BOB DIESEL

BOB DIESEL IS A NEW YORK NAITIVE TRANSPLANTED TO
MASSACHUSETTS IN 1987. HE STARTED DJ'ING AT THE EARLY AGE OF 13 PLAYING ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER AT LODGE FUNCTIONS, WEDDINGS AND PRIVATE PARTIES. HIS MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE CAME FROM HIS PARENTS, CHILDREN OF THE JAZZ REVOLUTION IN HARLEM NEW YORK. FROM THEIR ECLECTIC TASTE HE
HAD EXPERIENCED A WIDE RANGE OF MUSIC,
CLASSICAL, BRITISH AND AMERICAN ROCK, COUNTRY, LATIN, BLUES, R&B, AND SOUL MUSIC SOUNDS. HE LEARNED TO PLAY THE DRUMS AT NINE UNDER JAZZ DRUMMERS KENO DUKE AND CHARLIE PERSIP. AT THE AGE OF ELEVEN HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY PERCUSSION WITH LATIN JAZZ GREATS MONGO SANTAMARIA AND TITO PUENTE AT A PERCUSSION CLINIC AT THE HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT HOUSE, A
COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE LOWER EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN. HE ALSO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE MANY OTHER PROGRAMS OFFERED AT THE CENTER, BUT HIS INTEREST WAS IN THE ARTS. BOB STUDIED ART AND VARIOUS DIFFERENT DANCE FORMS SUCH AS BALLET, JAZZ, TAP. BUT HE BECAME VERY CURIOUS WHEN HE SAW DJ'S PLAYING RECORDS IN THE NEARBY PARK. HE FOUND OUT WHEN THE NEXT ''JAM'' WOULD BE AND WOULD TRY TO STAY AS LONG AS HE COULD TO TRY TO CAPTURE WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE. IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GOT A JOB AS A DELIVERY BOY IN A LOCAL GROCERY STORE IN THE EAST VILLAGE AND SAVED HIS EARNINGS AND BOUGHT HIS FIRST RECORDS AND HIS DJ EQUIPMENT SHORTLY AFTER HE LANDED HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL GIG AT THE EMPIRE ROLLERDROME IN BROOKLYN FOR TWO YEARS, BEFORE MOVING TO LONG
ISLAND HE GOT A CHANCE TO LEARN MUSIC PRODUCTION AT SHAKEDOWN SOUND WITH ARTHUR
BAKER IN NEW YORK CITY, THEN LATER ON TO PLAY AT THE 2001 DISCO IN LONG ISLAND N.Y. AT THE AGE OF PLAYING FOR THE THURSDAY TEEN NIGHT AND FILLING IN FROM TIME TO TIME FOR THE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS. HE THEN JOINED HIS HIGH SCHOOL RADIO STATION AND HOSTED HIS OWN SHOWS AND GOT THE JUMPSTART HE WAS LOOKING FOR. HE JOINED O.P.E.C RECORD POOL IN LONG ISLAND, AND SHORTLY AFTER ITS DEMISE HE LATER HE AUDITIONED TO
BECOME A MEMBER OF THE MOST FAMOUS NEW YORK RECORD POOL I.D.R.C/R.B.P.C, HEADED BY EDDIE RIVERA, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. HE TOLD BOB"YOUR VERY YOUNG AND GOT A GOOD BREAK IN THE CLUBS, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE TALENT BUT, I WANT TO HEAR BOB'S MUSIC, NOT THE WAY YOU HAVE TO PLAY AT CLUB, BUT PLAY THAT SAME MUSIC AND TELL ME A STORY WITH YOUR MUSIC". SO BOB PLAYED FOR EDDIE AND SOME OF THE DJ'S AT THE POOL AND IN TWO HOURS HE WAS A MEMBER AT THE AGE OF 16. HE LEARNED ALL HE COULD FROM OTHER CLUB DJ'S AND HONED HIS SKILL AND WAS AN INVITED GUEST DJ AT MANY VENUES AND BENEFITS THE NEW YORK TRI-STATE AREA. BOB ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO DO COLLEGE RADIO AND WORKED DOING EDITING AND SPECIAL MIXES FOR 98.7 KISS FM IN NEW YORK. WHEN BOB MOVED TO MASSACHUSETTS HE MET UP WITH MANY LEGENDARY DJS IN BOSTON SUCH AS ALEX YUNIS, TIMMY ALLEN, JIDE MAX, ANASTASIE, STEVE & SHAUN ANDERSON, ''CAPTAIN'' WENDELL EDMONDS, MAURICE WILKEY,
EDDIE Q, DJ BRUNO, EDDIE K, KEVIN JONES AND COSMO WYATT WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING BOB STARTED AND HIS CONTINUING SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN BOSTON MUSIC MARKET. TO HIS CREDIT, BOB HAS PERFORMED IN CANADA, MEXICO AND OVERSEAS IN THE FAR EAST AND EUROPE. CURRENTLY BOB IS A CO-HOST FOR THE SHOW PROGRESSIVE BLACK ON WMBR 88.1 F.M.
ON SATURDAY NIGHTS AND IS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON HOUSEMUSIC COALITION.