Is a DJ a Musician?

Musician

I was a baby boy, and I was arithmetic still I wanted to be a musician... or is a DJ not considered a Musician?

DJ´s were the club´s heroes, but my passion for making people move to my choices started way before I even knew what a club was.
I used to play the music during my parents' get-togethers with their friends... not much later those friends let me do the same thing at their parties. I was just a baby back then.

Later on, I was part of, or rather wanted to be part of, our high-school DJ squad. I was the spare part, only needed as a backup. I did not own the equipment, so I guess I had to settle for what they offered me.

This didn´t last long and I kinda let go of my dream....

Fast Forward

Many years later, I was still knee-deep in music, I met this guy. He was a goth guy, and he was organizing monthly parties in several Dutch cities.

Well, one thing led to another and he asked me if I would like to DJ at his parties. He knew it was a dream of mine, and he was basically looking for someone (other than himself) to play some music for a couple of hours, so he could focus on doing a bit of PR instead of being stuck in the DJ booth all night.

He didn´t mind I had no experience and no Goth music. He lend me his CD case for 2 weeks. Two weeks later I played my first gig.

Fast Forward Again

From that first gig onwards things went very fast. I got a job being an 80´s DJ in my fav. bar dancing.

I had been visiting this place called Extase in Tilburg, which was known for being a Rock, Metal, Alternative music place, every weekend for years. Also every Wednesday for those eighties parties, and I had bragged that I could do a better job than most of the Wednesday DJ´s.

Thanks to someone knowing someone I got my ticket in, and that first Wednesday was a Blast.

In the years to come, I grew and so did my gigs, I ended up playing for thousands of people every month. I pretty much became one of the most well-known DJs in and around the city of Tilburg.

And then life happened

I was able to stop when my popularity was at it´s peak.I´ve seen many of my colleagues keep on going, while they lost their connection with the audience some time back already. Technically they are still great, but if the floor does not dig you anymore....you are OUT.

I got out in time, only to come back 10 years later to play a reunion gig that was bigger than any other event I played before.

But that was it. Back in Spain I missed the sharing of great music with an audience, I missed feeling like Christian Slater in Pump up the Volume.

So about a year ago, I started my Midnight Gems Sessions. Articles where I play unknown gems and forgotten diamonds. In general, it´s 9 songs with a little bit of me in between each song.

After a while, I also turned those articles into YouTube playlists and although my audience is much smaller (close to non-existent)
nowadays I really enjoy creating these little Gem Sessions.

This was the first one I posted :

MidNight Gems - Undiscovered, Underrated & Forgotten Songs vol.1 "Shoe-Gaze Sapphires"

This was one I posted a year later:

MidNight Gems - Undiscovered, Underrated & Forgotten Songs vol.69 "A very Dark Mea Culpa"

If you enjoy those let me know, as I plan to do many more.

Now the only question left is.....is a DJ a Musician? Real musicians play other people's music, or their own....so does a DJ, right?

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