TEN Rules for DJ's/Producers
1. Never hype your music as the next big thing (look at Speed Garage,
trance-core, trip hop, or even Acid Jazz, they have diminished it's hype
to almost none).
2. Don't trust a club/rave promoter, if they don't sign a contract, if
you want to get paid.
3. When you sample Sade, don't put your name on the record. Keep on the
down low. Her lawyers are vicious!!!!
4. Don't play Trance music, and for God's sake don't mix it with
breakbeat and call it Trancey-breaks or Progressive breaks. (Just
kidding, I think :) )
5. Always record mix cd's, or if you make tapes use high bias tapes, not
cheapo TDK D-90's.
6. If you are a Jungle DJ, please don't scratch if you suck. On second
thought don't ever scratch over anything except hip hop and mid-tempo
beats.
7. Love the music first, don't get in a rut. If you make money off it,
cool. Producing can be more profitable, if you are original and very
good.
8. If you are spinning for more than 2 hours, please bring enough
records. And build a set with variety of different styles. For instance,
take your crowd on a journey from hard, to funky, to vocal, to deep, to
latin, to old school house, techno,or rare groove/disco.
9. If you are constantly getting hired, and you have a record out. Up
your price from time to time, so you can grow with the business. Don't
stay at one set price for more than 6 months, if you play regularly. The
promoters should have more than enough money to pay you, if they're
charging over $10 at the door.
10. When you hand out white labels of your tracks, give out a business
card also. So they can keep up with you. It will probably profit in the
long run.
I hope this helps many new dj's/producers.
Vinyl Junkie
Urbanite Recordings website:
www.urbaniterec.com
UniverSoul/ Urbanite/ Pure & Wyze
http://djessential.iscool.net
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http://www.swell.net/reg/locals/essential/
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