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Originally Posted by Roos

All good suggestions in here.

The only thing I can add is that while it may seem hard to get a gig, you've actually got an upper hand on most Dallas club DJs. Doing school dances and mobile DJing is some of the best experience you can ever have in playing for a crowd. THAT is very valuable for getting good gigs. A lot of Dallas DJs only want to play for themselves or other DJs, meaning they aren't willing to bend a little or play a little mainstream. You have dealt with mainstream and requests and such, so you're already ahead of them in many ways.

And if/when you get a gig, remember... play for the girls. Once the girls dance, the guys buy drinks, and the bar makes money which in turn will make you money. A philosophy to live by if you want to work regularly and last a long time.

Originally Posted by J. Feez

this is perfect. and since music is cheap these days, don't dj one style, which you already figured out, but may lack edm in your crates. If someone asks/offers you a house gig, if you only play hip hop, then you can't. I was more of a hip hop/pop/party dj, but when a house gig came through(the official policy was to play no more than 3 hip hop songs an hour), i had about 20 house records and said 'cool i can do it'. I went and bought about 20 more and i was playing house, even though i had never really been into house. I really learned alot from that experience, and eventually i went back to playing what i was into. But, if i hadn't taken that gig, i would still be on the sidelines.

lots of 'i's' in there, sorry

All good points.

I whore myself out stylistically for the mighty $$$. lol.