Biography
BORN APRIL 12TH 1987 JOHNNY V IS ONE OF CHICAGO'S UPCOMMING DJS. iT ALL STARTED FOR HIM WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER. EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT JOHNNY WOULD TUNE IN TO THE B96 MIXTAPES WHEN BOBBY D, DJ MARKSKI AND TO KOOL CHRIS WHERE STILL MIXING FOR B96 (BACK IN THE DAY). "I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME HEARING SUCH DANCE MUSIC AT FIRST I WASNT SURE IF I LIKED IT BECAUSE ALL MY FREINDS WERE INTO ALTERNATIVE ROCK AND ONLY THE GIRLS LIKED DANCE MUSIC BUT EVENTUALY I CUAGHT INTO IT AND SOMETIMES COULDNT STOP LISTENING TO IT." IN 7TH GRADE JOHNNY STARTED GOING TO THESE LOCAL DANCES IN CHICAGO AT SHABONA PARK EVERY SAT NIGHT WERE THE DJ THERE PLAYED A VARIETY OF DANCE MUSIC AND JOHNNY PAYED CLOSE ATTENTION TO HOW THE DJ WAS BLENDED HIS TRACKS. ALREADY HAVING A PASSION FOR DANCE MUSIC JOHNNY KNEW THAT HE WOULD SOMEDAY WANT TO BE A DANCE DJ AND PERHAPS PLAY ON THE RADIO. AT THE AGE OF 15 JOHNNY RECIEVED HIS FIRST SET OF GEMINI TURNTABLES AS A CHRISTMAS PRESNT FROM HIS PARENTS. JOHNNY WOULD ALWAYS GO TO THE LOCAL RECORD SHOP AND PURCHASE THE NEWEST VINYL REALEASES AND SPIN THEM AT HOME. AFTERWHILE JOHNNY GOT BORED WITH THE DANCE MUSIC SCENE AND STOPPED SPINNING AT HIS HOUSE AND SOLD HIS FIRST SET OF TURNTABLES. THEN AT THE AGE OF 18 JOHNNY MET HIS NOW BEST FRIEND "DJ MAGIX" AND MAGIX TOLD JOHNNY TO START SPINNING AGAIN AND HE WOULD GET HIM A SPOT AT ZERO GRAVITY. SURE ENOUGH JOHNNY GOT BACK INTO DANCE MUSIC AND AS PROMISED JOHNNY GOT HIS FIRST NIGHT CLUB GIG EVER AT ZERO GRAVITY TEEN DANCE CLUB IN NAPERVILLE ,IL. AND BEFORE HE KNEW HE RELEASED HIS FIRST MIX CD IN FEBURARY 2005 CALLED "UNITED SOUNDS." LATER THAT YEAR JOHNNY BECAME A MONTHLY RESIDENT AT THE ZERO GRAVITY DANCE CLUB AND HELD THAT RESIDENCY FOR A YEAR. DURING THE SUMMER OF 2006 JOHNNY AND MAGIX WERE DRIVING TO ZERO AND THEY HERD A SMOOTH SOUNDING ELECTRO TRACK AND JOHNNY SAID"DUDE THIS TRACK IS BANGIN ELECTRO" AND MARTIN SAID "NO YOU DRUNKASS ITS ELECTRO BANGIN." AND 2 WEEKS LATER JOHNNY AND MAGIX RELEASED THERE FIRST MIXED COMPLIATION CD TITLE "ELECTRO BANGIN VOL 1." THEY RECIEVED IMPRESSIVE REVIEWS AND SALES WHERE PHENOMINAL THE RELEASE DATE WHICH WAS AT HOT IMPORTNIGHTS 2006. AFTER HAVING A HIT CD RELEASED JOHNNY BECAME MORE MOTIVATED THAN EVER BEFORE AND STARTED WORKING HARDER WITH HIS MUSIC. IMPRESSED WITH HIS MIX ON THE CD THE OF TUNEFM.US OFFERED JOHNNY A RESIDENT SPOT TO SPIN LIVE ON HIS INTERNET RADIO STATION EVERY WENDSDAY NIGHT. AND THEY ALSO PLAYED JOHNNYS MIXES ON MY DANCE SCOURCE RADIO. IN FEB 2007 JOHNNY AND DJ MAGIX RELEASED "ELECTRO BANGING VOL 2 " AND LIKE THE FIRST EDITION THIS ONE WAS A HIT TOO. JOHNNY AND MAGIX EXPECT TO RELEASED VOL 3 LATE THIS NOVEMBER SO BE SURE TO CHECK OUT UR LOCAL MIX SHOP AND GRAB URSELF A COPY CUZ ITS GONNA BE HOTT! JOHNNY IS STILL VERY MOTIVATED AND IS STILL HOPING THAT ONE DAY HE WILL BE KNOW WORLD WIDE JOHNNY AND HIS A FEW OTHER DJ FREINDS HAVE RECENTLY STARTED PRODUCING THERE OWN TRACKS AND HOPFULLY THOSE TRACK WILL BRING HIM TO WHERE HE WANTS TO BE. EVER SINCE JOHNNY WAS EXPOSED TO THE CLUB SCENE HE HAS SPUN AT SOME OF THE MOST RESPECTED CLUBS IN CHICAGO: ZERO GRAVITY, MISSION,VIBE,SPINX CAFE, LOGAN SQUARE AUDITORIUM, ECLIPSE, AND WET. AND YOU CAN SEE HIS CDS AND THE HOTTEST MIX SHOPS IN CHICAGO: IGUANNA, ANOTHER LEVEL, DANCE WORLD, WWW.ENERGETICSOUNDS.COM THANK YOU TO ALL WHO READ THIS FOR BOOKINGS PLEASE CONTACT @:: DJJOHNNYV@HOTMAIL.COM my