He says a friend named him Boogie because of the vibrant energy he displays whenever he hits the dance floor or when he is on stage playing music for his audience. The ‘Sid’ stands for Sidney.
He has a regular column in one of the local newspapers and also runs his own company called “Global Rhythms Entertainment”, which promotes music and events management. He says that he does not smoke and drink alcohol and is proud to say that, he is having clean fun and enjoying every minute of it.
Like his DJ colleagues, he grew up absorbed by music. He says his uncle had a large collection of LP’s and he used to listen to them on his gramophone.
“That was way back and I believe my love for deejaying started then though I later took it seriously when, I was a bit mature,” he said.
He first entered the Lovers Plus DJ competition and came sixth out of seven competitors.
“That competition inspired me to take deejaying seriously because I realised that I did have a genuine passion for it,” he said.
Funny enough, the other thing that made him join the competition besides his passion was the consolation prize. He knew nothing about spinning discs but the consolation price was three times more than the registration fee.
“You understand what I mean when I say I had nothing to lose,” he said.
He says that he plays a variety of music genres though his first love is house music.
“My love for house music began when it was still called funk in the early 90’s,” he explains.
He started his deejaying career in 2001 when he was able to afford the equipment. When he joined the industry he was helped by a fellow colleague called Dj Tambae who was already established.
He taught himself most of the deejaying skills but it took him six months before he could finally perform in front of a crowd.
“I used to make so much noise when I was doing my daily practices,” said Boogie Sid, and despite this noise, his mother was always supportive of his decision to venture into the career.
He regularly gets booked to play at corporate events, parties, cocktail parties, weddings and festivals.
Recently he came second in the Kgalagadi Breweries Limited sponsored DJ Sprite Show competition that was held in Francistown where DJs from the north were given 10 minutes to display their skills. He will be competing in the second stage of the competition next month in Gaborone. The winner in this national competition will represent Botswana in Zimbabwe where they will compete with DJs from other SADC countries.
Boogie Sid says that Batswana are slowly but surely giving the deejaying career the respect it deserves because most people now understand the influence DJs have in the community. He wishes more people especially corporate leaders, could recognise that DJs can be responsible for driving their target audience if they hire them for events.
“Ten years ago there were no DJ competitions but now there are various competitions that upcoming DJs may use as a platform to establish their careers”, said Boogie Sid. Most DJs are releasing their own albums and Boogie Sid says that Batswana should expect one from him in the near future. “It’s going to be an Afro dance album and will rock everybody’s world,” he said confidently.
