I don't want to be called a "DJ"

[Karlos Santos]

It's an older DJ thing. It's just something that many (including me) did back when they started.
It wasn't viewed the way it is now. It was something that you called yourself if you were an ACTUAL DJ. You didn't call yourself DJ Billy-Bob if you didn't actually get gigs. It just didn't seem the right thing to do.

These days we have people joining the forum with no gear and certainly no gigs under their belt calling themselves DJ Whoever. It's just the way it is. Don't get me wrong, I don't care but the DJ tag is used with abandon.

If you don't actually DJ, you are not a DJ. Hey Hum doesn't matter but it's true.

I used the DJ tag cus I was amazed that I was actually earning a living from it and I wanted people to know I was a DJ and who I was. I used my real name. People knew/know me as a DJ.

I have since spent a good number of years trying to lose the DJ tag for no other reason that I don't need it and yeah, it sounds a bit naff these days but there are a lot of people that still call me DJ blah blah. I live with it, it's no bad thing cus it often reminds me of the time when I first started to admit to myself that I wasn't just some student with a bag of records playing at a pub but I was a DJ. I earned a living DJing and I did f*ck all else to earn my money. I was very hesitant to call myself a DJ because that was a term reserved for 'real DJ's like Norman Jay or Carl Cox. Took me a while to realise that I didn't have to be world famous to be a 'real DJ'.

This is why you often hear older DJ's whining about kids calling themselves DJ's when all they do is house parties or mates houses.
Personally I couldn't give a rats ass what anyone else calls themselves or what they think they are. It has no baring on me and what I do but I understand why older guys get a bit pissy.

I've got milk.... but I ain't a milk-man.


Oh and another awesome DJ name, DJ SCOTCH EGG.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Scotch_Egg

[kooper1980]

It's an older DJ thing. It's just something that many (including me) did back when they started.
It wasn't viewed the way it is now. It was something that you called yourself if you were an ACTUAL DJ. You didn't call yourself DJ Billy-Bob if you didn't actually get gigs. It just didn't seem the right thing to do.

These days we have people joining the forum with no gear and certainly no gigs under their belt calling themselves DJ Whoever. It's just the way it is. Don't get me wrong, I don't care but the DJ tag is used with abandon.

If you don't actually DJ, you are not a DJ. Hey Hum doesn't matter but it's true.

I used the DJ tag cus I was amazed that I was actually earning a living from it and I wanted people to know I was a DJ and who I was. I used my real name. People knew/know me as a DJ.

I have since spent a good number of years trying to lose the DJ tag for no other reason that I don't need it and yeah, it sounds a bit naff these days but there are a lot of people that still call me DJ blah blah. I live with it, it's no bad thing cus it often reminds me of the time when I first started to admit to myself that I wasn't just some student with a bag of records playing at a pub but I was a DJ. I earned a living DJing and I did f*ck all else to earn my money. I was very hesitant to call myself a DJ because that was a term reserved for 'real DJ's like Norman Jay or Carl Cox. Took me a while to realise that I didn't have to be world famous to be a 'real DJ'.

This is why you often hear older DJ's whining about kids calling themselves DJ's when all they do is house parties or mates houses.
Personally I couldn't give a rats ass what anyone else calls themselves or what they think they are. It has no baring on me and what I do but I understand why older guys get a bit pissy.

I've got milk.... but I ain't a milk-man.


Oh and another awesome DJ name, DJ SCOTCH EGG.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Scotch_Egg

HAHA you really got in to that rant didnt you??!!

[Kelsey1B]

My sister was talking to me about what my alias was going to be once things here get rolling, and I told her that I don't want to be "DJ" ANYTHING, I just want to be me, Christian. When it comes to the banners/posters I literally just want to have my first name up there.

This might come across as the MOST dumb ass question to date, but is that "allowed"? Can I just use my first name as my "DJ" name? I don't even want DJ in front of it, just, Christian.

Your forum name is dam cool, just use that

[wrong chris]

hmm just "Christian"... doesn't sound right, religious connotation aside, a little bland honestly.

simple names are cool, but there's a fine line between simple and uninteresting. could you tack on your middle name or last name to fill it out?

[Polygon]

Crix

[ReggieUK]

How about Chris Chun?

[wrong chris]

christian -> chris-chin -> chris chim -> chim chim

chim chim, like the monkey from speed racer. haha silly right, i don't know man just spit-balling

you could also do that old pornstar trick where you take the name of your first pet and the street name of your first address!

[Polygon]

How about Chris Chun?

I actually repeated that one in my mind a couple times, sounds real good!

[beckman2007]

I go with "Dirty Trunk Monkey". Just some random set of words i thought sounded good.

[ryan6262]

Yeah definitely. There's so many who don't use DJ. A lot of people just use their real names e.g 'Marco Carola', or a moniker, eg; 'Loco Dice'. I know that example's Tech House specific but it applies across the spectrum.