At five years old, JB was singing on stage with his parents Al & Kathy Bain (NECMA award winners in multiple categories spanning many years), meeting legends like Chet Atkins and watching his parents perform in front of as many as 100,000 people. By 10 yrs old JB was taking drum lessons from his cousin Bud Anderson (recording artist NY, Washington DC) and jammin' along to Kiss, Queen, and other classic rock albums, then picking up the acoustic guitar and bass guitar as a teen, played and sang in many local bands from the region near his parent's home in upstate NY. By age 14 was an engineer's aprentice at the radio station his parents broadcast their weekly show from, and began to learn about the technical side of sound and lighting. Borrowing a hundred bucks from his dad at age 16, began DJing high school dances on the side, as a means to pay for his first car. Just out of high school, the first of many residencies came along in the form of "Nitelife" teen club in Lake George NY in the spring of '87. Three weeks into the gig, a motorcycle accident left JB with a broken leg, dislocated shoulder and hip, and more importantly - nerve damage to the first two fingers on his left hand. Unable to play guitar and sitting around with a broken leg in front of two technic 1200s and a Uri mixer all summer at the club, a dramatic change of direction occurred. With DJing as the primary focus, and an extensive musical and technical background behind him, JB excelled in the booth and quickly became one of the area's best known DJs. Since the summer of '87 JB has held residencies in virtually every notable nightclub in the northeast, occaisionally traveling outside the area to spin, such as two years in Daytona Beach FLA including MTV Spring Break '91, and from '95 - '01 touring and recording a member of "C TOE" - the most successful original band ever to break out of the upstate region .
Current Residency
- Pure Lounge - Albany NY, from 7/06
Saturday night
radio show, "Live from Luna", on 102.3 Kiss-FM, 12-2 am weekly
from Nov '03 - Nov '04 received a 17 share from Arbitron,
Spring 2004. This rating set a record in upstate NY, and was
more than triple the next closest rated saturday night radio
in the upstate market.
JB has designed
(redesigned) and/or installed lighting and sound systems in the Luna
Lounge nightclub, Skyline, Pure, and many others.
Opened for many
top DJs and artists including: Jonathan Peters, Skribble,
Louie Devito, Johnny Vicious, Anthony Acid, Denny Tsettos,
Razor, Mis-Teeq, Cassidy, Nina Sky, D4L, T-Pain and others.
As a member of
the band C-TOE ( www.ctoe.com ), '95 - '01 (DJ and backing
vocals), released multiple albums, and opened for well known
groups including Ozzy, Stone Temple Pilots, Creed, Limpbizkit,
Godsmack, Sevendust, Clutch and many others.
2 Years DJing
Spring Break in Daytona Beach Florida ( '90 - '91 ) including
MTV Spring Break '91, Club Waves - Daytona Beach, FLA.
An accomplished
engineer and producer, JB's remixes have debuted at Avalon -
Boston, and Le Dome - Montreal, by DJ Skribble and others.
Previous
Residencies: Skyline - Albany, Luna Lounge - Saratoga Springs NY,(
www.thelunalounge.com ).Nick's Sneaky Pete's - Albany NY (
www.nickssneakypetes.com ) , Newberry Nightclub - Saratoga
Srings NY ( www.newberryclub.com ), Waves and Kokomo's -
Daytona Beach FLA, and many other well known clubs
in upstate NY and Daytona Beach, dating back to 1987.
