Gothenburg DJ School + fake-ass DJs = NOT TRUE!
By Marko Purgaj, 3 november 2009 - 01:10 | Permalink
I thought I would give everybody a little update on my crusade against these fake-ass DJs .
Since my blog post about Levis (I'm not even gonna put a “DJ” before his name, that would be an insult to the DJ community) all of you who know me know my true intention behind the post. A lot of people are very positive and glad this shit came out in the open. All of you who think that I did it because of selfish reasons, you don't know me. The response from fellow DJs has been great! They understand and can definitely relate to my frustration, most of them have had to put in shitload of time and dedication into DJing. None of us can't fucking stand these new breed of DJs that cut corners in this digital day of time and show NO respect to the true art of DJing.
Let’s get back to the story. Levis has been running around bragging (as always) about him teaching at the Gothenburg DJ School. To all of us DJs in Gothenburg that was a big slap in the face. Not only is Levis getting shows where he is playing mixcds, this guy is giving out DJ lessons?? What possible can Levis teach the youngn’s? How to be a fake DJ? Mix songs in the computer and pretend to play it? Scary thought.
So Bobby told me that he wrote an email to the school letting them know about Levis deceiving ways. Inspired by this, me and a bunch of others cats (DJ Neno, DJ Sole, DJ Dainja, DJ Chulo, DJ Phil and many others) wanted to make sure that the DJ school knew the real deal Holyfield. Within a couple of hours I got a phone call (I left my number in my email) from the school! A representative from the school, Daniel, wanted to meet up with me and get the whole story. Daniel knew a lot of us and knew our reputation as DJs. He understood that this wasn’t a “let’s get Levis because we’re all jealous” stunt. This was a bunch of people that we're concerned of the simple fact that dude can’t spin and has obviously problems telling the truth. How the fuck can somebody teach other to DJ when he needs to sign up to a DJ class himself?
So Daniel and me had a long talk. The next day he had a meeting with staff at the DJ school. They’re we’re outright shocked on some of fucked up remarks Levis wrote on his blog about the DJ school, among other things. Now the funny thing is that he wasn’t actually a teacher there. Nothing officially. This was just something he made up to make him look even more serious. The school was impressed, at first, by his resume. But little did they know dude is a master of making shit up and obviously loves the attention. As I mentioned before, people like Levis live in a dream world. Well sometimes you need to wake up and smell the coffee homie.
I know that Levis thinks that this is some personal shit between him and me. But believe me homie, I'm might be the one that's putting it out there (as far as the blog, Facebook, etc) but there's a lot of people that can't stand they way you present yourself and the DJ culture (I mean, the name of his blog is: ”Stick around and you might learn something”. C’mon!!). I personally know a lot of big artist and DJs, and they are all pretty much humble. It all comes down to how you are as a person. No matter how many competitions I’ve won or how many shows I’ve played, I’m always being me. Humble and down to earth. I’m all for the new young generation being all cocky n’ shit. But you know what? You better walk the walk if you talk the talk.
I’m sure that Levis is a nice guy but he needs to tone it down a bit and show a little more respect to the DJ community and to people in general. His blog is filled with a lot of cockiness and attitude. He can’t be surprised that people get offended and want to confront him. Especially when he is not putting in any time on actually learning to DJ properly.
I have to make one thing clear: this whole thing wasn’t a witch-hunt. This was a unanimous stand to anybody that is faking it and doesn't want to take responsibility for their actions. Luckily, Gothenburg DJ School put their foot down and that shows one thing: in Gothenburg, real does recognize real.
Statement from Daniel Angbah, from Gothenburg DJ School: “Levis was never a teacher at Gothenburg DJ School and never will be. We’re a professional institute and want to get kids the chance to get involved with DJing the right way. We’re sorry for any inconvenience this all might have caused.”
Category: Misc
Since my blog post about Levis (I'm not even gonna put a “DJ” before his name, that would be an insult to the DJ community) all of you who know me know my true intention behind the post. A lot of people are very positive and glad this shit came out in the open. All of you who think that I did it because of selfish reasons, you don't know me. The response from fellow DJs has been great! They understand and can definitely relate to my frustration, most of them have had to put in shitload of time and dedication into DJing. None of us can't fucking stand these new breed of DJs that cut corners in this digital day of time and show NO respect to the true art of DJing.
Let’s get back to the story. Levis has been running around bragging (as always) about him teaching at the Gothenburg DJ School. To all of us DJs in Gothenburg that was a big slap in the face. Not only is Levis getting shows where he is playing mixcds, this guy is giving out DJ lessons?? What possible can Levis teach the youngn’s? How to be a fake DJ? Mix songs in the computer and pretend to play it? Scary thought.
So Bobby told me that he wrote an email to the school letting them know about Levis deceiving ways. Inspired by this, me and a bunch of others cats (DJ Neno, DJ Sole, DJ Dainja, DJ Chulo, DJ Phil and many others) wanted to make sure that the DJ school knew the real deal Holyfield. Within a couple of hours I got a phone call (I left my number in my email) from the school! A representative from the school, Daniel, wanted to meet up with me and get the whole story. Daniel knew a lot of us and knew our reputation as DJs. He understood that this wasn’t a “let’s get Levis because we’re all jealous” stunt. This was a bunch of people that we're concerned of the simple fact that dude can’t spin and has obviously problems telling the truth. How the fuck can somebody teach other to DJ when he needs to sign up to a DJ class himself?
So Daniel and me had a long talk. The next day he had a meeting with staff at the DJ school. They’re we’re outright shocked on some of fucked up remarks Levis wrote on his blog about the DJ school, among other things. Now the funny thing is that he wasn’t actually a teacher there. Nothing officially. This was just something he made up to make him look even more serious. The school was impressed, at first, by his resume. But little did they know dude is a master of making shit up and obviously loves the attention. As I mentioned before, people like Levis live in a dream world. Well sometimes you need to wake up and smell the coffee homie.
I know that Levis thinks that this is some personal shit between him and me. But believe me homie, I'm might be the one that's putting it out there (as far as the blog, Facebook, etc) but there's a lot of people that can't stand they way you present yourself and the DJ culture (I mean, the name of his blog is: ”Stick around and you might learn something”. C’mon!!). I personally know a lot of big artist and DJs, and they are all pretty much humble. It all comes down to how you are as a person. No matter how many competitions I’ve won or how many shows I’ve played, I’m always being me. Humble and down to earth. I’m all for the new young generation being all cocky n’ shit. But you know what? You better walk the walk if you talk the talk.
I’m sure that Levis is a nice guy but he needs to tone it down a bit and show a little more respect to the DJ community and to people in general. His blog is filled with a lot of cockiness and attitude. He can’t be surprised that people get offended and want to confront him. Especially when he is not putting in any time on actually learning to DJ properly.
I have to make one thing clear: this whole thing wasn’t a witch-hunt. This was a unanimous stand to anybody that is faking it and doesn't want to take responsibility for their actions. Luckily, Gothenburg DJ School put their foot down and that shows one thing: in Gothenburg, real does recognize real.
Statement from Daniel Angbah, from Gothenburg DJ School: “Levis was never a teacher at Gothenburg DJ School and never will be. We’re a professional institute and want to get kids the chance to get involved with DJing the right way. We’re sorry for any inconvenience this all might have caused.”
Category: Misc