 By 18 Jonsin had graduated to spinning at Miami and South Florida dance clubs and formed his own record label called Cut It Up Def Records and produced one of its first singles, "Cut It Up Def" which independently sold 40,000 units.Jonsin had become well known in the region by the time he released his next production, the single "Party Time", which he also rapped on.Jonsin's success in South Florida led him to a deal with California-based Heat Wave Records.