DJ Brian Norwood was born during the first seedlings of dance music as we know it today were sprouting. In the 1970s, the Tea Dance at Fire Island's Blue Whale was settling in as ritual and David Mancuso's infamous "The Loft" parties in NYC were just getting started. Being born in the music-rich environment of Nashville would be a harbinger of things to come. And being born in that era would greatly impact his career.In the 90's, Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love, would open its arms to Brian. This move to a more urban environment and being within the twinkle of NYC skyscrapers, is an important transition not only in geography, but of musical awakening. After attending a seminal Saint-At-Large Party with all its intendant revelry, he felt an overwhelming drive to cultivate music and learn to mix. Vinyl was still the preferred medium for DJ's, which gives Brian the unique perspective of being among the younger DJ's still spinning today who teethed on vinyl.In the 90s Brian began to play live shows. His ability to feel the energy of a room and to zero in on what crowds want to hear quickly gained him major name recognition that spread from Philadelphia to the entire nation...
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episode 30: Fire Island House Music 8
I have always been a huge fan of many different genres of music and that's been a real blessing to me as a person but in some regards I consider it a slight curse -- as an artist. Let me explain that so that it makes sense. Personally I love many different genres of music -- some that might surprise you. I love disco, tech house, techno...and the list goes on and on and on. You probably don't know me much for those sounds because I don't push them forward very often in my podcast sets. What you probably know me most for is my chill and deep house sets. I decided a good few years ago that it was important that I try as hard as I could to "brand" myself in a particular way...so as to not confuse the listeners who came upon me. Artistry is important but branding is also extremely important. As an artist one never wants to confuse their audience. So...I decided to work hard to "stay in my lane" since it was one that I love passionately and consider myself to be pretty good at. If you listen to my (Sophisticated) Morning, Deep and Chill sets you will hear direct similarities in them. They all fit nicely together running what I call "parallel to the dance floor". They are kind of dance floor friendly....but also kind of not. All that being said...I AM a child of the dance floor. I love to dance and I love to DJ to dance floors. That brings me to this newest podcast, Fire Island House Music 8. Every summer I have released a Fire Island House Music set because I love house music so much and as a gift to my many listeners who I know love it as much as I do. Two weeks ago I released #7 in this series and was totally blown away by the outreach from my listeners in response to it. I actually can't remember the last time I received response like this to a music set. I've had phone calls, direct messages and even had people calling me through Facebook Messenger. House and disco house are what I mainly spin at my live performances but feeling and seeing your response to that last Fire Island House set has motivated me to start pushing more of them out via podcast. If I confuse a person or two....well, so be it. I'm going to listen to you (and my heart). From my heart...to your ears...ENJOY!#/Artist/Title/Remix01. Black Box/I Don't Know Anybody Else/Motown Disco Anthem02. Mark Knight/Love Is All We're Living For/Extended Mix03. Ten City/Be Free/Emmaculate & Sharon Chambers Extended04. Disco Incorporated/Disco Piano/Vocal Disco House Mix05. Platinum City/Holy Spirit/Mark Brickman Remix06. Coree Mathews/Believe In You/Yam Who? Extended Mix07. Shapeshifters/You Ain't Love/Express Mix08. Dawn Tallman/Stand Up/Extended Mix09. Jasper Street Co./Reach/KC + DFP Church of Disco Mix10. Kimberly Davis/Second Chance/Shapeshifters Reprise11. Lisa Millett/Baby Please Don't Go/Extended Mix12. Junior Jack/Stupidisco/David Penn ExtendedFOR WORLDWIDE DJ BOOKING INFORMATION:Ear: 202-766-6880Email: IAMBrianNorwood@gmail.comFacebook: Brian NorwoodInstagram: DJ Brian Norwood