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October 5, 2009

Zach Stevens

He’s back in Paducah! After graduating from Middle Tennessee State’s prestigious Recording Industry program, devastatingly darling DJ Fallout — Zach Stevens, 25 — invites us to Get Up On The Downstroke!, Saturday, Oct. 10, at KC’s Rec Room!

1. I graduated from Middle Tennessee State University’s prestigious Recording Industry program.  It’s like applying to med school. They only accept 50 students each semester out of 300-400 that apply and I got in on my first try.
   
   
2. I had some special guest professors during college including Al Gore and hip-hop pioneer, KRS-One. The Sublime song about KRS-One is all true.
   
   
3. I am a DJ. I sometimes spin as DJ Tanner, but more recently I’ve taken the name DJ Fallout, after the uranium plant. I spin a lot of dub, old school and new funk, hip-hop, mashups, and trip-hop and a little bit of electronic stuff. Sometimes you can catch me at an open mic night! Working on getting some gigs in town.
   
   
4. My first gig is coming up Saturday, Oct. 10, at KC’s Rec Room for a certain special someone’s birthday. It’s gonna be a funky good time! It’s free and open to the public, so come with it!
   
   
5. Before coming back to Paducah, I worked in the marketing/new media department at Universal Records in Nashville. I worked on marketing campaigns for George Strait, Sugarland, Shania Twain, Willie Nelson, Ryan Adams, Gary Allan and a few other artists on our roster! It was my dream job until I got laid off! I am not a fan of country especially the “new” Nashville sound but it still rocked!
   
   
6. And yes, Shania Twain is gorgeous.
   
   
7. I sang “Free Falling” by Tom Petty with the CEO of Warner Music Group’s distribution division, WEA, at a party once. Thank God You Tube wasn’t created yet! It came out the next year!
   
   
8. I play a variety of instruments such as guitar, bass guitar, synthesizers and sequencers (electronic music instruments, basically) and turntables — yes, they are an instrument, in my opinion. I have banged on the drums some, but I can’t do too much at once.
   
   
9. I have lived on the west side of every town I have ever lived in! I have no idea why. Maybe because I love the West Coast and feel it makes me that much more closer to it! Not really, just a thought!
   
   
10. I moved back to Paducah, Ky., about a year ago where I currently work TWO jobs until I can find something permanent! It’s been tough out there! So if you are reading this and you have an opening for a FULL-TIME position, get a hold of me!
    
    
11. I work for Swift & Staley Mechanical through a temp agency (40 hrs. a week) and part-time at Best Buy in their mobile phone department. I am also a committee member for the Paducah Summer Festival, which is going to only get better in the years ahead!
    
    
12. I love mountain biking and hiking — anything that has me outdoors and being active.
    
    
13. Kirchhoff’s Bakery is the greatest place in the world to get my fix! No one makes a better chess square.
    
    
14. I have been to 145 concerts since I was 16 and I have every ticket stub to prove it. Not including nine music festivals since graduating from high school.
    
    
15. I have worked at the Bonnaroo Music Festival for four years. It was a great experience and I got to meet a lot of amazing people and artists. This past year I didn’t work, but I did rock a backstage pass, which is way better than working at the festival! Can anyone say FREE SHOWERS?
    
    
16. The farthest I have traveled to see a concert was San Francisco to see My Morning Jacket in 2007. I love that city so much I went back in August of the same year to see the reunited band, Rage Against the Machine. They happened to be playing with the Wu-Tang Clan!
    
    
17. I don’t have kids, but I do have two little sisters who are 9 and 11. I am 25. My mom likes to space us out! I love them to death and they are the cutest! I hope to never see them on iDate though! Not until they are at least 40!
    
    
18. I never liked playing golf, but this year my New Year’s resolution was to try to take golf seriously and give it a shot. Now I am addicted! I definitely still have a long way to go with it.
    
    
19. I love to travel although I have never been out of the country. Hope to one day — maybe after I get a full-time job and collect some vacation time!
    
    
20. By the way, did I mention that I am looking for a permanent full-time job?
    
    

Photo by Brian Steffen