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Originally Posted by PolluxRockStar  listen to it in your car
and don't pursue anything
save your self years of time and money to do better things with your life : ) |
This is probably the best advice I've read in this thread. DJ's are, and have been, a dime a dozen for a long time. There a lot of people who can and do mix at a very high level, and yet they are relugated to their bedrooms. Why? Because of oversaturation. And because thousands of bedroom dj's can mix at a high level. But most will be relageted to local bar background music at best.
There was a time where you could have gotten into club music and made it big. But that time has long passed. The days of the superstar DJ are long over.
Arguably the time will soon come when DJ's are totally phased out, and clubs play music strictly off a computer system that matches beats, keys, styles, etc. I personally don't think that time is that far off myself.
But, if you must, then there's some pretty good advice in this thread. At the same time, don't be that guy hanging around just to get gigs. People see right through that shit. Promoters, and suprisingly, even the general public sees right through it. Just be straight up about your business. Tell them you're an aspiring DJ and want gigs for experience, and give them a demo, and let that be that. You don't have to hang around the place for years and then suddenly reveal you're a DJ. Just be yourself..
What they said about your mobile experience is true. You've got a leg up there to be a working DJ if you want to make it and earn money. You probably already know that the *BIG* and catchy songs are the ones that draw people out on to the floor. And doing those gigs you probably know too that John Q Public doesn't care much about beatmatching. Some floors do care about beatmatching, but the crowds you will be playing too largely wont. Don't sweat it. You will probably never play to the type of large crowd that cares about beatmatching much. That day is long gone..Anyways, just my 2 cents, good luck..
ps, get into producing if you're really passionate about it..that's were it's really at..