Eventually I paved a way to become the back up deejay. So when I left school I used to do Fridays and Saturdays with my mobile disco, which I refer to as my apprenticeship.Īt seventeen years old I got a job as a glass collector at Zero 6 nightclub in Southend, Essex. But I was insistent I wanted to be a deejay. Where I lived in Southend was near the old Access credit card company who were always recruiting. He said, “Come on, you’ve got to grow up a little bit.” I remember him saying to my Dad “I think he needs to mature a little bit, like being in the army or working for Access”. When I was at school the careers teacher asked me if I wanted to join the army or if not what did I want to do and I told him I wanted to be a deejay. It started when my Dad, bless him, would run me around with all my gear in his car doing weddings and parties. ![]() When I was at school all I wanted to do was to become a deejay. What was your background into becoming a deejay? A showman and co owner of Zero Radio and runner up in our awards for the best radio show behind his long time fellow deejay partner Jon Jules, his ethos is simple, give the people what they want as he ain’t too cool for school to be an elitist deejay. He like most has experienced the highs and lows of the industry and has crossed paths with a few respected deejays and artists along the way, enough to gain plenty of respect in the Essex soul arena. ![]() His rise from being a glass collector at Zero 6 to being the main man for over a decade, controlling a thousand strong capacity audience on a weekly basis, he puts down to being in the right place at the right time. The Soul Survivors Magazine - Issue 86 for Feb & March 2020 FITZROY SPEAKS WITH IAN READINGĭetermined and defiant (much to the disappointment of his school’s career teacher’s advice), Ian Reading had his heart set on being a professional deejay.
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