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I'll probably be throwing some big parties with a friend who has just knows a hell of a lot of young people looking to party.

Yeah that's always the key. I had a pretty large group of people attending every party because we had a tight network of friends with a lot of collective friends. basically had our own mini-scene

the only thing is when you get too many party people it starts to become less and less about the music, especially if you just play whatever they want to hear. so i always tried to keep pushing it and bringing them all down a little deeper every time i played (even as I am digging deeper myself)

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Originally posted by nefardec first gig - went up to the promoter of a recurring party and asked them if they needed a dj for the next one. they told me they had just lost their previous dj, and I was in. 500 person ibiza themed party - not too bad for a first gig at all. Video Here I have the dark hair, though it was short back then- my friend was playing with me as well. we were getting a little crazy lol but i was definitely nervous and overwhelmed my first gig especially with all these people crowding us making the needles skip other gigs I was just asked to play by people I know, a lot of house parties and opening up for people. I started a promotion/dj/production collective which helped tremendously with this as the scene was virtually nonexistent. Going to university I was able to get a lot of cool gigs through the institution - playing at gallery openings, music department demonstrations, street fairs, etc. It gave me a lot of exposure and chance to promote myself independently to people for house parties and what not. my first residency started with me having a friend who was a bartender at a new lounge who hooked me up with an interview. everything seemed ok and then then nothing for a while. He had intended to open his club as a chic lounge with quality house music most nights and one night of top40. Instead he made a ton of money playing top40 and then never called me back. I harassed him until he gave me a chance to play and drew a decent crowd. After that, I didn't play much there. Then randomly a year later he calls me back and tells me he needs me to play because his usual dj is out of town. I take the opportunity to promote it myself and brand it as a separate night. It ended up as a great night and I made a ton of money as all the cover went to me lol. The owner realized that it was possible to do such a night in such a locale despite his conditioning to believe that only mainstream music would make him money, and he invited me back to do a weekly. I did one more party but then I skipped town for a new job and now I'm back to nothing in new york city handing out cds to anyone and everyone i can. (book me please)

That's mad sick. Looked like a lot of fun ^^

Nice stories, just wondering what the tune is in that ibiza 3 video? Cheers

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Originally posted by ibz That's mad sick. Looked like a lot of fun ^^

word.