1. Was the first step of playing on a CD player daunting and confusing? If so what did you struggle with?

I'm still struggling because I don't honestly deejay and I've decided to use my friend's equipment, every so often. I had only 1 turntable for myself and my growing vinyl collection and now I'm trying to learn to mix records together, its horrid but fun at the same time.

2. Did the thought of technology frighten you off at first?

Technology always moves on and progresses, whether you move with it is the only real question worth asking.

3. Did the cost of the equipment put you off for a while?

I work full time and if I wanted to buy some decks, then I'd save up and I would purchase them but I'm always thinking will these be out of date in 16 months.

4. Are there things today that you are still confused about; how to use the controls, what blank CD’s to use, what quality MP3’s to use?

K, for mp3's, you should use 320kbps legal mp3 because they are great sound quality. I'm confused about deejaying period, I know they are musicians but I've made fun of them for so many years and now I'm trying to learn to mix, its hard but still lots of fun.

5. In my experience, vinyl purists don’t understand technology, can’t afford the equipment and are frightened of change. They fight their cause when they haven’t even touched a modern CD player. Can you be honest and say yes you are one of these DJ’s?

Vinyl purists will always be there and they are not going away, till maybe vinyl goes away but they said the same thing about vinyl when CDs first came out. Look at it this way john, there will always be those vinyl playing deejays but then again deejays are notoriously moody and claim the world as usual.

6. Have your favourite DJ’s inspired you to change format?

Lets see, my fave deejays are Steve Lawler (still playing records and CDs), JooF (given up playing vinyl) and Christopher Lawrence (playing both if I remember correctly). I like both formats, digital and vinyl and always have and probably always will. You pay to watch a deejay go work and play tunes in such a manner that you dance and does it matter if your fave deejay plays vinyl or CDs?. I'm really just fooling around with decks at the moment and I don't know which I like more (probably the same). If so many people were inspired, they would be rushing to buy Abletron if they were Sasha fanss, and he's just letting the PC do most of the work and that's sad.

7. Has the new format changed the way you buy your music, ie from download shops? Do you find more music this way? Those special one off magic tracks?

I always buy my music the legal way, via record shops and CD shops. I don't buy digital music because me soundcard is fucked and I'm far too lazy to fix it at the moment. I find that I don't download anything anymore because I rather pay for my music because I want the CD and the artwork i.e the hardcopy in my hands. I do still love hunting thru a CD store or a record shop for those special records that maybe never got a release past a white but they still rock because they have not been played to death. The hunt really drives me still.

8. + any other thoughts.

I don't honestly care if a deejay plays vinyl or CDs or a mix of it, yes the digital age continues to grow but a deejay is a person who plays tunes for an audience, in such a manner that the public will pay to see them and they will go dance to those tunes and maybe even go buy those tunes. If that does'nt matter, then why do we even bother to go clubbing?.

I personally have found that my tastes have changed over the years that I've been in EDM and that I don't honestly care about the politics anymore. I rather hear a deejay put their heart and soul into a record or mixCD than some mindless PC. I mean honestly and I'm not trying to kiss ass, I bought whitelabel rep and I loved it so much, I've tracked down some other CDs and I'm probably going to see JooF live in Feb in Toronto. I did the same thing with Lawler in 2001 and Kleinenberg in 2002. That's the power of music, when you hear something and think oh yes, I have to get this or you have to see the deejay live.

Everything will always progress, hell when I was a kid, we did research in libraries and looked in encyclopedias for information, compared to the digital age of today. Things are always going to change, the question is will you adapt or not care.