DJ Vintage

Well, perhaps it’s not a good idea to stack your professional career on free apps. At least if you paid for them you can get some kind of discussion going with the producer of the app.

It is, however, an interesting question and I am very curious if such a tool/option exists.

Anybody?

BTW this would be interesting for IOS. For OS/X I don’t see the problem as you don’t NEED Apple Store to get software, should Apple remove it from the store the apps are usually available for regular install download from a manufacturers site.

Hey folks, the next few weeks I will be making this a forums-wide sticky (i.e. it will sit at the top of all forum lists, not just the Mixes, Music & Shows forum. Perhaps this will generate some more traffic to this great item.

I understood what you did and it is great it worked for you. My remark was a more general one as we have (had) many discussions here about people going to bars/pubs/venues and offering to play for free, which usually leads to no paid follow-up gigs in those cases. Sorry for the confusion.

Official specs say i5 minimum. So using a core2duo might be stretching things a bit. I got rid of Traktor before getting my first Mac, so can’t tell you from experience. You could always consider getting one of those ventilator packs that you can put under your Mac to provide extra cooling. That will only help cool things though and won’t affect the behavior of the software if it has a stressed CPU.

The challenge here is that you want to be a (narrow/niche?) genre DJ here. Yet, you don’t have a reputation that will make people recognize your name and say “hey, Rob is playing, I want to go there”.

And with the totally immense offering out there, people can choose from very many options to go and spend their time and money.

My personal opinion is that in this day and age your audience comes and finds you and not the other way around, that is if you want to be very genre specific or even niche. If you don’t have a niche or a very clear signature, then you will be one of a thousand and getting that gathering happening will be even more difficult.

So, the chance of having your dream scenario happen by throwing your money at organizing your own night, imho, would be rather minimal. Even with promo, promo, promo.

You’d have to set up a night with a scope that is broad enough to encompass your genre/style but also to be able to find one or two (local) name DJs that will bring in the crowd. You can then program your own set at a good spot around those guys. It would hopefully make you some money, so you can rinse/repeat. Make sure you make the most out of social networking and the collaboration with the name DJs. You might even get asked to come play at some other gigs where the name guys play. But more importantly, your target audience comes to see someone else, but get to see you too.

Like with any performing artist, it’s a lot of work, lots of empty venues and sheer perseverance. And having a bit of luck being picked up by the right “leaders” in your target audience will help too.

I realize this isn’t much help, but I don’t think there is a cut and dried “template” to get where you want to be. Too many variables there. If it were as easy as a mathematical equation or cook book recipe, more people would be (successfully) doing it.

Hi Rob, welcome to the forums. Nice introduction, thanks.

Remember, the best place to draw attention to your work is by posting in the Mixes, Music & Shows forum!

You live in Viernheim, Gert?