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Is it too late to start? (pg. 2)
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| nefardec |
you're not too old
just wear a nerdy or ironic t shirt that has something like the commodore 64 on it, or if you play more underground music you can wear like a tb303 shirt or an obscure record label shirt to show solidarity. if you fancy yourself a womanizer, you can go for a shirt that makes a pun on 'the 12 inch' or something like 'i on the first date'. if you want to play minimal techno with weird spanish merengue loops, you need to go to thrift stores in berlin and find early 90s day glo hoodies with no sleeves
you should have short hair and use some sort of gel in it, maybe a stud earring as well, definitely designer jeans, or if you are doing an outdoor party, go with plaid shorts.
after you get some basic equipment and understand how to turn it on you can download some ty music illegally
you can put a mix cd together with an illegal copy of mixmeister or acid
then you just have to be an annoying brown-noser and whore yourself out at ty bars and play whatever you need to do get that cash. pay attention to top 10s everywhere so that you can be on top of your game
always play for the ladies
you dont even need to mix, just play something we can dance to and or can sing along with
try to look and act like you are 21 until you are 35
godspeed |
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| woscar |
| quote: | Originally posted by nefardec
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| notelfreak |
:stongue: :stongue: :stongue:
also tr 909 |
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| jpgrdnr |
For career (?), like what others have said, being a wedding DJ is where the money is at. Make like $2000 in a night playing bad music with no flow. Of course its your job and not everybody can set up events like that.
If you're thinking hobby EDM DJing, club, etc. you're not going to be making a return on your initial investment. At best you're looking to cover your costs.
As far as too old?
I think DJing is one of those things that has far greater longevity...you're more likely to be still doing it in your 40s if you enjoy it. You won't outgrow it. I think it probably helps more if you are older. You are more mature, you have a job to fund the equipment/tracks, broader musical tastes, you know what networking is, and confidence too. |
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| Kismet7 |
| Wouldn't Sir Tiesto say, Just BE? |
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| Kismet7 |
Though realistically, unless you like playing your local small club for little to no money, its a hard choice to make. Getting into DJn at this point is basically jacking yourself off to a grimey wall in which you think you see an image of megan fox outlined on the wall.
But If that makes you happy in life, and you have another solid job or degree on its way, then it might not be so bad. In todays climate, If you produce music and you have a passion for making people dance, then you have a decent reason to pursue DJn. If your productions have reached enough people, or more importantly the right people, people that want to hear what you have to say behind the decks, then the picture starts to look better. You have to think about building a decent production CATALOGUE that attracts the labels, promoters, fellow artists, listeners that can get you gigs.
I fell in love with the idea of DJn about the same time I got into making my own music, actually mixing came a bit before, though I did want to make music from being a kid. But, I realised I can't get in where I fit in without a background in production, as we have seen countless examples of in the past 10 years. So I focused my energy on my production, while keeping an eye and ear to DJn, knowing I can get deeper into DJn when I have more leverage. It'll take a bit of time for me to build that leverage, but its slowly building. Actually, i've been producing for a few years now, so its been slowly building for a very long time. So if you are dedicated, and want to be heard, you have to invest heavily on production, for a few years at least till you can get enough people to listen to your work and feel the need to haul your ass over where the party is poppin, and pay you for it. :D |
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| coroknight |
Too late at 23? This isn't the olympics. And also what kismet said.
edit: And also people who say that a year of DJ'ing is all you need to get started is not going to work if you are aiming for the big time. If you try to make it big by just DJ'ing then you gotta do something really unique like James Zabiela or Desyn Masiello.
People who jump into DJ'ing like that either end up as local residents or online radio show DJ's. For some people thats fine but not if you're aiming to be famous. |
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| DJSoulstone |
Summary so far:
Making money by purely DJing is only possible if you do something very own (like Carl Cox) and of really high quality with a huge amount of networking.
Producing quality tracks is probably a bit easier... :tongue2
DJing by itself is no physical hard work, if you exclude staying awake whole nights. :D Thus you are never to old to start. It might be difficult with Parkinson, but then you still could scratch...:stongue: (was that mean? :toothless )
Just do it already! I expect your first set in 4 weeks, just send me a pm! ;) |
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| notelfreak |
| carl cox is a horrible dj, shut up please. Right time , right place for him. |
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| woscar |
LOL, actually it's "New Time, New Place" :stongue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvK-VBLjokI |
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| Imagin |
Your 23. Your still young. Believe me.
You shouldnt make it your career goal. Definitely have it as a hobby that happens to have benefits. Practice, Practice, Practice, Practice, Practice. If you get stuck on something or need help post a question on here (be prepared to sort through the flamers) or somewhere like www.djtutor.com (its a good place to learn a few pointers). Read a few books on the subject.
If you are dead set on making this a career choice you need to produce your own tracks. 99% of the bigger names in EDM make their own tunes or do their remix's of someone elses song. Just being able to put records together and pick the right ones at the right time will get you playing bigger venues but without the production your not likely to step up to a more "international" stage. Also it may be in your best interest to find a college that offers an Audio Engineering/Production degree and get into that. Maybe take a internship at a studio or record label and get to know people that can show you and teach you things.
The doors are all open for you to walk through just gotta say screw it and do it. |
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| TranceOwnsLol |
Make sure you have hip hop. That's the most important thing.
So that when some obnoxious, annoying, ugly white girl asks for Pitbull or Lady Gaga you can just make her shut up. |
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