iv had about a week without no mixing, just because my college work is so time consuming, once i get caught up tho ill jump straight back on my decks .....on with work lol

Can i start by saying you suck!
If listening to your old ministry cd's doesn't get you going. Go listen to some amature DJ's and see how crap they are and say "I can mix better than that" and then go and do it! I do it all the time after crappy local raves.

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Here me my brothers (and sisters)

That's the one thing about this business... Whilst it's easy enough to buy decks, keeping the motivation going is the hard part.
To keep the motivation you really have to push yourself sometimes and even I sometimes feel, 'man I'm never going to break through'. Put yourself in my shoes, always been supporting the other guy. Seen people blow up and become huge around me even though I've been going as long as or longer than they have.

From my point of view I know I have the skills and in a lot of cases have more skills than a lot of top 100 DJs (I'm not ashamed to admit it and have even been able to prove it on ocassions).

I'm 33 (nearly 34) now and the way I see it, I'm coming to the end of what's essentially been an intersting ride. But I also have to look past the 'making it' talk and realise that I actually just enjoy making people dance. This will most likely keep me going for longer than most of you he he...

Take advantage of every chance you have to present yourself to other people. Even if it's just submitting your mix to an online radio station. Hearing it in a different scenario is a trip and hearing someone give you props for it is a blast.

The reality is this, so many DJs make quality demos these days that promoters are loosing interest in them.
I'm going to play in Ibiza this year just based on knowledge on a friend of a friend (No dates fixed yet) and didn't actually have to submit a demo but they though it was nice that I did anyways.

If you loose heart then go clubbing or raving and you will soon find it again as you will learn a lot just by hearing stuff being played out. Plus you meet people. Bring CDs with you and hand them around... not because people will give you gigs because of it but people will remember you. May even ask you to do a party for them.
This is how it starts.

Cheers
Nem

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Originally posted by Nemesis44 Here me my brothers (and sisters) That's the one thing about this business... Whilst it's easy enough to buy decks, keeping the motivation going is the hard part. To keep the motivation you really have to push yourself sometimes and even I sometimes feel, 'man I'm never going to break through'. Put yourself in my shoes, always been supporting the other guy. Seen people blow up and become huge around me even though I've been going as long as or longer than they have. From my point of view I know I have the skills and in a lot of cases have more skills than a lot of top 100 DJs (I'm not ashamed to admit it and have even been able to prove it on ocassions). I'm 33 (nearly 34) now and the way I see it, I'm coming to the end of what's essentially been an intersting ride. But I also have to look past the 'making it' talk and realise that I actually just enjoy making people dance. This will most likely keep me going for longer than most of you he he... Take advantage of every chance you have to present yourself to other people. Even if it's just submitting your mix to an online radio station. Hearing it in a different scenario is a trip and hearing someone give you props for it is a blast. The reality is this, so many DJs make quality demos these days that promoters are loosing interest in them. I'm going to play in Ibiza this year just based on knowledge on a friend of a friend (No dates fixed yet) and didn't actually have to submit a demo but they though it was nice that I did anyways. If you loose heart then go clubbing or raving and you will soon find it again as you will learn a lot just by hearing stuff being played out. Plus you meet people. Bring CDs with you and hand them around... not because people will give you gigs because of it but people will remember you. May even ask you to do a party for them. This is how it starts. Cheers Nem

Best of luck bro and congrats on Ibiza......thanks for all your advice youve posted in these forums, i can say that theyve helped me out alot

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Originally posted by DannyO Yea when playing to people I'm fine, but when in my bedroom theres only so many times I can happily DJ to the 2 chick posters on my wall.

I can honestly say that all of the best times I have had mixing have been chilling with the Cow-Town boys (J:/Digital and DJDannyO) and playing it loud.

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Black is Sexy....Wax is smooth to the Touch
What else do you need.....

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Originally posted by DannyO Yea when playing to people I'm fine, but when in my bedroom theres only so many times I can happily DJ to the 2 chick posters on my wall.

I can honestly say that all of the best times I have had mixing have been chilling with the Cow-Town boys (J:/Digital and DJDannyO) and playing it loud.

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Real trance hopefully will never become mainstream.

Black is Sexy....Wax is smooth to the Touch
What else do you need.....

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Originally posted by BryZe I can honestly say that all of the best times I have had mixing have been chilling with the Cow-Town boys (J:/Digital and DJDannyO) and playing it loud.

Cheers man, we need to do that again sometime soon, especially during the summer, I'll move the booth outside, chill in the sun all day drinking beer and blasting tunes ibiza beach style.

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Originally posted by BryZe I can honestly say that all of the best times I have had mixing have been chilling with the Cow-Town boys (J:/Digital and DJDannyO) and playing it loud.

Yea, we like you too man....Come on down any time.... atleast there will be ONE person in Calgary willing to do something..