Sound FX Professional Disc Jockeys

Owner Mike Gabarick brings 43 years of musical entertainment experience to Sound FX Professional Disc Jockeys. As a child, Mike developed a keen interest in music while rock and roll was developing on radio and late 50’s and early 60’s television. Experimenting with different musical instruments, Mike became very serious about the guitar as the Beatles were making their American television debut on the Ed Sullivan Show in February of 1964. After forming his first band, Mike performed his first professional job in August 1964, shortly after his 14th birthday.

Through the 60’s until graduating from Millersville State College in 1972 with a B.S. in Education, Mike continued performing at high school dances, fraternity parties, local restaurants and bars, and private parties for local celebrities such as Mario Andretti. After teaching Science in the Easton Area School District for a year, Mike decided that he wanted to make music his full time profession. Working as lead guitarist and vocalist for the Valley of Sound, he performed upwards of eight times a week at every major Pocono resort, including Paradise Stream, Penn Hills, Strickland’s, Cove Haven, and Pocono Gardens. Mike decided to leave the local Pocono scene to begin traveling on the road and expand his musical horizons.

Mike toured extensively throughout the Northeast and Midwest with Denny Hall’s Ready Mix in 1975, playing show and dance rooms from New York to Columbus to Burlington, Iowa. Mike then became lead guitarist for Allentown’s best known band, Jay and the Techniques. Jay had scored national Top 10 hits with “Apple Peaches Pumpkin Pie” and “Keep the Ball Rollin” and traveled nationally, working the top hotel show rooms and dance clubs from Boston, to Memphis, to Toledo, with occasional Allentown appearances. An interesting offer appeared and Mike became lead guitarist and musical director for Tony Award Winner Frankie Michaels. Frankie had been in the first musical production of “Mame” on Broadway with Angela Lansbury. He won the Tony when he was 11 years old, making him the youngest winner ever, a record that still stands. Concentrating on performances mainly in the Northeast, The Frankie Michaels Road Show worked hotel show rooms and nightclubs.

In 1978 Mike formed his own quartet called Talos which continued traveling the Northeast, working mostly Top 40 dance rooms and hotels. In 1986 Mike decided to get off the road and concentrate on local performances. Working as a solo artist using computer and recording technology, Mike worked restaurants and clubs in the Lehigh Valley and Poconos. As the music scene continued to change, Mike started to DJ as well as play live music. Live music was beginning to become cost prohibitive, especially for wedding receptions, and DJ music seemed to be the way to go. Eventually Mike gave up live music performances and concentrated solely on DJ music. For 20 years Sound FX has been providing high quality musical entertainment for events from birthday parties to wedding receptions.

“It’s Your Party, Do It With Sound FX”