User:DJ.Storm 2008

DJ.Storm 2008 aka  Reverend Brian "DJ Storm" Feole Owner/C.E.O. of D.J."D" Entertainment (1991-Present) & Ultimate Storm Productions (2004-Present)

I have been a DJ for over 20 years! I started out in High School. Then during the last 2 months of my Senior year I worked as an intern for a local Radio Station, as a part of the Promotions Dept. We went out to other local Schools with one of our On-Air DJ's to provide DJ service for their School Dances. Then I also worked at a concert at Pine Knob (now called DTE Energy Music Theater). The line-up was A.B.C.(Another Bad Creation), Salt N' Pepa, and C&C Music Factory. I got to meet Robert Clivillés & David Cole before the show, and actually got hang out with Zelma Davis when she came out of the dressing room to use the pay phone after the show. (She's a lot shorter than she looks in the music videos! LOL) Freedom Williams stayed in the dressing room.

After that internship I started my own company, D.J."D" Entertainment, and the Radio Station would let me rent their entire sound system for the weekend for only $100. I'd use it to DJ my friend's Graduation Parties that summer, or any other simple event I could book. I was also doing my local School Dances.

Three years later, in 1994, I got hired into my first big DJ company. Through them I learned how to do Bars and Weddings. I spent a year with them, which greatly expanded my ability!

Then in 1997 I hired into my biggest company of all. They had 2 offices in New Jersey, 1 in the Detroit area, and eventually opened 1 in Ohio! At one time we had a total of 75 DJ's & Assistants available to work on a Saturday night! With them I perfected my ability to DJ Weddings, and added the following: Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, Corporate Events, Karaoke, Holiday Parties, School Homecomings & Proms. Plus I'm sure there's a couple things I can't think if right now! During the 3 years I worked for them I was also a DJ Trainer, Equipment Manager, & Assistant Operations Manager.

Since leaving them at the end of 2000, I've bounced around between small companies and working directly for Bars, Skating Rinks, & Strip Clubs.

For probably 15 of the last 20 years I was extremely overweight! Most of that time weighing over 500 lbs!!! Then I quit the last Bar I was at in November 2009, and spent the next year going through Pre-Testing. Then finally having Full Gastric Bypass Surgery on August 24th, 2010. My peak weight was 541 lbs on April 12th, 2007. At the time of the Surgery I weighed 497 lbs. I had a minor complication from the Surgery. The doctor nicked my bowel/colon. So it was leaking out into my stomach area. I had to be rushed back to the ER within a week of being home! I ended up with a Colostomy Bag until March 12th, 2011. I also had to spend 3 weeks in the Hospital before I could come back home! I lost a lot of strength during that 3 weeks! It took over 9 months of home Physical Therapy, and almost another 3 months of Outpatient Physical Therapy to recover!

So now, since the beginning of 2012, I've been trying to get back to work as a Bar DJ. Jobs are still hard to come by in the Detroit area! And now I'm also in need of a cheap car because my truck is dead in the driveway with a rod knocking! That will take about $3,000 to fix! Which I won't have until after I've been back to work for a few months! (By the way, as of March 2013, I am currently about 220 lbs!)

One other thing to add to my list, in case you're looking back at the first line and asking Reverend??? Yes, I became a Licensed Minister in 2001. That way I can not only provide the music for a Wedding Ceremony, but I can also perform the Ceremony itself! My original reason was just in case I'm booked to provide the music for a Ceremony that's out at some Country Club, and for whatever reason (weather, accident, etc.) the Minister doesn't show up, I can step in and cover for him, and basically save the Wedding! I mean, can you imagine how much extra of a tip that would be worth to the Bride & Groom! Well, that hasn't happened yet, but I have performed 2 Wedding Ceremonies so far. My Brother's on New Year's Eve 2009, and a Backyard BBQ Wedding in July 2011.

Now I just need a cheap piece of crap car that will run good for about a year or two. And I need a Bar to DJ at. Somewhere along I-94, between Detroit and Port Huron!