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Posted by anth_on_e on Jul-01-2003 19:59:

club djs.... how did u start ?

once u guys got your equipment........what were your next steps to get started at clubs?????

Posted by whitesmoke on Jul-02-2003 01:55:

make a bunch of demo cds and get them out in the public. make sure it contains your best mixes. there should be no beatmatching problems and the eqs should be as close to perfect as you can get. this might not be easy but the harder you work on it the easier it will be to get recognized. after that just send them out to clubs and start making friends. its sad but it is probably easier to get into a club by knowing someone than by being a good dj. just keep at it and keep your hopes up. good luck.

Posted by zan on Jul-03-2003 00:11:

quote:
Originally posted by whitesmoke
start making friends. its sad but it is probably easier to get into a club by knowing someone than by being a good dj.

so so true

Posted by 24K on Jul-03-2003 05:49:

Start your own club night ;-)

that's what I did

Posted by Seany_G on Jul-03-2003 06:48:

quote:
Originally posted by 24K
Start your own club night ;-)

that's what I did

How do you go about doing that?

Posted by nss on Jul-03-2003 06:54:

quote:
Originally posted by Seany_G
How do you go about doing that?

lots and lots of money=p

Posted by B_K on Jul-03-2003 06:55:

Ya Danny, how'd you do that?

Gotta know people in high places and just get lucky i suppose.

And after hearing most of the DJ's in this city, its all about who you know, not whether your good or not.

Posted by 24K on Jul-03-2003 09:24:

quote:
Originally posted by B_K
Ya Danny, how'd you do that?

Gotta know people in high places and just get lucky i suppose.

And after hearing most of the DJ's in this city, its all about who you know, not whether your good or not.

Luck can be a huge part no doubt ;-)

I'm probably the luckiest kid in Vancouver

but I also have excellent taste in music

Posted by DaveSZ on Jul-03-2003 10:12:

^
How olde are ye?

Posted by 24K on Jul-03-2003 17:32:

quote:
Originally posted by DaveSaenz
^
How olde are ye?

25!!!

Posted by Seany_G on Jul-03-2003 18:25:

quote:
Originally posted by B_K
Ya Danny, how'd you do that?

Gotta know people in high places and just get lucky i suppose.

And after hearing most of the DJ's in this city, its all about who you know, not whether your good or not.

I know you B_K. Check your email. Does that count? haha

I guess you just have to stay in the bedroom until you are damn good and then you just use your contacts as much as possible to set up a night eh?

~Seany G

Posted by sebjr on Jul-03-2003 22:03:

Posted by ChavezHype on Jul-04-2003 00:22:

hey man dont give up hope. Everyone started from somewhere even the big jocks had to make through in a lot of cases on their own through making contacts.
I've read that even Sasha who had sent his girlfriend his mix when he was first learning and it was made a little over eagerly so as you could tell it was sh*t. This may or may not be true, but it just shows that he didn't let it get to him. Persevered, now arguably the biggest DJ on the planet, flawless mixing to his cred... Simply stated, persevere, because you'll get somewhere sometime.
There's no "secret" formula to getting into clubs. Me never being hired for one, would just guess like any other business, not to "only" send your promo mixes (obviously your best ones), but to give it to the club manager/owner/promoter or whomever in person, at least this way at least know you've shown interest enough to come down to the club, and they can put a face to the name when they get round to checking out your demo. And even that gives you a better chance of that happening if you approach a promoter directly.
You could also give some demo's to people working in the vinyl shops and let them know you're looking for slots. Many of them may be able to get you connected if you're good.
If you've got the dough, book yourself. You could start your own night with some other djs and whomever else in the field you know, set it up and attempt to get your name out and gain valuable experience.
These are my thoughts on the subject, without any experience, so someone will have to validate my pointers.

Posted by anth_on_e on Jul-04-2003 01:13:

see the thing is that im still in high school, so i got a couple years till nething happens...but im gonna start practicin now so wen im old enough, i can start sooner..but at this age no1 really listens to underground trance or prog or ne of that...its mostly hip hop reggae etc. cuz thats wuts on the radio round here.....so if i held a party, itd b pretty hard to get the people..so for me at age 16 right now wut could i b doing to get goin....

Posted by ChavezHype on Jul-04-2003 02:28:

you just got to find them.
Im 17 in high school now and you'd be surprised on how many people listen to trance. However what I find pretty popular as I go on is house, its hard not to like since it can cater to just about anyone. I know what you mean by everyone listening to rap and what-have-you, its mainstream, but alot of people from all over tread differently. It's definately underground, so you can't expect to find everyone liking it... and people who call it crap (asswipes - to them anything without vocals is garbage even if its vocal trance they'll still hate it for some reason, go figure)... well you'll know whos not showing up now to a dance party won't u.

Posted by anth_on_e on Jul-04-2003 04:26:

if i was to hold a party, u think a lot of ppl would go if i did proper promoting etc. i mean of all my friends, who all like dance/trance etc. . i ddont think they would go to a party that played all underground stuff they never heard and especially beats, i mean usually people in early high school go to parties, find a chick/guy and wanna grind etc. ..cant really do that to beats lol

Posted by Seany_G on Jul-04-2003 05:21:

I have been struggeling with the same problems lately myself...

It seems so intimidating because I meet all of these good Djs that are better than me (at the moment, i just started) and they can't even land a gig.

I have a few connections that could possibly help me in the future but it still seems like the whole industry is flooded with good djs.

Posted by anth_on_e on Jul-04-2003 15:12:

ye thats another thing too, there are so many ppl out there that are better than u wen u first try to get out there

Posted by Audio Beverage on Jul-05-2003 09:35:

Re: club djs.... how did u start ?

quote:
Originally posted by anth_on_e
once u guys got your equipment........what were your next steps to get started at clubs?????

Send in a demo CD of a big name DJ and say its your work

Posted by 24K on Jul-05-2003 09:42:

Re: Re: club djs.... how did u start ?

quote:
Originally posted by GelatinPufF
Send in a demo CD of a big name DJ and say its your work

this is quite possibly the dumbest reply i've ever seen on this board,,, even if it was meant to be sarcastic

Posted by _Nut_ on Jul-05-2003 18:54:

My beginnings.

7 years ago I picked up my first set of dex. Just a shit pair. practiced my ass off and met people that liked the same. 2 years i did nothing but collect and practice.

5 years ago my friend and I started 'Sinister Projekts.' A mobile DJ crew that consisted of 3 DJ's. We started out doing a few house parties of friends. Word spread of us and we landed bigger gigs. We did proms, weddings and such after about 5 months of operation.

just over 4 years ago I was DJ for a friends birthday bash and a guy that i had never seen stopped up and told me he really dug what i spun and how i got people moving. he wrote down a number on a napkin and told me to ask for hamilton. So me being a major ingnoramus crumpled it up and threw it in my coffin. I wasnt very happy that the only number I got that nite was a guys...

The next day I opened my coffin to clean everything and I noticed the number. So I decided to call it. The man i talked with is now my boss. He got a call that nite from Nate who was a good friend of Ham's Nate held up the phone as I was spinning so good ol dirty chicago house into some breakz and ham loved it. Nate told him about the size of the crowd and how they were groovin with me. Ham was impressed and had me come in and try out. I did, he liked it alot and I got hired. It took me about a year to get my own friday and saturday nights. But I learned from an excellent DJ who was been all over the world DJing.

Posted by on Jul-05-2003 20:28:

best thing to do is to start going to this club you wanna spin at every weekend and go to every party this club is participating at.
start talking with the people who work there... make them your friends... after few weeks/months
youre in.

Posted by 24K on Jul-05-2003 21:18:

Posted by on Jul-05-2003 22:30:

quote:
Originally posted by 24K
I think that's probably been the best advice so far

nice one

and that's because i've done that and now i'm a part of the lineup there

so let me just say

"tested and working!"

BUT

it takes time and you have to be petient.

Posted by hapamoto on Jul-06-2003 05:35:

quote:
Originally posted by Gil Shwarts
best thing to do is to start going to this club you wanna spin at every weekend and go to every party this club is participating at.
start talking with the people who work there... make them your friends... after few weeks/months
youre in.

excellent excellent advice.. u must get to know the ppl you want to work for if ur a no-namer. as said earlier, in this business, it really DOES matter who you know, there are a million and one bedroom dj's out there who have got the talent to be club-worthy, the problem is they sit around and wonder what they should be doing and how to get into the scene, u guys can take advantage of them wasting their time by you guys going out to the clubs, meet the promoters, try to talk to dj's, try to get to know as many people as you can. sending in demo cd's doesn't always work because people will be more inclined to think of you if they got a face/voice/etc.. to put to the name. chances are, unless u send in some crazy ass shit that no1 has ever mixed before, ur just gonna be thrown into the pile of other demo cd's that are good but not special. most ppl already figured out that if u send a demo, its gotta be good, so imagine being the club manager/promoter/booking agent, and u've got stacks of cd's that are all good, what do u do? u remember the kid that was talkin to you, or the kid that one of ur promoters got to know and recommended.. this will help you take advantage over the dj's that are just mailing their demos. its a lot of fucking work because we ain't spinning mainstream music here, so although electronic music djs are not exactly a dime a dozen, there really just isnt' enough demand to hire us all.. hope this helps a little

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