If you haven't noticed, 99 percent of the DJs in this town are guys. (Same goes for club-owners, but that's another story.) I hadn't really thought of the local women as a group before until I stumbled on this article yesterday -- it's from the Observer, written by Shannon Sutlief in 2005.
Even though the article's three years old, it's still an in-depth look at who these DJs are and what they go through simply by being women in a male-dominated industry. (One woman, Ronin, had a door man almost turn her away because he didn't believe she was a DJ.) Many of the women mentioned in the article are still playing now -- Wild in the Streets, DJ Tiger Bee, Kelle Marie.
Unfortunately I've only thought of a few other names of people who may have started spinning since the article came out -- Storm-E, who's pic is shown above, SnoWhite, and a new DJ I saw spin recently named Jecho. I guess it's slow-going to get new female talent in the booth.
If there happen to be any female DJs out there reading this: Have things changed? Why aren't there more women DJs?
Hey Lesley,
Simon here at the Meridian Room. One of our waitresses is a local DJ. Her moniker is DJ Baby Ruthless, and spins drum n bass, electro & a whole bunch of other stuff. She's at The Lizard Lounge in the video bar weekly, and has other nightly residencies all over Denton & Dallas. I think she just played Meltdown @ The Lizrd Lounge a couple of weeks back. She's great. She also did our New Years Eve party here, and I think Quick did a little DJ profile on her.
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Hey Lesley,
Simon here at the Meridian Room. One of our waitresses is a local DJ. Her moniker is DJ Baby Ruthless, and spins drum n bass, electro & a whole bunch of other stuff. She's at The Lizard Lounge in the video bar weekly, and has other nightly residencies all over Denton & Dallas. I think she just played Meltdown @ The Lizrd Lounge a couple of weeks back. She's great. She also did our New Years Eve party here, and I think Quick did a little DJ profile on her.
Posted by: Simon McDonald | July 17, 2008 9:43 AM
Hey yeah, I forgot about Baby Ruthless. We did do a profile on her. She's definitely part of the local scene, sorry for leaving her out!
Posted by: Lesley | July 17, 2008 9:45 AM