I moved to San Francisco in 2004, to escape the suburbs of San Diego's east county and make a name for myself as a fashion designer. . . shortly after arriving I abandon fashion to be to front man for new wave/hardcore band The Calculators. Two years, two records, and too many tours later, I started to DJ and the rest of the band became Rapture, the now acclaimed dance-punk originators.

After graduating I was directionless and disenchanted with SF's rigid music scene and disappearing fashion industry. I found a job as a record store clerk (Open Mind Music) and soon after DJ Jeffrey Paradise was born. A few months later I created his first and now legendary Blow Up parties hosting some the first electro dance parties ever thrown in San Francisco.