How To DJ

In this episode, Chris Hawkins catches up with American Anglophile DJ & Producer Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy who’s fascinating story starts with her falling in love with radio at an early age to playing the coolest of clubs in New York before moving to the UK and making ‘Classic Album Sundays’ a thing to ensure that longform art of music remains in the forefront of listener’s experiences. She recounts fabulous stories of meeting bands on the cusp of mainstream success and why DJing can be a magical, organic art if you’re prepared to fully immerse yourself in that world.

From club to radio and every other music DJ in between; Chris Hawkins warms up his guests before asking them to pick a set of 5 questions from a box of 45.

In Series 3 Chris lines up eight more episodes of life stories & experiences, tips & techniques, to find out just how the minds of much-loved DJs work.

The final guest still to come in this series is Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Greg James.

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In this episode, Chris Hawkins chats with producer, musician and DJ Mark Archer from rave pioneers Altern8. From humble beginnings in rural Staffordshire where he was given a choice between becoming a butcher or following ‘the music thing’, to writing and producing anthems that are now part of people’s lives from when dance music began to explode into the mainstream. These days Mark’s passion is for DJing the music that inspired his work; his humility and self-deprecating humour belies the enormity of what he’s achieved to date.

From club to radio and every other music DJ in between; Chris Hawkins warms up his guests before asking them to pick a set of 5 questions from a box of 45.

In Series 3 Chris lines up eight more episodes of life stories & experiences, tips & techniques, to find out just how the minds of much-loved DJs work.

Guests still to come include Colleen "Cosmo' Murphy & Greg James.

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In this episode, Chris Hawkins taps into the mindset of current World DMC Champ JFB for a fascinating exploration of musical & technical obsession that covers his early days as a bedroom DJ to Pirate Radio resident to playing some of the most revered festivals across the globe. There’s a deep dive into his favourite tech ‘toys’, with stories & insights aplenty to illuminate what it takes to be an internationally acclaimed scratch DJ and why that sometimes that requires you to be ‘really silly’ too!

From club to radio and every other music DJ in between; Chris Hawkins warms up his guests before asking them to pick a set of 5 questions from a box of 45.

In Series 3 Chris lines up eight more episodes of life stories & experiences, tips & techniques, to find out just how the minds of much-loved DJs work.

Guests still to come include Mark Archer from Altern8, Colleen "Cosmo' Murphy & Greg James.

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In this episode, national radio presenter Emma B chats with Chris Hawkins as she charts her passage from helping Timmy Mallett out with a radio drama aged 8, to taking her first paid job right at the top on Radio 1 and then finding her feet afterwards in commercial radio on Heart & Magic. As well as embarrassing her teenagers with her Tik Toks, she crams this episode with some really insightful tips on what makes her tick as a person and a broadcaster and find out which International star she made weak at the knees with just her voice. Just never buy her coffee OK?!

From club to radio and every other music DJ in between; Chris Hawkins warms up his guests before asking them to pick a set of 5 questions from a box of 45.

In Series 3 Chris lines up eight more episodes of life stories & experiences, tips & techniques, to find out just how the minds of much-loved DJs work.

Guests still to come include World DMC Champ JFB, Mark Archer from Altern8, Colleen "Cosmo' Murphy & Greg James

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In this episode, recorded live at 'Vinyl Adventures’ from Freight Island in Manchester: musician, club & radio DJ, Clint Boon tells Chris Hawkins how a young lad who thought coming from Oldham meant he’d never amount to much turned his fortunes up to eleven on his keyboard amp! Clint’s got stories, insight and creative perspective all bound up in this romp through his long and varied career that proves a DJ is rarely a one trick pony!

From club to radio and every other music DJ in between; Chris Hawkins warms up his guests before asking them to pick a set of 5 questions from a box of 45.

In Series 3 Chris lines up eight more episodes of life stories & experiences, tips & techniques, to find out just how the minds of much-loved DJs work.

Guests to come include Emma B., DMC Champ JFB, Mark Archer from Altern8, Colleen "Cosmo' Murphy & Greg James

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In this episode, award winning Techno DJ & Producer Chris Liebing tells Chris Hawkins about his journey from student discos where he was pulling beers whilst spinning tunes, to becoming a revered specialist of the genre. It’s a fascinating career that has taken him from (somewhat disastrously) running his own club to playing 16 hour sets at one of the world’s most respected. A self confessed ‘tech geek’ there’s plenty of insight into how he’s crafted his place right at the top of his field.

From club to radio and every other music DJ in between; Chris Hawkins warms up his guests before asking them to pick a set of 5 questions from a box of 45.

In Series 3 Chris lines up eight more episodes of life stories & experiences, tips & techniques, to find out just how the minds of much-loved DJs work.

Guests to come include Clint Boon, Emma B., DMC Champ JFB, Mark Archer from Altern8, Colleen "Cosmo' Murphy & Greg James

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In this episode, former Sunday Best founder Rob Da Bank charts his fascinating journey of ‘happy accidents’ from being a corduroy trousered trombone playing ‘geek’ to a Radio 1 DJ and then onto being a renown Festival Curator. From curating spaces for the likes of David Byrne & Björk to hang out, to having to pick up the mantle of one of his heroes, Rob’s story is as eclectic as his musical palette; and to think he nearly sailed around the world for Team GB!

From club to radio and every other music DJ in between; Chris Hawkins warms up his guests before asking them to pick a set of 5 questions from a box of 45.

In Series 3 Chris lines up eight more episodes of life stories & experiences, tips & techniques, to find out just how the minds of much-loved DJs work.

Guests to come include Chris Liebing, Clint Boon, Emma B., DMC Champ JFB, Mark Archer from Altern8, Colleen "Cosmo' Murphy & Greg James

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From club to radio and every other music DJ in between; Chris Hawkins warms up his guests before asking them to pick a set of 5 questions from a box of 45.

In Series 3 Chris lines up eight more episodes of life stories & experiences, tips & techniques, to find out just how the minds of much-loved DJs work.

Guests to come include Rob Da Bank, Greg James, Chris Liebing, Clint Boon, Emma B., DMC Champ JFB, Mark Archer from Altern8, Colleen "Cosmo' Murphy & more.

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In this episode, former Radio 1 launch DJ Tony Blackburn chats with Chris Hawkins about his journey to that acclaimed position, what still drives him at the venerable age of 78 to keep him broadcasting on BBC Radio 2, and how his love of Soul music brought a wholesale change to British popular culture.  

In Series 2 Of How To DJ; Chris has cued up eight more episodes of life stories & experiences, tips & techniques, to find out just how the minds of much-loved DJs work. Guests available in this series include Graeme Park, Danielle Perry, The Secret DJ and Laurent Garnier

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In this episode, acclaimed techno producer & DJ Laurent Garnier chats with Chris Hawkins about how fairgrounds fed into his musically formative years, before catering college led him to The Hacienda, and then into a stellar award winning career that hasn’t been hampered by his total disregard for technology!

In Series 2 Of How To DJ; Chris has cued up eight more episodes of life stories & experiences, tips & techniques, to find out just how the minds of much-loved DJs work. Guests available in this series include Graeme Park, Danielle Perry & The Secret DJ.

The final guest in this series will be the first on air Radio 1 DJ, Tony Blackburn.

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