Djs that want to "make it" and advice givers (dj coaches)
Djs that want to "make it" and advice givers (dj coaches) Posted on: 30.12.2013 by Cherly Wormely BREAKING THROUGH IS A STRUGGLEI would like to provoke your brains for a bit- not necessarily pick a fight. But you must first understand that djing has never really been researched on the same level as some of the other cultural arts. I understand the perception that up and coming djs have based on what success they see their idols have achieved and all the dj hype as of recent. I read plenty of community s, blogs, and sites on the daily as research and see the same questions asked and advice given sometimes even by the inexperienced. I have read many posts where a poster states "even though I have no experience whatsoever, but based on what I have observed... | |
| Cherly Wormely 30.12.2013 | BREAKING THROUGH IS A STRUGGLE I would like to provoke your brains for a bit- not necessarily pick a fight. But you must first understand that djing has never really been researched on the same level as some of the other cultural arts. I understand the perception that up and coming djs have based on what success they see their idols have achieved and all the dj hype as of recent. I read plenty of community s, blogs, and sites on the daily as research and see the same questions asked and advice given sometimes even by the inexperienced. I have read many posts where a poster states "even though I have no experience whatsoever, but based on what I have observed... |
| Cherly Wormely 30.12.2013 | BREAKING THROUGH IS A STRUGGLE I would like to provoke your brains for a bit- not necessarily pick a fight. But you must first understand that djing has never really been researched on the same level as some of the other cultural arts. I understand the perception that up and coming djs have based on what success they see their idols have achieved and all the dj hype as of recent. I read plenty of community s, blogs, and sites on the daily as research and see the same questions asked and advice given sometimes even by the inexperienced. I have read many posts where a poster states "even though I have no experience whatsoever, but based on what I have observed... |
| Cherly Wormely 30.12.2013 | BREAKING THROUGH IS A STRUGGLE I would like to provoke your brains for a bit- not necessarily pick a fight. But you must first understand that djing has never really been researched on the same level as some of the other cultural arts. I understand the perception that up and coming djs have based on what success they see their idols have achieved and all the dj hype as of recent. I read plenty of community s, blogs, and sites on the daily as research and see the same questions asked and advice given sometimes even by the inexperienced. I have read many posts where a poster states "even though I have no experience whatsoever, but based on what I have observed... |
| Cherly Wormely 30.12.2013 | BREAKING THROUGH IS A STRUGGLE I would like to provoke your brains for a bit- not necessarily pick a fight. But you must first understand that djing has never really been researched on the same level as some of the other cultural arts. I understand the perception that up and coming djs have based on what success they see their idols have achieved and all the dj hype as of recent. I read plenty of community s, blogs, and sites on the daily as research and see the same questions asked and advice given sometimes even by the inexperienced. I have read many posts where a poster states "even though I have no experience whatsoever, but based on what I have observed... |
| Cherly Wormely 30.12.2013 | BREAKING THROUGH IS A STRUGGLE I would like to provoke your brains for a bit- not necessarily pick a fight. But you must first understand that djing has never really been researched on the same level as some of the other cultural arts. I understand the perception that up and coming djs have based on what success they see their idols have achieved and all the dj hype as of recent. I read plenty of community s, blogs, and sites on the daily as research and see the same questions asked and advice given sometimes even by the inexperienced. I have read many posts where a poster states "even though I have no experience whatsoever, but based on what I have observed... |
| Cherly Wormely 30.12.2013 | BREAKING THROUGH IS A STRUGGLE I would like to provoke your brains for a bit- not necessarily pick a fight. But you must first understand that djing has never really been researched on the same level as some of the other cultural arts. I understand the perception that up and coming djs have based on what success they see their idols have achieved and all the dj hype as of recent. I read plenty of community s, blogs, and sites on the daily as research and see the same questions asked and advice given sometimes even by the inexperienced. I have read many posts where a poster states "even though I have no experience whatsoever, but based on what I have observed... |
| Cherly Wormely 30.12.2013 | BREAKING THROUGH IS A STRUGGLE I would like to provoke your brains for a bit- not necessarily pick a fight. But you must first understand that djing has never really been researched on the same level as some of the other cultural arts. I understand the perception that up and coming djs have based on what success they see their idols have achieved and all the dj hype as of recent. I read plenty of community s, blogs, and sites on the daily as research and see the same questions asked and advice given sometimes even by the inexperienced. I have read many posts where a poster states "even though I have no experience whatsoever, but based on what I have observed... |
| Cherly Wormely 30.12.2013 | BREAKING THROUGH IS A STRUGGLE I would like to provoke your brains for a bit- not necessarily pick a fight. But you must first understand that djing has never really been researched on the same level as some of the other cultural arts. I understand the perception that up and coming djs have based on what success they see their idols have achieved and all the dj hype as of recent. I read plenty of community s, blogs, and sites on the daily as research and see the same questions asked and advice given sometimes even by the inexperienced. I have read many posts where a poster states "even though I have no experience whatsoever, but based on what I have observed... |
| Cherly Wormely 30.12.2013 | BREAKING THROUGH IS A STRUGGLE I would like to provoke your brains for a bit- not necessarily pick a fight. But you must first understand that djing has never really been researched on the same level as some of the other cultural arts. I understand the perception that up and coming djs have based on what success they see their idols have achieved and all the dj hype as of recent. I read plenty of community s, blogs, and sites on the daily as research and see the same questions asked and advice given sometimes even by the inexperienced. I have read many posts where a poster states "even though I have no experience whatsoever, but based on what I have observed... |
| Cherly Wormely 30.12.2013 | BREAKING THROUGH IS A STRUGGLE I would like to provoke your brains for a bit- not necessarily pick a fight. But you must first understand that djing has never really been researched on the same level as some of the other cultural arts. I understand the perception that up and coming djs have based on what success they see their idols have achieved and all the dj hype as of recent. I read plenty of community s, blogs, and sites on the daily as research and see the same questions asked and advice given sometimes even by the inexperienced. I have read many posts where a poster states "even though I have no experience whatsoever, but based on what I have observed... |
| Cherly Wormely 30.12.2013 | BREAKING THROUGH IS A STRUGGLE I would like to provoke your brains for a bit- not necessarily pick a fight. But you must first understand that djing has never really been researched on the same level as some of the other cultural arts. I understand the perception that up and coming djs have based on what success they see their idols have achieved and all the dj hype as of recent. I read plenty of community s, blogs, and sites on the daily as research and see the same questions asked and advice given sometimes even by the inexperienced. I have read many posts where a poster states "even though I have no experience whatsoever, but based on what I have observed... |
| Cherly Wormely 30.12.2013 | BREAKING THROUGH IS A STRUGGLE I would like to provoke your brains for a bit- not necessarily pick a fight. But you must first understand that djing has never really been researched on the same level as some of the other cultural arts. I understand the perception that up and coming djs have based on what success they see their idols have achieved and all the dj hype as of recent. I read plenty of community s, blogs, and sites on the daily as research and see the same questions asked and advice given sometimes even by the inexperienced. I have read many posts where a poster states "even though I have no experience whatsoever, but based on what I have observed... |
| Cherly Wormely 30.12.2013 | BREAKING THROUGH IS A STRUGGLE I would like to provoke your brains for a bit- not necessarily pick a fight. But you must first understand that djing has never really been researched on the same level as some of the other cultural arts. I understand the perception that up and coming djs have based on what success they see their idols have achieved and all the dj hype as of recent. I read plenty of community s, blogs, and sites on the daily as research and see the same questions asked and advice given sometimes even by the inexperienced. I have read many posts where a poster states "even though I have no experience whatsoever, but based on what I have observed... |
| Cherly Wormely 30.12.2013 | BREAKING THROUGH IS A STRUGGLE I would like to provoke your brains for a bit- not necessarily pick a fight. But you must first understand that djing has never really been researched on the same level as some of the other cultural arts. I understand the perception that up and coming djs have based on what success they see their idols have achieved and all the dj hype as of recent. I read plenty of community s, blogs, and sites on the daily as research and see the same questions asked and advice given sometimes even by the inexperienced. I have read many posts where a poster states "even though I have no experience whatsoever, but based on what I have observed... |
| Cherly Wormely 30.12.2013 | BREAKING THROUGH IS A STRUGGLE I would like to provoke your brains for a bit- not necessarily pick a fight. But you must first understand that djing has never really been researched on the same level as some of the other cultural arts. I understand the perception that up and coming djs have based on what success they see their idols have achieved and all the dj hype as of recent. I read plenty of community s, blogs, and sites on the daily as research and see the same questions asked and advice given sometimes even by the inexperienced. I have read many posts where a poster states "even though I have no experience whatsoever, but based on what I have observed... |
| Cherly Wormely 30.12.2013 | BREAKING THROUGH IS A STRUGGLE I would like to provoke your brains for a bit- not necessarily pick a fight. But you must first understand that djing has never really been researched on the same level as some of the other cultural arts. I understand the perception that up and coming djs have based on what success they see their idols have achieved and all the dj hype as of recent. I read plenty of community s, blogs, and sites on the daily as research and see the same questions asked and advice given sometimes even by the inexperienced. I have read many posts where a poster states "even though I have no experience whatsoever, but based on what I have observed... |
| Cherly Wormely 30.12.2013 | BREAKING THROUGH IS A STRUGGLE I would like to provoke your brains for a bit- not necessarily pick a fight. But you must first understand that djing has never really been researched on the same level as some of the other cultural arts. I understand the perception that up and coming djs have based on what success they see their idols have achieved and all the dj hype as of recent. I read plenty of community s, blogs, and sites on the daily as research and see the same questions asked and advice given sometimes even by the inexperienced. I have read many posts where a poster states "even though I have no experience whatsoever, but based on what I have observed... |
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| Cherly Wormely 30.12.2013 | Continued... My question is where is more analysis than the 1 or 2 dj sites? Where do we as a culture of seasoned djs break the dj game apart and realize that there are many levels of grinding? Where is the dancing and understanding that djing and breakdancing/ battle circles go hand in hand? But dancers in battle circles are considered wankers. Not everyone is suited for dj travel, living out of suitcases, being apart from their families and children, eating foods from different countries because their digestive systems don't agree to foreign products. Why has the dj hype blinded so many of our djs which mentally conditions not only the other djs but the audiences, the promoters, and the club managers to take on the same mentality? This has even now caused even newbie posters to become automatic experts of something they are not even a part of? Where are the leaders to guide them and challenge them of their believeing? Why are some of our veterans themselves becoming sour towards “regular” guys like me because they themselves have limited insight or passion for daily research and would much rather talk about the “greatest hits of 2013” but can only dj old school and aren’t that involved in the new stuff? Why do open format and dance djs not understand what the other is doing- where is there this terrible divide? Where aren't the dj coaches moderating our dj culture and actually spending days and hours analyzing, going places, and touching on subjects that most people consider “screaming I hate the world”? Where are the talks on youtube regarding Tiesto stating at ADE 2013 that most famous djs can only dj for 90 minutes and who is helping to change that? There is nothing wrong with EDM, underground, hip hop, or open format. It’s the player's that need a bit more guidance to let them know that it is ok to dj for 2500 on a good evening and go home knowing they will come back again and know your name rather than having diarrhea in a foreign land where you are just a number. Learn the art of networking with other influential/international artists and giving a chance to a record label owner in Italy to swap gigs with you. It is ok to grind to reach the status of a local radio dj to break records and touch the millions of listeners- look at all Pete Tong or Funkmasterflex. Not all of can be great djs and not all of us can be great dj coaches/advice givers. There are various levels of success just like and business and each level must be understood and respected. But all levels of success require the personal and same in-depth dedication to understanding the game inside out just like any other business and or sport- not just one route. So it is not only a challenge to the djs to learn and cultivate the value of the dj grind but more so to the dj coaches/advice givers. Be the Bill O'Reilly that everyone calls full of themselves, be the ones that start and tackle dj related issues that others frown upon and say "there other topics of discussion to be had" than that of yours. Be the ones to start those "other thought provoking" topics that aren't perceived as soft balls or give a lecture of how you hate the way things are and leave your troops hanging by not posting as often. Be the ones to start conversations rather than only respond or answer, be the ones to pick apart a controversial topic and engage and prime the youth. Go out into the field, observe the djs and crowd interaction, and come back with analysis. Challenge the blogs that continue on their satirical raid against the dj culture as a whole. But don't be the one that hasn't even made it to the bottom of this post because you are feeling threatened and want to undermine my call to action post by saying I am full of myself. Be a leader and come up with your own call to action..... At the end of the day, just as I was held responsible for my troops as a Sgt of US Marines is the same way we as dj coaches are responsible for cultivating our youth. I'm 36, been in the game since 1993 and still on my grind. By the age 55, I will have two retirements... Regarding my future endeavors, please look out for boothridertv.com and halfamazingtv YouTube channel where I will be bringing all of this together to include raw behind the scenes evening club dj development tutorials for Latin, open-format, and house djs, though provoking analysis vlogs, promoting unreleased music, given exposure to evening club photographers and graphic designers interviews, dj mixes, and most of all- illustrating that there are different ways to contribute and get known in the dj culture. All done on my own to include my own filming, editing, promoting, web design. I will be starting from scratch learning metadata, tagging, and demonstrating that it doesn't take a lot but an iPhone and a free blog to get your videos, interviews, and thoughts together and not have to be some big production. No big productions or financial backing. No money being spend but on my gas to and from the venues. I am not expecting a huge overevening success. Just like any business or venture, it will take time, persistence, and commitment. This is what I want to teach to the youth. I very much want you to be a part of it. Coming January 2014. Good day, what a wonderful day to have been able to share my thoughts today... Dj coaches, stand up! |
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