hari1989
im fairly new at DJing. i dj at rez event/parties and i want to move on to the next level. theres a small bar/club on campus its fairly small nothing too big and to apply as a dj i need to make a resume. I have no hard experience, what should i put in my resume? or is not possible to dj for me unless i do some kind of course.
Mensajes Thu 16 Oct 08 @ 2:48 pm
Supacon
It seem to me like a lot of people get into DJing by making friends with someone who is already a DJ and thus getting trained by that person to fill in for them and such.
It might be kind of tough to get a residence as a DJ if you've got no prior experience, and no equipment and such. I've made a resume for a DJ job before, but that only ever happened once, and it was probably moot anyways - I had to "prove" myself by spinning for a few hours.
I guess if you do have a lot of experience that highlights good music knowledge, and good audio/video technical knowledge and skills, you can put that on a resume, but I think you need to get your foot in the door by meeting the right people.
Personally I love giving eager "DJs to be" a bit of my knowledge and a chance to try their hand, because every time I've made an evolution in my ability to DJ it was often because someone would do the same for me. Initially taught myself and started DJing for my dad after he bought a pub in a small town, and I met other DJs and started working with and for them.
From there I starting doing mobile gigs, and then met some DJs in clubs and got gigs in the big city that way.
Just some food for thought.
It might be kind of tough to get a residence as a DJ if you've got no prior experience, and no equipment and such. I've made a resume for a DJ job before, but that only ever happened once, and it was probably moot anyways - I had to "prove" myself by spinning for a few hours.
I guess if you do have a lot of experience that highlights good music knowledge, and good audio/video technical knowledge and skills, you can put that on a resume, but I think you need to get your foot in the door by meeting the right people.
Personally I love giving eager "DJs to be" a bit of my knowledge and a chance to try their hand, because every time I've made an evolution in my ability to DJ it was often because someone would do the same for me. Initially taught myself and started DJing for my dad after he bought a pub in a small town, and I met other DJs and started working with and for them.
From there I starting doing mobile gigs, and then met some DJs in clubs and got gigs in the big city that way.
Just some food for thought.
Mensajes Wed 22 Oct 08 @ 7:45 pm
adamjmeek
if you dont want to wait fifteen years
heres what you do man:
make a resume that uses all of your friends as fake promoters for different events that you make up. say that you dj'd those events. have your friends say that you rocked the house.
stay up for three or four days and make the funkiest mix youve ever made. record it. put it on cd and practice it.
go to the store and buy a neon pink mesh tanktop and those cool ear muffs that dont go over the top of your head but behind it.
use the practiced set for your interview.
get hired.
heres what you do man:
make a resume that uses all of your friends as fake promoters for different events that you make up. say that you dj'd those events. have your friends say that you rocked the house.
stay up for three or four days and make the funkiest mix youve ever made. record it. put it on cd and practice it.
go to the store and buy a neon pink mesh tanktop and those cool ear muffs that dont go over the top of your head but behind it.
use the practiced set for your interview.
get hired.
Mensajes Thu 23 Oct 08 @ 1:30 am
dj-e-lectric
adamjmeek wrote :
if you dont want to wait fifteen years
heres what you do man:
make a resume that uses all of your friends as fake promoters for different events that you make up. say that you dj'd those events. have your friends say that you rocked the house.
stay up for three or four days and make the funkiest mix youve ever made. record it. put it on cd and practice it.
go to the store and buy a neon pink mesh tanktop and those cool ear muffs that dont go over the top of your head but behind it.
use the practiced set for your interview.
get hired.
heres what you do man:
make a resume that uses all of your friends as fake promoters for different events that you make up. say that you dj'd those events. have your friends say that you rocked the house.
stay up for three or four days and make the funkiest mix youve ever made. record it. put it on cd and practice it.
go to the store and buy a neon pink mesh tanktop and those cool ear muffs that dont go over the top of your head but behind it.
use the practiced set for your interview.
get hired.
If that doesn't work do what all the Djs here in phoenix do, tell the owner you will save him lots of money by working for free for exposure....it seems to work on all the craigslist adds to!
Seriously, make a demo cd, take it to the owner and tell him honestly you have no club experience but you do have skillz (assuming you do) and at least listen to your cd...some will some won't. At any rate the best way to start to get experience is to go around to mobile dj companies, most of them will train eager newbies because they don't want to pay Djs much but it is a good way to get experience and get to know what music people like to dance to and start learning to read a room because weddings and events have such a wide variety of people you can learn music and reaction quite quickly.
Mensajes Thu 23 Oct 08 @ 7:42 am
wildcountryclub
adamjmeek wrote :
if you dont want to wait fifteen years
make a resume that uses all of your friends as fake promoters for different events that you make up. say that you dj'd those events. have your friends say that you rocked the house.
get hired.
make a resume that uses all of your friends as fake promoters for different events that you make up. say that you dj'd those events. have your friends say that you rocked the house.
get hired.
and do you really think employers don't call past employers to actually find out about prospects? these days even nightclubs are doing background checks and lying on a resume' won't exactly get you any brownie points. making yourself look good on a resume' is one thing, but a flat out lie gets you fired.
Mensajes Thu 23 Oct 08 @ 3:11 pm
adamjmeek
resumes are all about lying.
thats why you have your friends answer when anyone calls.
we are talking about dj-ing.... how extensive a background check are they going to perform?
like you have to get a livescan and doj clearance---gimme a break. we arent working with babies in a glass factory.
practice your set. buy the clothing and pray.
thats why you have your friends answer when anyone calls.
we are talking about dj-ing.... how extensive a background check are they going to perform?
like you have to get a livescan and doj clearance---gimme a break. we arent working with babies in a glass factory.
practice your set. buy the clothing and pray.
Mensajes Thu 23 Oct 08 @ 8:24 pm
wildcountryclub
we always screen our employees, no exceptions - a guy wanted to come in and spin and put on the application that he had been a dj at one of the nightclubs in a town about 10 minutes from here. when we called, we found out that he had subbed for the resident once and had cost the club most of that nights customers. they threw him out and the manager ended up spinning the rest of the night.
by all means practice mixing, but just being able to mix only gets you so far. practice reading a crowd, learn what the customers want and learn how to manipulate them so that they're having a good time and want to come back and more importantly so that the club/bar/venue makes money. if you make them money they'll be happy campers.
build the resume' the right way - it's worth it.
by all means practice mixing, but just being able to mix only gets you so far. practice reading a crowd, learn what the customers want and learn how to manipulate them so that they're having a good time and want to come back and more importantly so that the club/bar/venue makes money. if you make them money they'll be happy campers.
build the resume' the right way - it's worth it.
Mensajes Fri 24 Oct 08 @ 3:18 am
adamjmeek
obviously the person that you called to ref check was not a 'friend' of the potential dj you were screening.
stay away from concrete and brick and mortar addresses--just use events and venues that took place outside.
building a resume is great, using legitimate sources is dandy.
however; there may be someone who has spent thousands of hours in there apartment making mixes and never once step foot in the dj booth.
then there may be some dj who has ten years of legitimate booth experience who sucks.
practice your set.
line up some friends to vouch for you. i.e. not people who will say that you lost them money.
reading and manipulating crowds is mandatory.
call all of your friends and family and the kid down the street with the purple shirt that runs real fast out to your shows.
have each of them call three friends and so on.
dont suck.
stay away from concrete and brick and mortar addresses--just use events and venues that took place outside.
building a resume is great, using legitimate sources is dandy.
however; there may be someone who has spent thousands of hours in there apartment making mixes and never once step foot in the dj booth.
then there may be some dj who has ten years of legitimate booth experience who sucks.
practice your set.
line up some friends to vouch for you. i.e. not people who will say that you lost them money.
reading and manipulating crowds is mandatory.
call all of your friends and family and the kid down the street with the purple shirt that runs real fast out to your shows.
have each of them call three friends and so on.
dont suck.
Mensajes Fri 24 Oct 08 @ 1:24 pm
andytaylor125
Lying on a resume is such a bad idea! When they call your friend, they're gonna chat to them a bit about the night that they supposedly promote, and there's a chance that they'll be able to tell that they're just talking b.s. That would be embarassing.
In my opinion, go get some experience by talking to a DJ that already plays at this place (assuming you're not trying to steal his job), maybe after a few weeks of chatting he'll let you do a warm up set- then you've already played the venue.
If not, go to other clubs/bars and do the same thing. Same with mobile DJ companies like somebody else said.
I think if you can get 2 or 3 different bits of work experience (i.e. warm up sets/ or maybe even full nights if you're lucky) then you don't need to lie on your resume! and you will probably be about 10 times better than you were because of all the advice and experience you've had (DJs love giving advice- like now). :-)
In my opinion, go get some experience by talking to a DJ that already plays at this place (assuming you're not trying to steal his job), maybe after a few weeks of chatting he'll let you do a warm up set- then you've already played the venue.
If not, go to other clubs/bars and do the same thing. Same with mobile DJ companies like somebody else said.
I think if you can get 2 or 3 different bits of work experience (i.e. warm up sets/ or maybe even full nights if you're lucky) then you don't need to lie on your resume! and you will probably be about 10 times better than you were because of all the advice and experience you've had (DJs love giving advice- like now). :-)
Mensajes Sat 25 Oct 08 @ 2:14 am
adamjmeek
and i quote:
Yet Edmondson is hardly alone in falsifying information on a resume. Steven D. Levitt, coauthor of Freakonomics and a renowned economics professor at the University of Chicago, cites research suggesting that more than 50 percent of people lie on their resumes.
Given such repercussions as Edmondson's fate, you might wonder why anyone would attempt to get away with lying on a resume in the first place. Levitt refers to a W.C. Fields quote in his explanation: "Anything worth winning is worth cheating for."
Yet Edmondson is hardly alone in falsifying information on a resume. Steven D. Levitt, coauthor of Freakonomics and a renowned economics professor at the University of Chicago, cites research suggesting that more than 50 percent of people lie on their resumes.
Given such repercussions as Edmondson's fate, you might wonder why anyone would attempt to get away with lying on a resume in the first place. Levitt refers to a W.C. Fields quote in his explanation: "Anything worth winning is worth cheating for."
Mensajes Sat 25 Oct 08 @ 3:08 pm