DJ Chaz

• Pool Director for RADIO PRO DJs, a Toronto-based DJ pool established in June 1993 and ran until 2010.
• Editor and Publisher for The Bridge (6), a Canadian national trade publication issued to all Record Labels in Toronto and DJ Pools across Canada in the 90's. This publication can be viewed at the Canada National Library, Ottawa Canada.
• Executive Producer for [r8500691], a promotional CD released in June 2000 promoting Canadian dance artists and DJs, with a limited run of 500 copies, distributed to DJs and Record Pools in Toronto and at the CMW (Canadian Music Week) event in 2000.
• Producer for [r3196121] a promotional CD released for the DJ Expo at the CMW event in 2000.
• Recipient of three Gold and three Platinum Records for sales achieved by record companies, contributing to the sales as a key Dj in the Toronto music industry from 1985 to 1993.
Platinum awards: [r3964], [m66097] and [m134828]
Gold awards: [m112859], [m103953] and [m139833]

• Former in-house DJ in Toronto at The Copa, My Apartment On Peter St, Crocodile Rock, Splash, The Max among others.
• DJ (under the moniker name of Hits Alive) for the "Friday Night Live" broadcast shows aired by Toronto radio station CFTR 680 AM (then known as the All-Hits radio station), live-on-air from nightclubs The Copa and The Max in the late 80’s through the early 90’s. (see [r14220766] )
• DJ and producer for the highly successful "Lambada Nights at The Copa", winner of CPI’s Best Club Performance.
• Regular DJ for Warner Music Canada's live gigs/parties and Toronto Symphony Orchestra presentations at Roy Thomson Hall with guests performers who included Blue Rodeo, Josh Groban, Sarah Slean, [a5292730] among others.
Also quite notorious in the mid-90s for his ill-famed bootleg release of [r14220331], which was turned down by three major labels in Toronto but gained popularity on the street level by Djs and club-goers. A recent cassette copy of this release was sold for $470 through Kijiji online in Toronto.

Going back to his roots of music, Chaz is currently involved as Marketing Company Four Giants for the 5-Record Set [r11193080].