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  • January 21, 2015 at 3:57 pm #2125161
    DJ Vintage
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    Hey Jeroen,

    Guessing you are in the Netherlands (could be Belgium or South Africa of course LOL).

    First of all, go out to the blog and ready the series of articles by D-Jam on how to promote yourself and get gigs.

    Second tip, go to the Dancefair in Utrecht in februari and basically talk to anyone that you think is interesting to you.

    Thirdly, you’ll have to start going out to the clubs that play your genre and start getting friendly with the staff and management.

    January 21, 2015 at 9:11 pm #2125451
    Scribbl3
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    +1 on D-Jams articles.

    What about putting together a press kit? Mixtape, promo material, business card. Distribute these with club promoters.

    Another idea is rent a room and throw a party. Invite your friends, get some flyers made up, and throw stuff up on Facebook/twitter. This takes a lot of work and promoting, but it will help you build a good local following if you do it right.

    One thing I know when new acts come to me and ask to play, the first question I ask is “what kind of local following do you have?” Just sounding good isn’t good enough. If you can bring in 100+ people just because they booked you, that’s great leverage to have. I’d hire you if you came to me with that.

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