A 31-YEAR-OLD dad has quit his £34,000-a-year steady job to pursue his dream of being a DJ.

Phil Colbert, of Highercroft Road, Lower Darwen, will work his last day as an area team leader at Interbrew UK on Monday before starting his new life.

The family man, who has been DJing since he was 14, had been juggling both jobs but decided to made the break when it all became too much.

Phil was in charge of a team of operators at the brewery, based in Samlesbury, often working 12 hour shifts from 7am after DJing until 1am the same day.

His wife Lyndsey, an education worker at Brook Advisory Centre, Blackburn and 10-year-old daughter Crystal, have both supported his decision.

And his family could soon become part of his long-term business plan of branching out from DJing to running his own events management company.

Phil hopes to begin organising entire evenings including finding venues and caterers whilst DJing himself as well as forming a team of DJs to hire out. He said: "This was a very hard decision. I am now in control of my own destiny. But at least I am my own boss as well. I have gone from the security of a well paid job, to a situation where, well anything can happen.

"But I have every confidence it will work. I have been DJing most weekends already so with the added time to promote myself I will still be able to provide for my family. It won't have to be Lyndsey who is the bread winner. I'm not stopping work for an easy life.

"But I will be able to spend much more time with them now. And we have talked about making it a family business one day if all goes well.

"I want to change the profile of DJing. It is so much more than a scruffy man turning up at a party and pressing a few buttons. It is about being an entertainer.

"I love it. There is nothing more rewarding than the thanks you get at the end of a night. I am so happy I will be living my dream."