Sounds like you are in a good environment to get started. I like the attitude “got music & controller in the mail … just a little practice and I am ready to play in public!” .
Not saying you can pull it off that easily (keeping my fingers crossed for you anyway) but it sure beats sitting in your bedroom practicing for 10 years 😀 .
I can see your dillema’s. The thing is that you either opt for the steady income (bouncing) or the less steady one (dj-ing). Quite frankly, if you are just starting (assuming you can get the gigs to begin with), I am not sure you can beat what a bouncer makes in a month though.
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Finally, yes – your network counts for a lot. This is especially true if you have been doing this stuff for a while. However it’s not realistic to think that DJ skills don’t matter. Let me phrase it as follows:
- <span style=”line-height: 15.994318008422852px;”>Someone can be an excellent DJ, yet not get booked. Because of lack of social/marketing/sales skills for example.</span>
- Someone can be a slightly lesser DJ who IS very good at networking/sales and marketing and has a big following he can bring to wherever he is playing. Which means (semi-)regular gigs.
- Someone can be real good at networking/sales and marketing, but be miserable at DJ-ing. He/she will get booked at a place once and once only. After that it’s exit.
So you do need to bring some skills to the table in ADDITION to being good at getting yourself and your name out there.
Greetinx and good luck. Let us know how it goes.
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