Sissy Ross is a psychology junior at UTD, with an undergrad in criminology. When she’s not reading about how peoples’ brains make them do bad things she’s making beats./
I went to see her spin some tunes on her birthday, last Tuesday (Aug. 3) at the Fallout Lounge. Sissy spins hip-hop, which is considered a complicated genre to mash up.
I asked her how she got into it.
“I went to go see one of my best friends DJ at a club downtown. I chilled with him behind the DJ booth and jokingly took a picture, captioning it with learning to DJ,” Ross said. “The next day he came over and offered to teach me, and I learned.”
It took Ross about a month to get money together for some equipment. Ross decided to go the turn table route because she said “thats where it originated.”
-Alex Hays
Me: How much pressure is it, getting up there and doing it?
Sissy: When you are at home, mistakes aren’t as big of a deal because no one can hear it but you, but when you’re doing it live, everyone is going to hear when you mess up. I actually like getting out there and doing gigs because one gig is equivalent to 10 rehearsals.
Me: There are far more guys than girls DJing, based on what I’ve seen. Is that the case?
Sissy: There are definitely more guys than girls DJing and I wanted to prove that girls can do it too. A lot of people underestimate me for being a girl DJ. All it takes is time and practice.
Me: What drives you to do it?
Sissy: DJing is my way of meditating. When you hop on the tables your mind is free of all the problems that cloud my mind.
Me: Like when you’re stressed or whatever?
Sissy: Yes. It completely relaxes me. Every time you blend a new song in it sounds a little bit better than the last which makes me feel good, accomplished and my problems just wash away.
Me: Seems like a good thing for you to get into.
Sissy: I’m really glad i got into it because it’s opened new doors for me. Being able to communicate with other DJs. It’s nice to be able to talk to people about topics which you woulda never known about if I wouldnt have gotten into it.
Sissy’s got three gigs under her belt and has about four more lined up.
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