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Nashville recording artist Dee Jay Silver has been a top touring
DJ/remixer/producer for the past 15 years, having played in premier venues in
virtually every major market in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. The
groundbreaking open-format DJ/performer has thrilled millions with his unique ability
to blend all types of music from hip hop and rock to house and country for
crowds of all sizes as well as on mash-ups and remixes. Silver has
been traveling the world playing every kind of event and venue from the largest
nightclubs, high-profile celebrity parties and exclusive private events to
massive sporting events, award shows, major music festivals and arena tours and
all that’s in between.
Silver
began DJing while attending college in Arkansas and later moved to Springfield,
MO where, while working as a doorman for a club, his interest peaked and he
began opening up the dance floor until the headlining DJ would come on. “One
gig turned into the next,” he shares of his early beginnings. “Back in the day,
you didn't have computers, YouTube, or schools to learn how to DJ. If you were
going to DJ, you had to learn from another DJ. They’d say, ‘I'll take you under
my wing, but this is what you're
going to do.’ Basically, you're going to be my whipping boy for a couple of
years [laughs].”
His
sound has organically evolved throughout his career. “Being up in the Midwest,
we looked up to guys like Bad Boy Bill, Alex Peace, Richard Humpty Vission, DJ
Irene, and all of those cats in the Chicago area. I'd buy anything they put
out. That was where it started for me. It was the hard house from Chicago. Back
then, I was playing more hip-hop, house music and rock. Then, it progressed.
“Growing
up in Texas, country music was all I ever heard. I was very versed in country
music, so I've always mixed it in. I'm so happy to see that ‘Country Remix’ is
actually a genre now. Music and DJing to me are about being creative and
relating to your crowd. No matter what song it is, people will dance if it's
presented right. If they're familiar with a song, that's what makes them more
comfortable to have a better time.”
In
2013, Silver signed a recording contract with RCA Nashville, becoming the first
DJ to be signed to a major Nashville label.
His 2013 EP, Country Club, features
creative and rhythmic country mash-ups of some of the format’s most popular and
beloved artists, including Alabama, Dolly Parton, Carrie Underwood, Jake Owen,
and Love and Theft.
In
April of 2014, Silver launched a nationally syndicated weekly radio show called
“The Country Club with Dee Jay Silver” via the Sun Broadcast Group. Each week,
the show features up-tempo mixes and mash-ups of hits from country’s biggest
stars and newcomers, with an infusion of unique rhythms as well as tracks from
other genres. Over 70 markets, including some of the leading country radio
stations across America, air the show every Friday and Saturday nights.
Silver
has shared the stage with some of biggest artists in the world. Beyond touring
extensively with Jason Aldean (including Aldean’s Burn It Down Tour, We Were
Here Tour and current Six String Circus Tour also featuring Thomas Rhett and A
Thousand Horses), the non-stop DJ has performed alongside Brad Paisley, Luke
Bryan, Rascal Flatts, Eric Church, Cole Swindell, Tyler Farr, Thomas Rhett, Kip
Moore, and many more. He’s appeared at many major music festivals, including
the CMA Music Festival, Rock The South, Faster Horses, FarmBorough, Watershed,
Route 91 Harvest, and more, in addition to spinning at football games for the
Tennessee Titans, Dallas Cowboys and University of Kentucky’s Wildcats, events
for the Super Bowl, NASCAR races, National Finals Rodeo, and was the first DJ
to ever play the Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMs) as well as the American
Country Awards (ACAs). In 2016, Silver will add the MLB All-Star Game as well
as Fenway Park (alongside Jason Aldean and Kid Rock) to the impressive list of
venues he’s performed at.
When
not on tour or at one of his many appearances, the current Nashville resident is also
hosting three residencies in Las Vegas this year: at the Foundation Room at
Mandalay Bay, LAX Nightclub inside the Luxor Hotel & Casino and the Rehab
Beach Club at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, following a successful 2015
poolside run.
Odds
are the in-demand producer will be at an arena, amphitheater, stadium, club,
pool or festival near you. Look for new original music from DEE JAY SILVER to
be released soon. www.instagram.com/deejaysilver1
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