Quote Originally Posted by crime
Goes back to something I was thinking the other day....I've spent the past 2 years Gigging, and when I look at it, I ain't done bad, but times are getting hard... Sure I did a fair bit of blagging to get gigs, sending e-mails that some Promotors might well have seen as spam, but I don't think posting stuff on message boards like this one really helps, it just makes you look desperate... Personal contact with promotors is much better, and above all, it's better to get asked to play somewhere... At the end of the day, if you've created enough of a profile to play around the world, and have the skills as a DJ or Live Act to back it up, you will get gigs, especially if you have some kind of niche that is your own.. in fact, that is essencial, having your own niche or angle, which is what makes you different to the next guy who's after a gig, especially if you look at scenes like the scene in germany where there are over 1000 DJs trying to get work in an ever decreasing market... I seriously doubt there are promotors trawling the message boards looking for the next act to book in their club... it's more about word of mouth on the ground, reputation etc....
good post Crime, you talk a lot of sense!