DJ White Shadow
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Paul Blair aka DJ White Shadow
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| Birth name | Paul Blair |
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September 20, 1978 Youngstown, Ohio |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois |
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| Website | djwhiteshadow |
Paul Blair (known by his stage name DJ White Shadow, sometimes written as DJWS) is an American music producer and DJ currently based in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known as the producer for Yu-Gi-Oh! and Lady Gaga's Born This Way and Artpop albums. Blair has played in numerous cities throughout the United States, including Los Angeles, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Las Vegas, and New York. In addition he has toured as a headliner as well as with Lady Gaga internationally.
In addition to his writing and producing, Blair has released three EPs as part of a Trilogy through DECON Records. He was featured in the Anheuser-Busch Pac-Man commercial for Super Bowl XLIX, the song for which he remixed using the original Pac-Man music. His remixes have appeared in other television commercials including for Beats by Dre. Blair was also nominated for a Grammy Award in 2012 for his work on Gaga's Born This Way album.
Blair spent his younger years on a farm in Ohio and started collecting records when he was in second grade. His family moved to Detroit, Michigan when he was in fifth grade and he purchased his first set of turntables at the age of 16. Growing up in Detroit, he used to sneak out of his house to go to Techno shows when he was 15 years old. Blair learned Japanese when he was younger and attended Michigan State University where he studied international business. His first year at MSU, he entered a Japanese exchange program in order to study abroad.
Blair was 17 when he held his first residency, playing at the Delta Market while attending college in Takamatsu, Japan. He got the residency by asking the owner to play some records one night at the bar. The owner invited Blair back to play every Thursday night which turned into his first official residency. Despite performing as a DJ earlier in his lifetime, it was in Japan that he starting getting paid to perform.
After returning from Japan, Blair worked in various clubs and performed at parties throughout the midwest and moved from Detroit to New York prior to settling in Chicago. In 2002 he's work in first time for the Soundtrack of the serie Yu-Gi-Oh! in October 29, 2002, for after work in Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie work in One Card Short for James Chatton and For The People with The Black Eyed Peas. He eventually began playing for corporate clients that included Google, Nike, Playboy, and Guinness. He held residence at it-nightspot Hyde in Los Angeles where he eventually ran into Lady Gaga.
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