DJ Glenn Miller interview part 2.

If not playing out now why did you stop?

Not playing at any clubs now , I stopped as it got harder to find new clubs to play plus my management were crap. I'd love to give it another go but I do not think it will happen.

What clubs do you visit now?

I do not really go clubbing that much anymore,

Longest set played?

The longest set I ever played was only a 4 hour one at Trade one August bank holiday, as most of the residence were doing some Trade thing in Scotland. And I had the honour not only to cover Tony's set but to do Steve Thomas's set as well. In my opinion these were the best times to play as the club would have been heaving. It was fun and time went so quick had a blast.

Have you ever played in Ibiza? if so when, where and what was it like?

Never played Ibiza,

Any regrets?

The only regret I have is not about my DJing its about not spending more time with Tony, the more huge Tony became the more I would give him space He was a true and great friend. Then one day in January he called me to tell me he was ill and why. I thought Tony being Tony he will be fine this wont get to him he's to important and special. He passed away the following July.

On the day of his funeral he was supposed to play in Taunton Sommerset. Tthe promoter phoned me after Tony died and before the funeral to ask me if I could play instead, it was a shock to be asked so I told Tonys brother Andrew and he said to me "what would Tony say to you now? he said he would say do the gig , just do a good job. So did it for my good friend in his honour.

Favourite Tony De Vit production?

My fave TDV production must be Are You All Ready. Because it was me that inspired him to make it. As I had played the record that the sample was taken from in a set I played at Trade in Tonys absence on the 2nd June 1996.

The old Doc Scott - NHS Surgery record was recorded on 33 but was very old and slow so I had the idea to play it on 45 so it would fit in the set, trouble is I had to play my set so fast to fit this track in but I did and it worked very well, and went down a storm and the roof came off.

Tony heard about it through the grapevine, then when he asked me onto his kiss show the next Wednesday night we chatted about the last Trade and how it went. He then played it at the right speed and I explained to him and the listeners what had gone on with the set last trade. Within 2 weeks he had bought the rights to the record sampled it and made Are you all Ready. As you can imagine I am very proud.

Favourite TDV remix.

Fave TDV remix has to be 99th floor elevators. - Hooked.

Any memorable TDV moments?

The best way to sum up Tony's as a friend is this. When Tony first got his studio going in the Custard Factory in Birmingham he invited me up to see it. When it was time to go I was asked by Tony to park my old escort van on his drive as Handsworth Wood in Birmingham is not a safe place to leave anything, even my beat up old van which had a huge hole in the exhaust and sounded like a plane.

We went to town and spent a few hours there looking at his pride and joy studio which was stunning, then went back to his. When I was leaving the next day I said my good-byes jumped in my van and started it up , there was something wrong with the van so I switched it off and wondered what was wrong. While this was going on Tony and his partner Steve were laughing at me from the doorway because I was confused at why my van sounded strange. The reason why it sounded strange was because while I was out with Tony , Steve had taken my van at Tonys request to get a new exhaust fitted and a service , Tony did this because the thought it was very funny and loved to look after the friends he cared about. I loved Tony dearly and still miss him to this day.

I also used buy records for Tony in London as he rarely got the chance to shop here and I was free all week. That was soon after he started his residency at Trade. Up until I started mine as it got a bit of a conflict of interests, as I was supplying most of his import stuff. His first compilation was for Trade Vol 1 it had I think 15 tracks , 7 were from me , so long before I was playing at Trade I was influencing the sound, which I was always proud of.