[Main Page] Exercise Your Name: How To Make A DJ Drop

[JesC]

[Main Page] Exercise Your Name: How To Make A DJ Drop

Exercise Your Name: How To Make A DJ Drop

If you are reading this, chances are you are a practicing DJ or controllerist, and aspire to perfect your craft every day. Heck, even the pros are trying to get better every day. So here’s an easy-to-make weapon for your dj tool-box that will help you stand out from other performers: Great Dj Name Drops

Bringing this over from the main page.

[JesC]

I dont have a name drop, I really need to work on one. Heck I really want the guy that does the voice overs for Power 106.

Do you say yay or nay for name drops? During live sets, mixtapes, etc?

[xtianw]

I’m forgainst it

[midifidler]

It really depends on on the crowd - dj elitist haters gonna hate no matter but if you are a DJ without big exposure it is a great way to make the most of a good support slot. That way kids will actually know who you are.

So yes it is cheesy but it is effective marketing in the right situation.

[padi_04]

too cheesy for me

[itajeN]

if i ever have one, i want it to be either a burly black guy like billy banks, or some political figure voice saying this is ______ and i approve this message. either way, both are cheesy to the max.

[theory28]

no.

but its acceptable for demos (maybe once or twice an hour) and mixtapes/ mixes

[photojojo]

I do station id’s on the hour, but I don’t have one with my name in it. I started to work on one but didn’t like how they were going so abandoned it. I say they’re okay at a max of one every 30 minutes.

[Jester]

Hire James Earl Jones “This.. Is Dj JesC”

[josh_firestorm]

not huge fan at all.. maybe once at the start of a demo and once during a live set if at all.

[Tango_179]

I was thinking of making one but to be honest I dont think I would use it. Maybe on a demo, I am not to sure.

[tekki]

@JesC

I dont have a name drop, I really need to work on one. Heck I really want the guy that does the voice overs for Power 106.

Do you say yay or nay for name drops? During live sets, mixtapes, etc?

Would only use it in mixtapes, demos and podcasts.

Not during any live(in the club) DJ work.

[sarasin]

@midifidler

It really depends on on the crowd - dj elitist haters gonna hate no matter but if you are a DJ without big exposure it is a great way to make the most of a good support slot. That way kids will actually know who you are.

So yes it is cheesy but it is effective marketing in the right situation.

I used one for NYE…my first real BIG electro gig.

No one knows me in that scene yet. Psytrance I am well known…but not Electro…so i dropped one.

I heard people saying…WHO IS THIS GUY…WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF HIM!

So the Name on the laptop and the drop helped I recon!

But yeah…won’t do it at every gig.