User talk:Pilgrim007~enwiki

Antonio Castanho was born in September 1983, at the Sea Point Somerset hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. At a very young age, he took interest in drawing pictures and watching movies and cartoons and trying to replicate what he saw. The teachers were fascinated at how a boy at such a young age, could be so creative with the art work is created.

He grew up most his young childhood years in Maitland. Rap was big in Maitland, no matter which block he played at, Rap music was everywhere, so he became influenced by the music, like Tupac, Notorious B.I.G., Coolio, Run DMC, to name just a few. The neighborhood where they lived was very much into drugs and gangterism, so his mother tried to keep the children in the house and keep them occupied with drawing, and watching movies, and trying to stay away from trouble. The drawing passion continued until High School at Grade 9, in 1999, when music started to be his next inspiration.

His brother, Jose Castanho, wanted to start a rock band, and wanted to learn to play the guitar. Antonio, admired by the band venture, wanted to join in a band as well, but did not want to learn the guitar. He wanted to use his creativity in a different way. So he thought DJing and sampling would be a different element adding to a band. During his High School years, he worked as a cashier at Spar Edgemead, and September 2000 at Woolworths Tygervalley.

Money was tight in the family, and he wanted to have his own pocket money in order to buy things he wanted. He also started writing poetry, and had one his poems published in a book called the ‘Melodic Musings: Anthology of Verse’ by the Poetry Institute of Africa, with a poem entitled “Waiting for Love: South Africa”.

Antonio started to get inspired by Rap and Hip Hop music quite frequently, spending hours (if not weeks) listening to music at record stores as well as at home. He listened to American rap-rock bands like Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, and others heavier rock style bands like Korn, Slipknot, and System of Down, just to name but a few.

In 2001, he did a course on an introduction to Radio broadcasting and advertising at the UCT radio at the University of Cape Town, during the December school holiday. The first DJ he ever saw spinning vinyl was when he met DJ Richard Carter who was a frequent DJ set player at the radio, and he was known to play at Trance and dance parties in the Cape Town area. The DJ asked Antonio to play his set as he was in a Motorbike accident and his arms were injured and was in the process of being recovered. Antonio was afraid that he might not know what he was doing and decided not to play. However, Richard Carter was his first inspiration to trying to learn how to DJ.

In 2002, he created some amateur trance music, and decided to get somebody to try and remix the songs to see what they would sound like from professional producer’s perspective. Antonio was fascinated at the Studios at the equipment which they had. He asked Stephan Hoffman (DJ Stephan) to remix his single he made called ‘Tuche Guninia’.

Antonio begged his mother to get him 2 turntables and a mixer, so that he would be able to learn how to mix and scratch (he promised one day he would pay her back 10 fold). He bought a second hand pair set nearby his local area. When he got the decks, he was so delighted and excited. He bought old records from pawn shops, and started scratching and experimenting. Soon after, he wanted to try out for bands. He started putting ads in the paper, which we wanted to join a band as DJ. He tried out with 4 bands. Most of which did not know what a DJ does in a band. However, he got sick of being in a band because he was not getting enough songwriting involved in the bands he tried out for.

He assisted his brother’s band from time to time recording his brother’s guitar riffs. This point, he took the pedal, by accident, and connected it to his turntable and mixer. He was amazed by the different sounds the vinyl now was producing. Then he decided to use his brother’s pedal to record effects for the band. The creativity moved into more electronic music, where he messed around with more music programs, and started learning them.

After graduating from High School in 2002, he wanted to study Sound Engineering. However, because the course was highly expensive and his parents were not wealthy, he decided to do something cheaper and more affordable. Hence he went to study Information Technology at the Cape Technikon (now known as the Cape Peninsula University of Technology) in 2003.

At the Technikon, one of his student friends (and mentor) told him about the campus radio show which it had, and there were posters for wanting new radio DJs. Antonio decided to join it. He wanted a dance show, dedicated to DJs playing non-commercial music. He would get DJs every week to come and play at his show (a 30 minute set, and 30 minute interview). He was more like radio journalist in a way. This is when he started making some contacts and started to learn the industry in a more detailed way. He started to research hip hop music producers from America, and how they become professional. He started playing at Clubs and events around Cape Town and a few house parties. Examples of clubs: The Gallery, Dockside, Hectic on Hope (South African Big Brother Winner, Ferdinand Rabies’ club), Cock n Tail, Stones. Examples of events (party productions): InPhase, Soundscape, Motoforce Music.

During the same year, he managed to hook up with a hip hop crew, and assist them with their scratching and turntable effects for their music recording production. Later in the year, he had the opportunity to perform live with DJ Ready D and DJ Azhul, who are very popular hip hop DJs from South Africa. Antonio also had the privilege to get Ready D to sign his 2 Turntables, after both DJs had just performed on them.

Antonio also played a set at Cape Town’s popular radio station, Good Hope Fm.

He tried out for some DJ competitions. The first competition he tried out for, was held in Club Mercury. However, having not won the competition, he learnt a lot from the competitors their techniques and skills which inspired him to practice and get better. Later around August, he played a set at the DMC DJ competition at Dockside. He won the round for his set, having tried to take 80s and 70s music and try to beat juggle them with Hardstyle and progressive house tunes, along with scratching techniques and stutter effects. The punters were shocked. They never saw anyone try that.

The following year, he decided to stop playing at the radio, and focused on producing music. In 2005, he released one song to a record label in Amsterdam, Voodoo Vinyl Recordings, with a single called ‘StaRock’. Antonio decided to drop out of the Technikon. The label decided to also include remixes to accompany the release. However it did not go well as intended.

Soon after that, he started to make more American influenced hip hop music, and started putting ads to look for rappers. He collaborated with some and created demos for them. He learned a lot from an artist perspective what artists want and how to deal with them, also how to set up contracts between a music producer and an artist. In 2006, Antonio decided to complete his studies, and during the time he managed to find employment in a Company. He is currently an Analyst, dealing with data discrepancies and tries to drive to get the issues resolved. In the meanwhile, he is trying to save cash to get his small studio going, and try to make a break into the music business, while with a job.

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