Quote: (01-16-2013 09:49 PM)PROD3GY Wrote:
Quote: (01-16-2013 05:17 PM)Biz Wrote:
If you ever want to take DJ'ing house music seriously the best advice you could ever receive is: Get DAMN good at producing, because these days you HAVE to be an accomplished producer to make yourself known as a DJ - Via your released tracks. As always its also who you know it this industry...everyone is pretty well familiar with each other.
It's a lifestyle
I ONLY focus on producing now, Djing is second rate now. Avicii never touched turntables until he got a manager and already had a full deal at a Summer Ibiza scene that is how little it matters.
I wouldn't go that far to say it's second rate, but as far as Avicii and that style of "commercial house" than yes it's definitely second rate, all those guys do is press play and put their hands in the air.
However in the real house scene, DJing is huge deal...their productions are what get them the gigs, the gigs is where they make all their money, they don't make anything from their productions and if they do it's pennies. Even the most successful underground house labels are considered successful if they just break even...that's how little money we are talking about here.
The top names in the biz make decent money. They run record labels, tour non-stop and in between that try and dish out decent music to stay fresh and keep the names around.