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After leaving the bright lights of Broadway in 1998, as a dancer/singer 2004
was a breakout year for Randy Bettis, the New York based DJ/producer. Spring
brought the national release of his first commercial mixed CD, Centaur
Entertainment’s official 2004 Orlando Gay Days CD (which he has subsequently
been the mixmaster on the 2005 & 2006 version and has been offered the 2007
CD compilation as well). The national exposure continued with Randy spinning
at Denver’s A Weekend in OZ, Palm Springs’ White Party, and Austin’s Perfect
Day.
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July found him in Fire Island Pines manning the turntables at Bliss, a
spectacular day party that he also produced with partners Michael Metts of
Drury Design Dynamics and Patty Rosado. In September, Randy spun
Fairgrounds, an evening for the LGBT community at Six Flags Great Adventure.
He returned again in 2006 to share the turntables with one of his mentors, DJ
Max Rodriguez.
Then in November was chosen to play, along with DJ Herbie
James, the 2006 “Leather Masked Ball” as part of the world famous White
Party Miami line up. 2005 continued the momentum with Randy manning the turntables at 3 of New
York City’s biggest dance events: the Saint-at-Large Escape To Candyland; the
Saint at Large Black Party–Lucha Libre: Rites XXVI; and the 19th Annual Heritage
of Pride Gay Pride Pier Dance. And things just keep getting better. In 2006, Randy will took his third turn as
mixmaster on Centaur’s annual Gay Days CD for Orlando Gay Day. DJRB, along
with the BetBoyz Team, in association with Centaur Music and GayDays.com
developed his first ever-promotional tour – Gay Days Tour 2006. This was also
the year that Randy took his music to the sea on both the “R Family Cruise”
and the “RSVP Mexican Riviera Cruise”. Beginning May 22, you can how hear
Randy’s mixed sets on every Monday evening on G.I.R.L.
(GayInternetRadioLive.com). In addition to all that Randy is proud to have been
elected to the illustrious Billboard Panel, as part of a nationwide panel that
ultimately is responsible for the charting of all the dance music released in the
United States. To cap off 2006 DJRB & The Gay Days Tour was very honored to
have been voted “Best Circuit Tour of 2006” by the members of
JustCircuit.com. 2007 appears to be another banner year for DJRB. Randy was chosen to be one
of the resident DJ’s at Stereo Nightclub (sister nightclub to the very successful
Stereo-Montreal) and will launch his 2007 Gay Days Tour to promote “Gay Days
– Vol. 4” during the Gay Days Orlando festivities with his very own pool party
sponsored by GayDays.com, Centaur Music & GayInternetRadioLive.com. He
was also added to SIRIUS Radio’s OutQ “Saturday Night Out” program where his
mix show can be heard every second Saturday of each month throughout 2007.
For some time now, Randy had been developing a devoted following in
Manhattan nightclubs. Over the years, Randy has played in some of New York's
most legendary night spots: Sound Factory, Limelight, Cielo, Splash, Element,
Webster Hall, Avalon-NY, Life, SPA, Centro-Fly, XL, & the Fire Island Pines
Pavilion—just to name a few. Currently, he is a resident DJ at Stereo & Splash
Bar in NYC, with guest residencies at Pavilion/Blue Whale in Fire Island Pines,
Pure in Philadelphia & Paramount Ballroom in Provincetown, MA. In addition to paying the rent, Randy also pays it forward, regularly donating
his talents as DJ and music producer. He is regular feature of Broadway Bares,
spinning tunes between performances and providing music production and
editing services for the annual spectacular benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity
Fights AIDS. 2004’s Bliss in Fire Island Pines, which Randy co-produced and
spun, raised funds for the Stonewall Community Foundation and the Foundation
for Integrative AIDS Research. Over the years, Randy has donated his services
to raise funds for a number of other organizations including Dancers Responding
To AIDS, New York Theater Workshop, Lambda Legal, Anti-Violence Project,
LGBT Center and VisualAIDS. In 2001, Bettis teamed up with writer/arranger David Boyd to form BetBoyz
NYC, a music/event production company. In the fall of 2002, Emerge Records
honored BetBoyz by choosing their very first remix, the "BetBoyz Vocal Dub"
mix of Taylor Daynes' "How Many", to be included on the commercial release of
the CD maxi single. Recent projects include remixes for Aussie artist Karen
Jacobsen, Broadway star Billy Porter, hot singing sensation Brian Kent,
recording artist Matthew Duffy and Junior Vasquez recording artist Jason
Walker. Additionally, BetBoyz recently completed a full-scale musical, The
Groove Factory, which is being considered for various musical-theater festivals. For more information go to: www.DJRandyBettis.com
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