THE DJ TEST DISCOVER YOUR DJ SCORE and Find out Exactly How You Can Become a Better DJ CONGRATULATIONS on TAKING the DJ TEST

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THE DJ TEST DISCOVER YOUR DJ SCORE and find out exactly how you can become a better DJ CONGRATULATIONS ON TAKING THE DJ TEST.

OVERALL SCORE 91%

GEAR MUSIC TECHNIQUES PLAYING OUT PROMOTING How well do you Do you have Do you have a Are you capable YOURSELF understand the an efficient, broad range of of performing Do you know types of DJ gear DJ-oriented transferable DJing competently at what is needed to out there today? music gathering skills? the main types of effectively hustle system? DJ gigs? for gigs and get success?

YOUR SCORE YOUR SCORE YOUR SCORE YOUR SCORE YOUR SCORE 10 8 10 9 9

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. GEAR 10/10 MUSIC 8/10 TECHNIQUES 10/10 PLAYING OUT 9/10 PROMOTING YOURSELF 9/10

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. WHY IS THIS REPORT VALUABLE? • Great DJs need a TECHNICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE GEAR • Great DJs need to be able to FIND THE BEST MUSIC • Great DJs need to know the CORE TRANSFERABLE SKILLS • Great DJs need to be able to PERFORM PROPERLY AT GIGS • Great DJs need to know how to PROMOTE YOURSELF EFFECTIVELY

Through our work at Digital DJ Tips training over 27,000 DJs since 2010, we have realised there are just three broad types of DJs:

1. Bedroom DJs These people are just starting out as DJs and are developing their skills. They are usually inspired by a DJ they’ve seen and particularly admired, but are unaware of the hard work to come.

2. Semi-pro DJs These people are skilled at the particular type of DJing they do but often go unrecognised and unrewarded. Often their enthusiasm starts to diminish as they spend years trying to get recognition (though they still keep getting drawn back to DJing...).

3. Great DJs They earn more money, have more fun and get the best gigs. They are seen as highly credible in their towns and cities. They have a sense of vitality because they are always the ones involved in high-value DJ events and getting their “names in lights”.

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. UNTIL YOU ARE IN THAT THIRD CATEGORY, A “GREAT DJ”, YOUR JOB IS SIMPLE: WORK TOWARDS BECOMING ONE.

People think it takes many years to become one, they think it’s about huge talent, or being “cool” and in all the right circles, or being rich to start with, or being young, or good-looking; nothing could be further from the truth.

You’ll see in this report that there are five core skill sets that will get you to the inner circle of the DJ world, wherever you live. These strengths can be learned and developed just like any other.

With focus, you can become a GREAT DJ in your town or city much faster than you think. We know this because since 2010, we’ve worked with over 27,000 DJs in 63 countries to accelerate their results.

IN TRAINING THE MANY THOUSANDS OF DJS WHO HAVE COME THROUGH OUR PROGRAMMES, WE DID NOTHING OTHER THAN TO FOCUS OUR STUDENTS ON THE FIVE STRENGTHS OUTLINED IN THIS REPORT. AS A RESULT OUR STUDENTS REPORTED BACK TO US THAT THEY:

• Increased DJ bookings and referrals • Landed better gigs • Felt a greater sense of developing into the type of DJ they wanted to be • Became better known, with opportunities coming to them from further afield • Earned a lot more money from their DJing • Felt more true to their “art”, to whatever it was that got them into DJing in the first place • Became more passionate about their music and their DJing, and people loved hearing them share that • Overcame blocks and barriers that had previously prevented their success

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. FIVE STRENGTHS OF A GREAT DJ Becoming a Great DJ is about five core skill sets that anyone can learn and develop.

GEAR The ability to understand, set up, and troubleshoot all types of DJ and associated gear from a technical standpoint.

MUSIC The ability to systematically discover, shortlist, organise and play the very best music out there for your audiences.

TECHNIQUES The ability to express yourself through turning what’s “in your head” into tight, professional DJ mixes using any DJ gear.

PLAYING OUT The ability to “put on a show”, read a crowd, and programme exceptional DJ sets in all types of venues and for all types of audiences.

PROMOTING YOURSELF The ability to establish a highly visible online presence, build a genuine fanbase, and fruitfully network with people who can help your career.

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. THE DJ TEST GAVE YOU A SCORE FOR EACH OF THESE FIVE SKILL SETS. LATER IN THIS REPORT WE WILL DISCUSS HOW YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR STRENGTHS IN EACH OF THESE AREAS.

YOUR “OVERALL SCORE” You also had an “Overall Score” which relates to your ability to turn these skill sets into DJing success.

As you develop in these five areas, you can become more successful as a DJ. Your DJing success will depend upon a few additional factors:

• THE TYPE OF DJING YOU DO: Some types of DJing are more financially lucrative than others. Mobile DJs, especially wedding DJs, earn well; club residents less so, and bar/lounge or party DJs often do it for little more than love. DJ/ producers who tour the world, on the other hand, often get paid exceptionally well. Commercial success will mean something different for you depending upon what type of DJing you do. • THE AMOUNT OF DJING YOU DO: The world is full of so-called “DJs”. You know what separates Great DJs (the top 10%) from the other 90%? They actually DJ for real! Nowadays, DJing doesn’t have to mean playing actual gigs all the time, because you can also make and share mixes and shows online too... but you have to be playing something, somewhere, as often as possible. • THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT YOU PUT IN: Great DJs are learning about gear all the time, constantly exploring new musical areas, improving their techniques, taking interesting gigs that remove them from their comfort zones, and finding new ways to promote themselves and partner with others to push their agendas. If you’re not doing these things, you’ll be beaten by those who are.

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCORE

OVERALL SCORE 91%

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DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. GEAR

Review your score in GEAR Gear describes your competency around different types of equipment and software you’ll encounter as a DJ. Not only does it mean how well you understand the equipment you actually use, but how proficient you are in understanding all types of DJ gear. Past that, it encompasses working knowledge of PA systems, lighting, cables and basic electrical training, so you can troubleshoot and solve problems in critical performance situations.

YOUR SCORE: 10/10

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. YOUR PERSONALISED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GEAR

Not understanding the technical side of a modern DJ set-up - and that includes the software and audio file technicalities as well as hardware - to a greater or lesser extent hinders the majority of today’s DJs. Not you, though! You’re well versed and feel competent faced with most DJ systems and situations, from the point of view of understanding how things work.

One thing that never stops though is technology, and there are always new things to learn - things that could help you to push your DJing to the next level, be the first to do something cool on a new piece of technology that everybody else is still somewhat mystified about, or just fix issues that have others scratching their heads.

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. When we teach students at this level, we emphasise competence in the kinds of skills that people just don’t know are important, or that they are aware of but have put off learning about, maybe through lack of belief in their ability to do so. Some things our advanced students like to improve their knowledge of include:

1. GAIN STAGING - Knowing how to optimise 4. BALANCED VS UNBALANCED AUDIO - Do you the signal path from PA system back through know the difference, and when to use each? Do installation mixer, master output, channel you know the difference between XLR, TS, TRS output and channel gain simply means your and RCA audio cables? Could you fix or even DJing sounds better. Being aware of any make leads of these types? From a home DJ compressors and limiters in the chain and controller to a PA system, this knowledge will knowing to spot when they’re being triggered, help you set it all up correctly. too... 5. PROFESSIONAL AUDIO AND LIGHTING 2. MAPPING - Even in modern DJ hardware, but EQUIPMENT - From how to tune PA systems, especially in software, mapping options let you to how to program DMX lighting, to how to link redefine how controls work to suit your needs. audio and lighting equipment together (an area Being able to customise buttons, knobs, faders that’s rapidly expanding), Great DJs take it upon and lights on your gear to behave how you want themselves to understand these things, to take them to behave is a powerful skill. advantage of them when and where they find them. 3. MIDI AND NETWORKING - Being able to link different pieces of equipment together to control software with your chosen hardware, sync time clocks and so on lets you customise your gear easily to do exactly what you want, so you can have a set-up that puts more control at your fingertips, for a more unique DJ sound.

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. “In this business everyone needs to stay current and more importantly get out of their comfort zone to grow. Your training made that easy. I particularly like the interviews you have with other professional DJs, a sort of ‘backstage pass’ to the business. I have been re-energised by the new knowledge I have received. I feel I have a much better understanding of current music and DJ technology.”

Kenny Zail, Dallas, Georgia MUSIC

Review your score in MUSIC A DJ is only as good as his or her music - period. And the way Great DJs approach their music collections is fundamentally different to the approach of your typical music fan. Ruthless with his or her library, the smart DJ knows exactly why every individual track is in there. Great DJs have tactics for hearing more music than the average person, and reliable systems for choosing, curating and “packing” that music for DJ sets.

YOUR SCORE: 8/10

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. YOUR PERSONALISED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MUSIC

Getting to grips with the way we discover, buy and organise our music in this new digital age is not a particularly straightforward task, and you’re well on the road to making a good job of it, so you should definitely count yourself a cut above many DJs who really struggle with this.

You’re already pretty clear that in order to have the best music to play in your DJ sets, you need to not only hear as much music as you can, but have a system for making a note of tracks as you discover them, regularly short-listing and buying them, and then taking the time to incorporate them into your DJ sets. However, you may not be doing it as efficiently as you could be.

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. When we teach DJs how to build great music collections in our training, we emphasise a structured system of music listening, discovery, shortlisting, buying, organisation and “crate packing”, with a focus on keeping the collection lean, and making every track ”work” for its place. Here are some of the takeaways from that training that you can think about right away:

1. THINK STRATEGICALLY ABOUT MUSIC SOURCES 4. MAKE “MINI SETS” OF TRACKS YOU KNOW OUTSIDE OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE - If you’re a WORK WELL TOGETHER - Having a playlist folder deep house DJ, don’t only listen to deep house. containing sub-folders, each of which has a Work out exactly why it is you like deep house “mini set” in it of just a few tracks that you know and listen to music in surrounding genres, too. work well together, will help you to see the links Your tastes will grow and you’ll be able to please between your tracks and make set planning more people with your sets. easier.

2. BUILD SOME “STRUCTURED RABBIT-HOLING” 5. PACK A “CRATE” FOR EVERY GIG YOU PLAY - INTO YOUR MUSIC DISCOVERY - Once a week, Taking the time to think hard about the music go to your collection and choose an artist, label, you want to “take” with you to each and every gig genre, remixer or producer you particularly like is the best way to prepare for playing out. At the right now and spend some time listening to gig, try and play from the playlist you come up everything else you can find that’s connected. with rather than simply your master collection.

3. IMPROVE THE TAGGING OF YOUR DJ MUSIC COLLECTION - Take time to complete the metadata for each track, adding things like release artwork, correct genres, musical key information, energy level and so on - while, of course, listening to the tracks at the same time. It will get you “closer” to the music you own.

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. “I was playing twice a week in bars, but I wanted to play in bigger venues in front of more people and develop a stronger following, and also to be more confident mixing. Perfecting my DJing is something that I think about every day.

Your training and community really helps me to push myself. I took your advice and went through the material in order, and also committed myself to your online coaching seminars. Now I’m being booked more often at different venues, I’ve done some interesting corporate events, and I’ve played my biggest venue yet as a club DJ on three occasions to date, with 700 to 800 attending.”

Alex “Pullinsky” Poulin, Montreal, Canada TECHNIQUES

Review your score in TECHNIQUES The core skills of DJing are what allow the DJ to rise above any particular DJ set-up and perform effectively. Once a DJ understands how tracks are constructed, how to structure a set, how to beatmix, how to use a mixer, how to manipulate music with platters and jogwheels, how to cleanly move between tracks, and how to add flavour with scratching and other tricks, his or her sets quickly become more than the sum of their parts.

YOUR SCORE: 10/10

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. YOUR PERSONALISED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNIQUES

Congratulations, you’re a proficient DJ when it comes to knowing what to do behind the decks - you’ve got the skills nailed and are comfortable enough to step up to most DJ gear and know what you’re doing. You’ve probably also reached the point where you know that these skills mean little without a great music collection to be applying them to, so you understand how technical skills can widen the scope of the music you can play in a DJ set, in order to surprise the dancefloor without losing it.

I want to focus in on that last point with you, though: How technical skills can widen the range of music you can play in a DJ set. This is actually work that is never done, because the more technical skills you can add to your DJing repertoire, the more breathtaking your genre, BPM and style shifts can be in a set, and so ultimately, the wider your scope as a DJ can become.

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. One of the big areas we focus on with advanced DJs in our training here at Digital DJ Tips is adding specialist skills - but always with the focus on making our DJs stand out more, never just for the sake of it. Here are some of the areas we teach, and that you could look at to add to your skill sets, too:

1. SCRATCHING - Ask your grandmother to mime 4. CUE JUGGLING AND TONE PLAY - Kind of like the a DJ, she’ll probably pretend to hold some controllerism version of scratching, cue juggling headphones on one ear with her left hand, and and tone play refer to using your cue buttons or pretend to scratch with her right hand! That’s pads almost like musical instruments, “playing” how ubiquitous scratching is in DJing. Used then as you’d play a keyboard. Chopping up judiciously, scratching can enhance any DJ set. well known riffs is a devastating way to use this technique. 2. LIVE REMIXING - While you can make re-edits and unique versions of tracks beforehand and 5. USING EXTRA DECKS - Your third and fourth simply play your efforts back at gigs, equally, decks aren’t just for keeping “what if” tracks you can remix tracks live as you DJ, in order to cued up on. They contain interesting percussion come up with versions unique to the crowd in tracks, acapellas and “doubles” of what’s front of you, right now. currently playing, all of which can be used for more adventurous mixing. 3. BIG BPM & GENRE SWITCHES - Using techniques like post-fader delay, double/half-speed beatmixing, and loop tempo changes, you can enact huge BPM and genre changes in your DJ sets, while taking all your dancefloor with you, and considerably broadening the music available to you to play.

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. “I live in Saudi Arabia, where there aren’t many DJs and no real opportunities to learn or develop skills. I was desperate to achieve something I’ve always dreamed of. Your materials are much deeper and more detailed than other DJ training, and have always seemed to me like the extra step from beginning to pro. Not only have you helped me to achieve my DJing goals, but you’ve educated me properly.”

Adnan Z Manjal, Saudi Arabia PLAYING OUT

Review your score in PLAYING OUT DJing is done in public, and playing out is very different to practising at home. From understanding what the people who book you really require of you, to being able to control the mood in a room, to conquering DJ nerves and learning to really perform in front of a crowd, playing out is where you prove yourself. You need to be able to programme DJ sets, read crowds, and deal with the unexpected, all the time staying cool and confident.

YOUR SCORE: 9/10

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. YOUR PERSONALISED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PLAYING OUT

You’re clearly comfortable playing gigs out, and you’ve got a lot of experience of different types of gig, whether in your case that happens to be mobile, club - whatever. You’re already a seasoned pro! You know how to plan a DJ set, how to read a crowd, how to deal with everyone from the public to venue management to other DJs, and are in control of your own nerves and moods, able to portray a friendly, fun-loving attitude to your crowd, no matter how you may feel on the “inside” during that particular event.

But one thing we know for sure from our own careers and from teaching DJs on our courses here at Digital DJ Tips is that we never stop learning, and nowhere is this more true than when we’re talking about playing out. After all, no two crowds are ever the same, so no two gigs present quite the same challenge to the DJ - and that goes if you’ve played one gig or one thousand.

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. When it comes to looking for incremental gains in the way you perform, try scanning this list of ideas culled from our courses, and see if any of them may in your view be able to help you to take things up a notch…

1. LOOKING BACK THROUGH YOUR SET HISTORY 4. USING “PERFORMANCE” TRICKS - This is the - Most DJ systems have a “set history” feature. stuff you wouldn’t do on a mixtape. Knocking Like a sports team analysing a performance, the bass out for a while, just for the buzz when looking back through what you played will jog you kick it in again. Co-ordinating with the your memory as to what worked and what lighting guy on big breakdowns. Killing the music didn’t, and is a valuable formal process for for half a minute, in darkness, before dropping improving performance. into something huge. Be bold. Try this stuff.

2. IMPROVING YOUR MICROPHONE TECHNIQUE 5. USING ENERGY LEVEL TECHNIQUES - This is an - Mobile DJs use them all the time, but all DJs advanced technique, and it involves managing should consider using the mic sometimes the dancefloor’s energy in “waves”. Smart DJs - a well chosen, well timed phrase on the are happy to thin the floor this way only to build microphone is instant communication with your up again, for the overall good; it gives people crowd, and can raise the energy like nothing space to breathe / get drinks etc before the DJ else. Try recording your sets to see how you do. chooses to move things up again.

3. TREATING LONG DJ SETS LIKE MULTIPLE SHORT SETS - Mobile DJs can benefit hugely from this one, but so can club residents or bar DJs - anyone playing long periods, basically. “Pack” three separate sets (beginning/mid/late), and treat them as such - it’ll really help you to structure your performance.

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. “The very systematic and clear approach of your training helped me to concentrate on the things important for me. Surprisingly, the key take-aways were not about some advanced techniques or details. They were on basic, fundamental issues: track selection approach, working on different types of a gear, preparation for gig, building relations with promoters and club owners, and so on.

Since your training, I’ve taken a big step forward and, most importantly, it’s in the proper direction. I have a structured web presence in social networks, my website, and a fanbase. I have regular gigs in different clubs. I have huge network among DJs, promoters, club owners in a few countries. I organise my own parties and invite leading DJs from other countries. Now I can think about the next step - producing my own tracks. I feel like I’ll be in this business for many years to come and I am enjoying my music more than ever.”

Leo Hazree, Baku, Azerbaijan PROMOTING YOURSELF

Review your score in PROMOTING YOURSELF In order to get the number of bookings you want, you need to deeply understand how this works, and it doesn’t work by randomly giving out mixtapes. From having a great online profile (including mastering social media), to building a valuable network of people who can help you face-to-face in your town or city, to knowing how to ask for - and get paid for - work, knowing how to promoting yourself is the glue that will hold everything else together.

YOUR SCORE: 9/10

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. YOUR PERSONALISED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROMOTING YOURSELF

Well done! You’re doing many of the right things when it comes to promoting yourself. You have taken the time to network in your town or city, you’re aware of the “reach” of your online presence (ie how much you “own” Google for your DJ name), and you’re building up a following. Your mixes and/or own productions and re-edits get listened to, liked and shared, and you’re comfortable talking confidently to people about what you do.

However, if you still feel you need to do that “special something” that’ll finally help you land the gigs you really want and get paid what you think you’re really worth, apart from “stick with it”, the best advice we can give you is to offer a list of ideas taken from our high-level training programmes here at Digital DJ Tips. What follows is a list of things our top students do that are helping them to get to the next level.

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. Take a look, and if there’s one that jumps out at you as something you kind of knew you needed but haven’t done yet… get some time in your calendar to do it, and make sure it happens!

1. GET A WEBSITE - It’s not good enough to have 4. GROW AN EMAIL LIST - Collect email addresses multiple social media presences. You need a of fans, both offline and online. Get their website, a place to call “home”. Here you can permission to email to them, and send them a brand yourself exactly how you want. Here quick note when you have gigs, a new mixtape, a you can link to all your social media accounts, new post in your website - whatever. Even in this binding everything together. All good DJs have a social media age, email is still the most valuable website. Get one if you haven’t. way of communicating with people.

2. MAKE AN ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT (EPK) 5. OWN PAGE ONE OF GOOGLE - By signing up INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY - under your DJ name to as many social media On the website you’ve got (or will shortly build), networks as you can, and having mix service make sure you include a place where people can accounts, and your own site, you can dominate see your DJ biography, mix list / discography, gig Google for your name. Don’t forget to post summary, and get good pictures of you. Make it plenty of pictures tagged with your name, to downloadable. dominate Google Images, too.

3. GET OTHER PEOPLE WRITING ABOUT YOU - How are you going to interest publications (local blogs, listings magazines, music portals etc) to write about you? What can you do (charity, competitions, etc) that will give them something to write about? When they do, ask them to link to your website.

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. “My DJ sets are brilliant. I know they are. I get told all the time, and every time I play or practise at home I’ve got you guys in my head reminding me about something or other. The fear of not playing out is now gone. Since taking your training, far from being trembling and sick-frightened during an opening of a set, I’m smiling and thinking ‘wait till you see what I’ve got in store for you’.”

James Gillies, Jersey Visit www.digitaldjtips.com/courses to find a DJ training course to help you move your DJing to the next level, whatever you now feel is the most pressing area you need to improve in.

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. Review your overall SCORE

The overall score reflects your ability to get the gigs you want, get paid what you think you’re worth (if that’s what’s important to you), but most importantly, to get the enjoyment you’re looking for from your DJing.

It is a measure of your connection to the music, your love of making people dance, and the respect you’re getting from those who matter to you in the venues where you play, your town or city, and the DJing community at large.

The overall score will improve as you land better gigs, earn more from your DJing, and start to plan longer term - and start to believe in this process!

Of course, DJing doesn’t have to be about money (and it certainly doesn’t need to be about fame), but recompense and recognition do have an impact on your happiness, satisfaction and long-term ability to succeed as a DJ.

People who feel they’re constantly going unrewarded and unrecognised often derail themselves as a result of blindly “chasing the dream” and burning out. It’s important to work on the right things, and take this test regularly to see how you’re progressing!

TAKING TIME “OUT” FROM YOUR DJING TO WORK “ON” YOUR DJING INSTEAD OF “IN” YOUR DJING (FINDING NEW SOURCES OF MUSIC, LEARNING HOW A NEW PIECE OF GEAR WORKS, MASTERING A NEW SKILL, GETTING GOOD AT PLAYING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF GIG, MASTERING A NEW SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK) WILL PUSH YOU FORWARD FASTER THAN ALWAYS DOING THE SAME THING.

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. A Great DJ knows they are able to progress by following a plan. Your overall score shows you where you are now, but you need to put your plan in place to progress quickly and enjoy yourself as you do.

WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR OVERALL SCORE:

• Be sure you always ask for payment in your • Find a mentor or advisor who can help you DJing, either in cash or other bonuses. Even improve your DJing skills. Or, take specific DJ if you ask for a single pound, dollar or euro, the training courses to improve in the areas you change in the dynamic between you and the think you need help the most (we can help with person booking you is profound. that: visit www.digitaldjtips.com/courses) • Aim to increase what you earn month- • Surround yourself with a peer group who on-month. It’ll become a kind of game, and normalise the results you want to achieve. increase your expectation that as time goes on, You’ll become more like the people you spend you will improve, and you will be paid more. time with so be sure to choose wisely. • Put your prices up. As you get established, an • Expand your DJing into new markets. If easy way to do the above is to raise what you you want to play underground techno and charge. Don’t wait and wait to do this; better to underground techno alone, move to a city that charge more by continually raising your prices can sustain that type of specialisation. If you’re in small increments than doing so all at once a mobile DJ, make sure you advertise with a in a big leap. It also holds you accountable for wide enough reach to get sufficient bookings. delivering at a higher level. You don’t need to be stuck playing small; it’s you who decides the type of DJing you do, and • Put systems and procedures in place to help where you do it. you advance in your DJing. Regular mixtapes, timetabled music discovery sessions, a weekly • Change your style to get what you want. residency - anything you can do that is routine If what motivates you the most is full, happy and repeats will help you get into the right dancefloors and getting paid rather than mindset to work constantly at becoming a playing a certain type of music, don’t be proud - Great DJ. change your music to please the crowds you can get where you are!

DIGITAL DJ TIPS | THE DJ TEST | THE GLOBAL DJ SCHOOL. WHAT NEXT?

OUR GOAL IS TO SUPPORT DJS TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL AND FULFILLED, WHATEVER STYLE OF MUSIC OR DJING IT IS THEY LOVE, AND WHATEVER THEIR ASPIRATIONS.

We want to see more music lovers performing the music they love, not just playing it passively. We think every music fan has it in them to be a DJ, and we do not subscribe to elitism or “one size fits all” philosophies of how DJing should be done. The dancefloor is always right, and we know that music can change lives - we want as many people as possible to share the joy we’ve had filling dancefloors and changing lives ourselves.

Since 2010, we’ve helped over 27,000 people to learn to DJ, via our website, books, seminars and video courses, based around our philosophy of teaching gear, music, techniques, playing out and promoting yourself as interlinking parts of what the modern DJ has to do to achieve success.

We believe that you have a huge passion for music and you have a burning desire to share that music with other people. If you completed this test, clearly you are open to ways of improving your skills and success as a DJ or DJ/producer.

This PDF was prepared for you personally to help you identify areas in your DJing to work on, and the materials we emailed/will email to you in the week following you taking the DJ Test will also help guide you in the right direction.

And when you’re ready, we’d love to have you as a student on one of our courses. Whether you want to learn to DJ, scratch, produce, run an event business, make mixtapes, livestream, or one of many more topics and subjects, we will definitely have the course for you among the online DJ and production training we offer.

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