HELLO, MY NAME IS MICHAEL
MARSH. THIS IS A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW AND WHY I BECAME AN ENTERTAINER
YOU SEEK.
I WAS RAISED IN A MUSICALLY
INCLINED FAMILY. AT EIGHT YEARS OLD I LEARNED TO PLAY THE GUITAR BY MY OLDEST
BROTHER SHERMAN. AT AGE TWELVE, I MADE MY DEBUT WITH A VERY POPULAR BAND "TAKE
FIVE". SINCE THEN, I HAVE PERFORMED WITH NUMEROUS OTHER BANDS AND MUSICIANS
AS WELL.
DURING THIS TIME, ANOTHER
BROTHER, DAVID AND MYSELF BEGAN A COMPETITION OF RECORD COLLECTING. I WAS IN
THE LEAD UNTIL THE "COMPACT DISC" MADE ITS APPEARANCE. I JUST HAD
TO HAVE THEM, SO I CONVERTED MY ENTIRE ALBUM COLLECTION AND FELL BEHIND.
BUT... THAT'S OK. IT'S QUALITY
THAT COUNTS, NOT THE QUANTITY. WELL I COULD SAY THAT THEN BUT NOW, HE SO FAR
BEHIND ME...I HAVE WELL OVER 16,000 SONGS IN MY COLLECTION TODAY AND NOW WITH
THE NEW TECHNOLOGY, I AM FULLY DIGITAL, USING 320KBIT ENCRYPTED WAVE FILES (WHAT’S
THAT?) WELL, THE STUFF YOU DOWN LOAD OFF THE INTERNET IS 128KBIT VARIABLE BIT
RATE AT SCALE 001 MP3 FILES. TRY TO PUT THESE FILES OVER A PROFESSIONAL SYSTEM
AND YOU GOT SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE A SCRATCHY RECORD. THE ENCRYTED FILES
I USE ARE CONVERTED DIRECTLY OFF THE ORIGINAL CD, KEPT IN THE SAME FORMAT, JUST
MOVED TO HIGH VOLUME MEDIA STORAGE, WHEN IT TIME FOR PLAYBACK THE COMPLETE FILE
IS MOVED INTO MEMORY AND DELIVERED TO THE MIXING SYSTEM LEAVING NO CHANCE OF
SKIPPING OR MIS-PLAY, AND DELIVERS THE FULL QUALITY SOUND OF THAT YOU WOULD
GET FROM A CD. NOW WITHIN SECONDS I CAN PRODUCE A REQUEST TO YOU AND YOUR GUEST’S
WITH SEEMLESS PRECISION. I’M STILL BUYING AND CONVERTING THOSE OLD CD’S
TO KEEP AS A BACK UP, ALL TRANSPORTED AND KEPT ONSITE OF COURSE.
WELL ANYWAY, BACK TO THE
STORY, YEARS LATER, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT DIDN'T SEEM TO WORK OUT LIKE I HAD PLANNED
IT WOULD. BUT I STILL HAD THIS STRIVE TO ENTERTAIN. SO ONE DAY IN 1979, A FRIEND
ASKED ME IF I COULD GET A SMALL BAND TOGETHER TO DO A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR THE
"SPECIAL OLYMPICS". I WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN LINING UP WILLING MUSICIANS.
SUDDENLY, THIS CRAZY IDEA POPPED INTO MY HEAD. WHY NOT PUT MY COLLECTION TO
WORK? IT WAS THE LEAST I COULD DO. KEEP IN MIND, BANDS WERE PUMPING THAT DECADE,
A DISC JOCKEY WAS SOMEONE ON THE RADIO, NOT AT A PARTY.
ON THE NIGHT OF THE ENGAGEMENT,
TO MY SURPRISE AND GRATIFICATION, THE KIDS AND SPONSORS HAD A GREAT TIME. THIS
GAVE ME SUCH A GOOD FEELING I DECIDED TO FURTHER PURSUE THE DISC JOCKEY BUSINESS.
I HAD THE EQUIPMENT, MATERIAL, EXPERIENCE, COURAGE, AND MOST OF ALL, THE SATISFACTION
OF MAKING PEOPLE HAPPY. I WENT RIGHT TO WORK. FROM 1979 TO 1985 I PERFORMED
SMALL JOBS FOR ALL MY FRIENDS, ALONG WITH MY FAMILY AND THEIR FRIENDS. THE BUSINESS
BEGAN TO SOAR. THE PHONE WAS RINGING OFF THE WALL AND MY CALENDAR WAS GETTING
FULL
FROM 1985 TO 1988, ALL MY
EARNINGS WERE PUT BACK INTO THE BUSINESS TO BETTER MY EQUIPMENT AND MYSELF.
BY CONTINUING TO ADD ONLY THE BEST SELECTION OF MUSIC TO MY COLLECTION AND WITH
ONLY THE TOP LINE OF SOUND AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT. I WANTED THE SETUP TO LOOK
AS GREAT AS IT SOUNDS. AND NOW I PROVIDE A DISC JOCKEY SERVICE LIKE NO OTHER
CAN.
WHY? IN 1991 I DECIDED TO
PROVIDE LIVE MUSIC ALONG WITH THE DISC JOCKEY SERVICE TO PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE
SO UNIQUE FOR ANY WEDDING OR PRIVATE FUNCTION. NOW I CAN OFFER LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
AND DISC JOCKEY SERVICES TOGETHER IN ONE EVENT. THERE'S NO NEED TO GO AND FIND
A BAND AND THEN A DISC JOCKEY FOR THOSE WHO WANT BOTH, BECAUSE NOW I'VE GOT
IT IN ONE PACKAGE TO OFFER LESS EXPENSIVE THAN IF YOU HAD TO HIRE THEM SEPARATELY.
AND EVEN A FULL 5 PIECE BAND AND KARAOKE IF NEEDED TOO.
WHAT'S MORE, HOLIDAYS OR
NOT, THE PRICE REMAINS THE SAME. I TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE STATE AT NO EXTRA CHARGE
TO YOU. AND LATLEY, UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST. I UPDATE MY MUSIC AND EQUIPMENT
TO KEEP UP WITH THE CHANGING TECHNOLOGY. I WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE BEST
PERFORMANCE AVAILABLE, AND I WANT TO DO MY BEST TO WORK WITH YOU NOT AROUND
YOU. THE ONLY SATISFACTION I GET FROM ENTERTAINING IS YOURS.