What injury has stopped you DJing?

Broke my left arm once while climbing around in the woods. I did not know how much my DJing depends on the use of both arms…

Mine wasn’t a physical one but mental. I couldn’t get my self to pull out my controller because I convinced my self that I wasn’t very good and shouldn’t bother. Today is the first day I’ve pulled it out in I don’t know how long, I’m determined to mix. I realized that creating and performing music is what makes me happy so I’m going to go and be happy!

Don’t let anyone tell you you can’t do something, not even your self!

Getting a head butt which pushed my glasses into my face and cut me open right across the top of one eye lid. Yucky I know.

Was setting up for a gig with a so called friend. Appears that Friend owed a bunch of guys money and they thought they would collect by trying to steal the gear. It was in a pub basement with no one around. I got the kit back but knocked me back a long way.

Morale of this is be careful who you do business with.

My last two years have been rough.

— For my birthday I got a middle ear infection that lead to a ruptured eardrum that lead to surgery – a mastoidectomy. Kept me off the decks for a while and tinnitus has cranked itself up a bit.

— The following year almost to the day, was cross fit training and broke my leg. Just running backwards or doing crossovers, nothing worthy of youtube. Finished the training session in pain. Walked around on it for three weeks thinking it was just a flesh wound. Once I had the cast on I was sidelined for a few weeks. Standing and spinning is not fun when all you can do is pivot. I did make a few mixes before I knew it was broken, but there was still pain involved. I did get a cane that folded out into a portable seat.

Moral of the story is that I should stick to spinning. I hope I don’t get anything for my birthday this year.

All better now, thanks. For my birthday this year I picked up a Dennon MC6000MK2 and there is no pain involved.

Funny about the wisdom tooth thing. At my dentist they say you can bring music to listen to while they do their work. I would rather not associate the dentist with any tracks I want to hear, especially later if I have some Pavlovian after effect.

At least they are gone now – no wisdom teeth worries anymore. I had mine removed when I was in the military. No gas, just a few – seven – shots of anesthetic. I could feel the dentist put his foot on the chair by my head to get enough leverage to pull them out.

Then the chipmunk face for a few days after.

I suffered from a broken headphone with inadequate replacement.