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  • March 6, 2013 at 12:22 am #37630
    Discovideo
    Member

    He, i like your stuff…excellent and perfect work…
    But besides that, an answer to your frustation.
    Becoming popular with music is like playing the casino.
    Hard work doesn’t always (never) pay.
    Music doesn’t has the same value, like it did decades ago.
    There’s tons of music and mixes published every second.
    Music has become a throw-away-product.
    You spend hours on mixing this track (i suppose), you may be lucky if someone listens to it from start till end.
    You have to learn to sell yourself, and sell stuff others like, not what you like.
    Do you want to start a store with products that nobody wants? No…
    So you have to make music that’s liked by the majority….commercial.
    If you don’t sell anything….you shop will close.
    If you don’t publish commercial music, you’re out…if you like it or not.
    If you want an audience that listens to you or want make money with music?
    Get offline, stop waisting time, become a resident-dj or a mobile-dj.
    grtz

    March 6, 2013 at 1:31 am #37636
    indamix
    Member

    m8 , nicely said
    i spent some days preparing the mix ( playlist / timing of songs ..) , btw i work with 2 CDJ900 & DJM800 , Software RekordBox

    actually i dont have a problem against “comercial” music , indeed i like it too , i listen everything that sounds good to my ears , but generally “comercial” music dies in my ears after a little while , i cant even hear it
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    ” Do you want to start a store with products that nobody wants? No… ” is :

    i know what you mean , its like trying to sell sand in Sahara haha , you cant sell ice cream in North pole , but you well sell like crazy in sahara , but what i think is that every music have its fans

    from what i see , whats hard in all this is that the artist from any kind should reach his audience through what they like , then he/she automaticly gain credebility and the audience start to trust the artist , then the artist can pass his message/music/..whatever throught that , for exemple if they trust you when u deliver some music they never heard they WILL listen to dat bcz they know you wouldnt play somthing random or ugly for them
    but trying to force your style on any audience that doesnt know u and u didnt gain credibility from , is tha bad way to do it .

    no experience but its just from what i analyse

    Thx for reply

    March 6, 2013 at 8:19 am #37639
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Start networking on youtube.
    Get other people with more hits than you to like you.
    Try to hit off a “joint project” with a channel that can kick you off.
    Try to get in touch with interesting people.
    …

    March 6, 2013 at 11:01 pm #37679
    indamix
    Member

    i think getting other people with more hits to like me is more harder then to get a real audience cz most of them act like d**ks when it comes to that , everybody prefer to work with greater not the other way , in my country things are worst when dealing with artists/djs , act like gods hhhhhhhhhhhhh and they still fu** up on beatmaching

    for now m sharing with pages i know owners in facebook , my little group of friends helps a bit now 🙂
    i will keep up till the sun rises on my land 😀

    March 7, 2013 at 9:01 am #37696
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Nobody said it would be easy…
    However to get bigger ones on board the key is:
    – Search for the ones that are slightly bigger, not hugely bigger
    – Get them to know how many followers you have and that they could add those to theirs if they play their cards right
    – No matter how much of a d*ck they are, be humble

    Get the friends you have to re-post on facebook and re-tweet etc.

    March 7, 2013 at 2:08 pm #37706
    indamix
    Member

    ” No matter how much of a d*ck they are, be humble” 😀 hahhahaha true

    thx for reply terry_42 , wise words 🙂

    Good luck on your projects m8

    March 7, 2013 at 2:32 pm #37707
    Showbiz Connor
    Participant

    Discovideo, post: 37786, member: 9068 wrote: He, i like your stuff…excellent and perfect work…
    But besides that, an answer to your frustation.
    Becoming popular with music is like playing the casino.
    Hard work doesn’t always (never) pay.
    Music doesn’t has the same value, like it did decades ago.
    There’s tons of music and mixes published every second.
    Music has become a throw-away-product.
    You spend hours on mixing this track (i suppose), you may be lucky if someone listens to it from start till end.
    You have to learn to sell yourself, and sell stuff others like, not what you like.
    Do you want to start a store with products that nobody wants? No…
    So you have to make music that’s liked by the majority….commercial.
    If you don’t sell anything….you shop will close.
    If you don’t publish commercial music, you’re out…if you like it or not.
    If you want an audience that listens to you or want make money with music?
    Get offline, stop waisting time, become a resident-dj or a mobile-dj.
    grtz

    i’m not sure if i agree with this, it seems a little harsh,

    there is nothing wrong with not plying commersial stuff but indamix has got his own style and sound then good for him, some commersial music is great but it generic this game is surley about wanting to stand out, have a USP and create your own crowd.

    no there is nothing wrong with just playing commersial party stuff to make some money but if you have a love for a particular type of music then go for it, there will always be people who want to listed once you fing your nisch

    March 7, 2013 at 5:29 pm #37715
    D-Jam
    Participant

    Don’t rely on Facebook friends. Build a page and get FANS.

    These videos and audio mixes are content you post so people listen, enjoy, and share it. This leads to potentially more likes and then people coming out to see you play…which is the end goal.

    Be patient too. I’ll post stuff, not see a heavy initial response, then check in a month and find hundreds of people did check it out.

    Other than that, you have to build a scene, especially if you’re doing the “underground” thing. This is maybe when you need to find like-minded DJs and friends, pool some money together, and throw an event. That or do an online show/podcast and stick to it.

    Everything takes time. Look at that video I posted in comments on the Paul Van Dyk interview. He was playing locally in Germany in 1993, and started in 1991. He didn’t really ‘blow up’ in the US until almost 10 years later. Even then, he was producing, promoting, and pushing.

    March 23, 2013 at 9:11 pm #38261
    DJcRave
    Participant

    Try not to spam your work on social networks either. I’m all for promotion but once you post directly on my wall, message twice and my news feed is filled with your promo only…sorry but you’re getting the boot. I will never post on someone’s wall or inbox them directly. Tag some people in your mixes when you promote but not all the time and tag different people.

    March 24, 2013 at 2:53 am #38267
    indamix
    Member

    ty all for your responses 🙂 , i appreciate it

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