These days it seems like everybody wants to be a DJ, don't they? Granted there's no skill in just pressing play on a CD player or plugging an iPod in but that's not really what we are talking about here. OK things have moved on significantly since the days when DJs were using reel to reel tape players and early turntables to mix with. Modern technology takes a lot of the hard work of learning to beat match out of mixing.
By removing the need to learn how to play songs at the same speed as each other you can focus on learning other aspects of DJing. It gets even better as DJ skills can easily be used as your ultimate source of income whereby you get paid for every gig that you play in. As long as you are getting paid then even at the bottom end of the scale the money isn't bad and look at it this way - you are getting paid to practice!.
One of the best pieces of advice that a beginner in the world of deejaying should make use of is with regard to how important it is that you know your music. Know your music inside out is an important aspect to your future as a DJ. Everyone would like to learn how to DJ, but the process has to be done in a professional manner. The process of learning to DJ and your chances of real success will be greatly improved by having an in depth knowledge of your music.
There's more to being a good DJ than just being able to beat match a couple of tunes and mix between them. These skills are of course important, but an in depth understanding of music will come in quite handy if you'd like to keep a crowd grooving for an entire night. Remember you aren't there for your benefit but the benefit of your crowd.
As a professional DJ you need to remember that you aren't going to just be playing music that you like for a couple of hours. Of course, part of your job is to introduce new music to your crowd but you also need to play tunes that they know and like. Depending on the venue you are playing at and the crowd you are playing to you might be able to play quite a broad spectrum of music, or you might be very much limited to one or two styles.
In much the same way as for professional musicians, just being good at what you do alone is probably not going to get you to the top as a professional DJ, unless you get lucky and are in the right place at the right time. It's debatable whether or not you should specialise in just one or a few genres of music and that depends a lot on what kind of DJ you intend on being. Specialising in a single type of music will limit your options in terms of the venues you can play in and the crowds you can play to. It will also mean you need to be really good to get to the top. Having a good all round repertoire will make you more marketable, especially in the early stages of your career, then you can think about specialising later.
Specialising tends to limit you and this may work against you especially if you're depending on the DJ jobs as your ultimate source of income. You can make good money as a DJ by playing corporate gigs but you will need to be able to play a wide range of music to do these. These are some basic tips and things to consider to get you started. Further down the line, make sure you invest in good quality equipment - these will be the tools of your trade and you don't want anything to let you down in the middle of a gig.
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