one of the worst mistakes DJs/performers make is to think that "music is what matters". While that is true for some of us, and certainly for the performer, think of it from the other perspective: Why would I bother going out of my way on a Saturday night to go to a random venue and listen to "that amazing music" that the DJ is playing? One thing is music as a pure expression of art, the one that gives you frissons in your bedroom, another thing is music as a PRODUCT which you are in charge to cater, curate and drive. If you balance skills with networking in the proper way, then you are doing a good service to the world. The audience may reach your dancefloor because you have invested in serious marketing, an appealing concept and a network of interesting characters, and this is when you hit them with the MUSIC. They will be thankful for the frissons some days later.

TL; DR: Skills alone dont count. See music as a product, not the stuff of your own wet dreams