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Randy Bettis (born Raymond Randall Bettis, on March 10, 1959[1] in Jacksonville, IL to country singer Bob Bettis and Iris J. Gregory) is an American DJ and remixer/producer and among the most sought-after re mixers in the dance-music industry.

History

Randy Bettis attended Southern Illinois University on a partial scholarship as a member of the Saluki Gymnastics Team, coached by multiple time Olympic coach Bill Meade, where Bettis broke numerous records in both floor exercise and vaulting. His final year, he competed at the NCAA National Gymnastics Championships and placed 6th on floor exercise. After 3 years working at Opryland USA in Nashville, TN, as a dancer and then Assistant to the Choreographer, he went on to pursue a career in musical theater. He toured with the Hamburg, Germany production of CATS and two years later returned to the United States to join the 4th National Tour of CATS as Tumblebrutus, eventually joining the Broadway company from 1989-91 and 1995-97. In 1997 Bettis left the theater to pursue a career as a nightclub DJ and a music producer/remixer.

Bettis broke through the clutter in 2005 with back-to-back performances at 3 of the largest dance parties in the world: The Saint at Large's New Years Day Event; Saint at Large's The Black Party, at Roseland Ballroom; as well as the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_of_Pride Pier Dance in New York City. That same year, Bettis was named by Billboard to the nationwide panel of club DJs who create Billboard’s weekly Hot Dance Club Play chart. In 2006, he embarked on his first self-produced national tour to promote his latest album, GayDays® Tour 2006. The tour brought the spirit of the legendary celebration to 26 cities nationwide and was voted Best Circuit Tour of 2006[2] (and again in 2007 & 2008) by the members of JustCircuit.com. That same year he launched a weekly mixshow on G.I.R.L. (GayInternetRadioLive.com) with satellite broadcasts on SIRIUS Radio’s OutQ “Saturday Night Out.”

Recently, Bettis made his China debut in 2011, headlined the world-renowned Riptide event in Orlando, FL, during the 2011 Gay Days Weekend, and has been selected to DJ that same event at Disney's Typhoon Lagoon water park on May 31, 2012.

Residencies

  • 1999 – 2001: LIMELIGHT - New York City, NY
  • 2000 – 2002: BLU - New York City, NY
  • 2001 – 2002: XL - New York City, NY
  • 2001 – 2003: PARAMOUNT - Provincetown, MA
  • 2002 – 2003: SERENA - New York City, NY
  • 2005 – 2006: VELVET NATION - Washington, DC
  • 2007: STEREO NY - New York City, NY
  • 2003 - present: THE BLUE WHALE - Fire Island Pines, NY
  • 2005 - present: PAVILION - Fire Island Pines, NY
  • 2005 - present: PURE NIGHTCLUB - Philadephia, PA
  • 2006-2007: THE MONSTER - New York City, NY
  • 2003 - present: SPLASH BAR - New York City, NY
  • 2007 - present: TOWN DISCOBOUTIQUE - Washington, DC

BetBoyz

In production, Bettis works with music partner David J. Boyd (AKA BetBoyz) on original and remix productions. Specializing in dance music, they also collaborate on musical theater and pop productions. BetBoyz has worked with and created remixes for some of the industry’s biggest artists: Taylor Dayne, Alicia Keys, Levi Kreis, Inaya Day, Jenn Cuneta and Ari Gold, among others. BetBoyz devotes as much of their time and skills as possible on charitable events such as Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' Dancers Responding to AIDS, AVP: The Anti-Violence Project and Marriage Equality. In 2009 they co-wrote/produced Free To Love (The Equality Project) with Robbyne Kaamil; created the original mix and secured additional mixes from remixers DJ JST, Amy Alderman/Bryan Reyes, Tony Ruiz, Almond Brown and DJ Nawttyboy; and donated 100% of the proceeds to Broadway Impact, a marriage equality branch of BCEFA. In 2010, BetBoyz wrote and produced the music for the hit Off-Broadway musical “My Big Gay Italian Wedding” (co-produced by Housewife of New Jersey’s Dina Manzo, Sonia Blangiardo, AnnDee Productions, Eileen Caruso, Teresa A. Cicala, Donna DiCrescento, Frank Levinson and Dolores Naso) and co-wrote/produced the single Up To The Sky for Reichen Lehmkule.

Personal life

Bettis resides in New York, NY with his partner, Patrick Sean Dwyer. They were married April 8, 2011.

Discography

Albums

  • 2004: PARTY GROOVE: GAYS DAYS - Vol. 1
  • 2005: PARTY GROOVE: GAYS DAYS - Vol. 2
  • 2006: PARTY GROOVE: GAYS DAYS - Vol. 3
  • 2007: PARTY GROOVE: GAYS DAYS - Vol. 4
  • 2008: PARTY GROOVE: GAYS DAYS - Vol. 5
  • 2009: PARTY GROOVE: GAYS DAYS - Vol. 6
  • 2010: PARTY GROOVE: GAYS DAYS - Vol. 7
  • 2010: PARTY GROOVE: WHITE PARTY 10 - The 25th Anniversary Edition[3]
  • 2011: PARTY GROOVE: GAYS DAYS - Vol. 8

BetBoyz Remixes

  • HIGHER PLACE - INAYA DAY & BETBOYZ
  • FREE TO LOVE (THE EQUALITY PROJECT) - BetBoyz ft. Robbyne Kaamil
  • I WANT THAT MAN - DJ JST & AMBER DIRKS
  • REJOICE - DJ JST & ABMER DIRKS
  • UP TO THE SKY - REICHEN (PRODUCED AND MIXED BY BETBOYZ)
  • WHERE THE MUSIC TAKES YOU - ARI GOLD
  • I'M NOT CRAZY - BRIAN KENT
  • WHATCHA DOIN' TO ME - BRIAN KENT
  • YOUR BODY OVER MINE - KAREN JACOBSON
  • OOH OOH OOH - JASON ANTONE
  • GONNA BE ALRIGHT - LEVI KREIS Release date: TBD)
  • WHAT HOPE HAVE I - DEMARKO! PRESENTS NICK HARVEY FT. JASON WALKER (Release date: TBD)
  • LOVE CONQUERS ALL[4]: Temp promo video
  • POP IT: JASON DOTTLEY (RANDY BETTIS/DJ BOYD SAXI CLUB MIX)
  • WE BELONG - MATT ZARLEY (RANDY BETTIS/DJ BOYD MIXES)

References

  1. ^ Randy's official Facebook page on Facebook
  2. ^ Just Circuit Magazine June 2006
  3. ^ [http://whiteparty.org/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=61
  4. ^ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdvNSNHgwIo
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