31 March 2010
Last Updated on 31 March 2010
Written by lomax
Speaking strictly of my career as a dj, I started out quite young. I was immersed in the music industry at a young age, primarily because of my father, Fabor Sr. who was a country music legend before I was even born.
When I was about 9 or 10 years old I started putting together mix tapes of my favorite music. My friends always seemed to like the new music I would put on these tapes and pretty soon I was making them and passing them around at shool. I would pop a tape in at parties and everyone would be dancing around and acting crazy. I didn’t realize then that I would be doing the same thing for a living later in life.
I became a professional dj at the age of 15, doing production and voice-over work for a rock station in Honolulu, HI. I stayed in radio for 6 years.
At age 21 I started working part-time at Cowboys Club & Grill in Bossier City, and after getting my first taste of packing a dancefloor and being totally in charge of the music, I was hooked.
I left radio and became the Music Director at Cowboys in 1989, playing to an average of five to six thousand people every week.
Since that time I have entertained millions of people as the resident dj and music manager of 7 major night clubs and several smaller clubs throughout Shreveport, Dallas, Houston and Phoenix, AZ.
Some dj’s get into this business for other reasons, but for me it’s always been about the music and making people have fun.
I could speak volumes about formatting, but, basically, to be a successful night club dj you have to be creative, tune into your crowd and do what you have to do to rock the dancefloor as hard as you can and give them the best party that is possible.
The day that I can no longer do that is the day I hang up the head phones.
Speaking strictly of my career as a dj, I started out quite young. I was immersed in the music industry at a young age, primarily because of my father, Fabor Sr. who was a country music legend before I was even born.
When I was about 9 or 10 years old I started putting together mix tapes of my favorite music. My friends always seemed to like the new music I would put on these tapes and pretty soon I was making them and passing them around at shool. I would pop a tape in at parties and everyone would be dancing around and acting crazy. I didn’t realize then that I would be doing the same thing for a living later in life.
I became a professional dj at the age of 15, doing production and voice-over work for a rock station in Honolulu, HI. I stayed in radio for 6 years.
At age 21 I started working part-time at Cowboys Club & Grill in Bossier City, and after getting my first taste of packing a dancefloor and being totally in charge of the music, I was hooked.
I left radio and became the Music Director at Cowboys in 1989, playing to an average of five to six thousand people every week.
Since that time I have entertained millions of people as the resident dj and music manager of 7 major night clubs and several smaller clubs throughout Shreveport, Dallas, Houston and Phoenix, AZ.
Some dj’s get into this business for other reasons, but for me it’s always been about the music and making people have fun.
I could speak volumes about formatting, but, basically, to be a successful night club dj you have to be creative, tune into your crowd and do what you have to do to rock the dancefloor as hard as you can and give them the best party that is possible.
The day that I can no longer do that is the day I hang up the head phones.
