More sucessful though seem to be smaller scale dj comps. I have friends in
sheffield into the Hard House/House/Trance Club thing who have gone into
smalle competitions and have got regular gigs on the back of them even got to
play back rooms at Gatecrasher and Bed. Also do lots of houseparties if only
for practice at mixing under pressure.
This is of course not how I got into Djing. Different styles of music but this is
how it happened... Bloke taps me on the shoulder in a club and says, 'I see
you at all of the nights round here, wanna come play some tunes' I'd never
really djed up to then so I just said tyeah and kind of learnt on the job, I had
the tunes just not the skills at the beginning, I still don't really have the skills,
but people seem to like me and I've got to open for all sorts of amazing
people, or play in back rooms opposite amazing people. And after this year's
break (studying abroad) i hope to go back and spin some more.
― Ed, Tuesday, 10 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link