Obama’s DJ speaks about what it felt like Djing for the first family

DJ Mel Cavaricci aka Obama’s DJ wasn’t a small time DJ before he met the Obamas. He’s had gigs at Tour de France and at one time was the official DJ for the University of Texas Football and Men’s
Basketball Teams. The folks at Spin had an interview with him and got him to talk about what it felt like being the official DJ for the outgoing US President. Enjoy excerpts from the interview below…
How did you get the gig as Obama’s official DJ in the first place?
I have a friend works works with the president and I always thought that was cool. He lived in Austin at one point and we would hang out a lot. He’s a total music nerd and we had a lot in common. And we would talk, hang out,  go out to eat or something, and I’d always just say casually, “I would like to DJ for Obama one day, because he’s Barack Obama!” He would just look at me and kind of nod and we just left it at that.
One day, it was like a Saturday morning and it was like noon, he was like “Hey, what’s up man? What are you doing on Tuesday?” And I said like, “Nothing, why?” “Do you want to DJ for Barack Obama on election night?” I was like, “Really?” “Yeah, dude” That was Saturday and by Tuesday, I was there.
Read the full interview on Spin.