How old were you when you started to DJ?

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Posted by ChavezHype on May-27-2003 02:46:

How old were you when you started to DJ?

I've been reading about various big-line djs and I wanted to ask all of you... at what point did YOU start this hobby/profession/passion?
Just would like to know, seems that alot of them started early to mid teens.

Posted by MASTERsplinter on May-27-2003 02:59:

when i was 11\12
i mixed for the 1st time
and since than im mixing..
(im 18 now)

Posted by twizta on May-27-2003 03:14:

started when i was 15

Posted by hapamoto on May-27-2003 13:56:

i was 20 before i touched a TT.. i'm 23 now, i feel old here.

Posted by b|p|3m on May-27-2003 17:11:

I started to dj at 16 years old on turntables of a friend of mine and on my pc. Now i'm 20.

Posted by JohnSmith on May-27-2003 17:16:

quote:
Originally posted by hapamoto
i was 20 before i touched a TT.. i'm 23 now, i feel old here.

same here. except, i was only on Virtual Turntables mixing MP3s at 20. at around 21, i tried some decks, and knew i needed them. now, 23 had my decks a year and loving em!

Posted by -CosmicFire- on May-27-2003 19:26:

Posted by ChavezHype on May-27-2003 19:32:

young'n's. It's nice that you guys got to start so early... I never had the cash until now... but I still think I'm pretty young at 17. I don't think it matters so much the age, what really probably matters is how fast you can pick it up.

Posted by Tiger777 on May-27-2003 19:56:

Almost 17 here. I was 16year and 2 months when i started. So, i've been dj'in for 9 months now...

Posted by _Nut_ on May-27-2003 21:12:

First laid my hands on tables at age 16. Messed around for a bit, and left it alone. Picked it back up hard core at 18 when i bought stanton str8-80's and a stanton RM-something mixer. Perfect that in about a year and a half and bought techs shortly there after.

Which leads me to present. Age 22.

btw. soon my system will be for sale; techs, mixer, and about 1000 or so vinyl. No need to take them with me to europe to live. Im thinking its time to hang the headphones up. Ive gotten where i wanted to and im happy.

Posted by DR86 on May-27-2003 21:40:

14....but my dad would let me "DJ" his dinner-parties when I was younger....

Posted by woody87 on May-27-2003 22:48:

I was 14 when I first started about 8 weeks before my 15th birthday and I'm 16 now.

Woody

Posted by The_Groove on May-28-2003 01:12:

Wow, I was not aware that so many people got started this early. I was DJing at a skating rink at 16, but kinda lost touch with DJing until about a couple years later. I picked up some equipment when I was 18 and have been doing it ever since (I'm 21).

I'm glad to see that people started young, we need to overpower this older generation of DJs that tell us about the "good old days" in Chicago and Detroit, when house was just coming into its own blah blah blah. I appreciate the nostalgia, but I live in the present, thanks.

Oops..started a rant. I'll stop now.

Posted by conk on May-28-2003 02:26:

started at 15 with traktor, now im 16 with tables

Posted by DJ Tranz on May-29-2003 14:54:

Damn it, I wish I would have started way back just like Armin(AVB)did(he and I are same age) when he was 4, but I waited 21yrs to start at 25, now 26. Fortunately though, I've always been involved with Music, playing piano or drumms, singing, or dance competitions(not ballroom dancing, but modern dances when I was like 8 to 11)So that helped me understand how to LISTEN to music and not just hear it.Those who have been doing this for a while, know exactly what I mean by that. Cheers...

Posted by Luke Terry on May-29-2003 15:57:

started about a month before my 16th b-day and have been spinning 18 months making me 17

Posted by DJ-Ande on May-29-2003 15:58:

quote:
Originally posted by twizta
started when i was 15

Posted by Nabistai on May-29-2003 16:23:

I think about a month before my 17th birthday, so about 6-7 months ago i think