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Originally posted by Yohan And support promoters's nights and fellow DJs Make connections.

Yep pucker those lips and start getting your nose brown. Either that or work on DJing and music because you genuinely love it. Save up your money to move somewhere that there is an actual scene that will support fringe artists and open up a small record label. Break some good artists and contribute to electronic music by producing good music.

Nevermind go back to sucking up and brown nosing it works a lot faster and gives you a nice illusion that you are a good DJ and actually doing something/getting somewhere.

edit: I see you live in Brooklyn. There are definitely enough people to support there. So get started on the hard work.

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Originally posted by Leniu Thanks for the responses, but now I got another problem. I live in Brooklyn, New York. There's plenty of clubs here, but unfortunately... not a single place to listen to any good Trance, Techno, or even Electro or House. Basically every club I've ever been to plays garbage. Last week I went out to one of the nicer clubs in Brooklyn and expected to find a little bit of a different vibe, but it was the same thing, namely: There were two DJs in their 30s switching on and off, they literally didn't really know how to beatmatch properly... song were often played too loud or too quietly and I was able to hear them adjust the volume as they were playing... Their musical selection wasn't much better, they started off with some really bad hosue I can't identify, then moved on to House remixes of old Russian songs (I dont know why Russian, it's not a Russian neighborhood or anything...) then they had a David Guetta marathon, and I shit you not they played 20 David Guetta songs in a row, including about 5 remixes of "Love is Gone." Then they moved on to Reggeton and then to Rap. Personally I mainly play Trance with a twist of House and Electro, and I know there's a big crowd of kids in their lower 20's that love my music, but I feel like no promoters or DJs in the local clubs would apprieciate Trance, so I don't know how I can make a connection with them... Anyone had a similar dilemma?

huge lol

try looking harder or taking the train a little farther

Hmm perhaps you have a point... maybe I should turn my attention to Manhattan, the problem with that, on the other hand (aside from money) is the fact I'm not turning 21 for another year =/

Throw your own parties. Start off by getting together enough money to throw two to three small parties because you mostly likely will not recoup any of your losses from them. Flyer like crazy and throw it for free, asking only for donations. At the end of the night at your third or so party let everyone know you'll start charging at the door (make sure you have this on the new flyers too) and go from there.

You already have djs so for a venue find a small bar with a decent dancefloor in a midly populated area (next to a college campus helps).

This worked in a small farm village in the middle of some hole in Virginia, and you have New York. It should be a lot easier unless you're competing against other nights (in which case be creative).

Building up a following is key. You need that core audience to make it work.

How much did it cost u to throw one of those parties?

if you're only 21, i wouldn't worry about playing out too much just yet, especially in the states

worry about building a following for the time being

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Find raves and get to know the promoters. Either that or throw your own parties.

Well thank you all ofr the advice I'm feeling more optimistic now .
Out of curiosity though, how did you come to get your first gig as a DJ? I just can't imagine what that would be like yet at this moment.

We probably put in $2,000 for the first month. The venue let us in for free and we provided the entertainment.

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Originally posted by Leniu Hmm perhaps you have a point... maybe I should turn my attention to Manhattan, the problem with that, on the other hand (aside from money) is the fact I'm not turning 21 for another year =/

check out the NYTA forums man...some great events posted even though there are mostly house events right now... there's also a promo company that has run events in philadelphia called Mid-Atlantic Trance which has moved their focus to NY. ive heard good things about their philly events and hope to eventually be a part of their NYC events 11/29: M.I.K.E. & Martin Roth @ Love, definitely stop by if you havent been to the CORE events @ love at all...great nights thats for sure

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