Chapter10: Looking for my opportunity

After many months of being broadcast "The Techno time", the centre decided to close the station,  I was very sadly about this, I really had  lived great moments there.

After my residency at Moes's club, my actuations were at private parties with friends.

My quality and technical were improving, but I was totally stalled.

Even I thought many times that maybe all were right, and that I was wrong wondering to fight for an impossible dream, to be professional Dj.

I had visited many clubs, I had delivered so many tapes to professional DJs, and the answer was always the same ... nothing ...

My helplessness and sadness grew day by day. On one hand the people I knew said I was really good at what I did, but otherwise I was totally stucked and I couldn't get to show my worth mixing to the professional DJ's.

One day coming home by car from Sant Boi with my mother, she said a comment that  would impact and change the course of all that I had on that sad monotony.

My mother told me:

Hey Dany!!  I almost forgot ¡!!

Today called me a DJ asking about you, he wanted to talk with you.

 (Remember, I had no mobile phone, for this reason this call was served by my mother )

I was totally amazed and nervous, and I request to my mother:

Whaaaatttt???? Who was it???

- Ooouuffff... I can’t remember his name. She said.

How could be possible to forget that name? You know how important is this for me mum. Please tell me! It is very important for me! Please, for God, for whoever you want, remember!

I started to tell a thousand names from Dj's and my mother couldn't remember

While my mother stayed thoughtful, suddenly said:

His name is .... eemmmm.... Jordi ... no! Juan... yes that’s it!! Juan is his name, I’m completely for sure!!

- Juan Cruz?? I asked her.

-Yes!! That’s it!! Juan Cruz!! He told me to call back him sooner, because was something important.

-Give me his the telephone number. I will call him now!

My mother told me:

Now is no time to call Dany, Call him tomorrow morning.

I was immensely excited! Finally someone had answered my signals. During that night I could hardly sleep, and I spent all night thinking about he wanted to tell me.

After that long night ... when I woke up the first thing I did was to ask for the phone to my mother and call to Juan Cruz.

Beep….Beep….

Yes?? – Juan picked up the phone.

Hello! I'ts Dany BPM, some time ago I gave you one of my tapes, and yesterday you called me, but this phone is from my mother, so for this reason I couldn't attend your call personally. My mother left me the message that you wanted to talk with me asap.

Heeyyy Dany, I've been listening your tape, and I think you're really good, now I'm playing at some afternoon sessionsat Vips Calafell disco, and I'm preparing the Catalonia Dj competition

The jury will be composed of several renowned deejays, and the winner will win a Technics turntables and a mixer.

After hearing your tape, I think you should sign up to this competition.You have many chances even to win.

After hearing these words, I was totally blocked of excitement!!

Juan Cruz told me that I sound good, and also that had chances to win over the competition Deejays and also earn a Technics totally free!

what else could I asked for?

I asked him to give me information on the contest, and asked him when was to begin.

 And we end the call.

When I hung up the phone, I started jumping for joy! I told my mother, and after that (not to lose the habit) I spent all day mixing, thrilled by the words I received from Juan.

It was the opportunity of my life! And I would not let it go

I had the opportunity to play in a known club, to let me see by several members of the scene, and to have a Technics

The contest began two weeks later from our call. Over those two weeks of long wait few interesting things I can tell you, because all that I did was to dream about that moment, to mix, eat and sleep.

But I'm sure that you want to heard the most interesting from this story, doesn't it?

The contest was based on two qualifiers: 1st and a final round.

At first round there was not a jury, were the own residents Deejays from the club who decided who continued to the next stage.

I remember there were 4 of that phase, and I was the last from them to start with my acting.

and that was an idea that I liked, because I could checking the level of my opponents.

While the deejays went ending their sessions, I felt me more and more nervous, but at the same time, very sure of myself. I kept repeating to myself:

Dany, you have to win, you have to get the Technics! You can do it! You are able and you know it!

My moment came closer,  and Juan told me:

Your turn! What was your name???

Dany BPM! I said

He introduced me, and my turn arrived.

I wanted to surprise the audience and the jury. I wanted to make a difference from other contestants, and I remembered that none of them had said anything by the micro. So as soon as I put the first vinyl, the first thing I did was grab the mic and say:

Good afternoon Vips! Let's fuss!

I had 15 minutes to show what I could do, and that's what I did ...

I did some scractches, mixtures with long highs, ...

Once finished my session, we had to wait about half an hour until Juan announced by the micro

And the finalist is:

Daniel Lopez .... Dany BPM!

I quickly went down to the floor to hug my friends who had accompanied me that day, and my happiness was at the top!

While we were jumping with a warm embrace, we were screaming:

Finalists! Finalists!

When I got home I explained to my family, but the truth is that they didn't pay attention to my words, because they still thinking that it was a childishness, and that this contest wasn't very important.