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Twin cities' deejays pack in a lot between brunches, coffee and downloads during the day, writes SYEDA FARIDA
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Gupshup (From left) Kanna composes while Piyush Bajaj plays snooker. Asif creates remixes and Sonal wields the pen Photo: Mohd Yousuf
DJ Murthy spins music at Sparks. He has a massive following of international clients who trip on House and Hip Hop. Ever wondered what he does when not behind the console? "By the time you are up, half the day is gone (read 4 p.m.). It is a late start. Typical day is like — coffee-downloading music-eating-burning CD, before you head back to the pub at 7 p.m.," he says.
`I never work on a Monday,' says DJ Yogi, resident DJ at Touch. If it is deejaying by the night, the MBA (finance) pro helps his father on the family pharmaceutical distribution business. His favourite pastime when at home is playing with his one and a half year old German shepherd Bonzo. But again, most of the time during the day goes, "doing daily homework on music," says Yogi.
The second best option is a computer, deejays opine. "URLs such as Ministry of Sound or www.bet.com, the latter for Hip Hop help with what's new on the international circuit," says DJ Siddhu, the Hip Hop deejay at Equinox. There is new music to be introduced at the pub for the evening, so.
"Deejaying is not a part time thing as most people think. It takes a lot of efforts if you want to pursue it seriously. Playing is the fun part of the whole deal. To get ready for that, is a long procedure. When you are not playing, you are sorting out music, making your set depending on what kind of party you are playing for and practising," explains DJ Sonal. "Owing to deadlines you don't have late nights as in other metros that party till wee hours. This way you get your share of beauty sleep," she adds. She does manage to squeeze in a few hours of writing.
Work and play
But it is not `all work and no play' in the disc jockeying world. When not surfing the net for music update, DJ Piyush Bajaj likes watching comedies on Star TV and Zee English, or playing Batman currently loaded on his computer, and snooker of course.
DJ Asif, resident deejay at Level, is also hooked on to snooker, as also his play station. Find him playing the pro game DJ Sigma, picking up points for the records he collects from all over the world. Cool huh? There is the tough part that follows next on his day's `to do' list--doing remixes. His Lamhe (Zeher) and Sajna (Waisa Bhi Hota Hai II) are the hottest dance tracks in town. One deejay who loves to jive at after parties apart from turntabling is DJ Kanna of Bottles & Chimney. "Its a tough day," he says as he chalks out one hour for swimming and time for working on his own projects — composing new music after a really long night. Phew! The deejays pack a great deal in their average day and yet manage to rock the parties. Come 6 p.m. its time to set shop as revellers are waiting. Did someone crib that eight hours of sleep is too less?
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