DJing
When in University, Lightbody met Nick DeCosemo (a fellow student) and the two became friends. DeCosemo also moved in Lightbody's Springfield apartment when he moved out of his parents' house. Nick had formed a club night called The Spaceship at the Tay Hotel. Along with Lightbody, friends Roy Kerr, Tom Simpson and Anu Pillai also used to DJ there. They mixed up various styles of music as house, guitar and hip hop. They gained a loyal following and socialized together for about two years. Lightbody later co-wrote "What are You Waiting For" on the album Strangest Things, with Anu Pillai for Freeform Five. It was written before Snow Patrol released Final Straw, during a time when Lightbody was staying over at the band's place for a few days. Pillai had to literally drag a hungover Lightbody to the studio. Once there, however, Gary would come through for them.
He has filled in for DJ Zane Lowe on his BBC radio show on one occasion during the 2007 takeovers. He was subsequently voted the best fill-in DJ amongst them by the listeners. He has compiled two DJ mix albums, one in The Trip series: The Trip: Created by Snow Patrol, and another with band mate Tom Simpson, called Late Night Tales: Snow Patrol on the Late Night Tales series.
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