how long did you spin b4...

[Moon]

Originally posted by Sh4n3:
all this shit is pretty discouraging for me..someone who wants to get started
it seems like a dead end road

if u wanna make it big now, u have to create a sound that makes you unique as a musician. other than that, if u just wanna do it like any other dj, who cares! just do it for the sake of your own enjoyment! theres no dead end my friend =) its just hard work and only the hardest working will get the full respect from the listeners.

[Special-K]

Man work your way up. Fucking practice like a son of a bitch and make your way up on your skills. Dont count on getting hooked up with promoters. It will be a lot more satisfying when you get booked based on your skills, not because your friend was a promoter.

[Sh4n3]

Originally posted by Special-K:
Man work your way up. Fucking practice like a son of a bitch and make your way up on your skills. Dont count on getting hooked up with promoters. It will be a lot more satisfying when you get booked based on your skills, not because your friend was a promoter.

that sounds more promising :)

[jmzD]

3 years or so, why sound like an idiot?

[victor h.]

if worse comes to worse

suck the promoter's dick..ahahah j/j

[manos_one]

4 years , playing out was the biggest mistake i ever made. heh =/

[Senior]

Originally posted by Special-K:
Hahah well that explains a lot about the talent in vancouver. This city is fucking ghetto

Well there are ghetto parties in Vancouver that ghetto DJ's play at that can't mix etc. However as far as the club scene in vancouver goes all the DJ's that get booked on a regular basis usually have 2 to 5 years experience. Vancouver is lucky enough to see some of the most talented DJ's in the World on a regular basis. Let's see in the last 3 months just off the top of my head there has been Sasha and Digweed, Pete Tong, Stakka and Skynet, DJ Craze, Electra, Donald Glaude and so, so many more. If you guys don't like Vancouver try traveling a bit and when you come home you might enjoy living in Vancouver a bit more. Now if you are not of age I could understand it if you didn't like the night life here as there are not very many options for you. Any way just my 2 cents,

[crookedking]

^^^no it doesn't

[Senior]

Originally posted by crookedking:
^^^no it doesn't

What doesn't?

[LUCY LYTES]

my first party ever was the uh-oh it's twisted pre-party at spanish>>>that was after 3 monthss of spinning>>>>>i tagged with precise and for anyone who was there.....i apologize. i was definately not prepared ....ryan's headphones we're crap and i took the needle of the record that was playing...not good. then the next day i played at the the actual party at riverside.......all i can say is that im not booked for uh-oh it's twisted 2 .

anyone can mix 2 records and EVERYONE is a dj these days so my advice is if you're gonna start playing in van. make sure you're super confident on the decks so that you blow people away
but at the same time im the type of person who needed to do that to experience what it was like plaing out>>>>then i hibernated.

L

[dj_precise]

Originally posted by LUCY LYTES:
ryan's headphones we're crap and i took the needle of the record that was playing...not good.
L

Hey.. who needs headphones?? : P
Dont worry Lucy, Ive done way worse!! trust meeh

[LUCY LYTES]

when????

when did you play worse than that!!

[dj_precise]

There have been times that Im soo fucked up that i dont even know what songs ive played!! I have to ask people if I have played certain tracks.... Ive pulld neadles off the record with my sleave, neadles slide across the record cause i forget to dust them... you know.. Ive messed up tonnes

[LUCY LYTES]

that makes me feel a bit better ryan!!!!!

thanks!!

[crookedking]

Originally posted by Nolan Sr.:



What doesn't?

i fucked up man...that post was supposed to be somewhere else.

[Special-K]

Nolan, i was just saying that a lot of the local talent that spins at partys fucking suck. I know we got lots of good headliners, Ive seen pretty much every DJ i have ever wanted to see in Vancouver. music wise the club scene is much better. I was talking about the ghetto ass party DJs that get booked because there friends are the promoters.

[Senior]

Originally posted by Special-K:
Nolan, i was just saying that a lot of the local talent that spins at partys fucking suck. I know we got lots of good headliners, Ive seen pretty much every DJ i have ever wanted to see in Vancouver. music wise the club scene is much better. I was talking about the ghetto ass party DJs that get booked because there friends are the promoters.

I wanna hear some trash talk... so WHO?

[oliver]

yes, lets hear it!

[galaxie]

I've been spinning for almost 2 years and I still suck and I don't really have any motivation to play in front of a crowd until I get a lot better.

I think it's taking me so long because I don't practice that often, and I keep changing my mind about which genre I want to spin. At first I like the idea of trance, but then when I got out of my newbie stage and got some music taste I decided that I wanted to spin D&B. Since then, about a year and a half ago, I've changed my mind twice: I wanted to spin breaks, and now I'm going to start spinning funky hip hop. There are A LOT of club hip hop DJs in this city but not a lot that play underground and oldschool - especially at "rave" parties. So I think I could go somewhere with that. Mostly though, I just spin for fun and I don't really ever expect to play big parties or anything.

I played my first party 4 months after I started spinning - it was this ghetto barn party in Aldergrove, and Jason made fun of me because I sucked and he was drunk *sad face* heh.

I didn't spin again until TalkSic Tuesdays came back last July. I opened for one of the nights, I guess I did alright considering that I picked up my vinyl from a friend THAT NIGHT and I hadn't even had a chance to put a set together or anything!

I've played a couple of house parties in the past as well, but it's just been when my friends were spinning and the forced me onto the decks to play a few mixes while they went and drank. heh.

All in all, I have no idea why I just typed all of that out, except for the fact that I'm sitting at work, bored, getting paid 10.50/hr to surf f+k...sweet =0)

[galaxie]

Originally posted by Junglet:
yes, lets hear it!

hahaha like it needs to be said.

Come on guys, if you EVER go to parties in Vancouver, especially smaller, illegal parties, you MUST know.

And even THOSE people aren't as bad as some of the damn MCs that think they're "THE SHIT" when really all they are is "SHIT" and they get up on the mic and totally ruin the DJs set. If some asshole ever did that to me I swear I'd grab the mic and beat his/her ass with it!

[jmzD]

Originally posted by galaxie:

I swear I'd grab the mic and beat his/her ass with it!

thank you...