{"id":7182,"date":"2016-08-01T13:08:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/?p=7182"},"modified":"2016-08-01T05:37:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T12:37:21","slug":"6-tips-on-how-to-get-hired-as-a-dj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/6-tips-on-how-to-get-hired-as-a-dj\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Tips On How To Get Hired As A DJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7183\" style=\"width: 507px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-7183\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/edm.com_.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: edm.com\" width=\"507\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/edm.com_.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/edm.com_-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: edm.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unless you&#8217;ve been working diligently to develop a following and have promoters knocking on your door asking you to play their clubs and events, chances are good that you&#8217;re the one working hard to earn a living as a DJ.<\/p>\n<p>Here at MMP, we&#8217;ve written extensively about how to attract a promoter&#8217;s attention and how to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/how-to-promote-yourself-as-a-dj\/\">market your talents<\/a>. So, because this topic never gets old, there&#8217;s always more to learn, we&#8217;re giving you a few more important rules of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/dj-etiquette-101-around-other-djs\/\">DJ etiquette<\/a> to live by.<\/p>\n<p>Follow these, and you&#8217;ll be well on your way to getting hired more often.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Support the club or event you want to play at. The more familiar you are with the crowd and the theme of the club or event, the better you&#8217;ll be at selling yourself to the promoter.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t contact the promoter over Facebook. Keep it professional. Give the person doing the hiring your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/how-to-create-the-press-kit-win-gigs\/\">press kit<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Be humble. All your friends might think you&#8217;re great. But, there&#8217;s always more to learn.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t be pushy. Sometimes life just isn&#8217;t going to be fair. Maybe you are the best DJ for the job. But, if the promoter doesn&#8217;t agree, stay calm, pick yourself up and just keep trying.<\/li>\n<li>Know the venue. Like tip #1, if you take the time to get to know the venue, then you&#8217;ll know what genre of music the crowd will love. Give the promoter a demo that accurately reflects the vibe of the club.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t rush. Just because a promoter hasn&#8217;t hired you, doesn&#8217;t mean that he or she has forgotten you. If you&#8217;ve handed them your professional press kit, then you&#8217;re probably still in their thoughts. Feel free to contact the promoter every once in a while, like to wish them Happy Holidays, just to keep your name in front of them. But, don&#8217;t be a pest!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"http:\/\/inthemix.junkee.com\/how-to-never-get-booked-for-a-dj-set-again\/145049\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\">Unless you&#8217;ve been working diligently to develop a following and have promoters knocking on your door asking you to play their clubs and events, chances are good that you&#8217;re the&hellip;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[2152,903],"tags":[4279,4296,3523,4295],"views":1382,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7184,"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7182\/revisions\/7184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}