How did you start DJing?
FOR AS LONG AS I COULD REMEMBER I’VE ALWAYS LOVED MUSIC! WHEN MIXTAPES FIRST STARTED GETTING HOT AROUND 98-2000 I STARTED MAKING MY OWN MIXED CDS AND IT CAUGHT ON W/ THE PEOPLE THAT WERE AROUND ME AT THE TIME AND IT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF SOME OF THE DJS IN MY AREA WHICH EVENTUALLY LED TO THEM SUGGESTING THAT I START DJING. I CAME UP UNDERNEATH THIS CREW CALLED THE REKIN CRU DJS. WE STARTED DJING HOUSE PARTIES & CLUBS ALL AROUND BROCKTON WHICH BY THE NATURE OF NETWORKING, LED TO ME DOING BIGGER & BETTER THINGS ALL OVER NEW ENGLAND!
How did you get the name Dj Alcide?
ALCIDE (AL-SEED) IS MY LAST NAME. IT KIND OF WAS A NATURAL PROGRESSION I THOUGHT IT WAS ORIGINAL AND THAT I WOULDN’T BE STEPPING ON ANY OTHER DJS TOES SO I RAN W/ IT AND IT WORKED!
Where is DJ Alcide from?
BORN IN BOSTON, MA, RAISED IN RANDOLPH, MA , AND FIRST HOMED MY SKILLS IN BROCKTON, MA!
What should someone expect, at a party that you are DJing at?
ENERGY, ENERGY, ENERGY! I DJ ALL GENRES OF MUSIC AND CAN SWITCH IT UP AT ANY TIME! I DON’T CARE IF THERE’S 5 OR 5,000 PEOPLE IN THE CLUB I’M STILL GOING HARD!
What makes you different from all the other DJs?
I’D SAY MY STYLE. I NETWORK WITH A LOT OF DJS AND I PARTY A LOT SO I MAKE SURE AND TRY NOT TO SOU
ND LIKE OTHERS! YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE ONE OF MY PARTIES, EVENTS THINKING THAT YOU HEARD THE SAME MUSIC FROM ANY OTHER DJ! ALSO THE FACT THAT MY TEAM OFF THE WALL ENTERTAINME
NT PROMOTES EVERY EVENT WE DO! I JUST FEEL WE BRING MORE TO THE TABLE.
What is your mentally before you DJ an event?
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I’M GOING TO SPIN. SOME DJS LIKE TO MAKE UP “PLAYLISTS” TO GET THEM THROUGH EVENTS. I JUST GO WITH THE FLOW… I’M NEVER NERVOUS.. I DO THIS WAY TO MUCH FOR THAT! I LIKE TO CHALLENGE MYSELF.
Which is the most memorable event that you DJed at and why?
I’D SAY THE FIRST TIME I DJED AT ROXY IN BOSTON.. THERE WAS OVER 600 PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING AND I SHUT IT DOWN! THE WAY THAT CLUB IS SETUP WITH THE BOOTH UP TOP IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE FEELING! I KNEW RIGHT THEN AND THERE THIS IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!
Who are your biggest influences?
MY HOMIE DJ EA SPORTZ FROM THE REKIN CRU PUT ME ON TO MY FIRST GIGS MUCH RESPECT TO HIM. DJ DRU NYCE WAS THE FIRST DJ TO TELL ME TO ACTUALLY DJ. DJ CHUBBY CHUB DEF HAD THE WHOLE BOSTON SCENE ON SMASH WHEN I WAS COMING UP. DJ CLUE & DJ WHOO KID WERE MY TWO FAVORITE MIXTAPE DJS COMING UP.
Shout outs?
GOD & MY FAMILY OF COURSE. MY OFF THE WALL ENTERTAINMENT TEAM, B-ROC, YOUNG FRESH, DJ EVIL, POOK PAPERS, & PASCALE THE “SOCA” QUEEN. MY MIX KINGS PARTNERS DJ DRU NYCE & DJ DEX. ALL THE DJS OUT IN BOSTON DOING THEIR THING THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE!
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