Any short DJ's out there?

I’m somewhere inbetween 5ft 6inches and 5 7 myself, normally I don’t have a problem but sometimes I do have to stand on the tip-toes when I’m getting into-it

im 5’7 on a good day. but im super into my craft you will no doubt see me moving behind the decks. we’re not short, we are just more down to earth! 😉

Yep… 5’5. unfortunately ehh

5′ 4″ here! I landed a gig where there was a wooden stage and a built in platform to put DJ gear on. I guess the builders were tall because once I had my rig set up, I could not see over my laptop! To me, being able to see and interact with my crowd is very important so I grabbed a chair and rocked it from there! I’m just glad I didn’t fall because I move around a lot when I DJ! People thought it was hilarious and some took pictures. I didn’t bother me though because I was generating interest in one way or another 🙂

mmm … is it that just the shorties want to reply to this one … or can we start drawing the conclusion that DDJT DJs are predominantly short? 🙂

At 6’3″ I don’t really qualify as short I think. Still I can relate to the problem. Doing a lot of mobile DJ-ing, you usually stand on the same level as the crowd. So the first few rows can see you and, more importantly, you can see. Beyond that, not even my height helps and I often have no clue what is happening a few feet from the DJ stand.

I have seriously been looking into the folding platform that RoadReady sells. Price is still a bit steep, but it would give me a nice 40cm-50cm rise. And it collapses into a nice compact, transportable flightcase. Seemingly it sets up and packs up rather quickly (which is really imporant since I don’t want to add much more time to a gig for setting up/breaking down).

Nice black velcro attached skirt around the edge and it looks nifty too. Top in several colors and materials I think.

Just my two cents worth.

Greetinx,
C.

DjDemonick, post: 36669, member: 3963 wrote: 5’10, so not quite “short” but I was at a ‘rave’ last night (Pegboard Nerds/Bassdread/B-Dolla/locals) and this one asian girl rocked the hell out of her set. That said, she could barely see over her S4 stand. Its all about attitude I suppose!

Yes, I too am pretty short and from the asian pacific decent…my attitude makes up for me being so close to the ground! Hence I love to be grounded!! HAA!! 😀 Attitude is everything. It applies to any given situation in life 😉

I am 18 too, 6’1 and I think that my hight is perfectly fine. Better being smaller than bigger imho.

Living in Asia, the general consensus on what is ‘short’ is a little different here. @ 5’4″ you’d be just about average @J-Duffin haha. I have had some dj stages where the decks are a little higher than I would like, but for the shorter dj in our crew we usually put down a flight case top, milk crates or at one spot, the concrete tiles they use to raise up the height of the technics.