Curtis Harmon

International Music Business Professional/DJ, The Curtis Harmon Experience

I am the former Los Angeles radio mixshow dj @ 1580 KDAY & 102.3 KJLH. Living & working in Japan since 1991. Born in Wilmington DE. Raised in Princess Anne MD & Westover MD. Graduated in 1978 from Washington Sr. High School (Jaguars). Co-created The Dynamics mobile dj's in high school with classmate Anthony Echols-Doane. Influenced by mentor Chris Barry @ WJDY,DJ Fly & late DJ Sam Doane. Worked & studied on the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore (Hawks) campus in the Upward Bound Program (mentors Norman Tilghman,Alverne Chesterfield). Joined Ellis Crump & mobile dj's Disco Funk,Inc (Salisbury MD). Disco Funk performances included stage costumes,dance routines,light shows,fog smoke machines,fireworks & mc's. Disco Funk feature members were James 'Swann' Robert (Baltimore MD),Ray 'Sunshine' Lockamy (NC),Mark 'Double Trouble' Hill (DC),Bryant 'Elite' Coleman (Upper Hill MD),Al 'Kappa' Gibbs (Snow Hill MD),late MC David Collins (Oaksville MD),late Kenny Cropper & crew. Promoted dj events with The Controller (Greg Stephen crew Norfolk VA),Grand Master Funk (Chuck Franklin crew Berlin MD),NYCS (Lou,Tut,Mike Bryan crew Cambridge MD/NY). Friend & mentor Thomas Stevenson brought me out to CA along with cousin Golden Teagle. Hooked up with Inglewood DJ Bill Jones (Irvington NJ) & with guidance from music biz mentors Chris Jonz & Wendall Bates,we submitted mixtape demos (Jim Maddox,Cliff Winston) to Stevie Wonder's KJLH radio. Programmed the KJLH Hot Mix Show with NY producer Gregski Royal (Mixmaster Gee) & created the Curtis Harmon Quickmix Show @ rap station 1580 KDAY (Jack Patterson,Steve Washington). Eddie Fons (JDC Records),Yosuke Ando,Marr Takeuchi (Reavans Corp),Terri Schiavo,Cleveland Williams,Greg Beasley,Courtney Branch,Larry Robinson (Avatar Records) & others helped me settle in Tokyo. Former retail music sales chart reporter (Billboard),music buyer @ Wherehouse Records (Willie James),Record Industries (Leonard),Impact Record Pool director assistant (Fut,Tracy Kendrick),Tower Records Sunset (Lisa Fuller,Pink Flamingo,Kazushige Arai,Arvelyn Lewis,Kana Watanabe). DJ,remixer,music consultant,promoter,writer (Bomb HipHop,Source),VJ (Slammin' Rap Video Magazine BMG),TV radio music programmer,tour dj,mc,lecturer (California Fashion Design College,UCLA Ext.),event planner coordinator,special projects manager @ Interlink Music (Yasuhiro Kitano),Voice & Rhythm-Handcuts Records (Kenya Orita). Former Tokyo producer @ Akamai DJ & Dance School (Eriko Jones),mc @ Wall Street House (http://www.wallstreethouse.jp/),dj @ NB Club (http://www.ginzanet.com/nbflash/index.htm) (http://www.ginzanet.com/nbclub/). CD music compilations with Danish producer Soren 'DJ Cash' Petersen (released by Interlink Music,distributed in Japan by Teichiku Records). Filmed a Tokyo episode of Yo! MTV Raps with host Fab Five Freddy. Promoted events,projects for Body Count,Ice Cube,Snoop Dogg,Dr. Dre,Phar Cyde,RBX,DJ Quik,2ndIINone,AMG,Joker,Supermax,Street Smart,Lowrider,Fine,Death Row,Hollywood Basic,Ice T,WC,Coolio,Hi-C,Dogg Pound,2Pac. curtisharmon@softbank.ne.jp ﾊ-ﾓﾝ ｶ-ﾃｲｽ