Advise? Earning to buy gear/software/music

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January 27, 2012 at 2:27 pm #13436

lockon stratos
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Hmm, you could go door to door selling Phil’s “How do Digital DJ Fast” course 😉

All kidding aside, +1! It’s not exactly DJ related, but how do you guys (students in particular) fuel your quest for new gear, software, and music?

January 27, 2012 at 2:30 pm #13437

Marco Roa Frias
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Yeah coz initially I started out with zero gear and all. I started with a very old beat up laptop which died after 4 months of use. With no laptop and no gear, I had to save up and make sacrifices. But, then I wanted to ask other DJs here of how to get cash for gear and all, specially for students. Because, we all need to start somewhere. Most students depend on allowances and such. We all know DJ gear/software are heck expensive.

Any tips and advise ?

January 27, 2012 at 2:42 pm #13438

lockon stratos
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Wait, do you have all the stuff in your signature? MBP and mixtrack, etc?

January 27, 2012 at 2:51 pm #1002721

Marco Roa Frias
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Yeah. My dad bought me the MBP. others I bought from saving for close to year. And for this reason I do not want to ask my dad for stuff. He has done a lot for me as is. He is actually paying for my education, food, gas money and inspite that bought a MBP. DJ gear/software/music is more of a hobby or in general terms a “Want” not a need. So, looking for ways on how to buy gear/software/music is out of my own ways.. But, sometimes people hit a brick wall, and go broke. So this is why I am asking.

January 27, 2012 at 3:11 pm #13441

lockon stratos
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Well, in my case (being a student) i try to do without, or use really cheap gear. So for software I use the freeware/opensource Mixxx (which unlike most free DJ software, isnt cheesy), and when i need hardware, i use a Korg nanokontrol (and if i can figure out OSC messages, an android app). I dont really have a soundcard, but i use ASIO4all to get low latency. I’m in the saving phase 🙂 This probably isnt the best way, so i’m interested in other peoples ideas.

January 27, 2012 at 7:07 pm #1002724

DJ Doc
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A pretty good way to start is buying Algoriddim’s DJay 4.0 since you already own a Macbook pro. It’s a great application for the money and a pretty good way to start. I’ve been using it for over a year now going through Djay 3.0 and the recently introduced version 4.

Btw, Phil was kind enough to write up a full review on the app in the blog about a week ago. Look it up, as I’m sure you’ll like it

January 28, 2012 at 8:19 am #13475

Marco Roa Frias
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I am truly interested on how to get some extra bucks to help out people who want to DJ but can’t totally afford to buy gear.

January 28, 2012 at 9:46 am #13482

Arbite
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Casual Job. Thats how I do it on top of my study.

January 28, 2012 at 9:49 am #1002730

Marco Roa Frias
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It is hard to get a casual job while studying from where I am from though. Since most office hours are school hours.

January 28, 2012 at 11:27 am #13485

Arbite
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You’re speaking to someone who has the same issues. I have 30 hours a week of University + related coursework and I tutor. I work for between 10-15 hours a week on top of that. It’s not a huge amount, but I can save $130+/week.

January 29, 2012 at 1:43 am #13519

Hauzer
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Practice on your mixing and try to get some gigs! In the beginning it will cost you a lot of time, but in the end it will pay out. If there are no good gigs around, start organizing them yourself!

January 29, 2012 at 5:23 pm #13591

Phil Morse
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Remember you can learn to DJ with just a laptop – controller is not strictly essential.

January 30, 2012 at 4:23 am #13646

Marco Roa Frias
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True, but wouldn’t it be a good idea to give some info for those people who wish to have controllers and use them to DJ as well?
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