DJ Micro was on tour supporting what is popularly claimed to be his best-mixed compilation to date: Micro Tech-Mix 2000. It was the unbelievable, high-energy track selection, seamless mixing, and complete and utter dance floor control Micro exhibited that mesmerized Shaman.
With tenacious vigor and an open, sincere agenda, Shaman embraced the Albany scene, quickly developing a network of the movers and shakers that held the keys to the doors that needed to be unlocked.
It was not long after Shaman showcased his unique blend of hard progressive and epic trance combined with the aggressive style Albany DJ's are known for at WuBaDang Productions first event "Laced", that local promoters began to take notice and book him for slots at their events.
It was "Fate", WuBaDang Productions largest event to date, that Shaman was able to fulfill the dream that was born the day the seed of passion for electronic music was planted, to open for DJ Micro.
At 12:45 Micro stepped into the DJ booth. Shaman had just dropped into Micro's remix of Cleveland Lounge "Drowning". The dance floor was packed and in a frenzy. The next and last two songs of Shaman's set, "Pistol Whip" by Joshua Ryan and Tom Wilson's "Technocat 2000" met the overwhelming approval of both the crowd and DJ Micro who at 1:00am stepped to the decks with confidence and grace, flawlessly mixed out of Shaman's last selection, and for the next hour with the precision and skill of a neurosurgeon destroyed the dance floor as only he can.
Since then Shaman has performed at major events for some of the east coast's most prominent production companies including True and Y2K. In March of 2004 he found himself in South Beach, Miami during the WMC playing alongside the likes of Donald Glaude, Knowledge, and Josh the Funky 1 at one of the four scheduled Gathering of the Tribes events.