Why do newbies automatically want gigs?

[Zac Kyoti]

Regular clubbers never notice transitions its a basic fact unless they are into there good music and DJ sets and stuff.

Unless the dj is trainwrecking the entire time, lol! They might not know what to call it, but they know it sounds bad.

[WooDz]

If you're married and you start flirting then there's obviously something missing in the relationship. Bar 2 occasions of some very respectful complements from a female guest, I can say that I just don't have this apparent groupie idolisation problem. I started DJing after I'd been married for 12 years and probably thanks to the constant working weekends we are enjoying and appreciate the times we do have together.

However; to get quickly back on topic.
It should be a natural progression to want to play in clubs when you start to get good at mixing.

[bucky]

Don't worry about the demanding newbs who think they own it all. If someone buys dj equipment or buys a guitar or drum set they're all the same. They make a big entrance and talk themselves up all over.. their departure from things is so much quieter that no one even notices.

[IznremiX]

Theres a few factors imo:

a) Whenever you tell someone that your into djing, the first thing they ask is: where do you dj? The majority of people think djing is just playing one song after another and don't understand why someone would be a bedroom dj.
edit: this adds pressure onto bedroom djs to get gigs

b) I know this b/c im guilty of it, and i know lots of others are too; when you start off you think your tiesto. After years of experience, learning new techniques, watching other djs you realize you suck and need a lot more practice before you deserve to play out.

[Quenepas]

If you're married and you start flirting then there's obviously something missing in the relationship. Bar 2 occasions of some very respectful complements from a female guest, I can say that I just don't have this apparent groupie idolisation problem. I started DJing after I'd been married for 12 years and probably thanks to the constant working weekends we are enjoying and appreciate the times we do have together.

However; to get quickly back on topic.
It should be a natural progression to want to play in clubs when you start to get good at mixing.

Yeah I figured it can grow old and on these crazy times getting an STD is very very fail.... oh well!

[soundinmotiondj]

Why do the majority of newbie DJ's automatically set there sights on gigs?

Because novices don't know how much they don't know. The moment there is any ability to "make it through" the simplest set, they believe themselves to be ready for anything.

Said another way:
Novices want to do intermediate stuff.
Intermediates want to do advanced stuff.
Advanced want to go back and work on the basics.

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[Konig16]

I myself am a newbie DJ although I don't really call myself a DJ. I think the reason to want to get gigs so fast at least from my point of view is to play for an audience. I don't DJ for money if I did one day cool but i truly just do it because I'm passionate about music and want to share good music with others. Unless you have a spot where you can organize party's without getting busted getting a gig is the only way for a DJ to play for a audience. Fact is being a bedroom DJ is fun but at some point you want too share with others. I see DJing a lot like dancing you don't want to be on the dance floor alone you want everyone to be there enjoying the muscial journey with you.

[Coldfuzion]

I myself am a newbie DJ although I don't really call myself a DJ. I think the reason to want to get gigs so fast at least from my point of view is to play for an audience. I don't DJ for money if I did one day cool but i truly just do it because I'm passionate about music and want to share good music with others. Unless you have a spot where you can organize party's without getting busted getting a gig is the only way for a DJ to play for a audience. Fact is being a bedroom DJ is fun but at some point you want too share with others. I see DJing a lot like dancing you don't want to be on the dance floor alone you want everyone to be there enjoying the muscial journey with you.

+1

[josh@firestorm]

and coldfuzion, dont ever quote drake

i had never heard of drake until i saw him on an episode of "when i was 17" on MTV a few weeks back.

...I still dont know or care for who he is

[DJ Nada]

Because a DJ isn't a DJ unless that DJ performs somewhere. You can't call yourself a DJ if you've never had the feedback of a dancefloor. It's like being an actor and not actually being in any films. That's not an actor, that's a waitress. Or like being a fighter, and never actually fighting. That's not a fighter, that's a guy that enjoys sparring. Part of being a DJ is your audience, otherwise, what's the point?
I started DJing with no experience and a regular gig. I sucked so bad... It made me improve quickly though, and I believe I have a better understanding of the dancefloor than most people at my level. I can read a room and usually tell what would get things moving. That's a critical skill you can't get playing in your bedroom for 3 years.

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I've not been impressed with any of the bedroom DJs I've heard. They play these wack sets like 45 minutes of Indonesian dubstep, when the crowd wants to hear Jay-Z and Drake.
Watching youtube videos of "how-to-scratch" does not mean you can wiki-wiki over a track for 5 minutes.
When girls are standing on the dancefloor waiting to dance, you should not play something that has a 5 minute build-up to an "epic" drop. Just play the damn song already. Only your friends will be left to hear it.
Speaking of friends, of course they think you're great, they're your friends. They don't count. Can you make me dance? Can you make the 4 guys in the corner dance? That's how you know you're doing a good job.
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