About
The Young DJ Academy is a training organisation set up in late 2005 by Mark Finn. Mark is a youth worker with Swan Youth Services and long time music lover and DJ. The academy provides DJ and music workshops in local youth projects with the specific aim of involving young people in fun activity based programmes that can lead to a career in DJ’ing. For some young participants these workshops are just a fun experience and chance to learn some new skills.
The academy idea grew out of a rising need to provide training to young people from disadvantged areas of Dublin and began with running some workshops in collaboration with a small number of projects based in Dublin. These workshops became very popular seeing the academy training young people in areas such as Cabra, Blanchardstown, Rosemount, Ballybough, Summerhill, Ballymun, East Wall, Crumlin, Dolpins Barn, O’Deveney Gardens, Coolock, North Strand, Ringsend, Donnycarney, Finglas, Ballybrack, Dun Laoghaire, Parts of Cavan and Waterford City to name a few. As well as the training mentoned above the academy has been involved in projects like community summer music festivals, graffiti and rap workshops as well as performing at regular community discos.
Young people remains the young dj academys focus with some of the members having advanced to the level of assistant trainer. This year saw the graduation of some of these young DJ’s debuting on the Dublin club scene, playing gigs and cutting their teeth in the industry, bringing together all the training which they had received.
2008 will see the opening of a new facility to run dj training from, this will open up the academy training to anyone interested in learning the skills of a DJ. As well as running music events and staying involved in community based training this year promises to be another successful year for The Young DJ Academy.
Stay tuned
check out www.bebo.com/youngdjacademy
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