The Galway-based Corkonian takes some time out from a quality-filled 2011 to get Straight to the Point...

John Daly is from Cork, Ireland, now relocated to Galway. For many years he has been producing music and djing. Along with releases on his own label, Feel Music, he has also had several releases on labels such as Francois K's Wave Music, Geneva based Plak Records and Cologne's International Records Recordings, along with remixes for the likes of REKIDS, Compost Records, Flexx, Internasjonal and many more.

First record bought...

The Hits album 1. which was a lucky break considering some of the tracks on there....laura brannigan "self control", van halen "jump", careless whisper, big in japan, lost in music, thriller, purple rain....they sure don't make pop music like they used to.

Last record I listened to was ...

lil louis - "how i feel"

The record I pretend I don't love is ...

the hits album 1? or any of my own records...

The record I always go back to…

candido - thousand finger man

My biggest musical inspiration is...

hmmm...jimi hendrix? there's lots more though...

My first gigging experience was…

dj gig? the roundy in cork at the launch of a compilation of local producers. i played a load of bowie and zeppelin and got booted off!

My worst gigging experience was…

i dont want to single any one experience out...

My best gigging experience was…

one would be the gingerbread house, cork 2003. we ran a semi legit 2am-5am party for 8 weeks until the cops closed it down...there's been many more great gigs since though...hard to pick one out

The person I would least like to share a stage with would be…

Me

If I wasn’t a musician I would be a…

Cook

Your favourite Youtube…?