Decks how you do it

Melissa Kok

The Straits Times

Publication Date : 17-02-2014

Superstar disc jockeys (DJs) are the new rock stars. That is one reason there are more DJ-ing courses offered in Singapore than in years past

Student Lucas Lee, 15, signed up for DJ lessons last July at Pop Trash at Peninsula Shopping Centre, and attends a class once every couple of weeks. "I play the drums, keyboards, trumpet and guitar, and I've always liked music. One day, I walked by the school and decided to sign up. Right now, I'm experimenting with deep house and electronica music."

Veteran DJ Ash Narayan, 43, who started DJ school Pop Trash in 2002, says: "It's a bit of a trend - being a DJ is like being the new rock star. I mean, you have people such as Grammy-winning English music producer Jamie XX and even British rock band Radiohead's Thom Yorke who are also DJ-ing."

With the rise of electronic dance music, a wave of aspiring DJs has hit the decks, hoping to follow in the footsteps of popular DJs and music producers such as French house DJ David Guetta, Dutch DJ Hardwell and Swedish house wunderkind Avicii.

There are now more than a dozen schools and instructors offering DJ-ing and electronic music production courses to people who want to master the craft as a hobby or who have dreams of spinning to hundreds in a nightclub.

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