biography of djblakemiller

I was born and raised in Ohio . . . korn kuntry! I was shipped off to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy on Long Island, New York (Kings Point) for 4 years of military college. Occasional visits to The Limelight and other New York clubs were common. It was 1992 and DJ Karwax used to rein the airwaves around Manhattan on Sunday nights. I used to tape his show and make self-mixes to listen to at the gym and on my free time. Midshipman Hans Rittenger over in 5th Company was one of the first around to get a whoppin "sound card" for his computer. The $400 Soundblaster was pushing our x386, 33Mhz, 64Mb RAM Zenith Computers . . . but it was capable of producing sound and creating "dance" music.  I have always loved music with rhythm.  Reggae was my first "favorite" music. Electronica was put in my blood.

Doing nothing more than enjoying the music and collecting and buying the big name CD's and albums for years, I started traveling through work in late 1990's. London was the first, and the "mega club" was found, Turnmills, where hard driving techno went till 8am. Then Asia was found and I spent 6 months over a 3 year in Singapore, visiting clubs such as NOX and Zouk Club. Weekend visits to Thailand were cool too. I started to arrange business trips around weekends and club location to see international DJ's and enjoy local talent. I've seen Paul Okenfold and Timo Mass in Singapore and similar shows. The last was Rio De Janeiro, Brazil were a week was spent in Copa Cabana.

In December 2001, I was flipping through the local paper and saw an ad for "DJ Lessons" Still not knowing what was fully behind the scenes, I said "what the hell . . . " That was it, and within 2 months, I had 2 turntables, a mixer and a crate full of vinyl. I may be an old fart for this scene, but I love the music and I love the scene . . . simple!

I used to be in the corporate world "playing" engineer and project manager and technical sales & marketing guru in the shipbuilding and offshore industry, but now I "work" full time as a DJ and Graphic/Web Designer.  I also coach a running club - there's nothing better than "going to work" in your gym shorts - literally.

And on the side, I enjoy running (coach a running club), go to church, working out, outdoors (backpacking, camping) and I listen to House Music all day long.