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Posted by orpheus on Aug-08-2002 09:01:

my first gig (new date)

Hey ppl. I know I haven't posted much but as they say on tv..."Hi my name's orpheus. Long time listener, first time caller".

Anyhoo, I just signed up for my first ever live set. I will be playing from 4:30 - 6:00 on Friday 1 Nov at the Macquarie Uni weekly DJ and Jugs night.

I'm thinking of doing a funky breaks -> funky house -> prog. house -> trance set.

I'm nervous already.

If you are in the area, head on over and we''l have a beer or two (they give me a $25 bar tab).

See ya there. And who knows...one day...

Posted by Psygnosis on Aug-08-2002 10:23:

How do you get in the club business...

I mean i can DJ but what do i do now to get a gig.

Posted by Tak on Aug-08-2002 11:21:

I'm with Dj_Psygnosis here, how did all you DJ's out there crack into it?

Posted by stamper on Aug-08-2002 12:40:

My guess is to know the right people.... and then suck up their arses.... if theyre female sleep with them.... that sort of thing.

Posted by orpheus on Aug-09-2002 01:55:

getting this gig was sooo easy. all I did was go to the entertainment office at the uni and asked if I could have a go. I will do this for a while, just to get over the nerves of playing infront of a crowd and then maybe enter some DJ comps. I've also found that when you go ouy clubbing, make an effort to talk to the djs you like. get to know them. you know the saying. just last sunday @ SOS i bumped into a mate of mine from uni who was playing the warm-up set. I will continue now to keep in contact. I might pass on a demo tape at some stage. fingers crossed. It's all about networking though.

Posted by j�c� on Aug-09-2002 07:33:

its not what you know.. its who you know

Posted by Itchy on Aug-09-2002 18:41:

i will be there 4 sure.....mainly cos i go to macquaire uni....but hey

do you know kerrin hughes??? he plays there too on friday nights...

Posted by orpheus on Aug-10-2002 02:21:

I only met Kerrin a couple of weeks ago, when he was playing @ DJ and Jugs. I saw him play at Altitude before though. He's pretty damn good. I hope he wins that DJ comp on thursday. I'll be there cheering him on. You should come too.

Posted by webmeister on Aug-10-2002 07:23:

How is Macquarie these days?

DJs & Jugs used to be fairly quiet if I remember correctly...

Posted by orpheus on Aug-10-2002 08:55:

Club Mac is pretty cruisey(?). DJ & Jugs is fairly quiet. For me, it's about playing the music that you love hearing, and playing it infront of ppl who may or may not have experienced it before. I'm doing it for 2 reasons. 1. I love trance and 2. I'm getting experience playing to an audience (even though it is pretty small).

Posted by DynaFire on Aug-11-2002 09:33:

Hope you play well mate, playing in front of a crowd is REALLY bloody scary the first few times but you get more used to it. Just got with the flow, have a look at the mixer before hand, work out how the cue and gains work and just give it all, don't be scared to try some interesting stuff, it's better to make a little mistake and have a really interesting set than make no mistakes and be boring. Just my ideas. Good luck anyway.

Posted by orpheus on Aug-11-2002 10:20:

Thanks for your support DynaFire. I had a look at the set-up last friday, and it's not too bad. I might see if I can bring my own mixer, but then again, I'm not going to be able to take my mixer to every gig, so I should probably use theirs.

Posted by Tranzmit on Aug-11-2002 12:57:

werd up to ya owen, It's Jon mate. the best of luck to ya hey!

Posted by djlenny on Aug-12-2002 05:26:

Another piece of food for thought...don't try to play tooooo loud.
Especially with an underpowered system

Posted by orpheus on Aug-12-2002 08:19:

I had a listen to the system on friday and I do think that it can be a bit too loud sometimes so I'm going to dum it down a notch. I think it's better for the ppl listening. After all, it's a friday arvo and ppl just want to kick back and relax and sink a few beers. That's why I'll play breaks to start, then a bit of funky house and then build up into trance (but not the hard stuff).