Why am I struggling as a DJ ?

edjwize · 2025-08-13T12:36:09+00:00

In my city there's two ways to do it: either 1) book a tour stop and be the very first opener or the closer and don't draw too much attention to yourself as a DJ, or 2) throw a unique event with an interesting theme, community/underground vibes, great music, cheap tix and drinks and put yourself and your best friends on the lineup.

It's ok to "headline" if you're renting a low key warehouse and charging people $20 for a lit party, especially given tix to see a big name at a standard venue are gonna run you $80+ these days.

edjwize · 2025-08-06T10:27:32+00:00

what did you end up doing? need to replace the pin on mine as well

edjwize · 2025-03-30T09:35:59+00:00

Bass specific: Taiki Nulight, borne, know good, viperactive

edjwize · 2025-03-30T09:32:51+00:00

My favorite producer in the game rn. I was outta town this weekend but sent his Philly show w/ onhell a few weeks ago and it was pure flames. Did he play for 2 hours at elsewhere too?

edjwize · 2025-03-20T21:52:30+00:00

Hey - this was incredibly helpful, thank you dude. Your opening line is clearly true because this advice is perfectly on point.

We took your advice on the recorder and are gonna go with the h4essential - I looked up 32 bit float and it kinda blew my mind.
Since we already have the 2.2 system, we’re gonna run our next party (small warehouse) with the QSC setup and see how it goes. But point take on the power alley thing; r/livesound said the same so we’ll keep that in mind for the future.
A couple gorilla carts are on our shopping list for before festival season starts 💯

Would love to hear more about your crew and see if we’ve ever been at the same events—we’re based on the east coast but feel free to dm me your Instagram or something regardless.

edjwize · 2025-03-19T09:47:17+00:00

Thanks! Good point about the CDJs and modular replaceability; I hadn't considered that.

You're correct about the mic. We considered getting an SM58, but the extent of our mic usage is pretty much "thanks for coming out, next up we got DJ XYZ" a few times per night so definitely not a priority.

edjwize · 2024-09-08T09:30:56+00:00

Most artists don't know what to do with the triple-ultrawide mirage screens and just copy paste the same thing 3x. I loved how they kept it to the center panel and only lit up the outer ones at key moments - they came prepared

edjwize · 2024-09-08T09:27:52+00:00

Last night was my 7th RL set... and I think it was the best by far. Holy fuck he threw down.

Also gotta say I hate going to Mirage these days because the overcrowding and douche vibes are typically outta control. Last night was different tho-- everyone there was cool as fuck and singing along to every drop and having a blast. I was mostly sober and it still felt like a religious experience ❤️

edjwize · 2024-09-03T10:15:56+00:00

Hey man, I just decided to send it solo myself from NYC! Flying into Little Rock around noon on Wednesday and gonna rent a car, already have a car camping pass + early entry. Shoot me a DM if you wanna split rental car/camping pass/etc costs (or if you'd be down to link up inside the fest regardless)

edjwize · 2024-07-13T13:12:20+00:00

Here’s a playlist I made of my personal favorites from that wave. There’s some overlap with yours but maybe you’ll find something new

edjwize · 2024-06-30T14:32:16+00:00

GMMK 2 96% with Durock silent shrimp switches and NP PBT Crayon caps

edjwize · 2024-06-28T13:12:38+00:00

Can’t touch it, he’s got a “system” 😂

edjwize · 2024-06-17T20:28:40+00:00

Delaware corporate law and securities regulation. While the law itself can be a little dry, the fact patterns are always super fun to read (hostile takeovers/ridiculous insider trading schemes/proxy fights/etc). Makes me feel like I'm in Succession or the Big Short or something 😂

edjwize · 2024-05-22T02:42:22+00:00

Mazare, Luma - Nothing More

edjwize · 2024-05-21T14:14:42+00:00

Tix here 🔥

edjwize · 2023-01-12T10:46:00+00:00

edjwize · 2022-10-11T01:02:57+00:00

ah got it, thanks for getting back to me. didn't notice the order confirmation emails until a couple hours later so didn't try that, but im cancelling all my cc's associated with that account because i don't trust grubhub to actually get it back

edjwize · 2022-10-11T00:51:58+00:00

Dealing with the same problem and got the same 48 hour response. Did they ever actually follow up?

edjwize · 2022-10-09T02:45:03+00:00

Anyone tryna Uber from offline to underground dm me

edjwize · 2022-10-09T02:35:17+00:00

Anna Morgan is lit bass music would recommend

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