man honestly, you learn more by doing in a "trial by fire" by just going out there and doing your thing. whats the worst that happens? you screw up a couple of times. but YOU REMEMBER SCREWING UP AND YOU DONT DO IT AGAIN and you do everything in your power not to... best learning curve ever.
and really? the only thing thats separating dj's now or a few yrs in the future is/will be -- track selection. if you have great tunes and know when people want em and how to give em to you is WAYYYY more important IMO than being able to cue juggle or do any sort of effects (yes they add to how you are giving the crowd thsoe tracks in a memorable way but they arent the staple of the proformance.... the tracks are).
and as for if your ready for your first gig its like anything in life, "go big or go home". no one famous ever go there by taking things slow and being cautious. they went out there, did their thing, didnt care what the fuck people thought-- because if they did they wouldnt have gone nearly as far as they did -> proving the haters wrong every second they kept going, and catapulted themselves into the history books.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0epTFO83m1k
(i know, corny old disney movie... but a fantastic one at that)
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