Thanks for sharing. I’m pretty much set as a DJ and have my gigs, and have had for many years, but recently I participated in the BURN contest. Just for fun, because I’m probably at least 15 years too old to get a chance to compete in the rest of this competition. I ended up getting quite a lot of votes, more than a couple of the national finalists, which of course gave me a boost and that’s not all. The competition took place on MixCloud (Normally a bad place to get your music heard unless you’re already known to the public), and this competition gave me more followers in a few weeks than I’ve gotten in several years. Still now, several weeks later, I get new followers more than I ever did before.
The exposure in competitions is more than i ever expected. I joined because I could play the kind of house music I love but rarely get to play in public gigs. The rest is just a bonus. I’d recommend any DJ out there that think you’ve got what it takes, but hasn’t got a break yet, to join as many competitions as possible. It’s fun and you make more connections with other serious DJ’s than you can do anywhere else. Worst case scenario is you ending up with a couple of hundreds of new followers. That’s not too bad, is it 😉 .
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