Alors que la musique Rock domine dans l'univers du catch américain, Zema Ion a décidé d'aller à contre courant et le moins que l'on puisse dire, c'est qu'il fait rapidement parler de lui. DoAndroidsDance.com lui a consacré un article. Vous pouvez le lire en suivant le lien ci dessus. Il y aborde de nombreux sujets, dont celui de la musique électronique. Il y parle également de son appendicite et de la tumeur décelée et de la TNA.
Je vous propose dans un premier temps un résumé sélectif de l'article en anglais et vous le traduirai demain ou après demain:
You recovered from having a ruptured appendix and cancer scare this year. How did DJing and production aid in you staying positive during this time?
I’m so glad I had this new found passion for DJing, and producing, too. My appendix rupture sucked, but they also found a five centimeter tumor in my colon. When they said that I would possibly need chemotherapy I thought “hey, my wrestling career is over now,” so it was a depressing time. I couldn’t work out, go to the gym, or wrestle, so if I didn’t eat, sleep and breathe music, I probably would’ve gone crazy. I’d wake up, mess around in Ableton, practice on Serato, and work on DJing and production for hours. It was a weird turning point for me. I had my first gig at (the now closed) Fur Nightclub in DC, and I started to understand phrasing more, mixing in key, and other daunting tasks.
What about your DJing do you feel best motivated your development as a professional wrestler now that you’re back in TNA?
When I started DJing, I thought at first that “this is going to be really good for wrestling.” Everyone in wrestling comes from a different background. Whether it is from wrestling on the independent circuit, the NFL, reality television, bodybuilding, or being a supermodel. I thought that if I really do good and develop at DJing that maybe this could be something to set me apart, a background for me that isn’t just being an independent professional wrestler.
How did your return to TNA as a DJ come to pass?
I told TNA a year ago that I was trying to be a DJ. They thought it was cool, but it was left there. They didn’t understand it, but they kept hearing more and more about [my development]. Recently, they did a segment on TV where Robbie E and Jesse Godderz were celebrating their tag team title win and had a DJ with them in the ring. After the segment was over, they loved the idea of them with a DJ, but not the DJ they had that night. He didn’t look the part. They liked the idea of [the Bromans] with their own DJ. Robbie E mentioned to the TNA office staff “hey, maybe we should use Zema Ion. He is an actual DJ.” TNA replied “oh that’s right, we knew that!” Robbie, Jesse, and I have similar personalities, so me teaming with them is a no brainer. This past weekend they gave it a test run. They gave me little direction, and it was creatively in my hands. Eventually I’ll have my own custom DJ booth, and I got them to install lighting based off of the lighting at Echostage in DC. They’re totally behind this. They feel like whatever makes this look authentic is what they want.
How would you best describe the character of DJ Zema Ion, the character you’re now playing for TNA?
They want me to be this over the top and obnoxious DJ. So I basically try to channel every stereotype that I can think of that would make a DJ annoying. We did a backstage segment where I named every annoying cliche in the dance music world that’s “required to be a superstar DJ,” including “only playing songs off the Beatport Top 100″ and “having rave girls with green hair and severe daddy issues.” That type of stuff. My character is to play a DJ that thinks he gets it, but really doesn’t have a clue of what he’s talking about. That’s basically what the whole character is.
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