I don’t think age matters one bit- if you love music. That’s really the key- loving music and wanting to share it with others. I’ve been collecting and curating music all my life. My dad taught me how to make mixtapes on our Sony reel-to-reel decks when I was a kid, and I went from those, to cassettes, to CDs to purely digital playlists. Now I’m taking courses here to refine my mixing skills and make better mixtapes. I just completed my first original song. And since I have all this music, I’m learning how to DJ with it- I’m taking the masterclass.
I was talking about this to a friend of mine, and she offered me a gig. So, there you go.
I’m 56. And most of my favorite DJs are within a decade of my age: Paul Oakenfold, John Digweed (I saw one of his earliest sets at a rave at Bury St. Edmunds), Pete Tong… And Giorgio Moroder is at it- and he’s 76.
We aten’t dead. 🙂