About The BUDDHA BEATS Podcast:
When you create something from scratch, you tend to want to see if you can do it again. By the third time, I was hooked. I had created a podcast, On February 23rd, 2025, my BUDDHA BEATS podcast will be 10 years old. If you had told me that I’d have a show that people listen to on the Internet, let alone that it will last 10 years, I would not have believed you. Celebrating the 100th episode of something you created as an vehicle to show that you are capable of doing something at a professional level is nothing to sneeze at. It’s by no means easy, and there were (and are) many hurdles along the way. Keeping a consistent podcast schedule is difficult if you have a constantly shifting work schedule is one, while song selection, curation, and storytelling is another. I’m sure a lot of people would say that having to not repeat a DJ set is easy, until you have songs that you know would get people to listen, as well as finding those gems that only the serious crate diggers would know of that would educate the listener. Not constantly playing the same tracks is not as easy as people think.

What is BUDDHA BEATS:
So, just what IS BUDDHA BEATS? Well, it’s a visit to a house night, it’s an industrial or hypnotic techno night, it’s an amalgamation of the music I love, to relive the raves, club nights, house parties, outlaw raves along with my personal productions all rolled into a one hour mix. I have house mixes, I have techno mixes, I have even done a drum & bass mix — Episode 72 to be exact — that I still get comments on to this very day. If you have wondered about any of these genres of electronic music, and didn’t know if you’d like them when you hear them, I offer these episodes as an easy way to see if any of the music I play catches your attention.

When I started DJing, it was all about your mixtape. Your mixtape, initially, was your resume. I say initial, because as you get better, have better gigs and more people hear of you, it morphs into how big of a draw you are, and how many people come out to hear you play. I am a DJ from the 1990s, and I’ve had to grow from vinyl, to Native Instruments’ Traktor DJ, to CDJs. I feel that now it’s more of who knows who you are before the masses learn what you play.

I remember hearing names of DJs, and all I wanted to know was what kind of music did they play. If I got there, and enjoyed their set because I danced my ass off, then I want to know who that is. I know DJs who play so well, but their sets are so unique, that they don’t fit any particular spot on a lineup. I feel that this is me too. So, BUDDHA BEATS became my way of proving that my own productions, as well as my own mixing style, song selection is my DJ resume. Not every mix is perfect. I might not play the song you expect next after the one you’re hearing now. But what I am doing, is telling a story. Each mix is a memory of a night out at a club, or a rave, or a soundtrack before arriving at the event where everyone in the car is getting amped up for the long night of dancing to come. You can work out to my mixes. You can (and should) share them with friends.

How the mixes are made:
Now, I create my mixes by hand, the only effects used are the ones that are on the mixer itself. Once the mix is recorded, I load it into Ableton for intro and outro voiceovers, my show IDs, loudness checking, and mastering. That’s it. No edits whatsoever. What you hear in the mix, is what happened on the mixer. Did I make a mistake? Yup. Do I edit it out? No, I do not. I also don’t talk over my mixes. I want the music to do the talking. I was never a fan of getting on the microphone when the song is about to come on, to talk about why I selected this or that track. You’ll know the “why” when you listen to the mixes. I have listened to countless DJ mix shows and podcasts, and while I understand why some are talking over their mix, the more music I hear in someone’s mix, the better. I save all of the extra things to talk about to put here on the site as liner notes for each episode. Another reason I don’t talk over my mixes, is the fear of getting on a tangent and rambling on and on. I write a little script for each episode as to what I’m going to say for the intro, and the outro. And sometimes it’s hard to stick to just that. So, to keep it short and sweet, I let the music tell the story instead.