Former West Lothian plumber turned DJ tells why he ditched tools for decks
dailyrecord.co.ukA former West Lothian plumber has packed away his tools for good to DJ the main stage of a major dance music festival. Christian Rogers, 23, from Bathgate ditched his career as a plumber for a full-time gig in DJing after releasing his music online which has amassed a following.The multi-genre DJ is now due to perform on the main stage of Fly Open Air festival alongside many other big name performers which is due to happen next month.Christian is now due to play the main stage of Fly Open Air on May 20 in front of thousands of people, he said: "It is always something I have wanted to do because it was normally me just going with my pals to see other DJ's and now it is actually me on the stage, it is a real bit surreal.""I was actually really surprised to play the main stage as I was actually supposed to be playing a smaller stage at Fly and then I went and met Tom, the founder and he bumped me up to the main stage so it is absolutely a dream that I have been thinking about for the last few years." "I can’t wait to join the Team at FLY and play Hopetoun House next month.
It’s a dream come true.” Edinburgh Live told how Christian left school and started off his plumbing apprenticeship at the new sick kids hospital in Edinburgh and before he knew it started getting DJ gigs regularly, started taking it seriously by producing his own music and released his music online.The 23-year-old reflected back to the time of when he was still working hard as a plumber and working tirelessly through the night with the dream of becoming a DJ."I did enjoy my time as a plumber and it was decent money but it was never my dream job and I have always been properly been into my music.""I would sometimes come back from work and be up till 2am,
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