He's played at some of the biggest music events in Montreal including Igloofest and Picnik and has gone international, catering to events within Canada and internationally in cities like New York, Miami and Phoenix.
1. How do you balance your advertising and music careers all at once?
Honestly, I've been doing it for so long so I kind of got used to it. When I was in my last year of university, I used to go to work from 9am to 5pm and then I would go to university from 6pm to 9pm, and then I would go work at a club from 10pm to 3am. Like, sometimes it was three times a week. When I graduated I kind of needed to fill that void so instead of class I started working on producing and on top of that trying to fit in my hobbies like going to the gym, seeing friends, helping people to interviews.
2. What began your interest in music?
When I was a kid, I mean everyone liked Disney movies and I always loved the songs in the Disney movies. I used to record all my favorite tracks from all the different Disney cassette tapes and make them into one tape.
3. What are some of your favorite artists to date?
On a weekly basis my artists change but Cat's n Dogs I've always loved, Tom Flynn, Fran Fitzgerald, Kidnap Kid (I really like Kidnap Kid), and Duke Dumont. And then there are other artists like Kendrick Lamar.
4. When did you get your first big break?
I don't know if I'd call it my first 'big break' but at the time it was just the beginning so me and another DJ, Maher Daniel, were playing at this bar on Saint Laurent until closing time and when the bar closed, there were people on the street super happy, screaming my name for 15 minutes. I remember I took a video of it and sent it to my mom and she called me the next day crying. It was funny.
5. What was one of your best experiences as a DJ?
Definitely Picnik or Igloofest. Both of them are really good, especially Picnik. I think I really liked it because it's a place I always go to and I always said "I wish I could do this here" and I like it because Picnik doesn't have an image to a sound. You just play your sound. I knew it was sunny and I knew people just wanted to dance so I got to play House and HipHop and still make it sound good. The next day there were 300 more people that knew me and liked me, and no matter where I've played before, you'll never get that same reaction. Until today people come up to me and tell me "I heard you play at Picnik two years ago" so it's really nice to leave a mark.
DJ Moody Jones
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