Sierra Leone’s leisure business has been a male predominant sector, with fewer alternatives for girls to create impacts. Disc Jockey is a job that’s largely acknowledged for males, however in recent times ladies have been breaking obstacles into the sphere and have carried out extraordinarily nicely on totally different events.
Julian Esther Coker, is a younger Sierra Leonean Disc Jockey (DJ), at the moment 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 instructor, an occasion planner, and a decorator. DJ Lia is a melophile, every time she shouldn’t 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, 22, comes from a household that loves music, her father owns a sound system for rent and it was by this she began her profession as a DJ at age 16 in 2018 when she needed to step in for one among 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 highway her ardour for music and disc jockey continues to be contemporary and he or she retains on studying daily. She finds inspiration by different senior DJs each regionally and internationally, together with DJ Commissioner Wysei, DJ Omu, DJ Barbie, DJ Switch, DJ Lawva, DJ Rampage, DJ MO, and plenty of others.
As one of many ladies breaking obstacles 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 many others…
One of her main challenges is that she shouldn’t be good at enjoying round all genres, however she does extraordinarily nicely 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 regardless that some folks are likely 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 pupil, she tries to handle her time nicely so she might 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 grow to be the most effective female Disc Jockey in Sierra Leone, with excessive worth and more cash. She additionally hopes to vary folks’s perceptions of female DJs in Sierra Leone and the remainder of the world.
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