Making people happy

Growing up I was very shy & quiet. I was a quiet baby and child.

Until 10 years old when I did Tournament of Minds and performed on stage and made people laugh. Afterwards a boy came up to me and said “That was so good, you were so funny!”

Ok, I like this feeling. I want more of this and this is me now. I did drama at school, was in the school band and did Trombone lessons privately. I remember being in an Eistedford for trombone and I got marked down because I just walked off stage before bowing. If family came over they’d ask for me to play trombone for them and I would have to stand with my back facing away from them. I couldn’t even stand in front of them. Again, shy and awkward.

In primary school we had an ABBA Musical and I was so upset that I didn’t get to perform in it. I didn’t have a partner and had to work as a stage hand instead. I think I just ended up not even participating at all. I was jealous of the other girls who got to perform. The same girls who made the choir too, which I didn’t make.

And now to my DJ Career. Even in the earlier days, I was still shy and not looking up and interacting with the crowd, and I had a friend comment “You need to look up more!! People want to connect with you.”

I still get nervous before every single gig (which I like!), but I’m now way more confident in myself and my abilities and connecting with the crowd..

And to think now that I’m the one on stage playing ABBA every single weekend.

Maybe it was a good thing I wasn’t in the school musical anyway, because it led me to this. I’m so grateful for my job, and especially the other weekend at Prince, which was an incredible night performing and making people happy.