Some great memories from his early DJ years include spinning music at concerts for Old School acts such as The Cover Girls, Stevie B and Mellow Man Ave.
Dre (who has been one of his inspirations.) After quickly advancing his DJ skills, Chase began booking himself in various night clubs, bars and casinos.
Growing up in the 80’s, Chase, was heavy into Old School, Funk, and West Coast artists like Zapp & Roger, The Gap Band, Michael Jackson, and Dr. Chase would hang out in the DJ booth for hours watching his good friend mix the records and became fascinated with beat mixing. Coincidentally, all three of us would end up working in radio together years later at KPSI power 100.5. Three years later the fledgling DJ made friends with Michael Wright, who was the DJ at a 16-and-older night club at the time. Spending a good part of his youth in Long Beach, CA (a city put on the map by rapper Snoop Dogg,) Chase moved to the Coachella Valley at the age of 12. It’s no surprise that Chase Martinez learned to operate a pair of turntables before he learned to operate a car.
