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Ie-mailed DJ Shiftee, a well-known New York City DJ. when I was 25: I know you like a challenge, How ahaut teaching a
deaf person to deejay? He wrote back the next day: "Challenge
accepted."He tutored me twice a week for two years, helping
me develop correct technique. I practiced four hours a day
Now when Im 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
and start playing music. At the end of the night, someone
would say, " Oh, here's the check. "And I'd say, "What? Oh, I
cant hear. They were always so surprised. Sometimes I would
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 "tha
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
