Luxe On West Call: Campus DJ Event In Tallahassee

By Elana Goodwin on March 24, 2016

This article is brought to you by The Luxe on West Call, a dynamic community steps away from the Florida State University campus in beautiful Tallahassee. To learn more about The Luxe on West Call, please call us at 850-765-2201 and visit us here.

If you’re going to be in Tallahassee this weekend, you’re in for a real treat as Campus DJ and The Luxe on West Call are teaming up to throw a Campus DJ Battle at Recess featuring the city’s top college DJs, special guest judges, and headliner/Florida State University alum Brian Kerr (DJ Kurr).

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Campus DJ was founded in 2013 and since then, they have awarded more than $300,000 in gear and cash prizes to participating DJs and fans. It’s run by CAMPVS, which is an intercollegiate entertainment company dedicated to finding talent. Campus DJ had initial backing from Universal Music Group, preeminent Silicon Valley angel investors, and a strategic partnership that includes Village on Telluride, the Capstone Cottages of San Marcos, and the Flats at West Village. Past sponsors have included Chegg, Chipotle, MINI USA, Monster Energy and Tinder.

Based out of Los Angeles, Campus DJ is the only competition out there whose goal is to discover and recognize local talent. It’s basically a sister-event to Campus MovieFest and the College Battle of the Bands tour which is a competition for live musicians and bands currently in college. The idea for this kind of contest was born after a growing number of DJ submissions were entered into Battle of the Bands, prompting the company’s founders (Evan Shapiro, Campus MovieFest) to create a new DJ-focused competition.

“There is a big demand for DJs on college campuses,” said Evan Shapiro, the co-founder of College Battle of the Bands and Campus DJ. “This is the first-ever competition designed for college DJs.”

Past winners of the Campus DJ were Flaxo (Columbia University), Bentley Montes x King Tutt (UCLA and Icon Collective), and DJ Kurr (FSU).

Columbia University student Nick Perloff, 19, known as “Flaxo,” was only a sophomore majoring in political science and economics when he won the first Campus DJ competition in 2013. Besides being named best Campus DJ, he won a 2013 Mini Cooper S Countryman, a section dedicated to his sound on the music app Dubbler, swag from Jabra, a prize package from textbook service Chegg and a touring package from Live Nation.

Winners of the 2014 competition, representing UCLA and Icon Collective, were Bentley Montes and King Tutt, who have more than 1,500 followers on SoundCloud. After the competition, LA-based Bentley Montes scored a record signing with Mad Decent, American DJ Diplo’s label, for his remix of Jackal’s “Animal Style.”

Kerr actually started out at a Campus DJ event sponsored by Luxe at Encore last spring. During the competition, Kerr went up against undergrads from schools all across the country. He did 10-minute DJ sets in the first round of the contest and came out on top in his categories, going on to win the regional battle on the way to the national stage.

Since winning, Kerr has gone on to be one of the most successful Campus DJ winners, as he signed with Dash Radio to be the official DJ for Red Cup Radio, has also opened for hit artists like Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and Wale, and performed at events such as the 2015 ESPY Awards and Miley Cyrus’s VMA after-party.

The Luxe on West Call has hosted the Campus DJ battle in the past and plans on continuing to do so in the future to provide an exciting place for residents to both live and have fun.

Besides being a really cool event with music and dancing, students and attendees can get free swag and other giveaways — a perfect way to spend this Friday night if you’re in the FSU area!

For additional information and other news, go to www.CampusDJ.com or Like Campus DJ on Facebook and follow them on Twitter.

Looking for a great place to live off-campus within a stone’s throw of campus? Please visit The Luxe on West Call to see our dynamic community in action. To visit our website, please click here or call us at 850-765-2201 to get more information and schedule a tour.

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