Wanting to be a dj

[claretclubber]

Reading an article about Sankeys. DJ Jacinta Owen said
"I remember being there... on the dance floor and thinking 'Wow that's what I want to be. I want to be a DJ,'"

Am I in a minority, of all the clubs, festivals or fields I've been - I've never wanted to be a DJ Lots of mates have decks set up at home, I love listening to music but have little interest in trying to mix or knowing a tune within the first few beats

'A night at Sankeys Manchester changed my life'

Jacinta Owen believes she "found her calling" at Manchester's nightclub Sankeys.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Buckley]

Reading an article about Sankeys. DJ Jacinta Owen said
"I remember being there... on the dance floor and thinking 'Wow that's what I want to be. I want to be a DJ,'"

Am I in a minority, of all the clubs, festivals or fields I've been - I've never wanted to be a DJ Lots of mates have decks set up at home, I love listening to music but have little interest in trying to mix or knowing a tune within the first few beats

'A night at Sankeys Manchester changed my life'

Jacinta Owen believes she "found her calling" at Manchester's nightclub Sankeys.

www.bbc.co.uk

I suspect that we all, to a greater or lesser extent, want some attention. Dare I say there was some attention-seeking in my 'DJing' BITD, when I appeared on flyers, in club-listings and was even photographed in the booth with headphones on, when I couldn't mix concrete.*

I'd imagine social media and EDM has hugely increased the proportion of DJs who are more interested in fame/attention than music. That's the world we're in now, for everything, not just DJing.

*well, I could mix concrete, but you get my point

 

[W_I_C]

Am I in a minority, of all the clubs, festivals or fields I've been - I've never wanted to be a DJ Lots of mates have decks set up at home, I love listening to music but have little interest in trying to mix or knowing a tune within the first few beats

me neither tbh. Being on the dancefloor is my number one priority

 

[jimmiz]

Same for me, my place is in front of the speakers.

 

[diver]

there’s something very satisfying about finding good music and sharing with others. That would be my motivation

 

[JayDR8]

I've had some dalliances with it, but ultimately I find the balance of the effort that I'd put in to it doesn't win out when I can be dancing/chilling/whatever the vibe is, so my decks are becoming dustier and dustier. As i'm getting older the burden of keeping up the ridiculous amount of things I do becomes more stress as they start to stack up and very rarely any get dropped, so that one had to go!

there’s something very satisfying about finding good music and sharing with others. That would be my motivation

People that find and share music are good people, and that is definitely an interest of mine, I like to think i'm hot on anything ahead of pretty much most people.

 

[claretclubber]

there’s something very satisfying about finding good music and sharing with others. That would be my motivation

Don't disagree @diver when you hear something new or left field that works, you think wow! We're currently waffling in kitchen about the music around the pool at Pikes, stuff I don't hear often or at all but still not driven me to want to mix

 

[Browny]

Im the opposite, i really want to learn (been saying it years mind)!