I emailed DJ Shiftee

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 tutore

a week for two years, helping

me develop correct technigue: Practiced four hours a day

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

t When I started deejaying at clubs, I wouldn't tell the

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

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

would say, Oh, here's the check. "And Id say. What? Oh, I

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

bring doctor's 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/" peopl

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/fi/谢夫迪(美国DJ,两届 Disco Mix Club World DJ Championships定军)

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

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 Ive been known by tha

name ever since