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Anyone Here A DJ?

Started by Disclosure, Aug 10, 2015, in Life Add to Reading List

  1. Disclosure
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    Disclosure R&B Stan

    Aug 10, 2015
    How did you get into it?


    I don't wanna make a career out of it but would like to do it as a weekend job or something, just think I'd be pretty dope.
     
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  2. PVRO
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    PVRO King of all things Pepe's

    Aug 10, 2015
    nope but my step dad's coworker's son is a dj in Las Vegas or something and she said that he makes $400 a weekend.
     
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  3. Flacko
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    Flacko Too Blessed To Be Humble

    Aug 10, 2015
    Everyone's a DJ these days
     
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    PVRO King of all things Pepe's

    Aug 10, 2015
    peep my soundcloud bruh

    its soundcloud.com/djXX_BILLY_XX:heheh2:
     
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  5. The Product
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    The Product

    Aug 10, 2015
    I recently wanted to do this same thing but I feel it would be too much work for a hobby
     
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  6. Jordan
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    Jordan ⛴⛵️✈️

    Aug 10, 2015
    @DJ Lithium :daps:
     
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  7. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    Aug 10, 2015
    it's really, really hard to be a great dj, but not that difficult to be a passable one. get serato, practice at home, befriend promoters.
     
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  8. 6ixgawd
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    6ixgawd Banned

    Aug 10, 2015
    Have a ready made mix and just play it :smug:
     
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  9. DJ Lithium
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    DJ Lithium "The Cool Cats" - The Lith-Meister

    Aug 10, 2015
    Waddup bruh

    I was never a club DJ. I dont really enjoy the sound of what those guys put out. Mixing any random song over any random beat covered in lots of scratching, jumps and rewinds. I get why that s----s good for the club but for me it just sounds really f---in messy and I dont like it. Im more interested in producing and sound engineering which I use to blend and remake songs.
     
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  10. Disclosure
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    Disclosure R&B Stan

    Aug 10, 2015
    I'm not even aware of the full duties a club DJ covers... why would it be TOO much work?
     
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    Disclosure R&B Stan

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    I'm not tryna be wordclass or make a living. I dunno man, I always get people coming up to me asking them to make them a playlist for whatever, asking for new songs, I have a pretty good knowledge when it comes to hip hop and rnb whether old or new, pop knowledge is okay aswell, I was at an event this weekend and the DJ was a--- and I was just thinking to myself I could do so much better than this guy
     
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    Disclosure R&B Stan

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    Do you bruh, I was never all that at producing though I enjoy doing it alot, if I ever improve and get back into it more I'll holla [​IMG]
     
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  13. The Product
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    The Product

    Aug 10, 2015
    Me either tbh but quickly thinking about it you would have to not only stay up on what music you enjoy but what the masses enjoy. Not that that isnt something music music fans do on a regular but it is a bit of work. You would also need to purchase all of the equipment that you need to be a quality DJ. For me it would be hard to make time to do these things between college,work, studying and personal life. probably would end up being more stressful than enjoyable

    I'll probably just stick to impressing my friends with my knowledge/taste of music and continue to "dj" at smaller gatherings
     
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  14. Big Mitch
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    Big Mitch You never made me ran once

    Aug 10, 2015
    Funny you made this thread, I just applied to be the DJ at a bar up at school. But all I will have to do is bring my laptop and play music for 6 hours every other weekend.
     
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  15. Cyreides
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    Cyreides gfy

    Aug 10, 2015
    I've thought about becoming one, but my music taste/style isn't mainstream enough for it, and I'm not sure how to even go about doing something like DJing so I've completely avoided it, in spite of repeated offers in my surrounding area.
     
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  16. SHUDEYE
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    SHUDEYE Kerser is the sickest.

    Aug 11, 2015
    I know a fair amount of them. As much as I don't like clubs I've always seemed to be friends with the people involved with them. I don't know if it's different here in Australia but for memory I think they generally got $50-$100 for an hour set and then about $5 a head for every person that used their guest list. I mean, if you're a popular guy it can definitely be a handy hobby/job on the side.
     
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  17. mdemaz
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    mdemaz Molasses

    Aug 11, 2015
    It's not my thing, i play originals live, yeah, but my music im currently feeling is like too extreme for the public around here, though everyone seems to dig electro stuff

    its whatever, if i shift to the states, i might give it a whirl
     
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    sawalrath

    Aug 12, 2015
    I DJ'ed a wedding a while back. Got a bunch of people trying to get me to DJ other events. Honestly, if you got the equipment, that's a big starting point.
     
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