PROFYLE SELECTA!: THE FLAVA BABES

Every month Millennium Mag will be interviewing one of its prolific DJs, and asking them all of those questions that DJs have to be asked in order to understand their sad little minds. I mean, what makes a person become a DJ?. Does it require any qualifications? What sort of career structure is there? And best of all, Is the salary any good?!!!

All of these questions and more will be asked every month and you the reader can also send in your questions to individual DJs or ask us to PROFYLE a DJ that you know out there in and around the 3 Counties that you feel is of interest and has something to offer the community.

This month we take a look at the newest recruits to the Millennium clan, who are in essence regarded in the Djing world as a novelty because they detract from what society regards as the NORM. They are collectively known as The Flava Babes and can be heard every Saturday between 2-4pm presenting the best in R&B for your listening and musicational pleasure.

Q. How long have you wanted to become a DJ?

CoCo. For as long as I can remember hearing my kind of music being played by men only. I mean, what's wrong with women presenting the show, we know as much about music as they do and in fact when you go to clubs abd parties, the DJs always want the women to be there in large numbers 'cause we create the vibe and we dance first.

Candy. My brother was always trying to mix in his bedroom, you know with those SL1200 decks that everyone thinks you have to have to be a DJ, and one evening when he wasn't there I had a go and found that it wasn't as difficult as he had said. I have the feeling that he felt threatened by the idea of me mixing better than him. Well I had to try and one day he gave me a chance to make a fool of myself and I found it quite easy and refreshing. So here I am.

Chocolate. I love the music scene and especially garage, and while I am a regular raver I listen to the radio a lot. Some of the DJs are good but I have always wanted them to play other tracks that I think they miss because they are scared of being different or less commercial than their competitors. I'm not scared of being different, in fact I think that once people realise that we are different they will appreciate us more just for that fact alone.

Q. Since you have been on the station how have the male DJs treated you?

Chocolate. Some are very positive about us being on the station but I think that is still because of the gimmick thing rather than our abilities. I admit that we are still green and have a lot to learn but then so did they when they first started. The difference is that instead of hiding in my room and practicing until become reasonably good at it I am taking the plunge and going in head first, improving as the weeks progress. Some of the DJs are clearly put out by us being there especially when we are getting some hot messages and they are not. But you know, this is a new decade and it's time for the women to stand up and be counted, we are no longer a second class gender and we will prove it.

CoCo. A lot of my friends are pleased that I am on the station. I can chat to them about music on a level now and even surprise some of them with a few bits of knowledge that I may pick up from the station and other DJs. It is a good learning process though and I can see why guys get upset when us girls criticise them by saying Djing is easy…..you just have to put records on a deck and lay them. Sorry ladies, that is not how it goes…TRUST ME!!

Candy. I knew that I was going to get some jib from the male friends that I have when we started, but that is expected especially when they feel challenged. I did not join Millennium to prove to some man that I can do the job better than him, I joined because of my own interest in Djing. I have seen guys do it in clubs and felt that I could do it, but no GUY was prepared to give me a chance. That is the good thing about this station; no-one is judging you by your sex, just your merits a DJ. If you can do it then DO IT! So I am, and a message for all you back-biting men out there….I Hate You All So Much Right Now!!!!!!

Q. There is a lot of stigma that surrounds the male DJs, in that they are regarded as Playboys, and Tarts due to the fact that they have the opportunity to meet a lot of single (and not so single) women in the clubs, pubs, parties and moreso on the radio phone-ins. How do feel about the comments that you as young women are doing this for the same reason, in that you are just trying to attract a lot of men in order to have a good time?

Candy. What you all fail to realise is that it is only the insecure men that have to stoop to such tactics for getting a girl. In fact they are know as groupies. We are all attractive women and do not find any difficulty in attracting men. What you must understand is that since the stone age, men will always have to come to us, but we will only go to them if they have some sort of status. Yes, DJing does give them some added status in that they are usually popular and talkative. We do not need that sort of attraction, we're doing just fine by ourselves!!

Chocolate. I resent that statement and do not feel that it even deserves an answer. Men will always be men, whether or not they are DJs or some other profession that gives them contact with the public. We are doing something that we feel we will enjoy, as well as giving the listeners something else to tickle their ears with other than a male voice.

CoCo. My sisters have said it all. What else needs to be said?!!

Well there you have it a PROFYLE on the Flava Babes, the newest DJ sensation to hit the 3 Counties and they are adamant that they enjoy it for the entertainment rather than the popularity of the opposite sex. You can catch these 3 lovely lasses every Saturday between 2-4pm for fun and frolicks on the airwaves. Congratulations and good luck (not that they need it!!).