Corey Morgan Biography
Before I became a DJ,I lived with my mom from 1976 to the start of my fifth grade school year. Then my grandparents took me in their home to help my mom out with raising six kids on her own. Even though she was a strong-black-hard-working-woman; raising six kids by herself was a tough thing to do back then. My grandfather was a mechanic all day everyday. He was good at fixing cars, trucks and anything else with a motor on it. He was the best in the business in my opinion. A real perfectionist with all due respect. My grandmother was an elementary school teacher. She was committed to her craft and dedicated to going church on any given Sunday. That’s no days off in case you’re wondering. She played the piano for our church and a couple others too. One thing she instilled in me growing up was you have six days a week to do whatever you want. That’s called “your time.” Once Sunday comes it’s called “God’s Time.” That meant if you lived in her house and under her roof then you went to church no questions-asked and no ifs ands or buts about it.
As a kid growing up I went o the public school. I also went shopping with my grandmother a lot. She spoiled me as much as she could. I remember she would give me money as well as buy me things I wanted all throughout the day we shopped. She would also let me go inside one of my favorite stores in town…Radio Shack. The reason I loved this store so much, it had dj equipment inside. Not only that but I was able to play with some of the demonstration equipment they had set up on display. This was my way of testing things out and that became fun to me. I was like a kid in a candy store. This motivated me to start building my own set up at home. Having said that I started collecting old vinyl records, tapes, stereos, receivers, amps, and speakers around the house that were not being used and took them to my room to hook up and experiment. Sometimes I got equipment from my mom’s and great grandma’s house they erected no longer using . If it worked…I kept it. If it didn’t, then I used it for parts. Another thing I did was listened and studied the neighborhood DJs for mixing tips and tricks. I also watched how they performed at parties, events and on mixtapes. Then I would go home, practice and work on perfecting my craft.
Fast forward, I enlisted in the US Army for four years. On my first tour I was stationed in South Korea for one year (365 days) exactly. This was the first time I was scheduled to be away from family and friends. I was sad and depressed about it of course but I had to man up and do it on my own. All I could think about was it’s only one year of my life. It could be longer. but at least it’s not the rest of my life. Either way no matter which way i thought about it-it still took a toll on me. so much so I thought yo myself I have to do something to take my mind off thinking and feeling down like this. So I did. That’s when music “fell in my lap.” In other words it filled the gap/void. Once the light switch turned on, the fire was lit and the flame was burning inside me. I was now rejuvenated so much I worked and saved up enough money to buy my first dj mixer. It was (The Numark DM 1920X Rotary Knob 4 channel dj mixer). I remember bringing it home and showing it to my roommates. The look on their faces was priceless. The words that came out of their mouths simultaneously was “ahhh sh!t.” They were in sync, in rhythm and both in key. They sounded like they rehearsed it. I could n’t do anything but laugh and smile. I was happy they could tell. At this point I felt like I had just gotten my first tattoo and you know once you get one tattoo you have to get more. Like who gets just one tattoo. Like I knew this was the start of me investing into myself. Like this was the way I was gonna have to get the equipment and other things I needed especially if I wanted to be a successful, top tier Dj in the game that I in-vision myself being today.
