dj licence hahaha

friend told me to buy myself newspapers cause there was the wildest article about djing EVER! i m gonna translate it so you can all laugh/gimme your thoughts about that.



"Croatian union of djs was founded recently in Zagreb, which will, in their own words, make some order in the world of djs. At this moment djs in all the clubs are being populated, who soon won`t be able to play without the contract.



With this Union we want to make quality djs and everything bring to another level. We`re gonna educate begginers, start lessons about mixing, scratching and remixing old hit-tunes and production, and we`ll find them gigs. Psychological approach is important, how to force the crowd to except your musical choice and enjoy it at the sam time.Ofcourse, after the course is solved, djs will get their work license.



Students will have to create all-night program & put together gramophone. Experienced & already established dj-s r going to be excused from test & they ll get their licence based on their previous work . Whole story , as told by Željko Farkaš, is going to be on the national level , with a support of goverment .the Union starts with work at the beginning of next year & it will be situated in tresnjevka zg.





We are gonna publish so young dj are gonna get their first cds out. We`re gonna organize contest on regional and state level, while the best ones will participate on world contests. We plan cooperation with some world famous names and seminars with them."

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rest is irellevant bullshit, i don`t feel like translating anymore



hahahahahahahha what a pile of crap! who are they to decide who`s gonna get a license and who don`t? this roxy guy was i think member of some dance group few years ago, some retard on charlie, who thinks he knows something about music.



how can someone get such an idea? what do you say guyz, what`s the situtaion in your corner of the world?

interesting concept..but doesn anyone really care for it to work.....maybe that just had too much rakija...



-z

Im going to beg to differ. I would like to see an idea like this implemented into the scene, hey why not?

If you have a large group of people vote on who is to be the judges of these "SO CALLED" licenses then i think its great!!! You can weez out the djs who just plain suck!!!

In the country where i live, Brazil, there are a mountain of djs that are at a really high level in the club scene. They play almost every day and make mountains of money and enjoy great fame world wide. Do you think they really deserve this? Calling themselves a dj if they cant even put two decks together!!!!!!!

I think its an insult to all djs who have good music and practise everyday to see someone play at a higher level than them at clubs and raves.

Image if you could go for a test, get a high level ranking and get support to put our your own cds, get gigs at bigger clubs and start to make back some of that money we all desperately spend on records.

Anyhow thats my opinion let's hear some more!!!!!!!!

it could be a nice idea i think, if the dj's get judged fairly no matter what connections they've got.. it would def. make some new talent come up i believe..

if this was done in nyc...the dj would bever be judged fairly..



it always about who you know...not what you know...

skills are meaningless...



-z

sounds well meaning but only the crap djs would get in anyway.

that`s all good, but what this freak is trying is to decide who will play and who will not. i think the crowd will decide wheter you`ll play or not.

this licenses would cost ofcourse.......

i mean, come on, how can someone rate art?!

haha wot a stupid idea. if a Dj is good they are good, and they deserve to be able to play music when and where they want

so you need a license to spin at a club... hehe

im going to bring this topic back up to the top of the board in hopes that mr mark eg will give us a piece of his mind.

I gave you a well thought out answer and no one seems to be backing there answers with good research.

come on mark lets here it!!!!



Pauze

pauze, noone is going to support u just on basis of your dj skills. and noone shouldn`t really, in my opinion. only way to start playing in clubs is to release records.

and i really don`t want to be judged by some arsehole who know @#%$ about any kind of music!



zoki, where are u from?

born in sibenik....



-z

hey miromimic or whatever your name is. Are you a dj? Can you tell when someone is a good dj or not? Well if you are a dj the chances are that you know when someone is making a bad mix or has no feel for the tracks that they are mixing.

The person who gets to judge who is good and who is not should be a specialist in that field.

If we can all agree that Dave Clarke is a good dj, and Cristian Varela is a good dj, and Mark EG is a good dj, and Dave the Drummer is a good dj.

Then why cant there be a higher power to help us out all of the weasels who cant mix worth a nickel and play everywhere?

And i will have to disagree on that point about you need to have releases to play out.

You need to ROCK to play out. If you are good, and have good beats, you will definately hit the decks in clubs and raves.

I dont have a record released, take a look at my homepage at my booking schedule of when i arrived in brazil. www.djpauze.hpg.com.br



Cheers

Pauze

ok, i respect your point of view, but i personally don`t want anyone to push me on the scene. if i never get out of my bedroom with my records that`s fine by me. if i`ll be the only person playin` my tunes - fine by me.

Pauze: If you can show me one person in this world (nevermind one for each country or however it would be organized geographically) who can be completely objective. I'll side with you.



Are we supposed to have 'dave clarke cristian varela mark eg and dave the drummer' in every club, every week cause we (read: you) deem they are the good dj's? To be frank, that is ubsurd and to imagine myself standing in front of a panel of COMPLETELY objective people to be as to whether i can be APPROVED to play is preposterous. how could you even drum up criteria. ugh. elitism.



*note* all those dj's are good (in my opinion) I was just stressing a point.

I understand what you are trying to say. It probably isnt doable at all.

I just think that its a terrible life out there trying to do promotion for yourself if your an up and coming dj. If like his article says you would be able to get this so called "License", and they would provide you with full support, doing cds and getting gigs in clubs, that seems like a pretty okay deal to me.

One of the hardest things as a dj is getting all those contacts together, as well as, scroundging to find money after you have bought all those records to get a demo cd together.

Your killing multiple birds with one stone here in my opinion.

*and yes i know this is one far fetched idea but i think its different and why not try and make it happen*

you don`t see the other side of the coin here. what would happen to folks who DIDN`T get the license? "sorry dude, you can`t play cause u don`t have a dj-card."

someone who plays unique music, something that has never been heard before, probably would`t get that piece of paper, don`t u think? that suckz!



btw. that roxy guy was on TV confronting one of the local producers/djs and everyone pissed on him

piss on him or not, im giving you my valid say on your topic man. You posted and i quote.

"how can someone get such an idea? what do you say guyz, what`s the situtaion in your corner of the world?"

i gave you my input, I THINK ITS A FANDY DANDY IDEA. If it can help me than im ALL FOR putting in a dj license.

I play a fair bit here so im not in too much hot water to get boookings, but if when i was living in Toronto, someone approached me on this idea, i would go for it like it was no tommorow.

Lemme paint a picture for ya. "A young guy with a demo tape running around a rave to find the promoter, who will take the tape and do one of two things with it.1) walk up to the dj booth and give it to some girl sitting on the step.2)Walk to the nearest trashbin, and ditch it.

Now if my dj license goverment was on the case, full promotion and if i was really good. I wouldnt have to run after people with my tapes. Id let my dj union take care of business.

Makes sense doesnt it?

sorry but what's the difference between what you are saying and having an agent?

well having an agent, A GOOD agent, would mean you would have to have production work done in most cases. Most of the good agencies wont take you in, unless you have a name already.

The difference is that this government might be able to help you get gigs based only on if you have a dj license.

And yes an agency is a good idea but good luck getting in.