Just For DJs — DJ Kanoya San Diego Wedding DJ

🏃🏻&zwj;♂️ On May 16, 2020, in the middle of a global pandemic, at a time when every major event has been canceled, I DJ'd a half marathon. 🏃🏻&zwj;♂️⁠
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Of course, this was no ordinary event; and the participating athletes (all two of them)

This is the moment it hit me. The moment it all just seemed so real. ⁠
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📻 Without any live, in person gigs scheduled in the near future, this week I returned to the airwaves, the Internet airwaves that is. I am grateful for the opportunit

"How come that person doesn't like me? "Or "why does that person not want to do business with me?"⁠
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Have you ever found asked yourself this? Has the question, the person, consumed your thoughts more than it should?⁠
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The great thing about DJing weddings are the moments that are created. ⁠
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Sometimes it's a result of the music I play, and sometimes it's organic, like what I described of David and Frank's first dance. 🤵🏻🤵🏼⁠
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It started as most first

I'm headed to Las Vegas for the most important 1️⃣5️⃣ minutes of my DJ career. ⁠
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Fifteen minutes ... what am I talking about here❓⁠
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Fifteen minutes of fame; in traffic; of baking time left on that cake in the oven ... or is it a DJ rout

Becoming a DJ is one of those things where you either got into it because of the music or because of the gear. ⁠
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What do I love more; playing music or playing with DJ gear? That's a tough call.⁠ 🤔⁠
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I love playing music for a crowd of p

❓I often get asked, "how did you get started DJing?"❓⁠
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For me, I think the DJ itch I needed to scratch (pun intended) was something that started at a young age.⁠
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I remember my parents buying me a Fisher-Price turntable when

🎵 What kind of music do you play for a yoga class? 🎵⁠
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That question comes up almost anytime I mention to someone that I've got a yoga event/class to DJ.⁠
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The easy answer, "Some chill beats, then some uptempo beats and then slow it b

Small sections. One aid station at a time.⁠
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In November 2019 I ran/walked/hiked a 50k race in San Francisco. The race course took me from Sausalito, through the Muir Woods and Marin Headlands; across the Golden Gate Bridge and into Crissy Fie

Don't Hate. Create. ⁠
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The Superbowl LIV halftime show headlined by @shakira and @jlo emphasized one thing ... we can never agree on anything.⁠
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I'm not here to continue the debate. But I would like to bring up a lesson that those two ladies emph

Creating one last high school dance memory. ⁠
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More than a decade ago, I was wrapping up an amazing night of dancing for a high school prom. I remember having an overwhelming sense of satisfaction as I, perched up on a stage, looked over a sea of s

Everyone should have a dream so deep, that when accomplished, the only response are tears of joy.⁠
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Have you dreamt that deep?⁠
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For me, it was back in early 1995, I was halfway through college and I had written a letter to Beckett Publications a

Just For DJs (And anyone else interested in DJ stuff)

A collection of posts about music, career tips and gear reviews all written by DJ Justin Kanoya.

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