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Promoting yourself
Hey everybody,
I was wondering what is the best way to promote yourself as a dj in Toronto. I would like to spin at some parties, big or small, doesn't matter. I know in Toronto its really hard to get recognized, and i just want to hand out my sets, which I have nicely recorded on cd's. I spin Hard Trance and Hardstyle.
If anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciate them, or if you are a promoter, you want to listen to some good sets?
Rafal
dj deltawye
For your style in music, I'd recommend TorontoRaves
Re: Promoting yourself
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| Originally posted by Dj Deltawye I spin Hard Trance and Hardstyle. |
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| Is there still still much of a scene here for those genres? |
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| Originally posted by Dj Deltawye I know that many dj's are turning to other genres, ie: shranz, munggle etc. Trance in this city is dying slowly, and I have always loved trance, I just want to help keep it alive, and YES there is still a loyal following for trance, actually I spin HARD trance. And Hardstyle is becoming very popular to spin at parties. Maybe thats what the problem is in this city, everybody is looking for something new ... but remember trance will never die!! , and Hardstyle is getting bigger and bigger. Now can somebody please answer my original question. dj deltawye |
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| Originally posted by Dj Deltawye shranz, munggle |
free B.J with every cd...then people will remember you and will be more likely to come to yer gigs making you more appealing to promoters.
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| free B.J with every cd...then people will remember you and will be more likely to come to yer gigs making you more appealing to promoters. |
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| Originally posted by Dj Deltawye hmmm, I guess I'd better work on my technique ... now was that teeth or now teeth  Behold, my arse. dj deltawye |
lol
rj - shranz is a type of hardtrance (yoji)
dont know the other one
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| dont know the other one |
In general, I would tell you to support other people's events with enthusiasm, introduce yourself and just get to know people.
Throwing your own parties is always a sure way to get to play too.
The genre you spin is such a niche market here though that I won't lie...it will be difficult.
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| The genre you spin is such a niche market here though that I won't lie...it will be difficult. |
Throw your own events and do a bang-up job of it. If it goes well, it increases demand. The mere perception that you suddenly have booking power raises your profile in turn. That's just how it works. The same thing applies when you begin to produce.
If there isn't much of a hardstyle following in the city I am sure you could start to strike one up... DJ Klonez from out in London was getting things going there, and he gets overseas gigs for his production work from what I understand. All this talk of schmoozing it up and passing on demos won't help you too much; you have to create demand to get the exposure you want. Essentially, if you are just DJing, don't count on much unless there is some bizarre lack of DJs for your style and correspondingly high demand (which won't last long anyhow). Good luck anyway.
If you throw your own events make sure you put them in the event thread too. You never know how many hard-style listeners that may be surfing this board and not post. I think there's a number of ppl who do post actually that like that style too.
Deltawye do you have a website or profile somewhere?
your TA profile has no links at the moment. since you are getting exposure via this thread it would be great if you can link your TA profile to your site so we can hear samples and more about your work 
Also don't forget the TOTA DJ MXES thread.
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