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sot
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Registered: Sep 2000
Location: and why see

You got to remember one thing about the dj business, its not how good you are, its who you know. Work those connections, talk to people in the business, tell them your a dj. Goto your local record store and try talking to a few people there to. Bring demo's everywhere you go, you never know who your going to meet, see and greet.

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Breeze
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Registered: Apr 2002
Location: over there

Its not what u know its who u know, i hear djs in clubs and they mix like dogshit in the sun , theyre only up there coz they know someone its true, u ask them how they got there. Many Club djs lose the love of music because of money u can tell by hearing the shit they play and how they mix it.

Jan-16-2003 15:49

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hapamoto
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Registered: Jan 2002
Location: Canoga Park, California

it sucks, but its so true about the "who you know" bullshit.. get ready for a lot of slammed doors in your face, but just give it time, you will land some things here and there, but basically like the post above said, you need to present yourself and make someone who doesn't know you, nor has any desire to know you, end up believing that they need you. you are a salesman my friend, and the item up on the blocks is YOU. so basically you need to be (or at least appear to be) a potential valuable asset to anyone your selling yourself to, just remember, you will not look better by trying to make others look worse. now, if only everyone that had a passion for music and wanted to share that passion, could actually make it big; well i guess there wouldn't be so much shitty music on.

Jan-16-2003 16:58 United States

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Tony Morello
The Renegade Master

Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

from the moment i touched my first record, i was networking
getting to know the local promoters
now most of them know me
so now all i have to do is put a cd in their hands

and everywhere i go now, i have a few records, my headphones, and a few demos
just in case

there's been times when i've been at a party and the promoter comes up and has been like "a dj didn't show, now i have a spot to fill, did you bring some records? cause if you did, the spot is yours"
and just my luck
i looked at my record case before i left, but decided against it

so now i take about 20 records with me wherever i go

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Jan-16-2003 19:19 Canada

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djxtension
That's Not My Name

Registered: Jan 2002
Location: Oldenzaal, Netherlands

I'm a DJ at a local club, and I have to play that 70's & 80's music.
Not that I don't like it (I love my job, very glad I got it...), but I always bring a bag with some vinyls in it, just in case someone hops in...

I'd be happier if I could play trance, but I feel that this is a start to get up higher...

The best way to get a job in a pub is to show yourself, go everywhere, talk to all the dj's, etc...

What I'm saying is: make sure people know you.

Once they've seen your face, they'll remember you.

And as soon as they need a DJ, they might give you a call...

So once again: GET SEEN!