Annie Mac Chats To ilikemusic.com
ILM: You were inspired to DJ by the likes of Justin Robertson who you're on the bill with here today. How does it feel being one of the crew with him, Annie Nightingale et al?
ANNIE: I don't feel worthy of it yet to be honest. I don't feel like I amworthy as a DJ yet. I'm starting to enjoy it though. I started DJing professionally at Radio One and in clubs around Christmas time, and for the first few months I was so scared and nervous I wasn't even able to look up and smile at the crowd. But the last couple of months I've been practicing a bit and realized that stressing out is not getting me anywhere.
I still really like Justin Robertson and those DJs. They've got 20 years of DJing on top of me. The one thing that I do have faith in is the tunes I play, because I love them, but in terms of technical mixing I've still got a lot to learn.
ILM: When you first started you say you couldn't afford new records, so would buy old soul and funk 12"s second hand from charity shops to scratch with. How are your scratching skills these days? There are never any women in DMC finals, maybe you should enter for the UK?
ANNIE: That's so funny; there's no way I would ever be able to enter the DMC. I do scratching in the privacy of my own home, when I'm a bit drunk. I love hip hop and scratching and pretending to do, but in terms of actually being able to do that in front of a crowd, there's no way. I'd love to be able to do it as the one thing I've always wanted to be able to do is scratch. You're right, there's no girls entering the DMC, but to be able to move your hands so fast you could hardly see them - now that'd be cool!page << 1 2 3 >>
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