The Trail

Issue date: 3/30/07 Section: A&E

If you are looking for the perfect addition to get your next party off the ground and wishing you had a mix of Mim's "This is Why I'm Hot" over Def Leopard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me," then you are in luck.

DJ Tony C has already mashed those two songs into his original "Pour Hot Sugar on Me."

Tony Schwartz - a.k.a. DJ Tony C - is a junior at UPS. He has always had a "general interest" in mixing since he began listening to DJ Scene on Q93 in high school, but he did not begin his mixing career until his freshman year on his KUPS radio show.

"Billy Waldo was my deejay prophet," Schwartz said. He showed Tony the basics of using the turntables: how to beat match and other "deejay skills."

When asked about the origins of his deejay pseudonym, Tony becomes somewhat aloof.

"I was trying to think of a deejay name for my hip hop show. I was trying to think of a catchy line to come on as and it just came to me: 'Hey it's me. DJ Tony C.' Everyone's like, 'What does the C stand for?' You're going to have to find out. You can figure it out if you're smart."

That sounded like a challenge, but he did not give any other hints to help me decode the conundrum of his name. The only fact I have deciphered is that DJ Tony C is apparently a deep and complicated fellow.

Tony says his deejaying and mixing is only a part-time job, because school comes first. His setup says otherwise. With his detailed website and expensive equipment, Tony is making a small career out of his work. His website, djtonycentertainment.com, offers booking information for weddings, school dances, birthday parties and any other private function you might need a deejay for. He owns all of the necessary equipment, and he is working to obtain a regular gig at a Tacoma or Seattle nightclub.

Tony recently had a trial run at Syren, a Tacoma club, but the event did not have a good turnout. Tony was disappointed that only fifteen people came for his performance, but he will not let this deter him. He chalks up the low attendance to bad advertising (fliers were put in the SUB only two days before the event) and it was on the Wednesday night before spring break.
Every Wednesday night is college night at the Syren.

Tony said, "Thursday classes: people don't usually care," but the week of midterms was just too much to ask.

Tony is still enthusiastic about getting his mixing into a club, but he is also keeping it real.

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