DJ Bio : DJ Sol
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DJ Sol (aka - Dave Bailey) comes from a background of 3 generations of musician's, so music has always been a very intrigal part of his life. His father Rich Bailey, who played sax in his own jazz group, was very influential in developing his wide range of musical tastes during his childhood. This was in part due to his appreciation of a very wide range of dancable music, everything from Jazz and Funk to Disco, Reggae & Soul.
While growing up in the L.A. area, he was always exposed to the newest forms of music first. In the late 70's and early 80's he started listening to the newly emerging urban music called hip hop, which is what attracted him to the art of DJ'ing. He was introduced in 1981 to 1983 to artists like Kurtis Blow, The Crash Crew, Afrika Bambaataa, Treacherous 3, Fearless 4, Funky 4+1, and of course Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5. While attending high school in Santa Monica California, he began collecting DJ records and started DJing at home. He began making mixed tapes and doing small parties with his close friends as a hobby. At this point, his passion for music and DJ'ing had really begun to take hold. However, in his quest for the next big thing he started leaning his musical ear towards another new form of danceable music, which was Alternative Rock. This included artists such as; The Cure, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran and The Smiths.
Further change was in 1988 -1992. It was during this time that he moved from LA to San Francisco to further his college education in broadcasting and studio engineering. He arrived just in time to be a part of the newly emerging San Francisco rave music scene. It was here that he was introduced to House, Techno and Trip-Hop at some of the infamous parties that took place during that era like, 'Space Children', 'Full Moon' and 'Wicked'. These parties featured some early pioneer's of DJ'ing that type of music, such as Doc Martin, Garth and Jeno. So he started aggressively pushing his DJ'ing career in 1995, which is when he started working with DJ friend Sean Evans (aka - DJ Seven), and hasn't looked back since.
The style of music he spins is constantly changing, but always remains cutting edge. He currently spins an eclectic combination of House, Breaks, Hip-Hop, Mash-up's, Reggae & Funk. He has been nominated for the past three years for one of SF's best DJ's on the Nitevibe.com's Dreamteam poll, and was also voted in the top five for SF-Nite.com's Clubby's awards held at Ruby Skye in 2000. He currently DJ's with NK7 productions and throws the b-weekly party Vivid, which is now in it's 4th year.
For bookings email DJ Sol at: sol@solsoundmusic.com Visit DJ Sol's Myspace page at: www.myspace.com/solsound
Here's a list of the many different clubs and radio stations he's played. (all clubs are in San Francisco unless noted):
Amnesia
Backflip
Club Bas
Big Heart City
Blind Tiger
The Blue Tattoo (San Jose, CA)
Blush (Burlingame, CA)
Buddha Bar (Honolulu, HI)
Butter
Bubble Lounge
Buzz 9
Cat Club
The Cellar
The Chi-Chi
Cloud 9
Club NV
Club 338
Dragon Bar
Echo (Walnut Creek, CA)
Forign Cenima
Forum (Sunnyvale, CA)
Fuse
HiFi Lounge
Hula's (Honolulu, HI)
Hush Hush
KZSU FM 90.1 "The Big Love Show" (Stanford, CA)
KTUH FM 90.3 "The So Very Show" (Honolulu, HI)
Kiss Steakhouse (South Beach, Miami, FL)
Lit Lounge (formerly POW)
Le Colonial
Manhattan Lounge
Red Eye Lounge
Storyville
Thirsty Bear
The Top
Top Of The Mark, Mark Hopkins Hotel
Union Street Lounge
The Vault (San Jose, CA)
Vertigo
The W Hotel (San Francisco, CA & Honolulu, HI)
The Wave (Honolulu, HI)
World Pie (South Beach, Miami, FL)
Zanzibar (South Beach, Miami, FL)
Zenbu Lounge (Squaw Valley, CA)
Zendo