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Shyami Mahendra has always been fascinated by the idea of becoming a DJ and she didn’t want to let being a girl get in the way. “DJing was until a few years ago more of a man’s playground…so breaking in to that was a bit difficult…You have to really be committed to do it and it’s difficult for any person to have a nine to five job and be a DJ,” she says. Somehow, Shyami (who works as a secretary in a reputed company) manages to do both.
Most of her work is at events rather than in the clubs, which she says don’t always value DJs as they should. Wherever she plays, she goes by the handle Kc Grey – she chose it because she wanted a catchy stage name, “something classy and sexy.” Shyami loves playing for a crowd: “seeing them dance and be happy, enjoying my spin - you can’t get that happiness from anywhere. It’s like I have won the world,” she says. Her playlist is diverse and though she likes house music the best, Shyami says she always picks her music to suit the event. “I believe you should play what the crowd wants and not what you want,” she says bluntly.
Though she has mastered the basics, Shyami enrolled in the DJ academy in 2009 and was mentored by DJ Tariq (TQ) and DJ TGK (Thanujika) – it’s where she picked up a few handy tricks. She’s glad she had the opportunity. “The more experienced DJs are more or less secure of their fan base and will play and be confident about it. Some DJ’s may not be and can get very territorial,” she says, adding philosophically, “You gotta do what you gotta do and play on.”
Shyami Mahendra has always been fascinated by the idea of becoming a DJ and she didn’t want to let being a girl get in the way. “DJing was until a few years ago more of a man’s playground…so breaking in to that was a bit difficult…You have to really be committed to do it and it’s difficult for any person to have a nine to five job and be a DJ,” she says. Somehow, Shyami (who works as a secretary in a reputed company) manages to do both.
Most of her work is at events rather than in the clubs, which she says don’t always value DJs as they should. Wherever she plays, she goes by the handle Kc Grey – she chose it because she wanted a catchy stage name, “something classy and sexy.” Shyami loves playing for a crowd: “seeing them dance and be happy, enjoying my spin - you can’t get that happiness from anywhere. It’s like I have won the world,” she says. Her playlist is diverse and though she likes house music the best, Shyami says she always picks her music to suit the event. “I believe you should play what the crowd wants and not what you want,” she says bluntly.
Though she has mastered the basics, Shyami enrolled in the DJ academy in 2009 and was mentored by DJ Tariq (TQ) and DJ TGK (Thanujika) – it’s where she picked up a few handy tricks. She’s glad she had the opportunity. “The more experienced DJs are more or less secure of their fan base and will play and be confident about it. Some DJ’s may not be and can get very territorial,” she says, adding philosophically, “You gotta do what you gotta do and play on.”
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