I have been DJ-ing for a year now and this weekend had my first gig on a local Open Air. It was a lot of fun and motivated me to work even harder in the future.
While i am using soundcloud to share my sets, I find it difficult to improve as much as I would like without any outside feedback (apart from my - biased - girlfriend).
I was wondering if there’s a way (e.g. forums, message boards, communities etc.) to get some feedback on what I should work on, to get better and which part of my work is good and can be built upon?
Given my live experience is so low, it’s hard to find opportunities to play outside of my living room, so I would be very grateful for some ruthless thoughts on my work.
I don’t want to spam the DJ-Tech Tools Forum, so I am intentionally not adding my soundcloud-account, not being sure if this place here would be appropriate.
Post a mix in the proper section here and hope for the best. I can give it a listen if you’d like.
To be fair, you aren’t going to find some magical community where everyone listens to every mix with feedback in mind. It’s hard to make people want to listen to a mix. You’re much more likely to get feedback on a production.
Get your friends in your car and drive somewhere an hour away and an hour back with the cd on repeat. Dont tell em it’s your mix and let the honesty come out.
I’m in a similar position to you, Boris. I don’t have any advice from experience, but here’s how I intend to earn more plays and comments: listen to a bunch of sets on here and comment on the ones I particularly enjoy. The DJs who uploaded them will likely appreciate my feedback, and more importantly, people will learn what kind of taste I have. Knowing this, they will be more likely to check out any contributions I submit, and hopefully more people who share my tastes will feel encouraged to make more contributions.
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