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Gregory Formichelli — Los Angeles Recording Connection
.Gregory J. Forma was born at Beth Isreal Hospital in the heart of New York City in 1980. Son of John and Patricia Forma his musical insperation was nurtured at a very young age. One of Gregorys very first memorys is recieving his very first record albulm \"Thriller\" by Michael Jackson at a very young age of 4. His father influenced and fed his musical interests by constantly telling him stories and playing him various types of rock and do-wop from the 1950\'s. These tales all took place on the streets of Brooklyn, NY and Gregory would imagine what it was like and each song seemed to have its own story attached to it. It wasnt long before Gregory was branching out and started to explore any and all types of music. The very first albulms Gregory remembers purchashing on his own were Guns n\' Roses, 2 live Crew, NWA, Motley Crew and Public Enemy. From the begining his musical tases were diverse. By 1995 at the age of 14 Gregory was spending most of his free time in soho and Saint Marks Place in NYC. He had become completely immeresed in the lifestyle passion of NYC Punk Rock. Within his first year as an average fan, he played many roles in the music industry from: Roadie, promoter,photographer, manager,producer and business consultant. His best friends all were members of the group \"The Skizmatics\" then called \"Bugout\" and finally the group had one final name change to \"Aloke.\" He did everything from help the group purchase equipment to consult on albulm art and even his photos were used on the albulm sleeve. After about 18 months a move to New Hampshire would have thought to have disconected most from moving foward in the music industry at such a young age, however Gregory somehow kept it moving. His musical interestes took a shift into electronic music and hip-hop suddenly and before he knew it at 17 he produced his first full length DJ album for DJ Arron Todd, who sadley in the past couple years past away. This was just the added on venture ontop of all the previous jobs he had done in the industry. This time though Gregory was helping promote massive events with as many as 5,000-10,000.