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It's New York Fashion Week and DJ Robbie
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Wilde is busy working the exclusive Project
Runway designer reunion Party.
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Wilde lives in a world of rhythm and bass,
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he just can't hear it.
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Ear infections as a child left Wilde completely deaf
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in his right ear and with only 20-percent hearing in his left.
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Did you ever feel sorry for yourself?
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Never, no. Sometimes I'd even forget it sometimes myself.
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Although hearing is the most important sense in a DJ's life,
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Wilde was determined to make it.
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He got his first shot to perform at his father's
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restaurant nearly a decade ago and hasn't looked back since.
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You know I still consider it as a hobby.
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I really do love it. Like I don't see it as a job, you know.
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And that's the best part, if you love something, you know,
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you don't consider it as a job,
you know,you're happy to go to work.
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Wilde went to DJ school to learn the art of turntablism.
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And also relies on his computer to see the music
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and feels the vibration,literally.
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He's dubbed "That Deaf DJ" by club goers and promoters
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and it's a moniker even he uses.
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But Wilde says it's more than just about his deafness.
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You know, I don't want you to see me as
a deaf DJ or a deaf kid trying to DJ.
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I want you, I want you to see me as
a great DJ that happens to be deaf,
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you know, because, you know,
I don't want sympathy, I don't want,
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"Oh, let's give him a gig, because,
you know, his hearing is impaired."
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His skills got noticed by HP
and earned him a spot in a commercial,
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thrusting him onto the world stage.
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It doesn't matter that I can't hear the music.
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That he's doing it through touch without being able
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to hear the music is a wonderful story.
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Besides, some things are better left unheard, he says.
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You know, there's a lot of sounds out
in the world you don't want to hear,
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I like it muffled, you know.
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-It's, it's...you know,
-I like who I am. I'm proud of who I am.
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When he's not DJing,
Wilde is in the studio producing music.
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What's your message for those who are trying
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to chase a dream, just like you?
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Just, honestly, never, never give up.
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Sarah Hoye CNN, New York.