Women to know: Tiffany Calver DJ, speaker and event organizer, big dreams from a small town
Dark and voluminous hair, sweet face and English roots, Tiffany Calver is one of those women that are self-made, a spirit that transformed her voice and passion into her work, her tenacity and her fortune, her shyness into her winning key. DJ, speaker and event organizer, Tiffany cannot stay still for a moment, constantly traveling and discovering herself, she brings with her that music that from the little town of Telford has taken her to London and then to Rome where we have met her. Intrigued to know her story, we asked her some questions during the performance at the well-known Roman party Touch The Wood.
Find out what she told us below.
#4 Tell us more about your relationship with Basement Approved, do you enjoy throwing parties with them? Furthermore, as an event organizer, how do you pick your lineup?
Working with Basement Approved is actually a bit of a funny story. We were all in Berlin for Bread & Butter and while drunkenly eating the most incredible kebabs, decided to work together on my most recent party. We're all really good mates so it was just a genuine way for all of us to do something cool together. They helped me with the media side of things, capturing the best pictures of the night and making really dope video content.
Regarding the line-ups of my events, it's always been from an equally selfish and selfless place. I always brought people over that I just really wanted to see live, and knew there were other people out there that felt the same way. It's always been a high-risk operation but somehow it always manages to pay off and sell out. I'd like to think that over the years I've established myself as a pretty decent DIY promoter because I cater to the crowd how I would want to be catered for. Making insane experiences for everyone in the room. Connecting breakthrough artists with their core fanbases in London. It's actually mental in hindsight to see some of the artists I've managed to co-sign from the beginning, excelling to such a crazy degree. There's no way you'll catch 90% of them in a 250 capacity East London basement ever again!
#5 You’ll be DJing at Touch The Wood, is it your first time in Rome? You seem to be pure energy, keeping mosh pits going must be quite an intense job. How do you approach foreign crowds on the dancefloor? Was it ever hard to break the ice getting people to dance? Can you recall a particular situation?
Yes, and I'm so excited to eat all the pasta!! Is that super cliché? Maybe I shouldn't say that. Pasta aside, I'm just really excited to be playing here. It's always been a dream of mine to come to Rome and it's crazy to me that the first time I make it over here, it's to play music. The great thing about this job is that music is a universal language, and so approaching a foreign crowd isn't as difficult as it might sound. It's an exchange of music taste and knowledge. One thing I'd always suggest doing if you DJ in a foreign club is showing some respect by doing your research and finding a few native tracks that will impress the people in there. Other than that, just play!!
Breaking the ice and getting people dancing is always a fun challenge for me. I'd like to think I'm a good crowd reader and sometimes after a few trial and error transitions, you know where to take it and where not to.
