Time To Quit :(
Time To Quit :( Posted on: 27.10.2013 by Abram Chapo I have a dilemma and would really appreciate some feedback / advice. I have been DJ | |
| Margie Pavell 29.10.2013 |
Originally Posted by Nick V
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| Abram Chapo 28.10.2013 |
Originally Posted by FilthyDave
10% performing, never really been a fan other than making loud noise haha! Good advise also, i must learn! How do you all manage to structure your time? |
| Random X 28.10.2013 |
Originally Posted by smiTTTen
This basically. I haven't been playing tunes for a month or maybe even longer myself, because of fiancee/kids/friends/putting a higher priority on production these days. The frequency of playing doesn't matter, as long as you get to enjoy it when you're at it. |
| Narcisa Hughie 28.10.2013 |
Originally Posted by crumarbit
But seriously providing it's not financially crippling you (maybe set a budget for each month) and you make the time for your wife and kid, where's the harm? There are far more damaging addictions out there Everyone has their vices. Even meditation can be classed as one if it impacts on your ability to function in the real world. Seems to me you just need to structure things a little better time wise and know when to take a break. Or if you want to get all pop psychology on it. Maybe this is your escape from the stresses of your life? Why deny yourself that? A well rounded person who takes time for themselves is a better role model for your kid than someone who gave something up and spends the rest of their life bemoaning it. You need to ask yourself if it's the music you love and you're happy with it being a hobby you do for yourself or if it's the massaged ego from performing you're missing |
| Abram Chapo 28.10.2013 |
Originally Posted by smiTTTen
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| Lilliana Perris 28.10.2013 |
Originally Posted by crumarbit
I retired from my original genre earlier this year, but after a really shitty gig a few months ago, I have also decided to pack it in. I am keeping my decks and mixer and gear really, so will still play once in a while, but not out anymore. Fuck it... |
| Abram Chapo 27.10.2013 | I have a dilemma and would really appreciate some feedback / advice. I have been DJ |
| Roy Houn 30.10.2013 | I've played maybe 2 giggs since my 5 year old daughter was born. But in that time I've swapped my gear from cdj's to different controllers and settled with the S4 as I was getting fed up of burning CDs just to play in the house. Traktor enables me to buy my tracks from beatport/traxsource ec and just play them. I have also bought turntables and I love djing more than ever, so it may only be for my own enjoyment but I don't care, I'm 36 now and am still learning about it. I find myself in it for my love of house music whereas when I was younger 12-13 years ago I loved the free bars and getting hammered whilst djing. Most weeks I will get to spend an hour or 2 on my turntables of a Saturday tea time, I have a few cans and get lost in the music in ,y back bedroom, as someone said previous, still bounce around and nod my head vigorously haha..the enjoyment I get out of recording a mix and putting up on soundcloud for others to listen to is massive, especially when someone tales time out of their day to comment and tell me how much they enjoyed llistening to it...that's just a good a feeling as when someone comes up to you in bar/club and hi 5's you and tells you your doing an awesome job...its in my blood, it always will be I believe.. |
| Alberta Oberti 30.10.2013 | I've quit DJing on my 21st because being part of the crowd was more fun than behind the turntables. Then the career came, made it up to CEO in the IT business, got a wife and two lovely kids. Two years ago, things went wrong when my oldest kid asked for a controller. Got her a cheap one and a few weeks later there was a DDJ-T1 because I couldn't resist. So after 23 years I'm getting back in business. Always loved the Hip-Hop, Acid, Disco, Dance, House and Hardstyle styles. But when searching for populair music, there's soooooooo much to choose from. So I chose to stick with the hardstyle type of music. That's a very select and critical audience. Skipped that part and got back to dance. Visited several events and started listening to internet radio stations. I wrote down all the new tracks and browsed for hit lists of the past 5 years. That gave me a nice track list with both well known tracks and very new (unknown) tracks. The first gigs were just birthday parties of friends and some fun evenings at home with friends. But hey, they liked the track lists. Now it's up to making fame and fortune, getting in contact with local event managers and rebuilding a business. I don't want to make it my core business, just a set once in a while. I believe you're never to old to DJ. But you will have to choose one or two styles and stick with that. |
| Margie Pavell 29.10.2013 |
Originally Posted by Nick V
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| Brunilda Kora 29.10.2013 | Great post, Nick V!!! Agree 100%. It's the difference between ACTIVELY listening (this ends up being sub-conscious for a DJ) and PASSIVELY listening (ie - listening for pleasure alone). I'll throw in Pet Sounds to your list of great 60's/70's albums with that BIG (but not overwhelming) sound. |
| Augustina Zulu 29.10.2013 | You want to listen to music like a normal person? Go listen to some classic ALBUMS - Abbey Road, What's Going On, Tommy, Dark Side of the Moon.... Listen all the way through the album. No skipping songs or shuffle. That is my cure for ODing on DJ music. 60's and 70's production is like a bubble bath for the ears. Everything sounds all warm and full - totally different that today's music, especially digital dance music. |
| Lilliana Perris 29.10.2013 | Time is the issue. I have a GF and Baby at home and get home at 7PM. Dead tired by 10pm. In that time, its feed the pets\baby and bath\play. Weekends I mow the lawn and relax. I play on the odd occasion and just do it for myself these days. Kinda feel like I have been there, done that now. Reached my little goals I had and have years of very cool memories and memento's. Feels good to let go a bit. |
| Tera Baragan 28.10.2013 | Im 21 and I personally love seeing older people djing. Almost every single dj I have seen with grey hair kills it(not that u have grey hair yet)! Continue to pursue your passion dude! maybe spend less time on genres you wouldnt be playing out? |
| Petra Arra 28.10.2013 | Im married and 27, I just started to dj for the fun of it. I do not play out. I just like to push buttons and scratch records for my self and my wife. I find time to practice while the wife is asleep. which is by 10 pm so I have 2 hours to practice as I have a 8am-6pm work |
| Lannie Kutay 28.10.2013 | there is no shame in being a bedroom dj. if you like it dont stop. |
| Abram Chapo 28.10.2013 |
Originally Posted by FilthyDave
10% performing, never really been a fan other than making loud noise haha! Good advise also, i must learn! How do you all manage to structure your time? |
| Random X 28.10.2013 |
Originally Posted by smiTTTen
This basically. I haven't been playing tunes for a month or maybe even longer myself, because of fiancee/kids/friends/putting a higher priority on production these days. The frequency of playing doesn't matter, as long as you get to enjoy it when you're at it. |
| Narcisa Hughie 28.10.2013 |
Originally Posted by crumarbit
But seriously providing it's not financially crippling you (maybe set a budget for each month) and you make the time for your wife and kid, where's the harm? There are far more damaging addictions out there Everyone has their vices. Even meditation can be classed as one if it impacts on your ability to function in the real world. Seems to me you just need to structure things a little better time wise and know when to take a break. Or if you want to get all pop psychology on it. Maybe this is your escape from the stresses of your life? Why deny yourself that? A well rounded person who takes time for themselves is a better role model for your kid than someone who gave something up and spends the rest of their life bemoaning it. You need to ask yourself if it's the music you love and you're happy with it being a hobby you do for yourself or if it's the massaged ego from performing you're missing |
| Len Lukawski 28.10.2013 | go print it! The good thing about this community is that it's all free. I charge clients $125/ hour for my words during the day. Unfortunately, it's all that work that's precluding me from mixing... And around and around it goes... |
| Abram Chapo 28.10.2013 |
Originally Posted by smiTTTen
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| Abram Chapo 28.10.2013 | I believe a lot of my trouble was downloading on Soulseek, looking back through the years to see what I had missed to build up a massive collection of top notch house and I have forgotten how to just listen, source new music and enjoy! I haven’t played out since 2004, would love to but so much has changed, even since then! I love the music more than ever, just not the environment that comes with it. Nobody else I know is into it so I’m not even in a hard to walk away from setting. It’s the getting my head around not DJ’ing or believeing like a DJ. It’s to get to a position that I get tracks for listening to, not to build and mix and to be honest, I am most certainly addicted to it! That is how I know I have reached a point where I should stop as it is very controlling in my life. With regards to making tracks, my nature would mean that I would spend every opportunity I have to get on it and that is where the problem lies, my inability to control my actions when it comes to music! |
| Lilliana Perris 28.10.2013 |
Originally Posted by crumarbit
I retired from my original genre earlier this year, but after a really shitty gig a few months ago, I have also decided to pack it in. I am keeping my decks and mixer and gear really, so will still play once in a while, but not out anymore. Fuck it... |
| Len Lukawski 27.10.2013 | Im 928 and have been Djing since Thor. Some of that last statement is true. Sounds to me like you still enjoy it but are feeling pressured to keep the activity at a certain level. Let go mate. Do it as much or as little as you can and/or want. They'll be good days and bad. They'll be times where you'll feel prolific and others where 6 months have gone by and you've done next to nothing (that's where I am right now). Play. Don't play. Just enjoy what you do - however much you do it. |
| Narcisa Hughie 27.10.2013 | I'm 40, been DJ'ing since '97. I'm also married but my baby is the business I run with my wife (yoga studio & wellness centre). I also freelance as a sound engineer and help with the technical production of my wife's clubevening
I certainly don't get the number of gigs I used these days. Especially now I've stopped promoting my own clubevening . But I view music as such an integral part of my life I could never give it up. I still find myself jumping about the room when I find a new track I like and immediately start wondering what it will fit with. If I ever lose that I'll consider it time to hang up my headphones but until then it's my passion and I'm happy playing for my own enjoyment. If people want to book me I'll never turn them down but I got into this game because of the music and wanting to share my passion with my friends not to be a superstar DJ. When I started I was playing dirty squat party Techno - it was never going to make me rich & famous! Do you still jump about the room (or nod your head vigorously at least)? If you do what are you worried about? It's where your passion is so carry on. What about getting into producing tunes? I know loads of people who juggle kids and demanding jobs and who still find time for writing tunes or playing gigs cos if they didn't they wouldn't know what to do with themselves. It's in their blood and to deny themselves of it, denies part of their character |
| Margie Pavell 27.10.2013 | I'm 40 and have been playing since I was 20. I don't play out anymore but I do have the plans of throwing a few one off parties where I control everything. I still go out in Los Angeles when I get the chance. I have love for house music that I've never had for anything other kind of music. And like you, I have that thirst for new sounds and beats. I'll probably never lose it. I turned EXTREMELY picky in what I choose to buy now. Music is so cheap now it's really hard to not buy everything in your wishlists and hold bins. Refine your sound and style. /ramble |
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