DJ&producer Lissy

I have on my mobile phone so I could play the piano digital. Once, about June 2019 I clicked by accident on a wrong button when I opened that app and my whole piano was gone out there. I came in a digital library with a lot of tools, loops and instruments wich I could change and adjust to the music I like. I discovered a lot of cool sounds en other possibilities and I came into another new world. One day in september 2019 I found out an empty field. I could only make loops and add instruments and record them. That was the beginning of the beats I made, which I posted on Instagram. It became easier to work with that app and all tools whitin it.

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In the end of October I watched a documentary about DJ's, how they became famous and the history of electronic music. That inspired me a lot and that let me make the decision to become a DJ as well and make my own remixes to publicate them thereafter.

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In the summer of 2020, I saw that someone could win a DJ lesson with a duration of 1,5 hours in the studio of the Dutch DJ Tony Junior. I joined the win action via Instagram. Luckily I, as a beginner, won that lesson! There were so much other Dutch DJ's who joined too. It was unexpected, but what a great experience (see the photo under the part 'More' -> 'BOEKING.')...

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Half August 2020: I know a man who works in a youth center in Amsterdam. He told me that the workshops should begin again after the summer holiday. He knows that some of his collegues are DJ's who give those lessons. I got a lesson and enjoyed it, so the DJ told me another location in Amsterdam for DJ lessons from the same organisation for youth. That was awesome, because I had every week one DJ lesson. One week on location A and the other week on location B. My schedule of my second year biomedical analist left me room for taking more lesson, so I felt happy for that. A few months later I got the update that on location C in Amsterdam also came new DJ lessons. My schedule of my study changed. Because of that I just had two lessons per week and the other week I had one lesson. It was sad that, due to Corona, there came a strict lockdown in the Netherlands.

During the lockdowns I practiced via a computer program with beatmatching and timing of the infade&outfade and put the short remixes in a Reel in Instagram. That was and is a succes!

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I have been active as a volunteer for Zaanse Regenboog since 2019, because I like to contribute an equal society where it becomes more logical that queers can be who they are without worries. There's still a lot of progress to make, but luckily there are besides violence incidents in NL also a lot of positive developments, due to Zaanse Regenboog. 

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On the 1st of April 2022 I had my first DJ performance. That was at a party for youth as a volunteer of ZaanPride. I really enjoyed it. I performed back2back with another Dutch DJ. We were the opening act and played our sets between the performences of the different bands. We also had the closing set of the evening.

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The evening after that I went to a party of the iceskating club I had a membership and there I performed back2back as well.

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Start of July I performed by Younithy hangout store in Zaandam and suddenly I got filmed by a Dutch influencer. She posted that video on her Instagram with thousands of followers and shared it with me. That was really awesome!

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On the 23rd of January 2023 I was MC at the Chinese new year gala for Chinese adoptees in the Netherlands. I liked it a lot being the MC for the first time, because I learned how to exite the audience. That was a unique experience. 

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On the 2nd of September 2023 I had my second performance at the party for youth from ZaanPride. This time I played my set alone. I was dedicated to the closing act of the evening, so I had an 1,5 hours during set consisting of house, techno and hardstyle. 

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ADE 2023 was my first ADE ever. It was really awesome, especially as DJ&producer. The crew around Dr. Peacock reached out to me. They'd like to receive my demos, so they might want me to be part of their label, so I can sell my beats via the crew. I also met another producer and since ADE I have a collaboration with him. Moreover I met a DJ with a radio station who sees a potential producer for the radio show in me and I got live feedback on my techno beat from Darude (famous of his track 'Sandstrorm".). Last but not least I joined live producer contests.

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​In November 2023, I won a masterclass about your rights in combination with legal enterpreneurship as a producer&artist in the music industry. It took place in STMPD Studios, the studio that's founded by Martin Garrix.

 

In December 2023, I won a plugin for my producer software. It was chosen randomly, and many other producers participated. The plugin is worth around €200.00.

 

In the summer of 2024, I went viral with two videos on my Instagram account. These have garnered 132,000 and even 328,000 views!

 

I now have over 20 performances to my name, including the highlight of my DJ career: Roze Zaterdag (Pink Saturday), where 3,500 people marched in the parade while I played, and thousands of people watched the spectacle from the sidelines. The second best performance I've had on 2025-07-31. I made my debut at the Thuishaven festival site and played for 2,200 people. Finally, the performance that's in my top 3 is my performance in July 2024, the one that made me go viral on Instagram.

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In October 2025, I attended ADE Lab for the second time. I learned a lot during masterclasses, spoke one-on-one with major DJs and producers, participated in demo drops, and received valuable feedback from a label founder. Before ADE Lab began, I was invited to participate in the "Producer Course" masterclass and networking event hosted by producer "Bad Boombox." I found this very interesting. As a result, I am now officially an ADE Lab Alumni 2025 and can connect with other alumni from previous years and from the other invited Lab courses this year. There were a huge number of applications for the producer course, but thanks to my unwavering motivation and personal story, the selection team chose me.
I am grateful for this opportunity and all the new things I learned during this edition.