Originally Posted by
031999
yeah man, ya gotta be seen!! go there give em a mix cd. dont worry they will definitely lose the first one. So go back about a week later. check on the progress, give em another one.
The most important thing is.... GET PEOPLES NAMES!!!!
Example.... You go the first time, and talk to a girl named Jane. She is not the one who makes the decisions, but that doesn't matter. She says you really need to talk to Mike (manager) but he's not there at the moment. No problem, make some small talk, leave her with a mix cd and a card to give to Mike. Tell her you'll stop back by.
2 days later stop back by. Mike is not there, and neither is Jane, but a bar manager named Linda is. You tell her your a "friend" of Jane's and she told you to stop by and speak to Mike, but since he is not there you ask her when he will be by. Make at least 10 mins of small talk. Ask her stuff like how she got the job at this club, if she used to work at any other clubs (chances are she will say yes, *find out which ones)
Now on the third visit hopefully you get to speak to Mike. Tell him your a friend of Jane and Linda and they told you to stop by and talk to him about dj'ing there. (DON'T WORRY he is not going to cross check this. He has no reason to doubt you.) Give him another mix cd. Tell him you might stop by again to see how the renovations are going and to see if he liked the mix.
When you stop by again chances are pretty good you will see Jane or Linda, shout out a "Hey" and "Wow this place is really coming together"! It shows Mike that you already have a good rep with some of the employees (even if it just looks like that on the surface).
Let Mike know that the place is lookin pretty cool, and you think its gonna be pretty popular.
If he is in any way still uncertain about hiring you at this point. Tell him "hey listen, I understand, Let me do you a favor and play my first night for free... so you can kinda try me out, if you like me and everyone has fun, than keep me, if not.... well no harm done."
Your golden!
This is how I have got residencies for years, its all about knowing how to work people.
.......on a small side note.
If you play the first night, and the owner is not feeling it. Than go to those other clubs that that bar manager "Linda" said she used to work at. Let em know that you just dj'ed a night at "so and so" club and that Linda recommended that you come check out this place too to see if they needed a fresh dj. (DON'T WORRY they're not going to cross check that either) But now you have your foot in the door.
OK please understand this is just a hypothetical story, but if you understand the "principles" of what I'm talking about and you have the balls to give it a go. Than you can use it to your advantage. This is called "Social Engineering" and it works. Trust me
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