Music Plays Me…
Music Librarian • Sonic Explorer • Wedding DJ Who Rebelled ✊
“A truly great DJ understands that it is their duty to not just help their clients create an epic party but to spend their lives dedicated to being able to take their listeners on an irresistibly exciting and inspirational, next-level sonic journey.”
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DJ Celeste's unshakable passion for music, technology and performance has led her to spend over two decades of focused discipline learning the art and science of DJing, music theory, composition, sound engineering and immersive concert design. With an impressive set of career highlights including, 15+ years as a professional mobile event, festival and nightclub DJ, performing at 1000+ events, acquiring $30k+ of sound and DJ gear, meticulously collecting and cataloging over 30,000 songs in most genres, developing a knack for climactic, seamless song mixing, eclectic and inspirational curation and reading a diverse crowd and amassing millions of streams of her original music, Celeste possesses a never ending enthusiasm for providing a top notch experience for her listeners and is proud to represent today's modern, driven female in the entertainment industry. With a pioneering spirit, she has also been a leader in the music in the metaverse space utilizing spatial computing, extended reality (VR/AR/Holograms), AI and advanced broadcast to design futuristic, cutting edge concert performances in 3D environments as an avatar. Some of her past clients include, United Nations (Paris), MOMA SF, Apple, The Gap, Google, W Hotels, Ecstatic Dance (International), Data Bricks and Uber.
With a bustling set of career highlights that include,
15+ years as a busy mobile event, festival & nightclub DJ
First of a new wave of DJs to leverage extended reality (VR/AR), AI & spatial computing for futuristic virtual & high tech physical performances in the “metaverse”
25+ years as a formally trained guitarist, bassist & percussionist
Obtaining a degree in sound engineering & music business
Running sound for & DJ/MCing over 1000 events since 2010
Acquiring over $30,000 worth of sound, lighting and DJ equipment in her garage :)
Punctual, fun and easy to work with and always accommodating to her clients & agencies
Meticulously collecting and cataloging over 30,000 songs in almost all genres
Ability to be a true musical chameleon… 🦎
Developing a knack for climactic, seamless song mixing, eclectic and inspirational curation and reading a diverse crowd
Releasing 5 solo albums, 15+ singles, remixes and amassing millions of plays of her original music on Spotify, Apple, Youtube, etc.
With an emphasis on keeping the sound hip, energized, sophisticated and accessible, Celeste craftily mixes everything from the hottest high energy Deep/Tech/Bass House Music to Top 40/Pop hits. Indie Dance and Nu-Disco, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s classics, Hip Hop, Funky Grooves and super creative Mash Ups and Remixes. She has a special passion for unique and edgy Trap, Dubstep, Glitch-hop, Tribal/World, Downtempo and Future Bass Music and closely follows all the best, most cutting edge new underground and mainstream music producers to stay ahead of the game. Celeste is a regular guest DJ for the wildly popular “Ecstatic Dance” events internationally and takes pride in working to ensure that her listeners have an uplifting, energizing and cathartic experience on the dance floor.
Celeste has been thrilled to be able to share her music at, Outside Lands Music Festival, Bottle Rock Festival, The Giant’s Stadium, The Midway SF, Burning Man, Wisdome LA, Sky Bar LA, Star Vibes Festival NorCal, Mezzanine SF, Public Works SF and to diverse clients such as the United Nations, Google, Apple, MOMA SF, Elon Musk and Grimes (private party!), Ecstatic Dance, Frederic’s of Hollywood, The Gap/Banana Republic, W and Virgin Hotels, Uber and StubHub.
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As a music producer, multi instrumentalist and sound engineer, Celeste has had amassed millions of plays on streaming radio and had had hundreds of placements of her music on television & film including most notably Fox’s wildly popular show, “So You Think You Can Dance” as well as various shows on VH1, HBO, SONY, Discovery Channel and MTV. She gained notoriety with her soulful downtempo track release, “Love is Alive” featuring London based soul vocalist Mozez (Nightmares on Wax & Zero7) with airplay on KCRW and internationally. Celeste owns & operates her own recording studio and independent record label with 6 current album releases 15+ singles and countless remixes and mash-ups.
Celeste’s Song on
“So You Think You Can Dance”
*Another interesting note is that Ms. Lear is the granddaughter of the 8-Track Cassette (and Lear Jet) inventor William P. Lear. Definitely one with music bred right into her genes!!!
Some of DJ Celeste’s Regular Clients Include:
• W Hotels, Google, Apple, MOMA SF, SFO, Lucent Dossier, Stub Hub, Banana Republic, Warner Brothers, The Gap, Ecstatic Dance International, Oracle, The Exploratorium S.F., Max Mara, Ecstatic Dance, Yelp, Twitter, Oracle, Cybex, Fredericks of Hollywood, Macy’s, Neiman Marcus.
