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How Math and Memory Can Make or Break Your DJ Skills

Sergio Padilla for KUT
DJ Orión Garcia, left, teaches KUT reporter Veronica Zaragovia what it takes to be a DJ at his home studio in Austin."

It’s time for another class in KUT’s Summer School series!

So far, our reporters have learned how to glass blow, make wooden bowls and become a knight!

KUT’s Veronica Zaragovia visited some of Austin’s most talented DJs -- Orión Garcia of Peligrosa and Lorenzo Villareal of Dub Academy-- to learn what it takes to get behind the turn tables.

And as she learns, it takes far more than loving music to be a DJ. For starters, DJs are really good at math and have a vast memory. Find out if Veronica stands a chance.

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