Kenya’s entertainment industry has a surplus in the form of deejays. Renowned deejays such as DJ Kalonje, Demakufu and Lyta, however, peg their rise to stardom to matatus.
Every single matatu nowadays competes with each other by providing the best sound system as well as visuals in the form of graffiti.
The sound system and visual aesthetics wouldn’t be a good investment if the deejay’s music is not appealing at all. It ruins someone’s commuting experience.
These are some of the characteristics that make a good deejay.
The music mixes make you want to stay in the jam forever
There are those matatus you enter and the music seeps straight to your bone marrow. Song after song gives you the impression of the meticulous selection that went into the production of the mix. You just want to stay in the jam forever, or you reach your destination too fast, if you were in a hurry.
The mix makes you ask ‘who is that deejay?’
Most deejays announce their names every three seconds, ruining the listening experiences. On the contrary, there are those deejays who don’t joke with their mixes. You listen until you ask yourself who the genius is.
Avoids unnecessary sound effects
There are those deejays who are fond of sound effects. In their minds, the epitome of deejaying is in sound effects, coupled by absurd statements such as ‘you grandmothers favorite deejay.’ As far as you are concerned, your grandmother is nearing a hundred, and (with all due respect) half deaf. A good deejay avoids such sound effects or keeps them at a minimal.
Sticks to one genre of music
A good deejay sticks to one genre of music. If it is reggae, then it should be reggae all through. If it is local music, then by God stick to it. A deejay may be tempted to appeal to all people’s music taste and end up ruining for everyone.
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