Career

DJ Dav, aka Ryan Davenport, began DJing back in the early 90's at the University of Missouri before transferring to Michigan State University. Dav was lucky enough to fall into playing house parties for the huge MSU Ski Club, which led directly to working with a popular local cover band named Insol. The band introduced the East Lansing, MI bar scene to the up and coming DJ. Within the next few years Dav began mixing on turntables and became a regular at numerous spots around Michigan, all while calling Lansing home. This is when he began forming his unique style, mixing anything from Hip Hop and Old School, to House, to Disco and 80's.

In 2007, DJ Dav was chosen by StudentCity.com and American Eagle Clothing to be their Acapulco, Mexico spring break DJ. On top of rocking the decks for 28 days straight he was also able to work with DJ AM and DJ Skribble. He moved to Park City, UT in 2008 and quickly became a go to DJ in the popular destination resort town. Within the first few months the local paper was quoted as writing, "With chops like his, people are bound to catch on quickly". In 2011 he moved back to Detroit, the birthplace of techno, and began getting back into the technical aspects of DJing. After winning the 2013 Michigan DJ Olympics in Lansing, MI, DJ Dav was a highly sought after DJ in Detroit's open format scene.

In mid 2014, Dav was hand picked by UK legend Grant Nelson to be a part of the D3EP Radio Network (www.d3ep.com). Over the almost three years he was on the station, DJ Dav posted over 125 mixes. 2015 led to becoming part of the City Air Detroit crew, which throws house/techno parties in Detroit with some of the city's best DJs.

2020 led to uncertain times for all working DJs. Dav jumped on the livestream train as soon as the COVID pandemic started. It has since proved to be the thing that helped him truly fall in love with DJing again. The reason? Anything goes! Dav quickly realized this was the place he could play the music he listens to. Anything from House/Techno, to New Wave, Classic Dance, Funk, Alternative, and more. Follow at twitch.tv/djdav_4 to have some online fun!

DJ Dav got into DJing because he loves making people dance. No matter the venue, the time slot, or the genre, you're guaranteed a great time!