Sierra Leone’s leisure business has been a male predominant sector, with fewer alternatives for ladies to create influence. Disc Jockey is a job that’s principally acknowledged for males, however lately girls have been breaking limitations into the sector and have carried out extraordinarily effectively on completely different events.
Julia Esther Eleanor Coker, is a younger Sierra Leonean Disc Jockey (DJ), presently pursuing her Bachelor’s Degree in Public Sector Management on the Institute of Public Administration Management (IPAM), University of Sierra Leone.
She can also be a kindergarten trainer, an occasion planner, and a decorator. DJ Lia is a melophile, each time she will not be learning at college, educating youngsters within the classroom, or planning for occasions she is behind the Dj’s deck doing what she loves most.
“My relationship with music is not so bad, I listen to music every other day. Whenever I want to do my house chores I must listen to music because it gives me something I call a magical strength,” mentioned DJ Lia.
DJ Lia, 20, comes from a household that loves music, her father owns a sound system for rent and it was via this she began her profession as a DJ at age 16 in 2018 when she needed to step in for one in every of her father’s DJ who couldn’t present up for a marriage ceremony occasion that was booked on October 21, 2018. Her father’s DJ was nowhere to be discovered and it was embarrassing as a result of the individuals who booked him for the occasion had began to complain.
“Watching my dad being embarrassed was not good for me. I then decided to go sit behind the laptop and start selecting songs randomly, the people were dancing, and I felt good, so since then, I have never looked back,” DJ Lia narrates.
For DJ Lia, 4 years down the street her ardour for music and disc jockey continues to be contemporary and she or he retains on studying every single day. She finds inspiration via different senior DJs each regionally and internationally, together with DJ Commissioner Wysei, DJ Omu, DJ Barbie, DJ Lawva, DJ Rampage, DJ MO, and lots of others.
As one of many girls breaking limitations within the Sierra Leone leisure business, she has hosted a lot of occasions and was one of many host DJs for the Oba Dae Festival, Oktoba Fest, TikTok Fest, Uni High, The Black Out Party, and so on…
One of her main challenges is that she will not be good at enjoying round all genres, however she does extraordinarily effectively on afrobeat, Sierra Leone songs, amapiano, oldies, and gospel.
However, her pastor and mother don’t agree together with her profession path and have requested her on a couple of events to stop being a DJ. On the upside, she earns some cash from the work which retains her going, her confidence and keenness for her work have by no means waivered despite the fact that some individuals are inclined to benefit from the truth that she’s younger by attempting to get her to play without spending a dime at their occasions.
As a working scholar, she tries to handle her time effectively so she may obtain all her targets therefore why she runs most of her gigs at evening over the weekends.
“I feel very proud of the brand I am building, whenever I am out spinning on different gigs, people will walk up to me to give me words of courage and those reactions always push me to do more,” she defined.
She plans to change into one of the best female Disc Jockey in Sierra Leone, with excessive worth and extra money. She additionally hopes to alter individuals’s perceptions of female DJs in Sierra Leone and the remainder of the world.
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