First ever post!

Oh man count em... seriously, count em...

1.

What a lonely, desolate number! Yet is the origin of all things.
Well it's a start.

Anyway, to kick off this blog I want to mention a few bits and bobs of what you're going to expect and read about in my rants (I'll try for a weekly update). Firstly, a bit of history...

My name is Karl and I DJ under the name SayWhut?! and have been a DJ for about 8 years. I have been an avid vinyl and music collector since I was 17 and got my first set of turntables at the age of 22. After purchasing my first set of turntables I found myself fascinated with the then fledgling breaks scene - the housey tempos combined with the hip hop edge and cut up vocal samples really did it for me so I spent a good portion of my weekends attending clubs and parties to get a taste of this new sound.

Around 2004 I was given my first DJ set under the name DJ Robotek and big thanks go to Frenzie for giving me my first chance to play. Chinese Laundry seriously got a first taste of my sound and my ear drums got a first hand lesson on how to DJ in a massive club system - steep learning curve! Around the same time I also met Jackal who ran the Broke'n'Beats room at Kink which was running a weekly night at the Arthouse on Pitt St from 2003 - 2008. Maximum respect goes to Matt Jackal and Scott from Kink for giving me a weekly project looking after the breaks room and helping to promote the night. Also must give props to Paul Azzopardi and the crew at Chinese Laundry for giving me regular DJ sets for the Friday night party Break Inn.

Around 2007 the breaks scene in Sydney started to take a back end whilst electro house and tech were gaining momentum. I decided to take a break from DJing so I could focus on work and going to the gym to stay fit. After a good year and a half of not having to play out, I got that itch to DJ again but not before reinventing myself and finding a new sound.

Fast forward to 2009 and after much deliberation I finally came up with my new DJ name - DJ SayWhut?! - which pays homage to my hip hop roots as well as highlighting my wacky sense of humour. Although the breaks sound is still very inspiring to me, the current sounds I'm playing are funk, disco, hip hop, R&B (the good ol' skool stuff), b'more, booty bass and a mash up of all that and more as well as dropping a few cheeky breaks tunes for good measure (hey, why limit yourself?) Seems like it was a good idea as well as I've now earned myself 2 weekly DJ residencies around Sydney - Off The Beat @ Melt and Together @ favela. Not only was it a good idea, it seems like Sydney is also looking for more organic music after being saturated with really noisy, techy electro for the past 5 years. I sure hope the trend continues.

So what will readers get when reading through my weekly rants? Well I plan to inform all of you about my weekly gigs and fill you in on some highlights about each gig. I'll post up some cool vids both music based and quirky, cool stuff that only the internet can offer. I'll post up some DJ mixes so you can keep your ipods nicely filled with music and as a gym fanatic I'll also post up some tips about weight training and boxing routines I've learnt and utilised at the gym.

Music, mixes AND gym advice... say whut?!

'til the next post - have yourselves a great week!