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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Koma Gandy, the folks who mix her favorite tunes were always like the Wizard of Oz. "You go out to this party and the deejay is this mysterious entity behind a wall, where all this magic happened," says Gandy, 34, who lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. "I've always wanted to see how the magic was constructed." Thanks to the recession, Gandy and many others are finally getting a chance to connect with their inner-MC. After she lost her hedge fund job in December, Gandy, a Harvard undergrad who also has an MBA from Georgetown, made a list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Deejay Schools Are Thriving in a Recession | 6/6/2009 | See Source »

...Gandy enrolled at DubSpot, a New York City deejay school. She has already taken two introductory courses, and just signed up for three more. Thanks to the many young professionals like Gandy whose careers are now at a crossroads, DubSpot's enrollment has doubled this year, to around 250. "We've heard from students, time and time again, that they're feeling it's no longer just about money," says Dan Giove, founder and president of DubSpot. "People are longing for happiness through being creative." (Watch TIME's video "Hip-Hop in China: Busting Rhymes in Mandarin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Deejay Schools Are Thriving in a Recession | 6/6/2009 | See Source »

...York is not the only city enjoying a deejay boomlet. In San Francisco, the D4LIFE Academy's student registrations are up 40% over the last 12 months. Sasha Tosic, founder of DJ4LIFE, also says enrollment has risen in Los Angeles, Chicago and Las Vegas. Robb Smith, owner of Central Florida-based FAME training school, has seen a 20% jump in deejay certifications this year. Aspiring deejays are flooding the schools, and flooding the market. "It's a lot easier to find a deejay these days," says Mark Rankin, who trains deejays in Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Deejay Schools Are Thriving in a Recession | 6/6/2009 | See Source »

...from Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer” to UGK’s “International Player’s Anthem (I Choose You).” But after crowdgoers caused part of the stage to move, Girl Talk moved his equipment to deejay on the ground. But even with Gillis among the crowd, Alina A. Hooper ’10, who is also a Crimson photographer, said she was pushed toward the stage and started hyperventilating in the crush of people. “I was just freaking out and trying...

Author: By Chelsea L. Shover, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rally, Girl Talk Concert Cut Short | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

This year the Chinese women have staked their claim to a sport that has long been the stomping ground of the U.S., Brazil and Australia. With its cheap beer, goading deejay, bikini-clad cheerleaders and 80s pop hits cranked between points, the Chaoyang Park stadium seems more Manhattan Beach than Middle Kingdom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chinese Volleyball: Game On | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

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