Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Close south suburb of Chicago, illinois, usa.
making cash...
i have been spinnin on numark tt-100s, and a numark dm-3001x for about 6 months. i am really confident in my mixing skills.
i really want to buy technics, but im only.... 13 years old. i got no income so far.
i have the skills that i could get a job in a bar as the warmup dj, but i dont think they will hire me, seeing that im 13.
there is even a pretty big bar/dance club, literally, around the corner from my house, and there is a kid younger than me workin as a busboy, so if i give em a good tape, then they may hire me...
i really think i am "ready" for technics, but i need cash to buy em.
any ideas that could help me make money?
Oct-29-2002 05:32
DjJade
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Nashville, TN
if youre in the suburbs i would mow lawns...especially if youre fairly neat and there are alot of rich people with big yards... i used to make 25 dollars an acre mowing 7 acres every other week or so...it would take me about 3-4 hours since they were empty lots...and i had a riding lawnmower. i dont know how you would drive to these places but perhaps start in your neighborhood?
my roomate suggests delivering newspapers...
Oct-29-2002 05:40
Bryant
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Los Angeles, Ca
With everything said above and addition maybe wash cars. Charge like five to ten dollars per car. Have a sign up at a parking lot (with permission) or maybe go door to door in your neighborhood. Or maybe help old ladies cross the street; they might give you a shinny nickle.
Oct-29-2002 07:43
DjJade
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Nashville, TN
oh yeah...totally forgot about cars. i used to wash/polish/wax.... the whole deal with really good stuff and i got like... 35-75 dollars for a car.. it does take me like a whole day though so i donno if its worth it...i just like detailing for some reason. im not sure how much you get for "normal" washing. well good luck either way
Originally posted by DJ_Shockwav
you have plenty of time
i was 18 before i bought my first record
if you continue on this path, by the time you're 18 and able to play a club, you'll be so good
i wish i started that early
word...i only got my gear at the end of freshmen year in college. I wish i had picked up on all this back before '98/'99 when all that good classic stuff came out. *sigh...now i'm almost 21 and having to choose between a day job and a dj job is painful.
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Oct-29-2002 17:00
DjJade
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Nashville, TN
quote:
Originally posted by b i n k u n
*sigh...now i'm almost 21 and having to choose between a day job and a dj job is painful.
why not both : P
Oct-29-2002 18:25
Luke Terry
tranceaddict oldskool
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
get a paper round is the answer. i'm 16 and too young to get a job, thet won't go near you till the day your 18 if there is alcohol on the premesis, don't stop me going 4 a night out there tho
haha that of course would be the best. but damn...to find gigs in the city is a bitch. finding a job is hard enuff...and to find a consistent gig? ugh.
Originally posted by Project T
get a paper round is the answer. i'm 16 and too young to get a job, thet won't go near you till the day your 18 if there is alcohol on the premesis, don't stop me going 4 a night out there tho
u have 2 be 16 here 2 play @ an club.. and sometimes even younger.. i`ll be playing in an little club @ the end of this year/begin next year.. and i`m still 15..
13 years old. i got no income so far.
