justin Long, Bob Sinclair, DJ Sneak, Joey Youngman, Advent, Richie Hawtin, Q-Bert, John Acquaviva, Daft Punk, Delta 9, Double D, Dan Effex, Hardfloor, ESP Woody Mcbride, Hyperactive, Marco Bailey, Mauro Picotto, Kaskade, Luis Aguilera, Mike Huckaby, Punisher, Stacy Kidd, Tim Xavier, KRS One, Gang Starr, Tribe Called Quest, Andre from Hot Jams, the Grammaphone Records crew and the rest of you pushing out great music!
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| For Booking Inquiries contact: djdraw{at}bumpcafe.com |
| Visit me on myspace www.myspace.com/djdrawchi |
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