3 I e-mailed DJ Shif

I was 25: "I know you like a challenge. How about teaching a

deaf person to deejay? "He wrote back the next day: "Challenge

accepted. "He tutored me twice a week for two years, helping tute

me develop correct technique. I practiced four hours a day

Now when I'm performing, muscle memory takes over

4 When I started deejaying at clubs, I wouldnt tell the

managers I was deaf. I would just show up, introduce myself, she

and start playing music. At the end of the night, someone

would say, Oh, heres the check. " And Id say, "What? Oh

can't hear. "They were always so surprised. Sometimes I would al

bring doctors notes because they wouldn't believe me. It was

reassurance that they were giving me jobs because I was good,

not out of sympathy. Eventually people started calling me"that

Deaf DJ. "and the name stuck

5 For a show, I set up one speaker facing my left side, my

good ear, and make it louder all the way up. The speakers that

1 Shiftee//jfi/谢夫迪(美国D,两届 Disco Mix Club World DJ Championships军)

2 Challenge accepted: an expression used to indicate that the speaker is willing to

attempt to complete a difficult task

3 Now when I'm performing, muscle memory takes over. Now when Im per

forming, my body movements become automatic as a result of repeated practice

4 and the name stuck: and the name stayed with me; and I've been known by that

name ever since