Owner Requesting For CD and Using It Instead Of Booking A DJ

[DJVADER]

I have been spinning at many events, birthday parties and etc lately. I was spinning for a party and I had great feedback from everyone, they all loved it! But I was requested to created a CD of songs/tunes I played during the party. I was really amazed that the owner wanted my CD. The owner told me that he will book me again next time to spin for other events. I decided to create the CD, but then I was told that he will use my CD I created other events instead of booking me for a gig. I was really mad :mad: I could not believe how cheap this person was! I even offered a great deal...:squint: I still have not given the CD yet to the owner. I really have no clue on whether or not if I should hand the CD or do something else.

Does anyone have any suggestions or advice?

[bernardgregory]

some lounges / bars use mix cds when a DJ isnt necessary (happy hour) so charge him how much you would for one gig and give them the CD.

maybe put tags on the music so that people know who made it? dont be excessive though

[Alex Murphy]

Classic.


Give edited mixes with tags every 2 minutes. "hello and welcome to my mix, this is exclusively for promotional purpose "

[Lost Connection]

Classic.


Give edited mixes with tags every 2 minutes. "hello and welcome to my mix, this is exclusively for promotional purpose "

This :tup:

[Alex Murphy]

Or anything simple and nice such as "thank you for listening to [insert name here]

[Stirred]

some lounges / bars use mix cds when a DJ isnt necessary (happy hour) so charge him how much you would for one gig and give them the CD.

maybe put tags on the music so that people know who made it? dont be excessive though


I would say do the opposite of this!!! lol.. drop the hell out of the CD!!!

[Austin GoGreen]

I'm with the rest of you guys.. My initial responce was going to be put a drop with your DJ name in every 5-10 minutes. That's the trade off or NO DEAL! It's publicity for you after all.

[Windows 95]

You kind of need a balance. Too many drops & it will never get played. (Unless that's your goal.)
If you want the promotional benefits of drops you don't want it to be so excessive that CD doesn't get played.
I've never paid much attention to radio remixes' drops, but whatever they normally use is probably a good balance. (I'm guessing one drop every other song?)

[Molbster]

give him an un-mixed CD. :P

[Defiance]

Just do a few drops every so often but make the drops about 3x louder than the music lol

[DJVADER]

Haha! You guys crack me up! I love all of your guys answers :D I would have never thought of adding a drop, its sounds a lot better to promote my name.I just searched up a couple of sites that does dj drops for a donation or for free. Thanks for the feedback I appreciate it!

[Alex Murphy]

I just searched up a couple of sites that does dj drops for a donation or for free.

Or you could use a text to speech software that does different voices like the one in Mac OS. http://www.naturalreaders.com/index.htm

[Dave Daschofsky]

Tell him you want to hang out at his bar but you're going to drink at home first.

[bernardobustamante]

Don't forget to add in air horns! :lol:

[Finnish_Fox]

(I'm guessing one drop every other song?)

As a patron, I would leave that bar so fast... unless it was a strip club.

[Finnish_Fox]

Tell him you want to hang out at his bar but you're going to drink at home first.

...and he's going to care why? One body taking up space isn't much of a cost to the owner.

[Dave Daschofsky]

...and he's going to care why? One body taking up space isn't much of a cost to the owner.

One body not bringing their friends can add up. One person who spends $50 twice a week spends $5,200 per year. With just ten people that jumps up to $52,000 a year.

[Quentin Legend]

Or you could use a text to speech software that does different voices like the one in Mac OS. http://www.naturalreaders.com/index.htm

Messing around with the different languages, some pretty weird shit coming out haha.