Music is always a big part of bRAVE, and a good playlist can make or break the night— which is why this year’s five DJs hope to bring some fire and make it the best one yet.

The Black & White talked to the new DJs to introduce you to this year’s bRAVE music crew.

Alec “DJ Majjik” Goldstein:

For junior Alec Goldstein, music is ingrained in his daily routine. He spends part of every day working on his music production, making remixes or researching about DJing production.

Goldstein started DJing in 7th grade when he became interested in making his own music and music production. He became interested in the idea of DJing at bRAVE once he got more serious about music production.

“DJing at bRAVE had always been a dream of mine,” Goldstein said. “Ideally, I want to release my own music in the future, and perform at festivals, so I thought this would be a great introductory concert.”

Goldstein has worked closely with this year’s group of bRAVE DJs by attending a variety of meetings with them. According to Goldstein, the quality of the squad has inspired him to go above and beyond.
He believes this collaboration and his personal style will combine to make his bRAVE set a crowd-pleaser.

“I’m constantly refining my techniques and skills, I’m always learning,” he said. “My background in production really helps me when I’m thinking about different songs and what
I need to play. I can really break down the elements of each song and know what to play when.”

Goldstein is hoping his set will excite the crowd, and is also debuting several original remixes.

When asked to describe his DJing in two words or less, he went with a bold claim: “Iconic.”

Jacob DeMarchi

Junior Jacob DeMarchi has also been DJing since 7th grade, when he sat in on one of his friends’ DJing lessons at The Beat Refinery, a DJing subset of Bach 2 Rock in Bethesda.

“I started DJing at my friends’ parties,” DeMarchi said. “I got a ton of experience through that, and then I started getting paid gigs for all ages events, so I have years of experience and I know what different groups of people want. I live to please the crowd.”

DeMarchi has DJed events with former bRAVE DJ Jason Treacy, who is managing the team for this year.

His experience isn’t limited just to his work with Treacy though— DeMarchi has worked with DJs Alec Goldstein and Julian Robinson as well.

“There aren’t really that many kids at Whitman who are doing DJing or production, so we all go far back and there’s really nothing but love between us,” he said.

For DeMarchi, his love of rap has made his bRAVE set unique.

“My biggest hint for my set is there will be a lot of rap,” he said. “There is never enough rap, it’s always shirked at bRAVE, so for anybody who loves rap, there will be all the good stuff.”

DeMarchi described his DJing as “Sharkboy lava.”

Julian Robinson

Senior Julian Robinson has also been DJing since 7th grade, and is bringing his wide-ranging music taste to bRAVE 2016.

“I’m a well-rounded person musically, and I don’t define myself to a genre, I consider myself sort of a tastemaker,” Robinson said. “I tend to play music that I like, and hopefully that other people like too.”

Robinson submitted a mix that was played briefly his freshmen year, and now is a full-fledged DJ.

“I think leadership has wanted to listen to what students want to do, and want to make their most popular event more exciting,” Robinson said. “The ball really got rolling with student DJs last year.”

Robinson hopes that the large team of DJs will achieve this excitement by amping up the musical quality of the event because each DJ has a limited time slots to play their sets.

His DJing in two words: “Expect everything.”

Robinson is a multimedia editor for The Black & White.

Balazs Vezer-Toth:

Senior Balazs Vezer-Toth might be new to Whitman, but he certainly isn’t new to DJing— he has been doing it since he was 12 years old.

Vezer-Toth first DJed in Hungary, where he performed at parties with hundreds of people.

“At one of my first biggest parties, there were about two or three hundred people,” he said. “It’s just progressed from there”

After moving to Whitman, Vezer-Toth quickly became interested in the idea of Djing for bRAVE, and contacted SGA organizers.

“I heard about bRAVE when I was still in Hungary,” he said. “I saw some videos on YouTube, and got interested in doing it once I moved here.”

Vezer-Toth has had to adjust to the differences in equipment, but has enjoyed working with the other DJs. Preparing for bRAVE has been full of anticipation for Vezer-Toth, but he is prepared and ready to go for bRAVE.

“My style is mostly EDM and deep house, but I’ve made some changes for bRAVE and my playlist is ready.”

His passion for DJing is clear with his description of his DJing style: “Love2 Mix.”

Vezer-Toth did not want to be pictured in this article.