1998 - FIRST GOT MY HANDS ON A SET OF 1210'S AND BEGUN MY VYNAL ADDICTION, SHOPPING AT STORES SUCH AS BEAT STREET - MANCHESTER, EASTERN BLOCK - MANCHESTER, 3 BEAT RECORDS - LIVERPOOL AND HMV - MANCHESTER. I DEVELOPED THE NICK NAME JUDGE JULES IN BEAT STREET RECORDS BECAUSE I NEVER NEW WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR AND JUST USED TO SAY 'GOT ANY JUDE JULES MATE!' HAHA I ALSO STARTED TO LEARN MY BASIC SKILLS ON THE DECKS!
1999 - STARTED DOING HOUSE PARTIES AND DJING AT HIGH SCHOOL FUNCTIONS AGED 15 AND VERY NERVOUS! ALSO UP'D MY VYNAL COLLECTION WITH TUNES LIKE 'ENERGY 52~CARE DEL MAR' AND 'SKIP RAIDERS ~ ARE YOU GOING MY WAY' TUNES! I FINALLY MASTERD HOW TO BEAT MATCH.
2000 - LEAVING SCHOOL IN TO THE BIG WIDE WORLD WITH, WELL LETS SAY AVERAGE GRADES HAHA. I THOUGHT THERE WAS NO HOPE! BUT ONE DAY ON A VYNAL TRIP I DISCOVERD 'SSR' THE SCHOOL OF SOUND RECORDING AND APPLIED FOR THE TECHNICS DJ ACADEMY! I WENT PRIVATE AND GOT FOUNDINGS FROM A WELL KNOWN TRUST NAMED 'NANNA' HAHA THEN ENTERD WHAT I CALLED HEAVEN! A DJING COLLAGE! WITH ME ALREADY KNOWING QUITE ABIT ABOUT HOW TO MIX BECAUSE I HAD BEEN STUDYING FOR TWO YEARS THE TUTORS LOVED ME AND INTRODUCED ME TO E.Q. IT TOOK MY MIXING TO THE NEXT LEVEL, MY MIXES WERE BEGING TO SOUND PROFESSIONAL! AND I NEW THAT THIS IS WHAT I WAS MENT TO! I ALSO LEARNED SKILLS IN PRODUCTION AND PROMOTION! FOR MY END OF YEAR EXAM I HAD TO PUT ON MY OWN NIGHT! AND THE CHOICE OF VENUE WAS ELEMENTAL IN MANCHESTER. I PUT ON A NIGHT AND IT WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL NIGHT THEY EVER HAD FROM THE TECHNICS ACADEMY QUOTE THE BARMAN HAHA. I RECIEVED A CITY AND GUILDS LEVEL 3 ADVANCED AND A HELL OF A LOT OF INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE!
2000 - LEAVIG THE TECHNICS DJ ACADEMY I GOT MY FIRST BREAK, 'MAXIMES NIGHT CLUB WIGAN' AND THAT INTRODUCED ME TO CLUB LIFE! ' WELCOME TO CLUB LIFE' QUOTE PROMOTER GARY HYPNOTIC OF HYPNOTIC PROMOTIONS. IMAGINE BEING 16 YEARS OF AGE AND HAVING TO CATER FOR 600 - 1100 SCREAMING SCALLYIES EVERY WEEKEND, SCARY! HAHA I LEARNED ALL ABOUT HOW TO CONTROL A CLUB SYSTEM, HOW TO MAKE THE RIGHT CONTACTS, HOW TO MAKE THE WRONG CONTACTS, AND MOST IMPORTANT. 'HOW TO CONTROL THE CROWD! I DJ'D WITH THE LIKES OF 'STU ALLEN', 'XTC', ' RICK JONES', 'N-TRANCE', 'FLIP&FILL' 'ECTIC (WHAT AN AMAIZING MAN!)' AND MANY MANY MORE! I STUDIED AND LEARNT SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES FROM EVERYONE I WATCHED. I WAS IN LOVE WITH CLUB LIFE AND NO ONE WAS STOPPING ME!
2001 - HYPNOTIC PROMOTIONS INTRODUCED ME TO MY SECOND CLUB 'TEMPLE/EDAN' IN BOLTON TOWN CENTRE AND OFFERED ME MY FIRST BAR 'PERU' AS A PRE WARM UP TO 'TEMPLE' IN THE BAR 9-11 THEN THE CLUB 11-3 IT GAVE ME A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE, A BAR WAS DIFFERENT TO A CLUB BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T STAY IN ONE BAR LIKE A CLUB SO YOU HAD TO BE QUICK AND BE AN ULTIMATE CROWD PLEASER! IT TOOK ME ABOUT A MONTH TO BE FILLING IT COME EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT AND I ALSO GAINED A REPUTATION AND A FOLLOWING AND USED TO DRAG EVERYONE TO THE CLUB AND ALSO TO 'MAXIMES' THE NIGHT AFTER! I STARTED GIVING OUT MIX TAPES TO THE PUNTERS 'YES I SAID TAPES'! HAHA WHICH SOON BECAME CD'S AND I ALSO GAINED A FOLLOWING THROUGH THAT MARKET AND ALSO A LOT OF FANS FOR MY STYLE OF MIXING AND SELETED TUNES! WITH MIXING CD'S I BECAME A PERFECTIONIST AND DEVOLPED THE SKILLS TO MIX POLISHED AND FLAWLESS! I FINALLY BECAME A PROFESSIONAL MIXING PERFECTIONIST! I HAD A GREAT TIME FROM 2001 - 2004 PLAYING THE LIKES OF OLD SKOOL DANCE, TRANCE, HARD HOUSE, HARD ENERGY AND A BIT OF FUNKY HOUSE! AND PLAYING EVERY BAR AND CLUB I WAS OFFERED FROM LIVERPOOL - HALIFAX EVERY WEEKEND SOAKING UP AN EDJUCATION IN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING!
2004 - GOT A NEW JOB, A GIRLFRIEND AND HUNG UP THE DECKS!
2006 - WITH ME FOLLOWING THE MINISTRY OF SOUND CD COLLECTIONS FROM WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OF AGE, I WAS STILL UP TO DATE WITH MY MUSIC EVEN THOUGH I HAD STOPPED DJING. AND I HAD AN ITCH, AN ITCH THAT WOULDN'T GO AWAY! AND I HAD TO SCATCH IT HAHA. SO I GOT A NEW JOB AND DEVOTED MY TIME TO FUNKY HOUSE AND THE NEW FOUND ELECTRO, DUSTED OFF MY 1210'S AND PURCHASED MY SELF A SET OF CDJ'S ALSO MY OWN WEB SITE http://www.seanhalliwellshouse.co.uk/ 'ALWAYS PROMOTING' HAHA!
2007 - SINCE 2006 I HAVE DONE A FEW BARS AND HAD MY OWN NIGHT AT THE BRIDGEWATER, WORSLEY CLASSY! BUT UNFORTUNITLY IT CLOSED FOR A REVAMP SO I WAS LOOKING FOR A NEW VENUE. I SENT A NUMBER OF DEMOS TO CLUBS AND BARS AND WASN'T HAVING MUCH LOOK THEN OUT OF NO WHERE CAME A PHONE CALL FROM PURE NIGHT CLUB! I HAD A TWO HOUR AUDITION THEN A MONTH TRIAL AND PASSED! I WAS MADE THE NEW RESIDENT DJ FOR PURE!
2008 - JANUARY 2008 I WAS ANOUNCED RESIDENT DJ FOR PURE PLAYING ALONG SIDE RESIDENTS "DJ KRISS KNIGHT & DJ CARL KENNEDY AND MIXING FOR NIGHTS SUCH AS DANCE NATION MINISTRY OF SOUND, GALAXY ANTHEMS AND KRISS KNIGHTS DANCE ANTHEMS
MUCH LOVE!
SEAN HALLIWELL