“I’ve always enjoyed music, and I’ve always loved going to festivals,” Jurczyk said. “I really started getting into the EDM genre in college.”

She partially credits her introduction to DJing to her involvement in Greek life on campus. A member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, Jurczyk was inspired by other students who would DJ events she attended.

The story is similar for others on campus as well. Finance junior Armaan Pirzada, who goes by DJ Zada, started to take over for his frat whose DJ was getting ready to graduate. Taught by his brother in Beta Theta Pi, Pirzada picked up on it quickly and wanted to start playing for more people.

“I did a few parties, and (my frat brother) brought the opportunity up to me,” Pirzada said. “I got my trial night, and it was a really, really busy day in the springtime. I got to play on the patio (of Dublin Square) for like 300 people.”

That was Pirzada's freshman year. Now, he’s focused on his more regular gigs at Landshark and Rick’s. One of the most fun things about DJing on campus for Pirzada is the reactions he gets from the crowd while he tries to make the music as fun as the night out.

“When I started playing bars a lot, I started playing this ‘Victorious’ song,” Pirzada said. “It’s literally like my best song. When I have my biggest floor or when I’m really trying to get a crowd going, it’s the song I’ll open with.”

The song Pirzada is referring to is the song "Best Friend’s Brother" from the 2010s Nickelodeon show "Victorious." Jurczyk agreed that she think’s it's most fun to play throwback songs on campus to get the best reaction. Though it’s most fun, this isn’t always the goal.

Creative advertising sophomore Charlie Fracker and economics sophomore Adnan Khambaty form the duo Fracker and Nan. Born out of a longtime relationship, the pair have known each other from a young age and started playing music together long before getting to MSU.

“Our whole lives we’ve really been into music,” Fracker said. “We actually used to play together.”

At age 13 playing in a more traditional band, they got an early start on learning what the process of recording and producing music is like. Transitioning to MSU, DJing becoming such a big part of their social lives was something they never predicted.

DJing has also given Fracker and Khambaty exposure and allowed them to open for bigger DJs like Matroda, who played at MSU earlier this school year. Getting involved on campus playing at Mash and OTHER PLACES PLAYED has helped them to create a network.

“On campus we do kinda know everyone,” Khambaty said. “Outside of campus we do have a web of connections.”

Through this web, the group hopes to get a residency somewhere big and play their own music. The dream of producing their own sound never died, it just took on new form.

“Our main focus right now is really just stepping it up outside of East Lansing,” Khambaty said. “We’re trying to start producing, actually playing other tracks, putting them out and trying to gain some more traction.”

This whole process is now able to being for Fracker and Nan now what Djing has become much more anticipatory as a duo, adjusting from how one might mix solo. As they work on creating their own tracks, their main goal is to create something of their own that they can share with the MSU community.

“Playing our own songs in the bar to see how people respond to that would be really cool,” Fracker said. “To create something of your own and having people listen to it.”