Where:
Mmmmaven
614 Massachusetts ave #203
Cambridge, MA 02139
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Kid Friendly, Music, Tech
Event website:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-dj-workshop-navigating-genres-w-big-bear-tickets-34895238598
What is a Genre?
The Advantages of Open-Format DJing
Using Key and Tonality to arrange your set.
Setting points in the songs to mix into different genres.
Building open-format sets that will engage a crowd from start to finish.
Big Bear - DJ, Event Producer, Filmmaker (Boston, MA)
Brian "Big Bear" Karanja is a Boston-based DJ, Event Producer and Filmmaker from Nairobi, Kenya. He began DJing over 7 years ago after falling in love with art right out high school. He's first love, hip hop, helped him develop his skills on the turntables while DJing everything from family events to friend's weddings. Now that his love for music has expanded into various genres, Big Bear's sound has grown into what can be described as an international vibe. The sound that he has developed has taken him far to showcase his skills. Having DJ'd in various cities in different countries and for crowds that range
from the intimate to the enormous.
Big Bear now represents a group of creatives from different backgrounds named CLLCTV BOSTON. Together they are looking to foster and document the creative culture in Boston. They created "The Wave Boston", a once-month dance party held during the day, which was awarded 2015's Best of Boston - Best Dance Party by Boston Magazine. Through CLLCTV BOSTON, Big Bear is looking to help show Boston's creative and cool side to it's citizens and the outside world.
Big Bear is also a resident DJ at Middlesex Lounge in Cambridge, MA; and a resident DJ at A// Good (Pronounced All Good), a once-a-month dance party held at Good Life Bar in Boston, MA.
You can find more info about Big Bear at djbigbear.com.
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