Is it even worth posting mixes online?
Hi All
I'm just getting back into djing after a few years off, mainly house and techno.
I have less time and more commitments than I had before, so I don't see myself fitting in too many club gigs, but I was planning on recording and sharing my mixes online.
So I opened a Mixcloud account and put up a mix in the House & Tech House categories, and within a few hours it was lost in a deluge of other mixes. That's ok, I was expecting that, I know I need to put in the work and do some promo if I want to get my mixes noticed. But where should I do that promo?
I joined a couple of Facebook dj groups and they just seem to be a flood of promo posts for gigs and other mixes, with little to no interaction or feedback on any of them. Looking at the mixes section on the dj forums (such as here) the pattern seems similar - lots of people posting mixes, but very little replies or feedback.
So is there actually any point posting mixes online? Does anyone listen to them? Is it possible to get noticed in such a crowded space these days?
I'd love to hear what what you guys think?