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Name: Jay Meletiche
Age: 35
Occupation: I would consider myself a full time DJ.
Where do you come from? I was born in Chicago in 1972, moved to Miami in '75 and I've been here ever since. My parents are Puerto Rican.
What's your favorite place in Miami? Oh, man...that's crazy. I love the causeway where you're coming over the bridge? Where you get to see downtown and all the ships and the arena. That's probably my favorite part of Miami. When I used to leave on trips, when I used to travel a lot - I traveled the country all the time. I would come back home after six weeks of being gone and coming over that bridge I'd have that moment where I'd think 'This is what represents Miami'. If you give it a glance, that's the spot.
What do you wish Miami had more of? Dedication. It's a very fickle, very trendy town, so if somethings not hot, they don't care about it. That's what happened with the drum and bass scene, with all of these other small little scenes that could've expanded and had hundreds of people at their parties they couldn't because people just don't support it. So, I guess support is what Miami really needs a lot of.
Less of? Traffic.
Where do you run away to? My headphones.
What was it like being a truck driver? Oh man, crazy. It was very lonely, but at the same time very free, just being out there, open road, nobody on you, nobody bothering you. It was lonely but I did a lot of soul searching so it was fulfilling also.
What's the weirdest thing that's happened to you in a club? Getting hit on by a transexual.
What's your favorite party in Miami? Well you know, I gotta say Saturday's at Circa are pretty good. I can't really deny that. I'd hate to sound bias but it is fun. The diversity of the crowd is unique, it's not the South Beach crowd, it's not that trendy.
What party do you miss? The Big Fish, Fishy Fridays. It was one of Zeke's parties with Will Renuart and myself. It had that vibe, by the water, it was open air and I miss that feeling. It was kind of like what I do at Circa, the acid jazz funky stuff and then I'd get into the more commercial, popular stuff, some 80's. It was more funk and then Will would play some House and then some Hip-Hop at the end of the night. And then obviously, the original Space, Old Space. That first building, the parties there were out of control.
What is musically exciting to you right now? Dubstep is kind of exciting to me, seeing it move the way it is. I know it's been around for a minute but I like the vibe of it. I know it's not gonna catch on, but maybe it will, you never know.
Who do you love to work with? Production wise, DJ P Funk is one of my home boys, I love working with him because we just get along so well, we've done tracks together.
Who would you love to work with?There are so many people I admire, I'd love to just vibe with all of them. Right now who I want to work with is Elastic Bond. I'm dying to do some scratching on one of their songs. I've got so much love for them, that's who I want to work with right now.
Name a goal of yours that you've accomplished recently. This interview.
What's on your horizon? Traveling the world, DJing and making music. That's about it, that's all I want. That's all I see.
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