{"id":7810,"date":"2016-11-28T15:01:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T23:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/?p=7810"},"modified":"2016-11-28T06:23:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T14:23:06","slug":"10-things-that-dont-make-you-a-good-dj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/10-things-that-dont-make-you-a-good-dj\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things That Don&#8217;t Make You A Good DJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-7811\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/shutterstock_347935040.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_347935040\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/shutterstock_347935040.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/shutterstock_347935040-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/shutterstock_347935040-530x354.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We here at MMP have spent quite a bit of time helping you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/how-to-grow-your-djing-opportunities\/\">become the best DJ you can be<\/a>. We&#8217;ve helped you out with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/how-to-promote-yourself-as-a-dj\/\">self-promotion tips<\/a>, helped you figure out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/7-types-of-gigs-perfect-for-djing\/\">best kind of DJ gigs<\/a> for you, brought you news of the best DJ equipment out there, and lots more.<\/p>\n<p>So, here&#8217;s a little twist on all of that great advice. Here&#8217;s a list of things that won&#8217;t make you a great DJ. Do you have any more suggestions? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Owning pro gear won&#8217;t make you great.<\/li>\n<li>Spinning vinyl is fun, but they won&#8217;t make you an expert.<\/li>\n<li>Having access to thousands of songs won&#8217;t produce amazing mixes.<\/li>\n<li>Relying on sync won&#8217;t solve all your beatmatching issues.<\/li>\n<li>Not using sync also won&#8217;t solve all your beatmatching issues.<\/li>\n<li>Playing the most popular hits won&#8217;t make you a popular DJ.<\/li>\n<li>Not playing the most popular hits at all will also kill your popularity.<\/li>\n<li>Overusing fx is only fun for beginners.<\/li>\n<li>Dancing behind the decks only works if it makes your set better.<\/li>\n<li>Social media is king, but having lots of likes doesn&#8217;t make you a great DJ.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What will make you great?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Know who you are, what you like, and what you&#8217;re good at.<\/li>\n<li>Know your audience.<\/li>\n<li>Practice, practice, practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\">We here at MMP have spent quite a bit of time helping you become the best DJ you can be. We&#8217;ve helped you out with self-promotion tips, helped you figure&hellip;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[160,2152,903,2203],"tags":[4583,3523,3360],"views":1910,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7810"}],"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=7810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7812,"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7810\/revisions\/7812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}