1. $1500 in equipment, plus an approx. $3000 in vinyl. made back 0

2. about 3 months from the time i said "i wanna DJ" till i had my equipment

3. Technics

4. I plan on keeping my equpment for the rest of my life allthough im sure at some point it will be in a box in my attic (in like 50 years). I will be DJing for as long as im in the scene and enjoying the music.

5. Fuck NO, the only thing i am thinking about doing is using serato so that i dont have to spend as much moeny on vinyl. of couse i will still buy records for those crazy whitelabels, and the really bangin tracks taht you must have on vinyl. but using serato to play off CDs and yes the occasional MP3, but only if it has never been released on CD or vinyl.

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1. Approx how much have you spent on djing, Vs. How much you have made from djing. (If you have made $0, just say how much youve spent. If youve made more than you've paid for your equipment try to give an idea how much...double, triple, quad?

well im in it for 7-10 months and.... 3300 (in euros) for equipment and 700-800e for vinyl... ive made nothing but hopefully i will make in the future... (if the trance scene in greece get better)

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2. How long did you have it in your head that you wanted to get dj equipment, before you actually got it?

the dream started 5-6 years but the idea that i could actually do it was 6-8 months b4 i got the first pieces of my set up.

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3. What brand do you feel most loyal to?

allen & heath for mixers, techs for tables (and maybe cdplayers ???)
i also like pioneers stuff... its something that can change with the next models tho.

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4. Do you plan to dj for the rest of your life? Or as long as you can? Or do you think that it will slowly fade out of your life.

for as long as its fun and i enjoy it.

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5. Do you ever regret getting started, or consider stopping dead, to cut off the money you spend on vinyl, and equipment?

lol no i wish i had a few million$ so i could make my self a studio a club and a record library ;P

1. My current set up for gear was around $3,000 Canadian. And another $3,000 on records. I've made around $1500 from DJing off and on in the past 3 years

2. Wanted the stuff for about 1 1/2 years before I bought anything.

3. Vestax Mixers, Technics Tables, there are about 7 record labels I frequent.

4. I'm stopping May 26 2008- no I'm just kidding. I'll DJ as long as I get some sort of satisfaction out of it. Or until I go deaf.

5. Never regret getting started. It's a hobby, every hobby costs money.

Good luck with the project

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1. Approx how much have you spent on djing, Vs. How much you have made from djing. (If you have made $0, just say how much youve spent. If youve made more than you've paid for your equipment try to give an idea how much...double, triple, quad? 2. How long did you have it in your head that you wanted to get dj equipment, before you actually got it? 3. What brand do you feel most loyal to? 4. Do you plan to dj for the rest of your life? Or as long as you can? Or do you think that it will slowly fade out of your life. 5. Do you ever regret getting started, or consider stopping dead, to cut off the money you spend on vinyl, and equipment? I know these seem like odd questions, but I'm not supposed to be getting hard numbers, I'm supposed to determine how devoted, and how long term the market will be. When our marker read over our survey ideas he said "how many djs do you know that would answer to this?" I say "a fair amount" And he goes "are you sure? Theres only a limited number of radio stations in the area" I say "no people do it as a hobby at home, or in clubs" He says "oh, I see, like pokemons?" I think he'll be surprised to see the money that people spend on this hobby, versus the return.

1.lets see - $200 for the package, $40 on my 2nd set of needles, $100 on headphones, $50 on a new record bag, probably around $130 or so on vinyl... so far about $520ish

2.about 6 months

3.none in particular so far

4. yea, even if i never get big it'll always be a hobby, never played an instrument that fit me as smoothly as a turntable

5.no, if anything i save as much as i can for vinyl, VAS is a really bad thing to have


btw your teacher is a douche bag - pokemon has nothing to do with being any type of DJ, let him know that DJing is as common as guitarists and Drummers

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Originally posted by beats and beeps 1. Approx how much have you spent on djing, Vs. How much you have made from djing. (If you have made $0, just say how much youve spent. If youve made more than you've paid for your equipment try to give an idea how much...double, triple, quad? 2. How long did you have it in your head that you wanted to get dj equipment, before you actually got it? 3. What brand do you feel most loyal to? 4. Do you plan to dj for the rest of your life? Or as long as you can? Or do you think that it will slowly fade out of your life. 5. Do you ever regret getting started, or consider stopping dead, to cut off the money you spend on vinyl, and equipment?

1) About $2300 on gear and I guess $700-800 on records. No profit yet.

2) Almost 3 years

3) Technics decks, Pioneer CDJs, Sony (7506 ONLY) headphones

4) I have no idea, but I don't ever see myself stopping

5) Not really

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Originally posted by beats and beeps 1. Approx how much have you spent on djing, Vs. How much you have made from djing. (If you have made $0, just say how much youve spent. If youve made more than you've paid for your equipment try to give an idea how much...double, triple, quad? 2. How long did you have it in your head that you wanted to get dj equipment, before you actually got it? 3. What brand do you feel most loyal to? 4. Do you plan to dj for the rest of your life? Or as long as you can? Or do you think that it will slowly fade out of your life. 5. Do you ever regret getting started, or consider stopping dead, to cut off the money you spend on vinyl, and equipment?

1. $5390 on equipment
a) 1800 - 2X Technics SL-DZ1200 CD Tables
b) 700 - 2X Technics SL-1200M3D Turntables
c) 140 - Ortofon Carts & Needles
d) 150 - Mixer 1 - Vestax PMC-03A
e) 650 - Mixer 2 - Pioneer DJM-600
f) 1600 - Record Collection
g) 200 - CD Collection
h) 150 - Sony MDR-V700 Headphones

2. Probably about 6 months. I started learning by using computer software first

3. Technics. It really isn't that big a deal to me though

4. Who knows. Someday I am sure I will lose interest, but as of now it's still fun

5. Nope

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1. $3500 spent $0 made

2. 3 months

3. None really, if I had to pick it would be Denon

4. I'm going to try to do it as long as a can, hopefully for the rest of my life.

5. No way in hell!!!

Thanks for the replies guys.

Its really appreciated.

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Originally posted by beats and beeps Grade 11 biz ed. All i need to know are the following. 1. Approx how much have you spent on djing, Vs. How much you have made from djing. (If you have made $0, just say how much youve spent. If youve made more than you've paid for your equipment try to give an idea how much...double, triple, quad? 2. How long did you have it in your head that you wanted to get dj equipment, before you actually got it? 3. What brand do you feel most loyal to? 4. Do you plan to dj for the rest of your life? Or as long as you can? Or do you think that it will slowly fade out of your life. 5. Do you ever regret getting started, or consider stopping dead, to cut off the money you spend on vinyl, and equipment?

i'd be glad to help you in your survey

1. spent approx. 1800€ in total, earned 100€

2. none, because my brother first bought equipment, but i became more interested in it than he, so i got on with it and later on bought some more equipment

3. Stanton

4. As long as I can & have the time for it

5. never considered stopping, costs a lot of money though

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1. ~ $40,000 - $50,000 spent (unsure of earnings but over 15 years, probably somewhere near 300,000 or more)

2. 4 years

3. Technics

4. 'til I die

5. No regrets

I think you left out a very important question...
How long have you been a DJ.

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1. I've spent thousands on gear and records and i'm now after 3 years beginning to see a small return on my investment. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication

2. It took me about a year before i finally bought my first record

3. technics, pioneer, sony

4. i'm definitely not going to be djing my whole life, but i imagine i'll wind up in production or audio engineering, a moke "behind the scenes" role

5. I don't regret what i've done, it's what i haven't done that i regret

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Originally posted by Tony Morello 5. I don't regret what i've done, it's what i haven't done that i regret

Ohhh, thats a nice line.

What do you regret not doing?