Lando ftw
I’m confused… haha
Any more advice?
Thanks
i wasn’t hating on you, no need to be defensive.
you can take my advice or leave it, but don’t fool yourself - all the natural talent in the world doesn’t count for shit if you don’t put in the hours to sharpen it with hard work and practice.
sure djing is easier to pick up than learning the guitar, but it still takes a lot longer than a meager 2 months to learn how to do properly - i think everyone here who’s been doing it for at least a few years will agree with me.
there is always more to learn with this craft and you’ve only just begun, i’m just trying to help you realize that.
Congrats on your 1st gig! I see a lot of good advice here for you already, I can really only add my agreement that you find out what music is popular at the venue/event and concentrate on being comfortable with those genres, and don’t sweat the online promotions too much. Getting a mix online is good, and one of the best ways for a new dj to get their name out is by having a card or flyer to hand out with your contact info.
+1 on renting PA until you have the budget for some proper sound gear. I also wouldn’t worry too much about upgrading your gear right away either. If your skills are solid it doesn’t matter what kit you bring in, and extra bells and whistles aren’t necessarily going to help you be a better DJ.
And most of all, have fun!
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My advice: Use this as your album & flyer art. There’s no way you won’t get hired with this kind of steez.
i should probably watermark that then, eh? 
I understand, thanks.
The events are for people aged 16-20 mainly so I think a good mix would be some trance/dance classics mixed with some new popular house and dnb.
I know that the first thing I need to do now is do a mix and upload it/send it to this guy, should I do a 30 minute mix full of ‘bangers’ or a 1-hour set starting with chill-out and working its way up?
thanks
There’s a weekly night in a club in Amsterdam thet has electro/rock/D&B/dubstep, prettymuch every genre you can think of. All they do is:
Fade out 25%
Press play
Fade out rest.
Occasionally when they feel confident they mix.
The same 2 DJs have been doing this gig for 10 years now, and it’s stuffed each week.
If you want to mix a shitload of different genres, with just 8 weeks of experience, and make it out alive… Just do it like they have for 10 years.
Because seriously, I’ve been practicing on and off for 5 years now, been reading DJTT for over half a year, but I still suck when it comes to getting in front of a crowd.
I’d share my experience I had last weekend, but I don’t want to hog the thread any more
If you do want to hear about my friday night disaster, just ask, I’ll share 
here’s a pro-tip i learned from an old acting instructor of mine that translates to djing as well.
an audience doesn’t go to a show to watch you fail, they want you to succeed. they are hoping you do good - so even when you mess up, they want you to overcome any hick-up you may encounter. yeah sure, a couple djs in the crowd might snicker but they’re probably assholes anyways so don’t worry about those types.
for people who have stage fright it’s important to remember that people don’t go to parties to judge you negatively, most people are on your team from the get go so there is nothing to be nervous about as long as you are confident in your ability.
Go on, hog the thread and spill the beans…
Like Omar said in The Wire “Money Aint Got No Owners, Only Spenders”
oh, thats like the main reason i decided to give it a go at a local bar. i went to a local place and talked to the resident. he was making $250 for literally pressing play on one track, wave riding until it was near the end, and pressing play on the next track (virtual dj).
he did have pretty decent track selection, but in san antonio, you could just copy the music off the local rap station and play it song for song and be considered a “hawt dj” around town.
Haha, I don’t think I would resort to that kind of ‘mixing’!
Share your disaster story!
lol. love that show, so good.
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Do a quick mix of bangers. Most promoters aren’t gonna sit through a full-length mix. He’s probably only going to listen to the first 10 minutes to make sure you don’t trainwreck every mix and aren’t playing crap music. 
I like to think of promo mixes as a showcase for what makes you an individual as a DJ. While a longer mix can show more of the depth in your style, a quicker, more hard hitting mix allows you to perform more dramatic transitions and quickly show off your personal style to the casual listener. It’s like the elevator speech of the DJ world.
If you were a promoter, would you have an hour to sit down and listen to some guy’s mix that may or may not be good? I’d do a really hot 20 min mix. Post something up on soundcloud por favor. So far you’re spitting good game, let’s hear the mix!
For a while now I’ve been trying to get a chance to DJ at my student union thingy. The problem is, the older members want to hear old school poppy crap like spicegirls etc. The younger crowd just wants to dance to some club house etc.
Last weekend they finally allowed me to spin a few track on the intro weekend, there were about 150 people attending. I tried to stick up for the freshmen, but that didn’t work, because all the older people that were there kept bugging me about the music being wrong. Seriously, every 30 seconds somebody came over to tell me what was wrong about the music, this started after the second track.
Then all hell broke loose, I was using my friend’s bcd3000, which had a little bug that makes it crash when you turn it up too much. I forgot about this part, so there was a 30 second silence which i solved by pulling the usb out and plugging it in again. Meanwhile people started the whole “what do you say to the dj?” thing.
A few minutes later, the audio dropped again, because the son I was mixing in was muted by an effect, stupid mistake, but I’m glad I had it happen at such an insignificant event. They started the “what do you say to the dj?” thing again, and when I got it working it took all but 30 seconds till somebody was bugging me about the music again.
After I was spinning for about an hour somebody came over, and made a playlist on media player, so I packed my stuff, and left the booth.
Rest of the night people kept coming over asking when I’d spin again. Can’t really say I had fun spinning that night.
I can say however that I’m glad I haven’t spun in a big club yet, because my 1st time in front of a real crowd I want to be close to flawless. Thank god I’m getting my S4 in a while, so all the buggy stuff won’t happen anymore, and the LED feedback will keep me from making stupid mistakes.
Did you play a gig before a serious crowd yet? A place where you had pressure setting up, and nobody to help?
@ wickedsight… Mixed crowds like that can be brutal. I do a lot of corporate events and weddings, so this happens to me a lot. It leads to very creative mixing. Best advice I have for this is to figure out what gets the most people on the floor and when someone asks for something different just point to the full dancefloor and shrug. Or just play what the person paying you likes.