The parts my parents played in helping me become a dj.

91redrotary

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Just alittle question I wanted to ask all my fellow djs. I recently did a life eveluation and came to the conclusion that my dj skills were learned over time. I'm a very tall attractive guy and I never really statrted seeing my potential until my early 20's. Growing up I was always taught to be the one to always avoid conflict, do what is told, and be generally nice to people. Throug out my teen years I was pretty popular in school and knew alot of people. The only thing was, was that I wasn't getting laid or getting any dates. I came to realise over those years that alot of my afc ness came from my surronding enviornment.
My father I would say is the greatest guy in the world. Responsible, considerate, respectful and generous. Good but his main problem is that with all those good qualities he's a people pleaser and never stands up to my mother. My mother not a ***** or anything but she's gets out of line and still sometimes do. And every single time he sits there and takes it like a chump. Your right hunny I'm sorry is what he mainly says. I'm like WTF!!!!!! My mother is a teacher and sometimes she speaks to him like he's a ****ing student. She really needs to be put in her place sometimes. And now that I think about it I NEVER heard him tell my mother no.
So basically all I'm saying is, is that you are definetly a product of your environment and it should be your responsibility to take the proper action. I took my fathers mistakes and made it work to my advantage.
So tell me, are your skills learned, or natural. Lets keep it real here now.
 

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Good post on the influence of environment.

I didn't grow up with my father but I lived with my grandparents and my grandfather was an old-fashioned, no nonsense, strong, dominant man.

He ruled my house like a lion.

So I grew up feeling it was natural for a man to strong and dominant.

Unfortunately, because of other influences, I strayed down the AFC path but fortunately I got back on the DJ path and I'm going strong in the game.
 

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Hmmmm, I don't mean to boast, but lots of people think of me as a very humorous guy, I can get people to laugh, I learned that from my father, he's a natural at humour. Mad props to him.
 

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My dad was (and still is) a very dominating/demanding person. I've always been forced to submit to that, and unfortunately I think it's made me the submissive type in life. I've never felt like I was good enough to him (even though I had a 4.12 GPA in HS). I'm the same way with my friends. In a freudian sense, I replace my dad with my friends, who in turn take advantage of my tendancies. This trait also to a certain extent prevents me from going after what I really want with regard to women among toher areas. Maybe I subconciously feel like I won't be good enough for them like I'm not for my dad. To make it worse, ever since I was 13 years old and my mom knew I was leaving and would be around girls she's stressed to me "be respectful, etc." It's taken me years to realize these factors and how they've affected me. Thanks to this site I have the tools to work at the source of the problem; self-confidence. I think that's the only big thing I'm missing at this point. I know if a lot of you guys are honest, you'll realize you have the same problems.
 

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My mom affected me the most. She always taught me to be a nice guy, and plus the fact that I was never the "attractive" kid to the ladies my confidence never developed.

I can't really blame my dad, he's not really an AFC or a Don Juan. He apparently was pretty successful with the ladies (as near as I can tell), but then again he met my mom the junior year of hs and the rest is histroy. So its hard to tell...

But I'm thankful I found this or else I would still be that little sh*t of an AFC I was...
 

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Dude, I know how you feel. My dad really wasn't around a lot when I was a kid, so my mom taught me almost everything. Took me until junior year HS to figure "it" out.

The worst thing is my dad was a big DJ when he was younger along with my uncle. My uncle told me stories of how him and my dad would go out on weekends to find some snatch. More often than not they'd both get it.

*sigh*
 

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Just because a father is dominant/aggressive doesn't make him DJ or even an alpha. More like someone who thinks that being angry all the time is the only way to get respect.

Remember there are two ways of getting respect: like or fear. You can easily get people to fear you but it's harder to get people to like you.

A DJ is well respected by people who like him not fear him.

Example: Hitler - Fearful AFC
Franklin Delanor Roosevelt - Likeable DJ.
 

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My parents were instrumental in creating a dire need for me to become a DJ.

My father was a wimp and my mother was a tyrant.

Neither of them ever pushed or encouraged me in any way, they just left me alone to pursue my own path, which as it turned out, involved nothing more than sitting quietly in my room lost in my imagination.

And whenever I did something (good or bad, big or small, it didn't matter) they'd always be there to give me their 2 cents and ****loads of "life lessons" ... as though what I'd done could've killed me.

In short, all they taught me was passivity, subservience, and self-doubt.

Thank God for this website!
 

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Actually, I give them too much credit.
I was ****ed up from the beginning.
They just made me worse.
 
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