DJ Mickey Space Make It Rain Interview

Make It Rain: A Community Festival for Bushfire Aid

On Saturday, 14 March, Melbourne hosts a 1-day festival at lavish North Melbourne venue, The Third Day. The event will feature top-name DJs; Kodiak Kid, Lickweed and Mickey Space, who'll be working alongside a huge variety of Melbourne's best performers to raise much-needed funds for the ongoing bushfires along the East Coast of Australia.

Offering a jam-packed program running over 12 hours, Make It Rain brings together Melbourne's top performers and creatives for a very special day of celebrating community. Daytime activities include a fashion show, guest speakers from the Extinct Rebellion (and one of its chosen charities, Blazeaid), live music, workshops, roving performers, market stalls and food trucks. As the sun goes down, festival-goers will be treated with cabaret shows, DJs, more live music and live auctions.

As fires continue to rage through parts of the ACT and NSW, Australia reels from the life-changing devastation that will take years to return from. The media coverage may have lessened, but the lives of our native animals and fellow Australians remain in tatters. Every dollar counts towards their rehabilitation!

Make It Rain is a collaborative effort led by Melbourne performers Sophie deLightful, Jay Bee, Timothy Christopher Ryan, Alikeen Killer and Larissa Wright, with generous support from The Third Day.

This is a child-friendly licenced event with activities suitable for all ages - you can even bring your dog!

Saturday, 14 March
The Third Day, North Melbourne
Tickets

Interview with DJ Mickey Space

Question: Can you tell us about Make It Rain?

DJ Mickey Space: "Make It Rain: A Community Festival for Bushfire Aid" is a collaborative effort to raise much-needed funds to repair the damage from these fires to our beautiful country.

In times of need, community strength shines its brightest - and Australia's devastating bushfire crisis needs as much help as it can get. This 1-day festival event brings together the cream of a very creative Melbourne crop, offering interactive experiences and entertainment from midday to midnight!


Question: How did the Australian fires affect you and your family?

DJ Mickey Space: The Australian fires I believe affected everyone whether we experienced it firsthand or not, the emotional turmoil that it sent the whole country into could not be ignored by anyone connected to their heart!

Question: What inspired you to get involved in Make It Rain?

DJ Mickey Space: I wanted to support those affected by the fires in any way I could. So when an opportunity arose to support those in need with a fundraiser gig I was pronto on board!


Question: What can audiences expect from your performance at Make It Rain?

DJ Mickey Space: Audiences can expect the unexpected from my show! A bucketload of fun, booty-shaking, bass-cranking pearls!


Question: Who are you most looking forward to performing alongside?

DJ Mickey Space: I'm most looking forward to performing along Mr Manifold and the Revolution... we often cross waves and collaborate at various events and it's always a blast!


Question: If you could have anyone, in the world, attend a show, who would it be?

DJ Mickey Space: If I could have anyone, in the world, attend a show, it would be my Grandma! She'd get quite a kick I reckon seeing me perform, does it count that she's not actually in this world anymore?


Question: Which music/artists are you currently listening to?
DJ Mickey Space: I'm always listening to all sorts of artists... but I probably listen to more chill/ambient artists most regularly... loving James Murray, Nils Frahm and Jon Hopkins among many right now!


Question: What's a typical day like?

DJ Mickey Space: Wake up: sit and practice pranayama, meditation and stand on my head. Breakfast and off on my Ducati monster to teach a couple of yoga classes, come home for a lunch break, crank up the tunes, download or upload, lay down a beat, then off to teach more classes till dinner time - and then stare into my love's eyes till we fall asleep. On the weekend things shift a bit as I stop teaching, I'm often playing out at some mad party and otherwise immersing in nature.


Question: Can you share your socials? 

DJ Mickey Space: www.djmickeyspace.com
https://www.facebook.com/DjMickeySpace
@mickey.space


Interview by Brooke Hunter