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Should I go for it?
I am 17 and music is my life!
I have 2 mk2s and mixer and I like djing a lot!
Do you think I should do djing to earn a living in the future?
I am afraid if in 5-10 years dance music is dead (as happened to metal, rock etc)... What do you think about it?
Also wondering what music to choose... I like progressive and trance that much! Too difficult to deside! When I play to parties I begin the set with progressive and finish it with trance (the style of Tiesto, Ferry Corsten, PvD etc)... Tell me your comments and suggestions...
first of all, you always need a backup. i say, try it out part time. no matter how far you get it to it, you always need something to fall back on!
I agree... And that is what my parents tell me.
Though I believe that if I see it as a hobby I will never go that far and suceed...
if u wanna make a living out of it you cant play trance, u gotta play comercial music, like britney and all that crap, i dont really listen to... if u wanna be big in trance, u have to be really lucky, or fI_Icking good... thats atleast what all dj�s tell me..
while what everyone is saying has truth to it, the internet is helping poeple get recognized, so I think that if you do try to make it a career you will have a better chance at success thn all the guys on the top now did when they were small.
I dont know if its a great idea, maybe go to school and DJ as a hobby, do parties and stuff (you can miss college, man, its gonna be the best time of your life!) and then once you have **something** to fall back on, then go for it.
Just advise, i guess. The decision will ultimately be up to you.
Glad to help though.
-Marc
dj_alfi I disagree with you...
I will try to study something in university (really hard to get into in my country) and doing parties in the same time... Then try to get myself known through internet... Wish me luck 
BTW : HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
good luck.. but dont get all down, if u dont get anywhere with trance... if u wanna make money, and u dont even have to be good, u mix spritney bears, or wtf her name is...
Come on man!
Need a little respect here! I would be better the poorest guy than playing f|_|cking pop!
The point is to play music that you like (in my case progressive or trance) and making money also
Anyway what I want is to feel like Tiesto in his video clip of flight 643...
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| Originally posted by Dj_Andy Come on man! Need a little respect here! .....I want to feel like Tiesto in his video clip of flight 643... |
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| Originally posted by dj_alfi trance isnt going to stay 4ever u know |
randummboy I just wish you are right
hmm
In many respects i agree with dj_alfi , i mean if you want to make it as a Dj , you will obviously get ur first gig in a small local club, but how many small local clubs play trance and progressive only?... in my opinion not many. They like to have a variety of music, like hip hop, garage, house and trance...
and the club will only have a couple of Dj's who plays all this...
They aint gonna fork out for about 5 different dj's to play each different genre of music for an hour then change to the next dj.... each night.
At my local club if the dj played 3 hours of non stop trance after and hour everyone wouldnt me moving, just chatting at the bar.
So i suppose what im getting at is... unless you have a local club which specialises in trance and progressive and has guest Dj's alot, then be prepared to play music u dont listen/like aswell as trance.
You shouldn't be thinking about doing it as your job, because you want to 'get far' or because you 'want to succeed'. Success is most of the time dependent of what others think of you. So that would mean you haven't succeed if you're ot a famous DJ? That you would be nobody??
Just do it because you think it's fun, not because you want to reach something, or earn respect. Only then you'll be good at it (being good at something is really something else than being known for something!)
Try to remember that if you're making your job out of it, you will loose a big part of the fun. You can hear it by several DJ's: as soon as it has become a job, the� loose the feeling, and start to make compromises to keep everybody satisfied, because otherwise they'll loose fans. But they forget often that you can't keep everybody satisfied... The pressure can be very high, and you won't be able to play all the time what you want to play, you'll have to sacrify a bit of your own taste... So if you do it for the pleasure, and because you love music, and won't give in on your own taste, then you should maybe settle by doing it as your hobby. (anyting further is great, but don't set your hopes up too high) If you're goal is being famous (what I really hate), then you should have the attidtude like 'fuck my own taste, I'll be a crowdpleaser, and I'll send my demo's all over the world'.
There are some lucky bastards who still do what they really love to do, but it's like one in a million, and then you need a BIG helping hand and the good will of Miss Fortuna!
Don't forget: Dreaming of something is most of the times better than having the dream accomplished...
I wish you though good luck in whatever you decide!
Eye-Riz thanks for taking time to answer to my thread...
I totally agree with you, but I think djing and music is the only
thing I am goot at, and is my great love
Anyway I'll try to keep it as hobby for now and try to get into university and then we'll see
yw 
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