CJ started singing at a young age in his local social club, lots of people come up to him and commented that has got such a unique voice and that he should show it elsewhere.CJ went to a few recording studios who had seen his potential. They listened to his voice and were amazed with the unique style . He then progressed to writing songs and making music, it was a great experience for CJ. He phoned up a recording studio in Wolverhampton called Sam Sharpe's and spoke to a man named Lester Samuals who was one of Beverly Knights first of many Producers who then invited CJ to record one of his own Written tracks. Since then he has recorded there several times and has got to know the producers such as Clyde Taylor & Kieth who is known as spok. A lot of people recording at the studio listened to the potential he has and said that he should push his songs to radio stations, He had his first radio interview in Wales on a station called Radio Ceredigion with DJ Mark Simon. After that he started performing at a variety of festivals for charity, He found it a great experience and the crowd loved it. That gave CJ the confidence and inspiration to Write and Produce more & more tracks . He had also got through to the regional finals of rock idol at C.R.C in Redditch in 2007 and has recently been a member of a Hip hop music group called : ICONIC which started in 2010 along side members Jason Kennedy AKA Icon & Jason Jennings AKA Jenz they have made several good tracks together. CJ is now making new dance tunes and getting to know influential people in the music industry such as Pato Banton , LaVelle M. Smith Jnr , Tommy Beringer , AL Walser , Daniel Mayrhofer ( DanStyle) , Patrick Bigler , Jaspal B.Line Singh , Jim Ashley (SouthDakota) , Gregory Chabarot (Basslouder) , Thomas Schlichtinger (VinylBreaker) things are starting to look even more promising for CJ now. he has also now had his Club beat song Entitled : Running Away played by several Radio Station DJs such as by DJ Max Richter (C0py) from Radio Technoforce.fm who is based in Germany , DJ Krys Robyns Radio in france , DJ Mark Hinton from Radio Hafren fm based in Newtown Wales & DJ Scott Travers ( Big Scott) Radio Cardiff fm based in Cardiff Wales . CJ is now working on a track for him & Shay Lynn .

CJ is Singer Songwriter/ DJ / Producer
and aslo is a member of : Dj's Stop the Suicide Prevention worldwide Campaigne
alongside Producer Smoknx and Founder of this Suicide Prevention Organization : Mr DJ Pat Jerron

	
I started singing at a young age in my local social club, lots of people come up to me and commented that I have such a unique voice and that I should show it elsewhere. I went to a few recording studios who saw my potential. They listened to my voice and were amazed with the unique style. I then progressed to writing songs and making music, it was a great experience for me. I phoned a recording studio in Wolverhampton called Sam Sharpe's and spoke to a man named Lester Samuals who was one of Beverly Knights first of many Producers who then invited me to record one of my own written tracks. Since then I have recorded there several times and have got to know all the producers. A lot of people recording there listened to the potential that I have and said I should push my songs to radio stations, I had my first radio interview in Wales on a station called Radio Ceredigion with DJ Mark Simon. After that I started performing at a variety of festivals for charity, I found it a great experience and the crowd loved it. That gave me the confidence and inspiration to Write and Produce more & more tracks . I also got through to the regional finals of rock idol at C.R.C in Redditch. and have recently been a member of a Hip hop music group called : ICONIC which started in 2010 along side members Jason Kennedy AKA Icon & Jason Jennings AKA Jenz we had made several good tracks together. I am now making new style dance tunes and getting to know influential people in the music industry such as Pato Banton, LaVelle M. Smith,Tommy Beringer, AL Walser, Patrick Bigler( Pat Jerron) & Thomas Schlichtinger (Vinyl Breaker) things are starting to look even more promising for me now.

 The story of UB40, and how this group of young friends from Birmingham transcended their working-class origins to become the world’s most successful reggae band is not the stuff of fairytales as might be imagined. The group’s led a charmed life in many respects it’s true, but it’s been a long haul since the days they’d meet up in the bars and clubs around Moseley, and some of them had to scrape by on less than £8 a week unemployment benefit. The choice was simple if you’d left school early. You could either work in one of the local factories, like Robin Campbell did, or scuffle along aimlessly whilst waiting for something else to happen.

By the summer of 1978, something else did happen, and the nucleus of UB40 began rehearsing in a local basement. Robin’s younger brother Ali, Earl Falconer, Brian Travers and James Brown all knew each other from Moseley School of Art, whilst Norman Hassan had been a friend of Ali’s since school. Initially, they thought of themselves as a "jazz-dub-reggae" band, but by the time Robin was persuaded to join and they’d recruited Michael Virtue and Astro – who’d learnt his craft with Birmingham sound-system Duke Alloy – the group had already aligned themselves to left-wing political ideals and forged their own identity, separate from the many punk and Two Tone outfits around at that time. The group had nailed their colours to the mast by naming themselves after an unemployment benefit form. Their political convictions hadn’t been gleaned second hand either, but cemented in place whilst attending marches protesting against the National Front, or rallies organised by Rock Against Racism.

By the time Chrissie Hynde invited them to tour with the Pretenders during the summer of 1980 and their debut single "King b/w Food For Thought" had sailed into the UK Top 5, all the essential elements of UB40 were already in place. Their line-up will remain unchanged for almost thirty years, and they will continue playing a mix of original material and inspired choice of reggae covers in a style that’s instantly accessible with its bright melodies and sweeping horn arrangements – one that’s allied to a formidable rhythm section, capable of holding its own with anything from Jamaica.

UB40’s first album was released the following September, on Graduate Records. Their deal allowed them more creative freedom than if they had signed with a major label. The cover artwork memorably duplicated an unemployment benefit card, with the title "Signing Off" rubber-stamped in red, but it was the music that quickly worked its way into the affections of a young, mainly student crowd with its knowing lyrics, solid reggae rhythms and dubby, instrumental passages, offset by warm horn solos and Jamaican style scatting. There was nothing else like it at the time. As a multi-cultural band from Birmingham, UB40 weren’t drawn into trying to sound "authentic," and there was considerably more depth to their music than that of many punk and 2Tone bands. "I’m a British subject, not proud of it, whilst I carry the burden of shame," they sang on one of the tracks. Accepting the truth of their own situation amidst a sea of other reggae songs proclaiming black heritage gave us a valuable insight into where UB40 were coming from. They were unafraid to stand up and be counted, and British audiences instinctively loved them for it. "Signing Off" duly went to No. 2 in the UK and stayed on the nation’s album charts for 72 weeks.

On September 2nd, 2013, UB40 released their latest album ‘Getting Over The Storm’ on Universal/Virgin Records.

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