So this is at least day eighty-five-thousand in isolation (probably more… what day is it?) and I’m sure I’ve done about a million or so live broadcast DJ sets for basically anyone who’d listen (aka around 25-30… thousand people per set. YES!)
At the beginning of this quarantine season it started out as a bit of fun, but it dawned on me eventually, I didn’t have much choice if I wanted to have any sort of presence in the big wide Megatronic DJ world I’ve spent the last decade creating.
“I knew I should’ve expanded my horizons at a younger age,” I’d hysterically mutter to myself while DJing to my massive online community, out loud as if I was expecting some profound response from someone – a heart emoji drifted up my iPhone screen instead. I’ve gotta be honest, the heart emoji, during a live feed, has become somewhat romantic for me… is that someone connecting with me from overseas? Is this love real? Am I bored? Stir crazy? Who cares – how do they look?
The concept isn’t much different to Tinder, let’s be honest – you open a DJ’s live feed, and if you like them, you stay online, and if you don’t, you ‘swipe right’ and go watch someone else instead. Then I found that having a glass of wine and dressing up a bit before each session was getting my audience more engaged – that’s like Dating 101! A couple minutes into those primed and wined broadcasts, and the screen fills with hundreds of heart emojis – from complete strangers.! Yes! New fans! Perhaps I’m a better DJ once I’m drunk, or my day-to-day appearance is just a bit rougher than I thought? Shut up.