Axel Dark-Key

Thanks for the info. I spend more time on my work than SM. And yes, those 887 videos were my own tracks! I know, it’s a lot and I’m still kicking. I know I shouldn’t worry so much about changing my art. The problem is that I made artwork by manipulating images from videogames in photoshop. Though nothing is recognizable, some will still tell me that it’s copyright infringement.

Facebook and Youtube I see as beneficial.

Soundcloud, not really.
Twitter, I may get 500 followers in one week but most of it is probably spam. And I never really use it.

When it comes to vids on youtube, should just vids containing just audio tracks be used at all or is it better to have something with activity going on? My vids were just audio tracks. I haven’t made any real music vids yet.

Gotcha. So, being an independent artist, should I post and share videos of my other favorite artists as well as interests on my media? Would that help to bring more attention because my main site that I am now working on is a free site by weebly so it doesn’t show up in search engines? I can’t pay for a domain just yet. I don’t even have a bank account. I try to keep it as uncluttered as possible, but it seems impossible. I used to post tons of articles and even video game links on it because my project is inspired by video games, but I stopped because it feels like too much though it really isn’t. I post convention videos, cosplay, and other things it’s associated with.

Thanks for this info. Where would I find the driver on the Numark website? The only downloadable drivers that I found were for this: http://www.numark.com/product/djio and I’m not sure if this will work or not.

Just tried all of that and made sure the dials were all the way up as well as on VDJ and still no luck. I have my PC speakers plugged into master. Audio will play on things like videos, so no need to disconnect them and plug them into the audio jack. I’m just not getting any sound from VDJ. I hope it’s not a defective soundcard.

Thanks. I don’t plan on going global, maybe on youtube or some online radio show, but not tours unless I would play along side another artist should that ever happen.

I love producing. It’s like candy to me seriously. I’m working on a 70 track project right now. I post my work to YouTube, Facebook, Bandcamp, ReverbNation, and Twitter where I already have over 1000 followers. I want to try DJing, but I may not get expensive gear right now. Because of time management, the Mixtrack Edge sounds like a good choice even though others have said no because I can find it at Guitar Center for only 79 bucks. So if I don’t have that much time to practise, it won’t be a waste and as I get more money I can invest in a better one. Also it’s totally affordable for my mom to get me for Christmas.

Sorry. I’m just beginning making the step from producer to performer/DJ and I’m wanting to make sure that I will stick with it and don’t want to spend a lot of money just in case it’s not my thing. I’m trying to find something that my parents can afford to get me for Christmas this year as they do not have that much money. And I’m pretty sure they got me a sh***y laptop too, which makes me really upset. The one I would really like to have is either Mixtrack Pro 2 or 3, or Pioneer DDJ SB. And my expectations: well I hope to be able to practise and get good enough to play a gig by the end of next year.