Advanced Dance Therapy #9 (The PollyEsthers Edition)

Many people already know my resume. Program director and afternoon personality at WILD-FM in Boston and Hot 102.9 in Dayton, OH. Nationally syndicated mixshow DJ with Superadio. Midday personality and mixer for Hot 97.7 in Boston. Touring performance DJ with past residencies in almost all the major New England nightclubs.

But do you remember my 3 year stint at PollyEsthers/The DancePlex in Boston from 1999 to 2002?

When I say I'm the most versatile DJ in New England, I'm not kidding. I worked at PollyEsthers playing Funk, Disco, Classic Rock & New Wave for a 99% white crowd between the ages of 25-50. At one point in 2000, while at PollyEsthers I was also doing mixshows on Hot 97.7 playing Hip-Hop, R&B and Reggae for blacks 18-34; Jovan's in Providence, RI, playing R&B, Old School and Hip-Hop to a 95% 25 plus black crowd; and the Charlie Horse playing Top-40/ Dance/90s Hip-Hop for a 85% young white crowd. Mind you, this is well before Serato Scratch Live!

I've always had a incredibly wide range of musical tastes, so for me to hop around to different clubs and play to their crowd, whether white, black or mixed, is nothing. Plus I'm blessed with the ability to put together hit songs that don't seem to go together, so the new Open Format/mashup format that has come out is completely up my alley.

This mix was inspired by DJ Chachi, who I heard spinning at Shrine at the MGM Grand in Foxwoods. The way he had those bachelorette parties screaming was impressive! I love listening to other touring performance DJs, because I always pickup new ideas that I can incorporate into my own style. Once I made the the mix, I realized that this is what I would have been playing at Pollyesthers/The DancePlex if it was still around in 2009!

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Reggie

P.S. Playlist below...

Advanced Dance Therapy #9 (The PollyEsthers Edition)

Advanced Dance Therapy Podcast

http://advanceddancetherapy.podOmatic.com/entry/2009-08-17T07_43_12-07_00

The Incredible DJ Reggie Beas

Recording of live StickAM.com broadcast
Mixed August 17th, 2009

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1. Everybody Everybody - Black Box
2. Soul Man - Blues Brothers
3. Time - Culture Club
4. Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
5. Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer
6. Don't You Want Me - Human League
7. Sexyback - Justin Timberlake
8. The Pleasure Principle - Janet Jackson
9. Just Got Paid - Johnny Kemp
10. Dangerous f/Akon - Kardinal Offishall
11. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
12. Holiday - Madonna
13. Lucky Star - Madonna
14. Dr. Beat - Miami Sound Machine
15. I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince
16. Peg - Steely Dan
17. Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles
18. Every Breath You Take - The Police
19. Nasty Girl - Vanity 6
20. Funky Cold Medina - Young MC
21. Touch Me (All Night Long) - Cathy Dennis
22. Le Freak - Chic
23. Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith
24. Boogie Nights - Heatwave
25. Celebration - Kool & The Gang
26. Thriller - Michael Jackson
27. Ay Chico (Lengua Afuera) - Pitbull
28. Get On The Dance Floor (Danny D Remix) - Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
29. Maria - TKA
30. Hit The Floor Ft. Pitbull - Twista
31. Smack That f/Eminem - Akon
32. Stand By Me - Ben E. King
33. Strike It Up - Black Box
34. Treat 'Em Right - Chubb Rock
35. Lose My Breath - Destiny's Child
36. Poker Face - Lady Gaga
37. Together Forever - Lisette Melendez
38. Don't Stop Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
39. 1999 - Prince
40. Give It To Me Baby - Rick James
41. The Roof Is On Fire - Rockmaster Scott
42. Because Of You - The Cover Girls
43. When I Grow Up - The Pussycat Dolls
44. Jungle Love - The Time
45. Teenage Wasteland - The Who
46. I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
47. Always Coca-Cola - <unknown artist>
48. The Look Of Love (Part One) - ABC
49. Jump To It - Aretha Franklin
50. Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
51. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
52. Girls On The Dance Floor - Far East Movement
53. Girls On The Dance Floor Remix f/Fatman Scoop - Far East Movement
54. Don't Stop The Rock - Freestylers
55. Now That We've Found Love - Heavy D
56. Birthday Sex (Roy Barboza RMX) - Jeremih
57. Control Myself f/Jennifer Lopez - LL Cool J
58. Girl Can't Help It - LMFAO
59. Good Vibrations - Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch
60. Oochie Coochie - MC Brains

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Reggie Beas Performance DJ Bio

Bookings: ReggieBeas@aol.com
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Reggie Beas is one of the rising stars in the performance DJ universe. He has gone from local club DJ, to nationally syndicated radio mixshow DJ, to running successful radio stations in Boston, MA and Dayton, OH. Now he has become one of the most sought after performance DJs.

Reggie Beas rocks parties… period. At 6’5’‘, 235 lbs, he looks like one of the athletes in the VIP rather than the DJ making the VIP jump. He is calm behind the console, but ferocious sounds emanate from the speakers. Reggie flies through hundreds of crowd favorites and future classics throughout the night. Building the energy level with quick mixes, he plays the right song at the right time, bringing it in at exactly the right point to get the audience screaming. Cutting the music to let the crowd sing. Rocking the mic to increase the already insane party vibe. He leads his audience on a musical journey, effortlessly jumping between eras, genres and cultures to create a tapestry of sound that becomes a classic in its own right. Every song is better than the last. Impossible? He’ll show you how it’s done.

His uniqueness as a performance DJ comes from an unparalleled versatility. Hands are in the air when Reggie Beas goes Open Format. He gets the Urban crowd grinding on the dance floor. The old school crowd gets to two-steppin’ and doing the Kid N’ Play in no time. Everyone sings like drunken soccer fans when he drops Funk, Rock, Soul and Disco classics. And the baby powder is flying anytime Reggie takes it to his hometown roots of Chicago and gets deep into his first love, House. Reggie rocks each event in his signature BeasWaxUSA™ style.

“I get really bored playing the same music in the same way all the time. Even when I’m playing at the same club every week, my sets are never even close to the same, but they always work for THAT crowd on THAT night. There are way too many great songs out there for me to be playing the same 150 songs every week. The staffs at the clubs I work for LOVE me, because there are only so many times you can hear Pour Some Sugar On Me, Before I Let Go, Boom Boom Pow, Poison, Dancing Queen, Mirror Dance or Blame It On The Alcohol before you start going insane!”

Reggie Beas is the perfect synthesis of the old school party rocking DJ and the new school performance DJ. He comes from the era where lugging crates of records was a rite of passage; 2 copies of every song was needed to really rock a party; mashups were done LIVE with a cappellas and instrumentals; and turntable tricks were done on turntables, not via effects machines and computers. But he has also grown with the times, mastering Serato Scratch Live and teaching how to become a better DJ by using the program effectively. He creates mashups/blends for the urban community. He has gained raving fans worldwide through his podcasts and live streaming of his performances.

“I started doing my podcasts because I love SO many types of music. Sometimes I just have to do a mix for my personal enjoyment. But once I started posting the mixes, I realized a lot of people have the same tastes as me and appreciate what I do with the music. What’s cool about these mixes is that they find an audience, instead of me making mixes for a particular audience. It’s almost like having my own cluster of radio stations! One of my favorite podcasts is The Lost Classics, because there are so many great songs I’ve forgot that I loved. Another favorite is Leaders Of The Old School, which is all Classic Hip-Hop and R&B from the 80s, 90s & 2000. I even paid homage to legendary program directors Sunny Joe White from Kiss 108 in Boston and Frankie Crocker from WBLS in New York by mixing songs by White artists that crossed over to Urban radio. When I see thousands of downloads and subscribers to my podcasts, I know I’m doing something right!”

Originally from the South Side of Chicago, Reggie Beas grew up listening to the original Hot Mix 5 on WBMX, and his style reflects that upbringing. Hearing Underground Disco, Freestyle, R&B and Imports mixed up with original House recordings, Reggie learned early on how to draw from various sources to create a signature sound. Moving to Boston after being the top DJ during his time at Oberlin College near Cleveland, OH, Reggie quickly became one of the DJs other DJs went to go see, spinning at some of the biggest clubs in New England and headlined many major shows and events. He jumped at the opportunity to spin and host on the legendary WILD-AM in Boston, becoming the last in a stellar line of DJs to spin on the iconic mixshow, TheThunderstorm. He then became the initial hire for the first Black FM station in Boston, Hot 97.7, rising from mixshow DJ/morning show producer to midday host. When Hot 97.7 changed into 97.7 WILD-FM, Reggie was picked to become the program director and afternoon personality for the Urban/Urban AC hybrid, helping lead Radio One to their highest ratings in Boston. Along the way he hooked up with Superadio and supplied over 40 stations around the country with Classic Soul and Old School Hip-Hop and R&B mixes.

After a stint leading Hot 102.9 in Dayton to a #1 ranking, as well as holding down the #1 afternoon show (both for 4 straight quarters, unprecedented in their history), Reggie made a u-turn back to the Bay State. “Once I got back to Boston, I decided to reinvent myself as DJ. Now I already get tons of people blowing me up, telling me how great I am, so I could have sat on my ass and chilled. But I knew how much better I could be, especially after hearing other performance DJs like Kid Capri, DJ Ace, DJ Spider, A-Trak and DJ Riz. It’s kinda like when Tiger Woods revamped his golf swing to make it better, even though he was already the best in the world. But I forgot that I used do performance DJ-styled mixing back in college, similar to Julian ‘Jumpin’ Perez and Bad Boy Bill (both on B96 in Chicago), and I had to slow down when I came to Boston. So ramping back up, especially with Serato, was a layup.”

Reggie Beas is writing the next chapter in a book that has already had a lifetime of twists, curves and bends, adding performance DJ to an already tremendous resume. Since he returned to Boston in late 2008, Reggie has reassumed his role as the hardest working DJ in Boston. He holds down weekly, bi-weekly & monthly residencies at Saint, The Greatest Bar, The Blue Wave and the First Fridays franchise. In addition, he is one of the masterminds behind Kings And Queens Sundays, a roving bi-weekly party that fills a need for upscale, classy lounge events for the Boston Urban community, and gives Reggie the freedom to play deep Funk/Soul classics, New Jack Swing, underground Disco, Neo-Soul, Smooth Hip-Hop, deep House and 90s Hip-Hop Soul to an appreciative audience. He continues to create mixes for his various podcasts found on podOmatic.com. And he continues to move bodies onto dance floors at nightclubs and major events across the country. Stay tuned…

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