JAYSON GOLD

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RANK	SCORE ?	GENRE	LOCATION
7930	22	Trance	Dallas, US

DJ Jayson Gold (formerly known as: DJ Earcandy), currently residing in Dallas, TX, was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina.

Growing up in Durham had its advantages and disadvantages. One advantage was the major presence of independent thinking and self-expression. Another benefit was that North Carolina State University had a college radio station that played the grungy industrial music that most of the public despised but the underground listeners craved. Living in a college town with such attributes set Jason on the road to being an open minded individual. The major disadvantage of the area though was the lack of creative nightlife. Clubs played the top 40 tunes and hip-hop, thus never giving Jason an outlet to explore his music tastes.

Then, in 1994 he had his first true experience with electronic music. While walking up to the gates at Lollapalooza he overheard intoxicating sounds spewing from a vehicle. Jason was urged to ask the strangely dressed kids what they were listening to and they enthusiastically replied, "Orbital", and the journey began.

Before Jayson's senior year in high school his family moved to Dallas, Texas. After moving to Dallas, Jason quickly found the nightlife to feed his hunger for the electronic music he heard once before. Every weekend he was at the Lizard Lounge. Jason also frequented other clubs around Dallas, including, Village Station, Club One, and the Spy Club.

During this time, local promoters started pushing the music scene by throwing "raves". Jason found his home at these events, where the music he loved was fresh, innovative, and being played by DJ's who catered to an underground audience.

Jason was happy being a loyal party goer, until he saw a local DJ at the Lizard Lounge, DJ Andy Szontagh. His performance and track selection inspired Jason to purchase records and two turntables.

Still learning, Jason didn't know what genre, DJ's and labels embodied the sound that moved him. His first set of records included the DJ Dan EP "In Stereo", and a few jungle records.

It wasn't until he heard the EpiK-Entertainment crew in 2001, did he find the track selection and sound that represented what he wanted to play. From there on he was inspired to learn more about the technical side of DJ'ing and purchasing the labels that represented the genre that stimulated him. Now days, Jason purchases tracks from labels; Captivating, Platipus, Tsunami, ID&T, A State of Trance,Vandit and Magik MuziK.

Working hard to promote and establish himself in Dallas, TX, DJ Jayson Gold has spun at venues such as, Village Station, Reservoir, Lizard Lounge, Jack's Pub,Episode's, Uropa and underground events by local promoters.

In July, 2003, DJ Jayson Gold joined EpiK-Entertainment. Along with furthering himself as an artist, his future plans include finishing school to achieve a music production degree to focus releasing the music he loves to the world.

DJ Jayson Gold his a bright future ahead of him as his skill set and stage performance abilities have taken him far throughout Texas and soon around the world!