How Much Money Did Cha Cha Slide Make

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This is something new. The Casper slash [inaudible]

Chu feature in the platinum band at this time,

Yep, yes, yes, yeah.

The nation. On today'southward prove, y'all will never estimate who we accept booked on today's evidence. This guy is the songwriter, the man that changed hymeneals receptions forever. You lot come across I DJ my visitor, DJ connection.com yous listeners know before I sold that nosotros were doing four,000 weddings a year by, we had to buy all the unlike CDs, all the music, and one of the albums that we had to buy for every single instance. 1 of the songs was that cha cha slide. We got the remixes, got all the different versions there, and the man, the myth who wrote that song is DJ Casper. DJ Casper, welcome onto the thrive time bear witness. How are you lot sir?

I'grand great. Thanks for having me brother.

Oh man. Well, Hey, my agreement is that you wrote the accuse on a slide for your nephew who was working out or is working equally like a personal trainer at a Bally total fettle in 1998. Is that accurate or what's the story backside the church business firm lot?

That's correct. That's right. My nephew was working at Valley's and he needed a new routines for the people that were coming in there to work out. And then information technology was really created for him and the mainstream got ahold to information technology and once the mainstream got ahold to it and we ended up putting music behind it, I mean information technology took off similar a rocket.

How did you how did the song gain radio play? I mean, what was, where was the get-go time that that vocal that was being played at Bally's that you lot put together, wrote for your nephew, hitting the airwaves? Was it in Chicago? Was information technology in New York? Where did information technology first hit the airwaves?

The first is the airways in Chicago. We had a guy, his name was Elway Smith that was at a radio called WGCI in Chicago that helped really promote that and push it to universal and everywhere else that information technology went.

Did you, what were y'all thinking when the vocal was on the radio the first fourth dimension? Practice you remember existence in your car? Were yous thinking, I hateful, were you similar in an quondam Buick at that betoken? You're listening to the music? Come on, you lot're like, Oh, it'south on the prepare. I mean, what did it feel similar?

Well, when I get-go heard it on the radio, I mean I was pretty excited. I got a lot of telephone calls and I'thou in the midst of me getting telephone calls and trying to hear it. I mean, I was pretty much tied up for the function of what a week that people would call in. And information technology was really a man, they play your vocal, they're playing a song. So I was like, wow. Really? So, I hateful, I didn't know at the fourth dimension that it was going to really get as popular as it is.

Do you remember the feeling when y'all heard it on the radio for the first time where you were, you're grinning ear to ear, were you, what were you doing?

No, I was but shocked cause I was, I was really just listening to it and be like, wow, that's me.

Yes. Now, okay, let me ask you lot this. I was on a cruise about four months ago in the Caribbean, y'all know, and your song comes on considering information technology comes on everywhere you are. I mean, I went to an NBA game a couple of years back and there it is. Boom. I've been to NFL games. There it is. Boom. How do you become paid? Similar how, how do you get paid as an artist? Because somebody out there is working on their new song, you know, and they're a large hit song. Nosotros've had a lot of songwriters on this testify. We've interviewed people like Ross Golan who write hits for Justin Bieber and Selena and that kind of thing. We've had these big artists like Emily Warren who writes for the Chainsmokers on the show. How does an artist like you go paid through your music?

Y'all just take to brand certain that all your T'southward are crossed and the I'south and.equally far equally your paperwork and business organisation. Function of it is concerned. Your, your Lord cheese and your publishing and all this other stuff. Once all that is taken care of, then Hey, I mean it comes naturally.

Got it. Then, then now that your song is know, taken off, it becomes a global phenomenon. When did you lot realize it was a global phenomenon? Like was information technology, what twelvemonth was that or do you remember where you lot were, where you realized, Oh man, this is something,

Well, when I, when I met up with universal records and so I started getting calls from overseas and everything, that'southward when I knew it had stretched out to the, to the place of, you know, wow. I mean, information technology was like pretty much, it was, it was astronomical because I mean, yous've got all these unlike radio stations contacted you, you got all these other different people contacting you lot to come out and do shows and this, that and the other and all across seas. So one time, once that happens, yous know, y'all, yous've made information technology. Okay.

What's the most number of people that yous take led in the cha-cha slide at the same time? Was information technology 70,007 people, but what was, what's the about numbers of people you've actually at in one case taught the cha-cha slide too?

I taught it or, or done it. Well I did it at the Superdome in new Orleans at the essence music festival with urban magic knives. So that, that was effectually 80 something thousand.

Wow. At present you're, how did you come up up with the dance moves? What was the, what was the process similar for coming up with the moves?

Well, when I came up with the stuff, like I said, information technology wasn't, it wasn't nothing but in the aerobics exercise. And then just to practice the steps to brand people motility, y'all know, all different ways and to curve and to, y'all know, just like Chris cross and plough those moves was pretty easy coming up with, you know, cause I hateful it was pretty much self explanatory, you know. Information technology wasn't hard so people wanted to exercise it because it was so easy.

Were you a guild DJ before you, your, your career took off with this song?

I was, yep, it was definitely a DJ.

Practise you lot still exercise you lot however spend, you lot nevertheless mixed? You however mixed music? I do. Where can people hear it if they want to stream information technology correct at present or go do yous accept like a YouTube channel? They tin go check out or see you lot working?

Well I have my own radio station.

Well tell usa near the listeners. Desire to cheque it out?

Casper archetype radio.org

Casper archetype radio.org. I'thou going to right now [inaudible]

Okay. And so you tin can heed to live.

Oh wow. And what kind of stuff do you play? What kind of music are you lot playing?

Well, I play, I play a lot of drawbacks, you know, and I'm old school destinies and throwbacks I play line dance music on everyday Mon through Fri from v to seven. And I play I accept different people in that have a gospel evidence I have, it's just like regular radio pretty much. But I don't, I don't play new school hip hop, I don't play that.

Tin you explain to us why you don't play new school hip hop?

Well, because at that place's enough stations out hither and is doing information technology. I wanted to practice something different.

Hmm. What are some of your favorite old schoolhouse jams? Only to the listeners out there? Nosotros talked about the Daz band. Are we talking nearly, you know, are we talking about how old school? What, what are nosotros talking near?

Well I like, I like Teddy Pendergrass. Like Marvin Gaye, I like James Chocolate-brown. I like parliament Funkadelic, Bootsy. I hateful I, I love music like that. I mean I even love the righteous brothers, you lot know what I'm saying? I played the righteous brothers. I honey that song cause I, I beloved to listen to her. When it was in ghost.

Do you lot sing or yous're vocalist

W I do. I just recollect also,

So what does your personal life look similar nowadays? Are y'all, are you lot, practice you travel around and perform or, or what, what, what, what, what current projects are you working on at present?

Well, I just got dorsum from LA. I did the talk loving game testify to tell the truth at Madison.

Oh, nice.

No, I'thousand, I'm doing a lot of things and I'm getting a lot of things together. I'yard supposed to be in London in our next yr of August of side by side year. They want me to come over in that location and practice a big issue. So I mean, I'thousand still moving around and I'k withal doing a footling of this and a little of that.

What has been

With the yous know, I don't know if y'all know, but in 2016, I was diagnosed with two forms of cancer. And and so the procedure of me existence diagnosed with the two forms of cancer, everything has gotten meliorate. And then I'm even so moving. I'grand yet moving and still grooving.

Well, what was the, what was information technology like for you battling cancer? I mean, was it just the worst thing always? I mean, wa walk us through that cause there's gotta be listeners out there right at present that are battling cancer. What was that feel similar for you?

Well, y'all know what, I, when I, when I first got diagnosed with information technology, I was feeling kind of downwardly until, yous know, I, I only built myself up to say, Hey, this is going to be all right considering non one time. And I've been blest to not exist the cancer patient that was real ill all the time and this, that and the other. So in the process of me going through the cancer situation, I've always been positive and stays potent and I got a new slogans that I use now. This says if yous battling cancer, simply stay positive and keep it moving. You lot can fifty-fifty keep it moving with the cha cha slide. You know, leave in that location and dance, milk shake something. They possibly take your heed off all of the negativity that has to do with cancer.

Hmm. What, what advice would you give a younger version of yourself looking back with your career? What advice would you lot give a younger you know, DJ Casper?

Well the advice I would give him would be to pretty much, you know, stay positive, stay on the right trail. And I e'er fabricated sure that your business party, your state of affairs is together and so that you lot can have a longevity with music that you're doing. Okay.

And so get them. And did y'all have a, yous have a corking legal team that you lot found early on in your career or,

Oh, I do. I'd accept a great legal team. I do.

Okay. Okay.

They, they sure make sure all my T'southward crossed and my I's are dotted. Yes.

So, yous know, we have a lead interview, a lot of super successful people like the head of Adobe or Wolfgang puck or y'all know, big names on the prove consistently. And I feel like a lot of you lot guys are super successful because you lot have, you know, you have a certain method and a certain process, certain routine. What do you have similar an idiosyncrasy or something that's unique that you do that very few people do, but it's kinda like your super motility?

Well, not really a super motion, merely as far as when I create my music, I keep it, I continue it family actually. And I go on information technology kid friendly and I continue it too heady for people to continue to desire to do it.

So y'all were intentional about keeping information technology family friendly?

Oh yeah, definitely, definitely. I mean, if that'due south the case, I might've been built-in here and started doing hip hop, you know, stuff that I don't play on my stations, you lot know, because I try to keep a positive vibe with the music. As long as you keep a positive, positive vibe with your music, then people would continue to support your music. You lot know, you can't, y'all can't try to follow the Jones'southward. That means you can't proceed upward with what everybody else is doing. Yous just have to say your own remanent. And do you know, do you do

Okay, allow me ask yous this and then. Let's, let'due south talk most Kanye West for a 2d. I watched his performance with a, a jellos Dean's church, you know, the full two hours. I watched all of it. I've also watched his Dominicus services and it's clutter. Remarkable change the guy, you know what I mean? A lot of what's your take on that? Accept y'all been following that at all?

Well, sometimes people have to modify for dissimilar reasons, you know, and for whatever reason he made his Shane'southward then that'southward that, you know, I don't know exactly for what reason he made his alter. But y'all know, I don't know if you lot've been following them, how long have you been following them because you know, it was a negative vibe going on with him for awhile.

Admittedly. Yep. I've been following this whole career. Aye.

Yep. And sometimes you accept to make that change in order to get dorsum where you need to be. Just the mode that I practice things, I attempt not to have to brand a change. I endeavor to continue information technology, yous know, persistent the way I do information technology.

So where do you call home at present? Or do you live in Chicago?

I live in Chicago, Illinois. Yeah. I live hither. Born and raised.

Okay, so you didn't do the Kanye move and leave Chicago?

Nah, because I figured, I mean, why exit Chicago when I know what'due south going on here and everything is here to go somewhere and have to relearn all of that and then rebuild all of that when I tin just travel to these other places that likes me to come out.

Did you lot are yous a large bears fan? A big Cubs fan, a big bulls fan? What, what teams do you like?

I similar, well, I, I support all my teams in Chicago, the bulls, the white socks. I'k not really a large gage and, but I mean, Hey, if they win and I'm on the bandwagon for the city, you know what I'm saying? I am a big bears fan. I, I would follow the bears through good or bad. I think that they should let me quarterback and kicking, but I hateful,

That is a, that is my baby a viable strategy. They need somebody who'south but not going to throw the brawl to the other squad. That'due south one of the big tips we want to give the bears out there. Now, what I want to inquire you this because you're, you're a bulls fan, I'm certain. I liked the Chicago bulls and it, who didn't practise, you grew upwardly antisocial them or loving them. Who was the tertiary all-time Chicago bowl and your stance during those half dozen championships? Y'all know, the 2 different iii peats. Who was the third best? A lot of people say, you know, Michael'south number one, Scotty, number two. Who's the 3rd all-time bowl in your heed?

I personally recall that John Paxton was one of the best boards. During that era

He could hit the three. Tin yous hit the three?

Oh, he can hitting the three. Definitely.

Oh man. Yeah. What's your favorite Chicago bulls moment? Practise you accept a favorite season where you're going? Oh man, that, that right at that place. That was magic.

Well, I take six of them all half-dozen times if they want.

Oh, prissy. Nice. Okay. Okay, well for those listeners out there, I know you're a well-read guy. You're a precipitous, sharp dude. And if yous look into your career, there's a lot of smashing stuff that you're doing. Exercise you accept a book recommendation that y'all'd recommend the listeners, maybe a book that's impacted your life the nigh, or a couple of books where you go, Hey, this right here is a volume you should read.

Yous know what, it's but the things that I've been through and my life that, that really keeps me on a positive note and keeps me moving. I mean, information technology started off when I was existent young. Okay. And a lot of people don't know the concrete things that I've been through in my life, only I've just recently put it out there through media news and newspapers here in Chicago nearly the stuff that I've been through in my life. And I'm getting prepare to beginning something we call the Casper Casper's dime drive for cancer enquiry. Yeah. And so I only, I just, my affair to people is, Hey, just stay positive. Stay positive. Stay off the negative route. You know, cause when you go to the negative route, it's hard to come back from that. You know, you just stay on a positive road and go on your mind in a positive, you know, they say an idle mind is a devil's playground, you lot know, and so just try to, you know, keep yourself moving. You know what I'm saying? Even if you accept to only do the charge on slide 500 times, you lot know, a day. Just

At present y'all mentioned before nosotros hopped on the air here that yous actually are in the process of attempting to gear up a Guinness globe record. Tin can yous tell united states of america nearly the record you're to prepare?

Well May 16th of 2020 will be the 20th year reunion for the cha-cha slide. That means information technology has been out for 20 years and it's however going potent. So on that twenty-four hour period we are attempting to go worldwide and everybody do the cha-cha slide simultaneously at the same time to interruption the Guinness volume of world records.

Oh wow. Now how are you going to organize this? What'south, what'southward, what do y'all have a kind of a plane you're unveiling here soon?

Well, we're, we're already reaching out to dissimilar arms cities that want to be involved in information technology. And nosotros're reaching out to different people and sponsors and any, anybody who wants to be a part of that. So for them to get back with usa and say, Hey, I like to exist a function of this. And nosotros, nosotros, we give them all the information and what nosotros, you know, what our goals are and what nosotros're striving to do. And then nosotros pretty much accept it from me and have every, you lot know, go everything prepare, prepare to rock and curlicue.

No. Merely for the listeners out in that location who are, are not enlightened of the verse yous are referencing. Proverbs 1627 29 reads, idle hands are the devil'due south workshop. Idle lips are his mouthpiece and evil man sows strife. Gossip separates the best of friends. Wickedness, loves visitor and leads others into sin. We're joined today with another positive invitee, Jason Beasley. Jason, y'all grew up doing the cha-cha slide. I did. What question do you accept for DJ Casper as we come to a decision on today's show? Then mine's not so much a question. Only a a very lengthy, thank y'all. So this song premiered when I was in elementary school and as a [inaudible]

Don't be maxim it like that.

Oh no, no, no. That merely ways you're a legend. Merely I've I've grown up in a civilisation where as a low-cal skinned male, I'yard supposed to, you know, culturally be able to dance. Well unfortunately I missed that cistron, then I have to say thanks because ever since the song came out I would always be similar a wallflower and not trip the light fantastic toe. But you did like the whole paint by numbers thing and I was out in that location but dancing African-American. Right. And your mother is Caucasian. My correct isn't truthful and you lot can't trip the light fantastic toe. I have rhythm, I can play music, only that, that rhythm doesn't translate in the trunk movement. Oh wow. So this song actually saved me cause like they would play this when we were at the roller rink at every function. And it was the one thing, crusade I hate dancing because I can't, Oh human being, this completely got rid of my feet. I was able to get out there and merely kill information technology. Recently dirt has passed the mantle of master DJ onto his son. He deejayed my nuptials three months ago and we played this and everybody, even if they didn't desire to dance, got out in that location. And it's just such a archetype. Wow.

You know what? It makes it piece of cake. It makes it piece of cake for you to enjoy when you don't have to think about what you lot, what you take to do when someone only tells you what to practice. And so it makes it easy. Information technology makes you have more than fun doing information technology.

Right. Are you lot offering therapy if we

Say we send him upwardly there to Chicago, will you provide him DJ Casper with some rhythm therapy we establish in Chicago? By the fourth dimension he gets back, he going have all of the beats and I started on fiddling hip hop trip the light fantastic toe.

Oh, it looks like I'm coming to the windy city. All right. Hey DJ Casper. It has been an award to talk to you, sir. Thank you and then much. Yous've admittedly made a big impact in a positive way on this planet and we cannot tell you thanks enough.

I thank you all for interviewing me. I really appreciate it. And Hey, someday you demand me, you accept my number. Reach out to me and Hey, long as I tin keep information technology positive for the people I'm there.

All right. Yous take care blood brother.

All correct,

Jason, can you, I believe that that just happened. I cannot believe that I just talked to the DJ Casper. Are you lot going to become up there and get rhythm therapy? I am. I'one thousand not. I'thou non kidding. Think most this. Think virtually how cool this is. You are off on the weekends. Most times. That'south true. And I accept friends that live in Chicago. What if you talked to your wife and you surprise her and you go to Chicago to get dance lessons from DJ Casper? That sounds incredible. Acts phone number. Seriously, yous could, you could benefit the rhythm therapy. That's truthful. I need information technology. All right. Well, if you lot're out there today, we always like to end each and every prove with a smash because smash stands for big, overwhelming optimistic momentum and now that he further ado, Mr. Beasley, here we go. Three, two, i Oh,

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