Hello! I am Dj Mikey. My other names are: Michael Li/Mike/Maico, and so forth, you get the idea. I started DJing in 2003 when I attended a weekend course at a DJ school in West London. The next day, I bought myself a pair of budget Numark equipment and started practising. A little while later, I played in clubs all over London. However I much prefer this turntablism thingymajiggy. So a year later, I broke my little pink piggybank and got myself a pair of Technics 1200s and a Technics mixer. Until now, I've been battling for a year and I won the HK DMCs in 2006.
To me, turntablism is about incorporating all genres of music together, accepting rather than rejecting new ideas. Everything is a learning process. Every dj, let alone a mix or scratch dj, has something to bring to the game, and respecting that is the key to improving as a dj. I don't dress hip hop or anything and my head's too big to wear baseball caps, but the way i understand it is that hip hop is all about hunger, competition in a sense. That is the way that the hip hop circle has broadened and it will always be there as a culture. My style is energetic and rhythm oriented... well ... at least that's what I try to become. My aim in this dj battle thing is to make my music heard... my emotions as a scratcher and my logic as a juggler. To conclude, big up to my family who have supported me, all the djs out there who have given me inspiration, my friends who helped me with my routines, the player haters who drive me to do better, my turtle and all those who breathe hip hop. BLAO! ~~dj mikey
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