JCL

Music is everything. I’m studying to be an audio engineer. I’m a DJ. I’m a producer. I can proudly say everything in my life is connected to music. My family doesn’t have a music background, but I took piano lessons when I was a kid. I used to watch famous DJs on TV and the Internet. When I got my first laptop, I started to make my own tracks. They were very simple loops and bad melodies, but I tried. I learned how to DJ and produce on my own by watching tutorials on YouTube and reading books. I worked really hard. I would listen to my iPod and pay attention to the sounds and structure of each track. I wanted to learn how a club banger was made. I was a bedroom DJ and I mixed for myself. I played at school parties sometimes and I learned how to read crowds. There has always been a strong electronic music culture in Mexico, but I think there was an explosion four years ago. I was just another boy in the middle of the crowd who was enjoying the music. Every time I went to these concerts, something inside me knew this was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. It was not because of the fame or the money. It was for the love of the music. When I started to study at my university, I learned a lot of technical stuff for my productions. When I had a residency at a nightclub, I realized how great it was to play a song and get everyone to start dancing. I was in charge of their night and I could make people happy with my music. For me, electronic music is a form of expression because of the energy it gives you and the mood it can put you in. I think it’s magical. When you feel sad or angry, you can put on a CD of your favorite DJ and forget all the bad things. When you are in a club or festival, you experience something that you can’t get anywhere else. Electronic music is a way of life. I really want to be part of this world.