Dizzle

First paid gig was originally a 45min reggae set in a well know club in BKK. The promoter liked my set so much he had me come on again later for another 30min…. total pay 2500 Thai Baht (about $80 US)

Depending on how long the speaker wire is, the delay can be quite large. I like to cue up my incoming track and drop it in using the cue headphone output, then use the monitor or if there isn’t one, the master out speakers to tune the mix. If you rely on the the master out speakers only for mixing in your next track there will be a delay that can completely ruin your mix.

Milos Djordjevic, post: 34165, member: 5530 wrote: Based out of Philadelphia, PA. I mostly play mobile gigs around the city and steadily play college parties/Philanthropy events at my University.

I currently live and play out on weekends in Bangkok. Starting in Feb, I’ll have 2 monthly parties and regularly make appearances at a number of other clubs and bars in the city. There’s the Bangkok Boat Party, Irie Beatz @ Café Democ, Sideshow Kuts @ Nest, reggae nights at Wikee bar. I used to play Bass culture music at Bed Supperclub on Saturdays, but they decided to hire a commercial Dj instead.

At the end of July, I’ll be moving to NYC. My partner is originally from Philadelphia, so I reckon I’ll be making regular trips there on the weekends and holidays.

I’m with D-Jam on this one, that’s how it goes down over here. If you’re promoting the night, you get a cut of the bar and or all of the ticket sales. If you’re just djing the promoter/owner pays you a flat fee. That being said, it doesn’t hurt to be able to count on a few friends showing up as well.

My girlfriend MC’s at some of my gigs! We have been working on a couple hip hop projects with another friend of ours so she raps her stuff and hypes up the crowd.

The only one I use that doesn’t seem to have been mentioned yet is Official.fm http://Official.fm/DizzletheDj

It is free, has no limit to file sizes, allows you to sell you tracks using paypal (they only take $5 if you make over $1000 or something like that) has email gated downloads, is embedable etc etc.

If your track is less than 15min it can also post it to your soundcloud and youtube accounts as well.

Definitely better to mix at the end of a phrase, which in EDm is usually 8 or 16 bars. I mix a lot of hip hop and it’s definitely a no no to mix the tracks in the middle of a verse. You can get some interesting layering going on if you start mixing in the build up of a new track into the “drop” of the currently playing song, but it sounds best to switch from one to the other at the end of a phrase.

The Black Rag, post: 35802, member: 7330 wrote: What if,to spite the fact that you know that there is a scene for your music style in the entire country,there doesn’t seem to be a scene for the type of music you do in your city.Any advice for guys like me who no matter what just can’t seem to locate the scene for they’re music style,no matter how hard they try.And pleas don’t give the awnser”You’re friends are your scene” as i don’t make friends and don’t have friends,i have A Friend and everyone else is acquaintances at best.

Hit the street and meet the people! Is there a hostel in your town with a bar? A college/university with predominantly student housing around it?
Go to where the people are partying and talk to them. Become a regular at a venue that you want to play in and get to know the staff. If there’s no scene in your town for your genre yet, create one! Put on a monthly party with your one friend and a few acquaintances that like to party to the music you’re into. All it takes are a few people who are also tired of the absence of your preferred genre of music in town. There’s a good article on the site about it. Getting your first gig or something like that from the free email series possibly.
It will be slow for the first few months, but you can start to syphon the party people from the other, more common parties. The club night regulars who are possibly tired of the generic tunes, but know of no other place to hear something different. If you have a good sound and stick with it, you will eventually find yourself hosting your own event, inviting other Djs to come perform! It all starts with hitting the street and meeting the people!