Oh gosh, well a lot of people didn’ t take me seriously, I had to really prove myself, a lot of people would be watching me to see what I was doing. I wasn’ t really prepared for this, I did find this hard and it stayed with me for a while. A lot of people would ask if I was capable and I thought would you be asking a man this? I used to get really defensive about it, but I learnt how to overcome this I decided to up my game and perfect my skill and I learned to brush off anything that the guys were saying.
Now you’ ve got a night you run yourself called Ones & Twos. Tell us little bit more about that.
Well the reason why I started Ones and Twos was because I wanted to be able to shine the light on other DJ’ s, because when your just starting out especially as a bedroom DJ you need to have the opportunity to play in front of people. Sometimes though I would get established DJ’ s coming through to play as gave them a chance to play music that they wouldn’ t normally play and then I would get complete beginners who could just about put the needle to the record.
Now we asked our Facebook readers what do they think about female DJ’ s, and one response we received said that about 90 % of female DJ’ s are booked only because of how they look and that they can dress half naked. What would you say to them?
Where’ s he getting his statistics from? How do they know that? I don’ t know if that’ s true or not. I don’ t know if I could walk into a club half naked with my Mac and my Serato and say book me! Is it that easy?
( Laughs)
What’ s your thoughts on female celebrities like Paris Hilton who try their hands at DJ’ ing?
I think some do it cause they want to give it a go, but I would say they do need to dig a little deeper and perhaps perfect their skill before going out into the open with it. Someone like Paris Hilton could pay a top top DJ to train her and really perfect the art of DJ’ ing.
Now for other females who want to DJ, what advice would you give to them?
Err gosh, I’ d say it is hard, but there are females out there who make it and make good money out of it. You have to put in 150 % effort in and know what you are willing to do and what you are not willing to do and stick to it. Set yourself a goal and stick to it, but most of all, know that it’ s a journey, enjoy it. I Love it! cont...
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