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Big shout out to Terry And Chuck, thanks y’all !!

PS : Phil pics with you and them together at Musikmesse show please?

Hey there Steve, when actually Scratch tutorial open? Im dying to learn it, i got into a few of Battle DJ Competition and i always lose, cuz my newbie-self dont know how to scratch -_-

Hellow and welcome to the forum, thank you for sharing us your great first time stories DJ its always an inspiration stories for all of us in here

May i suggest to try the Digital DJ course that digitaldjtips offered here, it definelty can take your DJ to a new level !

Reloop RHP-10….ZOMO HD-1200…NUMARK RedWave…AERIAL7 TANK…American Audio ETR-1000 and a Beats by Dre

Whataver you do, for the love of God, do not get the Beats !

First- How long can I usually expect to play? I felt like 4 hours for my first set was daunting, although I probably could have gone for a bit longer if I needed to.

This is your first gig, and if you already felt 4 hours set daunt you, there’s something is not clicking in here, either you not comfortable with the atmosphere, the party or the dj set itself. Any DJ’s, especially the one who just started with their first gig, would not even bother tiwh the time slot, let it be 4 hours or heck until dawn, once you start DJ time no longer exists

I feel like I was almost always in either quadrant 2 or 3, rarely in 1. It seemed to me like my music preferences rarely aligned with the crowd’s. Is there any way to deal with this? I know I should read the crowd, but with all the requests I receive, and based off of what people respond to, I feel like my music has very little place in what people want

When you first started, throw your EGO out of the windows, flush it down the toilets, stomp it with your two feet, “My Music” has no place in it, its “Crowd Music”, you playing to the crowd, if you cannot adjust to this, you will have more difficults up ahead
More down on the road, when you have more DJ gigs under your belly, you maybe can start throw in a few of “My music” into your sets

Third- In terms of pay, are there any standards, or what could I expect? How much does time factor into this? Would a 4 hour set cost more than a 2 hour set? Also, is it better or more common to be paid by the hour, or just a flat amount?

The standard flat rate is mostly we go by, along with our standard 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours maxed set, more than that its consider a special case

Also, as someone who is 17, what would be my next step after I play some more? Do I need to wait until I’m 18, or 21 (since I live in the US) to play at a club/bar?

More than likely if you want to play at the club you have to wait at least till you 18 or 21, i dont think a club allowed under age to into a club/bar. Till then in between, there should be other stuff you could be doing, more house/private parties, or you could try to aim for a prom night at your school, these will shape up your experiences till you ready to play at the clubs

Good job for ace ing that nite dude ! Gratz !

Here’s another thought to be consider, since they do have a CDJ 900, you can just bring your laptop and just run your traktor from the two CDJ 900