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8 Reasons Why DJs Are Musicians

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Alec Grossman
Jan 18, 2016
Skidmore College
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8 Reasons Why DJs Are Musicians

I hate it when people tell me that DJs are not really musicians. As a DJ—checkout my Soundcloud, “DJ DW, (like that girl in Arthur, the TV show for kids who aren’t old enough to tell that the kids are animals and not humans. I want to punch these little mother fuckers in the face.) I understand the struggles.

Being a DJ is hard. Here are some reasons why:

1. The turntables have holes in the middle and that reminds me of donuts.

2. “Shake it Off” has 180 beats per minute (BPM) and “Holler Back Girl” has 240 BPM.

3. Bar Mitzvahs.

I want to play the songs kids like, but then they all start grinding with each other. Then I play a slow song, they all pair off except for that kid named Dudley who always gets picked last for dodgeball and doesn’t have a girl to dance with and he starts crying. He’s not even Jewish, but he’s still wearing his yarmulke.

4. Because DJing only consists of randomly pushing buttons, you have a lot of free time.

All of that free time makes me think of what I should name my cat. It’s been 5 years and he doesn’t have a name yet!!

5. I have to do that thing where I put one headphone cup to one of my ears and bop my head along.

6. DJ stands for dangerous jockstraps.

You try wearing a jockstrap with 500 snakes in it!

7. DJs have to try to pretend really hard that the music they play is original and not copied off of other people’s works!

8. I can’t stop thinking about how disappointing that Star Wars movie was while I DJ!

How am I supposed to focus when Maz’s character development was so rushed!

DJing takes skill and musicianship just like the violin or flute. So don't tell me I'm not a musician. Tell me I'm beautiful. I am YoYo Ma

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