Professional Audio Services
DJ Galen Wade Music To Make You Merry! All styles. Any occasion.
My job is to make you sound good; whether it's a slinky backdrop that accentuates your own innate sense of style, or the front and center big deal main event dance party. I am a music lover of the highest order, and strive to create the perfect mix to enhance your experience in ways that are fun, classy, personable, artful, humorous, and professional.
I prefer to play an eclectic blend of Rock N' Soul N' Hip Hop Pop N' Punky Funk Electro. But I am capable of meeting any need, from the ‘war years’ to classic country to 80s (or 50s or 60s or . . . or . . .) to contemporary R&B. I am a people person and welcome the challenge of seamlessly weaving in requests. [Try that with an iPod.] I am adept at reading a room (or field) and can balance the various needs of different groups. I play what you want to hear and what you didn't even know you wanted to hear and have a sixth sense (and years of experience) for conjuring it up. I am fully engaged at all times, and every transition I view as an opportunity to flex. I hold myself to a high standard, and it is reflected in the work. My goal is that each gig be summed up in a single word: flawless.
I generally appear/perform with a computer loaded with Professional DJ software and over 30,000 songs (and counting), as well as a turntable and a few boxes of records. Because I am a die-hard vinyl enthusiast, and love to blend it into the mix. Also, if you've got a special itch, I can spin just vinyl with a couple of turntables.
Rates are based on time commitment, location, and the nature of the event, and are both reasonable and competitive. Please contact me for more info.
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I also host a weekly radio program called “The Scratchy Records Show,” on WBCR-LP (97.7 FM, Great Barrington, MA), on Friday evenings from 7 pm - 8 pm EST, as I have done from their very first day of programming (April of 2005). Here I get a chance to really stretch, and enjoy filtering popular tunes through the hazy crackle of jukebox nostalgia almost as much as I dig liberating obscure gems from the trash-bin of history. Live webcast available @ berkshireradio.org.
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Venues where I have served as DJ include: The Brickhouse Pup (Housatonic, MA), Jason's Upstairs Bar (Hudson, NY), The American Legion Hall (Sheffield, MA), The Weathervane Inn (S. Egremont), The Well (Great Barrington, MA), Crissy Farms (Great Barrington, MA), The Egremont Country Club (S. Egremont, MA), Dewey Hall (Sheffield, MA), Seven Hills (Lenox, MA) & various private residences.
Mad Chatter is my recording studio. I use Protools and I am an extremely proficient audio editor. I record my own music (vocal and instrumental) usually playing all the instruments, although I love working with percussionists. I also transfer a lot of vinyl to digital and have a pretty slick record collection at this point. It's gotten to where, as the host of the Scratchy Records Show, people will often hand me their entire record collections - which I will sift through, keep some, replace some, give some to the radio station, and maybe even trade some over at John Doe in Hudson.
I am currently putting together a project that involves recording (and editing) the life stories of some of our wildly interesting local elders. It really is a diverse area, rich with all manner of characters, and I find this work of 'legacy' recording exceptionally fulfilling. My first subject has been Bob Guidi, a delightful character, World War II veteran, and generally witty and spry 87 yr. old.
Contact
Please email me with requests for information, availability, prices, etc. I am currently located near Catamount Ski Resort on the boarder between Massachusetts and New York - about an equal distance from Great Barrington (MA) and Hudson (NY).
For direct enquiries you may call my cell phone @ 413.429.1929, but please note that when I am at home I am out of range so it might be a day or so before I return your call.
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