DJ Clintoris likes sexy music on the dance floor.
DJ Clintoris came about his name by finally caving on the issue of being called Clit. DJ Clit, DJ Clitoris, and everything else I constantly heard was not cerebral enough, so Clintoris was agreed upon. Already a proponent of sexual music after growing up listening to Lords of Acid, Type O-Negative, and Dee Lite, it was easy to find the approprite groove in the genres of deep, progressive, and tribal house records.
Years of collecting and perfecting developed a more broad and diverse collection, with the eventual re-exploration of old rock and roll. From the explorations in old jams came a desire to start a wedding and event dj company circa 2005. Forever Vinyl DJs of Kansas City became the focus of attention as the gear addiction set in. Now DJ Clintoris has two complete sound rigs which can be combined to make a larger rig, and includes lighting and other industry specialties.
Mixing records at Bar Sake changed the game forever. After an offer in late 2005 from Bartender and DJ Mark Hylton, DJ Clintoris negotiated a residency to be in charge of Thursday nights at bar Sake. The night was a rage, with more people every week even though we were playing only electronic music in Johnson County. See past pics and videos.
The Power and Light District was stamped upon Kansas City circa 2007 as the bubble was bursting. Little did we know, our KC leadership altered the liquor license to disallow live shows unless a bar makes over $250,000 per year. PNL also became the only place with a license to have outdoor beverages. We knew they cut a tax deal, but now the venues risked their liquor license if they didn't apply for a live show license. This caused small bars to not be able to feature bands and DJs, thus reducing their revenue, forcing closure, in the hopes of gaining that business. Shady to the core. Look up the DJ Jazzy Jeff incident. One night I was denied entry wearing CK baggy pants and a crisp white tee-shirt. The band on the stage was dressed worse than me among the crowds of yups. Avoid the PNL that each city has like the plague.
In 2007 I was preparing for a wedding and had Earth Wind & Fire on the turntables playing the song September. I got a call from an old friend to come join the Stagehands Union at Starlight Amphitheatre to set up for Earth Wind and Fire!!! Unreal, the coincidence! I was stage-left for their whole show, and from that day I set up lighting, sound, pyro, electrical, stage, truss, expo, and more for hundreds of concerts, theater and massive expos. All that knowledge and efficiency was transferred back to my live rig.
BarSAKE residency continued until a change in management. We moved Tilted Thursdays to Club Coda in KC, but fearful of the P&L laws they discontinued music. I spent the next years making awesome kids, finishing my Environmental Science degree and building the sound rig further.
Colorado became home over the years as I made trek after trek to hike, boulder, climb, snowboard and finally ice climb. 2019 and 2020 were monumental years as the mountain shred hit a peak. DJ Clintoris played Full Moon Parties at Loveland Pass a few times, rocked a mountain NYE party, and started blowing up the Front Range.
Showboard was fun, but AT skis with skins to get to ice climbs would change the grueling hike in and out to fun times! Little did I know how much skiing would take over. In 2022 we skiid until July, dropping 14k mountains and insane couloirs through summer.
The Protenuator production rig was built in a year of working my azz off as a Surveyor in Denver. Through that process I began making videos to help others with the Akai Force drum synth sequencer monster. Those videos and a couple gigs got me mojo working again, and the turntables came back out!
The evolution of gear never stops, and adding video to my setup has been a blast! I spoke with B-Rad back in Kansas City, who was streaming his gaming on https://Twitch.tv/fresh_plates. I suggested that he drop that controller and stream D&B sets, then we talked again as I got the itch to scratch! It's been a shredfest of geekery, but Protenuator is live at a href="https://Twitch.tv/protenuator">https://Twitch.tv/protenuator! Please take a minute to drop a Follow and hang for a live DJ set.