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Top Liverpool DJ James Grenside aka Grenno chats to Lifestyle When did you discover your love of music? I've always loved music ever since I was a kid and I played drums in a band growing up. My entire family played some form of musical instrument and it's just something I grew up with. My mum was into classical musical and used to try to teach me the piano and clarinet. She won't admit it but she was definitely gutted when she saw me picking up drums as I got older! She wanted me to be the modern Mozart.
week I got the cheapest possible set I could find to practice at home. They were absolutely terrible. I ended up just going into the club to practice instead. I loved it though. I've never looked back since.
When did you get your first decks?
I never actually had much of a desire to DJ at first. I just loved music and was always very creative. I started to appreciate Dance music when I was around 18. I got to know the DJ in the club I used to go to because I sent him silly mashups I made and he thought they were great! We became friends and one time he asked me to cover him while he went on holiday. It was a bit of a baptism of fire as I'd never DJ'ed before. So that
What is your style?
I suppose I'm quite aggressive and energetic with my sets. Which is funny because I'm pretty chill in real life. But when I'm throwing tracks out, I want them big and bold.
How did you get into producing? I always
wanted some career making music. That was a decision I made from a young age. I knew it would be difficult but I knew I wanted to give it a go.
And then when I fell into DJing, it just seemed like a natural progression. I can produce dance tracks and then play them in my sets. Production is so hard though. Playing in a band, there are of you and you have one single instrument. When you're producing, you're writing, arranging and then mixing the entire thing yourself. And you also have to choose which instruments you want and decide whether they all fit together. It's a nightmare. But there is no better feeling to playing your music out and getting a reaction from the crowd. It really is worth all the hard work
What were your views on Spotify last year?
I'm fairly new to spotify, I've only been releasing music on there for 18 months. And I'll be honest, I didn't use it before then! I always got my music from podcasts or DJ mailing lists. I can't imagine my life without it now though. It's great.
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