DigitalJunkiie

I voted group but I am on the line for both. When it comes to live DJing, a group could be fun to get over the nervousness of playing in front of a huge crowd for the first time, but TBH you won’t be really DJ’ing if you have more than 2 members in teh group. Anymore would just be pressing play and dancing around (like swedish house mafia not meaning to bash but its the first thing to come in mind). But if you are bringing something new to the table like how the group “Birdie Nam Nam” Spins with 4 guys all on vinyl thats impressive.

Merry Christmas to you as well Terry! And everyone else on the forums! 2013 I am challenging my producer side a bit more by trying to release material weekly! So check in the “Your mixes and Music” to see me pop in here and there!

cant view it on my GC, FF or IE if you post it somewhere where i can view i could give you an answer

Depends on the DAW you are using. In ableton its great because It allows you to take a full song, take a part you like and create your own sample with it. Which is what you are trying to achieve, most published and mastered tracks won’t have samples that sound anything like what they have because it is their own original sound they have made up. You can get samples that have the same algorithim as the sample ie same instrument different melody but you most of the time if you want to get a sample that sounds like the original it would be best to take it from the original.

My best advice for you is approach them as a friend mind set do not approach promoters with a mindset of trying to win them over and getting them to listen to your stuff.

Promoters probably get more than a dozen minimum of bootlegs, mixtapes cds etc handed to them by individuals giving the same speel about how they are better than the previous DJ, chances are if you are doing it this method it has a slim chance of working. But majority of the time the promoters would actually zone out and would just toss your cd or whatever out before he even leaves the venue and heads home.

From personal experience I found a promotion group I wanted to work for and figured out when they held their events, ,their regular promo nights things like that and I would show up by myself to their event and try to see what type of crowd they attract, and the music that would be played most there. From then I work from meeting the DJ’s before or after their set and get to know them as a person first, to eventually offering them a hand here and there eventually getting to know them as a regular person rather than a DJ and someone who is just trying to use them to get their foot in the door. I eventually got introduced to the promotion group manager and from the moment I met him to the moment I got a booking as DJ I never once talked to the manager about me wanting to play. I spent weeks going out with the manager, going to his events and having a few drinks to being invited over to his home for a pre-game gathering before a night out. I became somewhat as a friend more than just that guy who handed him a mixtape at the venue on one of his weekly nights. Because in the end if they like you as a person they could care less if you a 13 year veteran on vinyl or a 2 month digital controllerist just looking for his first gig, if you “WOW” them then you are pretty much in the door.

Again this is from my personal experience from my area of living.

In the next 12 months I hope to have released an EP with a label (Already have one up just need to finish the ep and send it in XD) but to on a daily basis release my own productions/remixes.