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    Alex Moschopoulos
    Participant

    I think you should use the name you feel can market yourself the best. Many of those “real name” DJ names we see are often not real, but simply a name one chose that rang nicely and fit in the market. One of the more notable ones is Junior Vasquez (born Donald Gregory Mattern), as I don’t even think he’s Hispanic.

    I’ve always felt aliases should be about when you want to play in different sounds, like how Curtis Jones uses “Cajmere” for house music, and “Green Velvet” for techno.

    In your world, it’s about the image you want to portray. I would tell you not to call yourself “Dan Von Dun” if you were going to play dubstep or trap, as the name seems more along the lines of trance or EDM.

    Think about your sound, and the image you want to portray, then go from there.

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    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    It largely depends on how you get into the industry and how things develop.
    For example my real name is not intuitive to pronounce for English native speakers and I actually came to my alias by accident, I did not chose it another DJ called my “Terry” by mistake and soon the whole club regulars, bar staff etc. would refer to me as “Terry”, since Terry.com was taken I just added the 42 for promo reasons and kept the Terry… (short version of that story). So things can happen rather quickly…

    I know others who chose their alias simply because they liked it or friends recommended them and others who go with their real name and become very successful… so I guess there is no right or wrong here.

    #2474661
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    … or picked it because they are really old (DJ Vintage anyone?) 😀

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