When do you know its the right time to start looking for giggs?

**hola amigos** · 02-07-2013, 01:30 AM

True I will keep practicing and probably hold off on the hookah bars. I don't want to turn peoples night into a shit fest. If I'm not confident on what genre to play then I'm probably not ready anyways.

**squidot** · 02-07-2013, 01:35 AM

you may be the best troll we've got. kudos!

**calgarc** · 02-07-2013, 01:36 AM

you know its time when your wife or parents keep screaming at you to find a job and help with the bills lolol

actually when you feel comfortable, you will want to go out and do shows and find gigs

**Culture_Shock** · 02-07-2013, 01:45 AM

Originally Posted by hola amigos

True I will keep practicing and probably hold off on the hookah bars. I don't want to turn peoples night into a shit fest. If I'm not confident on what genre to play then I'm probably not ready anyways.

Hey man, I'm not trying to bring you or your confidence down, I still think you should go for it! Don't let the fear of not getting everything perfect stop you from giving it a shot. Heck, don't let the fear of the night being a total failure stop you. Just try and find a place that isn't out of your league, and give it a shot. The kind of place that would hire a newbie dj with no experience or references isn't going to kill your resume if it doesn't work out anyway.

I had a buddy ask me to start djing at his rock venue between bands, he likes the music between bands to contrast against the music that the bands play, so as long as I'm not spinning hard rock, I'm pretty much on the ball. It's at most twenty minutes between each band, four to six times a night.
If there's any kind of place like that around you, maybe talk to them. Low key performances, in a place that is already all about the music! hand out some business cards, talk to some folks?

**hola amigos** · 02-07-2013, 01:59 AM

Eh I think I need to come up with more tricks up my sleeve anyways, the only way of mixing I know how to do. Is the simple transition when track is 16 counts away from ending start new track. That's probably not that entertaining for a crowd. I'll keep watching the 5 basic transitions and keep practicing them.

**MaxOne** · 02-07-2013, 04:13 AM

Originally Posted by squidot

you may be the best troll we've got. kudos!

Hola amigos is the DJ Qbert of trolls.

**Jester** · 02-07-2013, 04:20 AM

have you done any house parties or anything like that? get lots of those under your belt.

**donstone** · 02-07-2013, 08:18 AM

normally you're ready to DJ out at clubs right after you unpack your mixtrack out of it's box and download the beatport top 100 from a blog. At least that's what it seems like in my town

**DJ G-REG** · 02-07-2013, 09:56 AM

Once you feel you are comfortable mixing tracks, you just have to get out and do it live. Playing live in front of people is way different then practicing at home and you will learn more about reading the crowd and know what to play next.