Once upon a time I was a massive trance fan. I thought Scott Stubbs was the mad note. Platipus records was a source of great things to my ears. I haven’t listened to much trance in the last decade or so though. I checked out your two newest mixtapes however, and I liked them. I see that trance is still really good, it’s just me that changed. Your track selection seems solid and your transitions are clean and control the energy and pace of the mixtape.
That being said, that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re ready. Only you will know that for sure. There is a lot going on in and around a DJ booth when you’re playing out. The experience is so far removed from making a mixtape in your very controlled and precise environment as to be a completely different skill set. If you can reproduce what I hear on these mixtapes live and in full storm then yes…you’re ready. If you can do what you do on these mixtapes as second nature and you don’t have to focus and concentrate with all your attention to get it just right, then it’s time to make the next step. Consider that not only will you be doing what you do here, but you will be learning an entirely new set of skills *while still doing this*. You really won’t know until you try. The very first time I touched down on the 1s and 2s in front of a crowd everything went horribly wrong. I had friends that were DJs that told me beforehand that that was going to happen and they were right. It is a skill set you simply cannot develop plugged into your own mixer in your own home. Even house parties with your friends will only catch you a glimpse of what it’s like to jam to a room full of strangers.
Are you familiar with the concept of “failing forward”? I say go out and do that. All your mistakes are going to happen eventually, may as well get them over with sooner rather than later. Get them out of the way so you can get on with the business of succeeding. Your technical chops are there…now go out and try to hold onto them while learning an entire new set of skills on top.
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