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hey guys, so I'm 18 and living in a small town and I wanna dj over the summer. since I don't work, paying for the turntables and mixer would be a big chunk of money, I was just wondering if anyone on here could give me some advice as to whether its a decent way to make some spending money playing in clubs... I have a decent collection of synth pop, post punk, electro lps... So if anyone could post or email me with any advice or things i should consider, please help
thanks

― gs (kissmyfist), Monday, 23 June 2003 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

encouragement?
discouragement?

― gs (kissmyfist), Monday, 23 June 2003 16:22 (twenty-two years ago)

anyone?

― gs (kissmyfist), Monday, 23 June 2003 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw in a bookstore an brand spanking new book (
also available from Amazon.com) about how to DJ.
I leafed through it, and it seemed vaguely informative. But I'm not a professional DJ, so I don't know how legit it is.
If there are any pro DJ's in this thread who have read this book...is it trustworthy?

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Monday, 23 June 2003 18:29 (twenty-two years ago)

the book looks interesting and i am planning on looking at it... the website (www.djhistory.com) says that it has a section on using 3 decks, which is cool.. my biggest help was reading (http://music.hyperreal.org/dj/AVH/) and (www.recess.co.uk). sorry cant find my HTML cheat sheet, but those are very good sites, the first one even has examples...

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Monday, 23 June 2003 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Another book worth checking out is "How to DJ (Properly)" by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. Aside from the usual technical information, there are lots of amusing "superstar dj" quotes (ie. 'In my day we didn't have mixers - we just listened to the needle on the record to match beats!') and good tips on how to build a set.

To boot, Ashley Beedle from X-Press 2 recommends this book on the sleeve. How can you lose?!

― Philippe, Monday, 23 June 2003 21:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I had fun dj-ing, but it was mainly for fun. I was rarely paid and it was never enough to cover even just buying records. If it's your dream to be a DJ, then go for it. If you enjoy it, do it, but don't expect it to pay bills.

< /standard creative profession disclaimer>

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 23 June 2003 21:59 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah man, what spencer said.
if you want to really make $ djing anything but wedding dj agency type stuff you need to move to an urban center, and a big one (nyc/sf).

at this point i've been djing uk garage as long as anybody in the states and i still don't even come close to breaking even. the only people who are regularly touring on the club/rave circuit and not holding down day jobs got themselves established back in the mid-90s.

(it's hella fun though)

― cooper (cooper), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 19:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I bet it is!

http://www.phys.uu.nl/~hettinga/data/cj_20372.jpg

― Siegbran (eofor), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 19:59 (twenty-two years ago)

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