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  • March 11, 2012 at 6:16 am #16544
    Dayvue
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    Hi DJSpin, it is unclear what you are asking here.

    March 11, 2012 at 5:08 pm #16551
    DJspin
    Member

    Some people have trouble approaching their parents you see, some parents aren’t very supportive to their son spending thousands of dollars in what most parents think is a stupidity, so especially us young ones need some explanation and convincing to do. And that isn’t easy, I explained EVERY expense to my parents and told them this is good for me, it is a great hobby and could very much be a potential career, but they said no, I only started DJing because my brother is a DJ so he pulled some strings and convinced them, I was asking for tips to people who have trouble.

    March 11, 2012 at 9:33 pm #16566
    longmover
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    No offense mate but parents know nothing about computers, dj tech etc, just lie to them about what it is and how much it cost. i think your major error was telling them in the first place.

    March 11, 2012 at 10:08 pm #16567
    DJspin
    Member

    longmover, maybe its just me but that made no sense at all to me, you want me to spend thousands of dollars at the age of 15 without telling my parents? I didn’t get that.

    March 12, 2012 at 1:27 am #16571
    Dylan
    Member

    I was in the same boat as you when I was 15. I took a part-time job as a pot washer and saved up my money to buy a pair of second hand belt drive Sound Labs and a cheapo mixer. I then invested every penny I earnt into buying vinyl. Once I was confident enough I was lucky to find a few gigs locally, they typically consisted of me turning up to the local social club and pressing play when the resident DJ went to the toilet but it was still good experience. This was enough to show my parents that I was serious about it so I drew up a basic business plan and asked them for a loan to buy some 1210s, some speakers and some lights. I set up my first mobile disco when I was 17 and had paid back everything I’d borrowed before I turned 18.

    tl;dr Show them you’re serious, write a business plan.

    March 12, 2012 at 2:23 am #16575
    Dayvue
    Member

    @DJSpin

    How did your brother start djing?

    March 12, 2012 at 3:09 am #16578
    Jonas Werder
    Participant

    [quote=tl;dr Show them you’re serious, write a business plan.
    That’s exactly what I’m doing! And I think it’s starting to work out. But I also have to say that I’m 17 and work in order to buy my DJ stuff.

    March 12, 2012 at 3:29 am #16581
    DJspin
    Member

    @Dayvue he is 25 and he started around 21, so he was in the university and worked with my uncle, he had his own money.

    March 15, 2012 at 9:45 am #16802
    Phil Morse
    Keymaster

    DJing is not about the gear – you can DJ on pretty much anything with two sources and a mixer. Ean is in the business of selling gear, of course, and by all means buy your gear from him if you wish, but once you have some, get out there and play in front of others. That’s where the learning happens, not in continually worrying about what new controller is around the corner or whether a pad controller will make you a better DJ etc etc etc. Sure, it’s nice to buy great gear – but once you’ve got it, spend a few years actually DJing on it.

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