Disc Jockey

Mash Mendiratta | Resident DJ | Playboy Club

What is Disc Jockey?

A Career in Disc Jockey is very interesting. Understanding Why one wants to choose a Career in Disc Jockey is phenomenally more important than figuring out How to get into Disc Jockey. While anyone can have an opinion on what Disc Jockey entails; only a real professional can really explain it.

With 21 years of professional experience, Resident DJ Mash Mendiratta understands Disc Jockey. Resident DJ Mash Mendiratta defines Disc Jockey as:

A disc jockey, often abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays existing recorded music for a live audience. Most common types of DJs include radio DJ, club DJ who performs at a nightclub or music festival and turntablist who uses record players, usually turntables, to manipulate sounds on phonograph records. Originally, the disc in disc jockey referred to gramophone records, but now DJ is used as an all-encompassing term to describe someone who mixes recorded music from any source, including cassettes, CDs or digital audio files on a CDJ or laptop. The title DJ is commonly used by DJs in front of their real names or adopted pseudonyms or stage names

How Resident DJ Mash Mendiratta got into Disc Jockey?

After doing my schooling from Cambridge School Delhi, I did BBA from APJ School of Marketing and B Com from Delhi University. After that, I did Audio Engineering from SAE, Sydney and Masters in Business Intelligence from Australian Catholic University. I got trained from DJ Rummy and started playing in 1997. I travel for my performance to various countries like Australia, New Zeeland, Thailand, Singapore and others. In 2010, I won the Ultimate DJ championship which was organized by MTV and Submerge, after which MTV and Pioneer signed me as an official DJ.

Resident DJ Mash Mendiratta's Talk on Disc Jockey

Starts with what is:
1)	Disc Jockey

Next, it covers Education. It was a welcome change to see the Talk touch upon Education as theoretical knowledge needed to excel at Disc Jockey, and not merely as Qualifications needed to enter Disc Jockey. It defines Education in terms of following items for Disc Jockey:
2)	Music Theory
3)	Various Genres of Music
4)	Equipments Knowledge

Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. Skills are the most important factor determining success in a Disc Jockey. Here is a list of Skills required for Disc Jockey:
5)	Patience
6)	Social Media
7)	Musical Instruments
8)	Connecting with Audience
9)	Continuous Updating

Disc Jockey has an interesting list of Positives. This Talk defines Positives in terms of following items for Disc Jockey:
10)	Name and Fame
11)	Monetary Benefits
12)	Travelling

Challenges define Disc Jockey as much as the Positives of the same:
13)	Societal Challenge
14)	Competition
15)	Short Lifecycle
16)	No Personal Life

In the final section of the Talk, Mash Mendiratta talks about How a day goes in a Career in:
17)	Disc Jockey

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Links for this Talk

Resident DJ Mash Mendiratta's LifePage:

[LifePage]
https://www.lifepage.in/page/mashmendiratta

LifePage Career Talk on Disc Jockey

[Career]
https://www.lifepage.in/careers/disc-jockey-2

[Full Talk]
https://lifepage.app.link/20181002-0001

[Trailer]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxszbo4LNpU

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