I'm a DJ : )
Pretty much every time I do a gig, open up for a band... even at my regular weekly night, I get people come up to me and say, "I don't ever see female DJS!" They ask me how I got into it, admire my equipment (ey up, you) and so on. Thing is - I'm not a great DJ by any means. I just stand out coz I'm a girl.

Kelis is awesome. I really like 'Trick Me'.
( d3gu thinks you should buy a Dinohoodie., Sun 27 Dec 2009, 21:15, 1 reply)

And another thing
If I'm in a club I would rather gurn in the general direction of Miss Kittin in a black catsuit than Meat Katie.

Maybe that's my sexist view....
( TheFinch is getting to grips with the complex plane on, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 21:24, closed)

*googles*
Me too :D

(I got vaguely offended then, as my name is Katie, but then realised you wouldn't have known that)
( d3gu thinks you should buy a Dinohoodie., Sun 27 Dec 2009, 21:27, closed)

I should have just said Mark Pember.... He's like the Phil Mitchell of Breakbeat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wl_uQOABxg
( TheFinch is getting to grips with the complex plane on, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 21:29, closed)

Saw this cool post...
www.erolalkan.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=309944

BTW, as a female DJ do you often get a patronising educational demonstration of the decks and mixer from any male DJ who happens to be around when you arrive with your tunes?
( TheFinch is getting to grips with the complex plane on, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 23:12, closed)

Nope.
I don't think anyone would - not for the sort of stuff I do, anyway. If I'm using someone else's kit, they will normally give me a quick demo, but not in a patronising way. A few times I have 'interned' with some really talented guys, and I've just sat back in awe as they do their thing. They could be a bit moody if I got in the way, but I think that's more to do with the distraction rather than me being a girl.

Even my boss doesn't know how to set up my kit 100% right. And he owns some of it!

People have tried asking if I need help - the only thing I get them to do is to carry the heavy stuff & get things off hight shelves (I'm 5ft nothing) :D
( d3gu thinks you should buy a Dinohoodie., Mon 28 Dec 2009, 0:25, closed)

Hmmm
that's probably part of the problem. Successful men often aren't easy on the eye. Successful women usually are.
( Fitznicely into a thimble, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 21:36, closed)

pfft
Susan Boyle
Dawn French
Kathy Burke
Whoopi Goldberg
Tamsin Greig

Oh yeh, they're all so fit.
( d3gu thinks you should buy a Dinohoodie., Sun 27 Dec 2009, 22:23, closed)

Tamsin Greig is fit!
Susan Boyle is famous BECAUSE she's ugly, making her a total anomaly.
And the others are all character actors.
( Fitznicely into a thimble, Mon 28 Dec 2009, 1:39, closed)

I wouldn't say Tamsin Greig is classically pretty
I think she's handsome. I know that's a weird word to describe a woman, but mehhh
( d3gu thinks you should buy a Dinohoodie., Mon 28 Dec 2009, 1:43, closed)