How to get gigs...

[MyUsername]

I now have a steady stream of gigs coming my way. I became friends with an established DJ that gets at least 3 gigs a month. Usually they expect him to play all night. That's where I come in, I play an hour long set a few times while he catches a breath. Playing from 10 pm to 6 am is just such a challenge, so any DJ that has gigs won't mind some back up. Tell them you 'd do it fairly cheap, or even free and if you got some skill you will have loads of gigs.

Just play what the people organizing the party want you to play though.

[alexfells]

Find out who the promotor for the nights you want to play at are, get in touch, send them a mix, say your interested, ask for the warm up slot and if they like your mix tape you might get lucky. Maybe send a link to a facebook page too, try and get some of the people who have ben at those house parties you've been playing to add the page so you have something to show the promoter that people like you.

[racoon]

nowadays i would suggest to make a bunch of recorded mixes and spread them over the internet.

so you can gain experience really easy and you can maybe get some feedback from some listeners.

additionally you produce promo material on mass with this, what you can give around and if the right people see your level of productivity, it becomes a self running thing in which you don't have to put much energy in other things than djing ;o)

PS: if you have problems with your productivity than you will find out really fast what you have to change in your personal motivation to get to that level because you are the only person involved ;o) (learn to "make it on your own" will have a huge impact on your market-value ;D)

[DJ ATX]

I suggested getting whatever gig you can at this point. Just get out there!! Use these "starter" gig to build a name for yourself. Use them to gain experience in reading the crowd. Rolling your set with their moods. As you play more, you will gain more connections. Use the top40 clubs as practice and a jumping off point.