ProJuice

Part 1:

Projuice saw a drum-kit in his living room at the age of 8 (brother's punk band rehearsal) and that was it. 5 years later his father was driven to get him a drum-kit as he could take no more of the pots and pans being played around the house. Projuice's bedroom walls were covered with the albums of Steelpulse, Black Uhuru, Madness and his hero, Bob Marley. Toyah Wilcox also made it onto the wall as he fancied her rotten. Glen Russell taught Projuice drums until he could teach him no more - in a good way! At 15 Projuice turned professional and after a period of teaching he got a 6 weeks stint accompanying a jazz organist around the labour and conservative clubs of Cardiff. This was a big step and John White gave him the confidence to do it in the face of his fear. Projuice then found himself in the drum room of 'Grassroots' in Cardiff when mitching from school. While there a Scottish 10-piece funk band noticed him and after an impromptu jamming session he was offered a short tour before they returned to Scotland. He was approximately 13 years younger than the funk band's youngest member. At 17 he auditioned for rock band 'Monolith'. Transportation problems screwed it up, so he formed a shit band with some friends.

At 18 he had sold his drums to go to Spain, which he later regretted on his return. But a friend, Russell Thomas, introduced him to the Yamaha RX7 Digital Drum Machine, which was capable of making music as well as drums. In 10 minutes he'd made his first track and realised he had a flare for music making. He bought DX7 keyboard to match the machine and began composing tunes. Loads of rappers showed up and their manager lent Projucie the use of his Tascam 4-Track Portastudio, until he took it away... to be continued

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