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diff --git a/content/posts/2026/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/index.md b/content/posts/2026/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/index.md index 5fcda79..5283472 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/index.md @@ -1,17 +1,16 @@ --- title: "I learned to DJ so I could avoid socializing" -slug: i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:09.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:09.000Z draft: false excerpt: "That is the most attractive thing about DJing for me — being part of the party without having to socialize over the music. I kind of like being in social … Read more" categories: - - { name: "Dark Culture", slug: dark-culture } + - Dark Culture tags: - - { name: format-short-take, slug: format-short-take } - - { name: identity, slug: identity } - - { name: music, slug: music } - - { name: tone-casual, slug: tone-casual } + - format-short-take + - identity + - music + - tone-casual featured: src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/cover.png alt: "DJ headphones and mixer in dim red light - introversion"content: rewrite image URLs from slist.net/wp-content to cdn.slist.net/posts/<slug>/
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/index.md b/content/posts/2026/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/index.md index eb11565..5fcda79 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/index.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tags: - { name: music, slug: music } - { name: tone-casual, slug: tone-casual } featured: - src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d2a9534cdc75.01140643.png + src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/cover.png alt: "DJ headphones and mixer in dim red light - introversion" legacy_wp_id: 16034 ---fix(web): point upload URLs at slist.net (cdn.slist.net not wired up yet)
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/index.md b/content/posts/2026/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/index.md index 439cf9c..eb11565 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/index.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tags: - { name: music, slug: music } - { name: tone-casual, slug: tone-casual } featured: - src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d2a9534cdc75.01140643.png + src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d2a9534cdc75.01140643.png alt: "DJ headphones and mixer in dim red light - introversion" legacy_wp_id: 16034 ---feat(web): visually mirror slist.net blog (index + single post)
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/index.md b/content/posts/2026/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/index.md index 824c832..439cf9c 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/index.md @@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ slug: i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:09.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:09.000Z draft: false +excerpt: "That is the most attractive thing about DJing for me — being part of the party without having to socialize over the music. I kind of like being in social … Read more" +categories: + - { name: "Dark Culture", slug: dark-culture } +tags: + - { name: format-short-take, slug: format-short-take } + - { name: identity, slug: identity } + - { name: music, slug: music } + - { name: tone-casual, slug: tone-casual } +featured: + src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d2a9534cdc75.01140643.png + alt: "DJ headphones and mixer in dim red light - introversion" legacy_wp_id: 16034 --- That is the most attractive thing about DJing for me — being part of the party without having to socialize over the music. I kind of like being in social situations for the sake of my mental health, but I usually do not enjoy socializing.feat(web): full posts+pages sync, browseable UI, curated pages allowlist
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/index.md b/content/posts/2026/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..824c832 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2026/i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +--- +title: "I learned to DJ so I could avoid socializing" +slug: i-learned-to-dj-so-i-could-avoid-socializing +pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:09.000Z +updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:09.000Z +draft: false +legacy_wp_id: 16034 +--- +That is the most attractive thing about DJing for me — being part of the party without having to socialize over the music. I kind of like being in social situations for the sake of my mental health, but I usually do not enjoy socializing. + +This is not a cute anecdote about introversion. This is the literal origin of a DJ career. The booth is the only place in a room of 500 people where you are simultaneously present and protected. You are contributing to the experience without being required to participate in it on anyone else’s terms. + +## The social armor + +DJing is social armor. The headphones are a force field. The mixer is a barrier. The music is the conversation you are having with the room that does not require eye contact, small talk, or the exhausting performance of being approachable. The introvert behind the decks is having the most intimate exchange in the room — sharing emotional states through sound selection — while being physically and socially insulated from the standard social contract. + +The DJ who tries to push ravers away with darkness but pulls them closer — that paradox is the introvert’s dream. Play the most unhinged music. Almost want to scare them off the dancefloor. Every single time they just dance harder. The crowd that handles your worst is the crowd you can trust. You do not have to charm them. You just have to be honest about what you carry. + +## The origin + +Creating funnels to bring new people in is one of my biggest passions — probably more than DJing. I just got into DJing so I could get aux priority at afters with other DJs. The admission is revealing. DJing started as a social hack, not a creative calling. The creative depth came later, after the initial access problem was solved. + +The DJ career began without a controller. The first gig happened before the equipment arrived. Bought a DDJ-400 and paid it off through hostel gigs in Mexico City. The learning method: YouTube tutorials and technique stolen from a friend. The mixing philosophy crystallized early: transitions sound better with one hand while the other holds a cigarette. Less is more because it is less confusing for the listener when fewer changes are happening. +Diff truncated (42 lines total). View full commit on GitHub →
