Growing up, Shaw was always involved in the arts, taking part in piano lessons, choir training, and school theatre, while also finding time to teach himself the guitar and drums.

Prior to teaming up with Shaw, Henderson ran two successful nightclubs in Waterloo, 140 West and Tabu, before a fire in 2010 destroyed both of the clubs.

[1] In November 2010 Henderson opened BETA in Waterloo,[2] which after 6 years of bringing top talent like Steve Angello, Tiesto and Avicii, closed its doors[3] in early 2017.

[5] Multiple Top 100 hits followed on Monstercat before Project 46 made their first undeniable impact on the dance music scene with their breakthrough release "Reasons" featuring the vocals of Andrew Allen in April 2012.

That same year Project 46 debuted at #100 on the DJ Mag Top 100 list, joining Richie Hawtin and Deadmau5 as the only Canadian DJs to make the poll.

Their first big-name collaboration was in February with dance music legend Paul Oakenfold on "Higher" featuring Daphne, which they released for free download and saw support from the likes of Gareth Emery, Thomas Gold and 3lau.

[citation needed] In September 2013, Project 46 put out their biggest hit to date, a collaboration with top producer Kaskade titled "Last Chance" that was featured as the opening track on his Grammy-nominated album Atmosphere.

[8] The pair wrapped up the landmark year jumping 30 spots on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs[9] poll to #70 before being commissioned by popular act Krewella for an official remix of "United Kids of the World".