"The Start Of A Career"

After the Army tours (Iraq, Bosnia, Somalia, and a second tour in Iraq) Shane found himself back in clubs getting work as a DJ.

"1996 was a great year; I was spinning in this club in Syracuse, New York where I was going to college. This guy walks up to me, requests a song and asks me what I used to remix my music. I told him two turntables and a recorder. He gave me a business card and said 'Call me tomorrow.' I called him back a week later to discover he was with SONY, in the research side of it, and wanted to know if I wanted to partake in a testing group for some computer software they were developing. I said 'Sure, what do I get?' What I got was the start of a DJ Revolution."

"Back then remixing a song was very complicated and recording it on the spot was even more so. The software they were developing allowed a DJ like me to record, edit and add samples on the fly in real time. THIS WAS AMAZING! The software later became known as Sony Acid©®. It allowed me to hear a brand new song, edit it and remix it, and then play it in the club THAT night. I became very popular soon thereafter."

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