Craig (Manic)

.WELL WHERE DO I START, MY NAME IS CRAIG UNSWORTH ALSO KNOW AS DJ MANIC, I AM FROM WIGAN THE HOME OF THE LEGENDARY CLUBS MAXIMES AND WIGAN PIER.SINCE I LEFT SCHOOL IVE HAD A FEW DIFFERENT JOBS WHICH INCLUDE MECHANIC, WAREHOUSE WORK, ENGINEERING, TECHNICAL ENGINEER AND MORE BUT I COULD NEVER SETTLE AT ANY JOB MY PASSION HAS ALWAYS BEEN WITH MUSIC. I GOT MY FIRST SET OF DECKS AGE 18 (GEMINI PT1000 AND A PS 676 MIXER) I WAS CHUFFED TO BITS WITH THEM, DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT TO DO BUT I HAD THEM THATS THE MAIN THING. SO I WANTED TO LEARN SO WHEN ME AND THE LADS WENT TO CLUBS ALL OVER I WOULD BUGGER OFF AND JUST STAND AND WATCH DJS MIX AND MIX AND THAT HOW I LEARNED TO DO IT ! IT TOOK SOME TIME TO LEARN MYSELF BUT SEEING SOME OF THE DJS I DID ALWAYS HELPS. IVE WATCHED SOME OF THE WORLDS BEST CARL COX, EDDIE HALLIWELL, JUDGE JULES, DAVE PEARCE AND MANY MORE!!!IVE RECENTLY BEEN EMPLOYED AS A FULL TIME DJ FOR LOCAL RECORD COMPANY AND LABEL ELITE VINYL, THEIR BASED IN ASHTON-WIGAN.MYSELF AND PART OWNER DJ PMB ARE GOING TO BE SPREADING ELITE VINYL FROM JUST A SCOUSE HOUSE EVENT TO THE FULL MONTY, WE ARE GOING TO PLAY SCOUSE, UK HARDCORE, HARDSTYLE AND HARDHOUSE AT MOST OF OUR EVENTS.CURRENTLY WE ARE USING THE TOP FLOOR OF BAA BAA EVERY FRIDAY AS THE VENUE FOR ELITE VINYL NIGHT PURE BOUNCE ALSO SHARED WITH NELSON SANTOS NIGHT BASS2BOUNCE.MY FIRST GIG'S:-WATCHING THESE DJ'S HELPED ME SO MUCH, AFTER A FEW YEARS I FELT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO PLAY IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND I GOT MYSELF A FEW GIG'S, NOTHING MASSIVE JUST A FEW SETS AT LOCAL NIGHTCLUBS, BUT THIS LEAD TO BIGGER THINGS AND I GOT A GIG AT MAXIMES.GOING BACK TO HARDCORE:-WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I WAS A HARDCORE NUT BUT ILL BE HONEST AS I GOT A BIT OLDER I STOPPED LISTENING TO IT, BUT AFTER HEARING A H.T.I.D TAPE I WAS AMAZED AND WANTED TO GET SOME HARDCORE ON THE DECKS, ONCE I STARTED TO BUT HARDCORE VINYL ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS PLAY HARDCORE BUT UNFORTUNATLEY THEIR AINT MANY PLACES LOCAL WHICH CATER HARDCORE SO I THOUGHT TO DO ONE MYSELF.SO I CREATED AUDIO GENERATOR AND TRUE CORE !!!!AUDIO GENERATOR:-WHAT CAN I SAY AUDIO GENERATOR WAS THE FIRST EVENT WE PUT ON IT WAS AT PARK HALL NIGHT CLUB IN CHORLEY IT WAS AN AMAZING NIGHT BUT TOOK ALOT OF PLANNING AND ADVERTISING.BUT IT WAS WELL WORTH IT, IT GIVE ME SOMEWHERE TO PLAY HARDCORE AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL I GOT TO PLAY ALONG SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN HARDCORE SUCH AS DARREN STYLES - (JUNK BOX RECORDS)MARK BREEZE - (FUTUREWORLD RECORDS)DOUGAL _ (ESSENTIAL PLATTENUM)BRISK - (NEXT GENERATION)RECON - (TWISTA)SQUAD-E- (TWISTA)SEDUCTION (UPROAR)UNFORTUNATELY THIS ONLY LASTED FOR 1 EVENT WE DECIDED TO GO OUTR SEPERATE WAYS SO I FORMED TRUE CORE WHICH HAD ITS FIRST EBVENT LAST YEAR.KEEP YOUR EYE'S OPEN FOR OUR EVENTS!!!PRODUCTION :-SINCE I STARTED DJING ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS START PRODUCING MY OWN TRACKS, I HAD A FRIEND WHO HAD A PROFESSIONAL RECORDING STUDIO AND HE USED TO DO LESSONS ON CUEBASE SO I BOOKED A FEW TO GET ME STARTED.AFTER THE LESSONS I GOT MYSELF A COPY OF CUEBASE SX 3, REASON 3, ABLETON LIVE 4.1 AND A FEW VST PLUGINS AND OFF I WENT. OVER THE PAST YEAR IVE BEEN UPDATING MY SOFTWARE AND KITTING OUT MY STUDIO WITH ALL NEW EQUIPMENT, I NOW HAVE CUEBASE 4, REASON 4 ABLETON LIVE 7 AND MANY MANY VST PLUGINS WHICH IS ENOUGH FOR NOW. NOW IM AT A STAGE WHERE IVE GOT THE EQUIPMENT AND IM LOOKING TO DO THIS AS A FULL TIME JOB AND HOPEFULLY I WILL BE BY THE END OF 2009!!!!I HAVE RECENTLY WIDENED MY TASTE IN MUSIC AND HAVE BEEN DJING ALL SORTS OF DANCE MUSIC HARDCORE, SCOUSE HOUSE, TRANCE, TECHNO, ELECTRO, FUNKY HOUSE, HARDSTYLE AND MANY MORE