How to Get DJ Gig's in Other Countries

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Right, is this the right angle? Yeah? Okay. 3, 2, 1. Right guys, Jonathan here, Ellaskins, The DJ Tutor and this video is a... Sorry! This video is... Right. Action. 3, 2... Ready? Like that again. Right guys, Jonathan Ellaskins, The DJ Tutor here and in this video I'm going to explain one way of how you can get gigs abroad. Now, let's imagine you live in Ireland and you want to work in Scotland. It's not really abroad is it? But it's still somewhere else. Or you're in Scotland and you want to work in Spain, or maybe you're a Spanish DJ and you would like to work in America. Now first and foremost, don't be scared. Because the opportunities are there and they are there in the palm of your hand. Many ways of getting work abroad and if you follow a couple of these tips in this video, you could be working somewhere completely different, eating foreign food and having fun with foreign people. Okay, so without further ado, firstly don't be scared about going abroad. Don't think that if you go to another country

People are going to look at you as though you're stupid because music is universal. So of course what you need to do really is make sure that the country you want to go to, they like the style that you're used to, that you like to play. For example, let's say in America it's mainly hip-hop, R&B, country and rock. You don't want to just turn up with a whole bunch of hard hash tracks and think you're going to get into any nightclub. So make sure the place you want to go to or the country you want to go to has got the same music style that you like and people like it. Also, you need to make sure you've got quite a bit of exposure on the web. Try and get mixes out there, SoundCloud, Mixcloud, but even better still, try and get some form of YouTube videos of you at gigs so potential management can see you working in a live environment.

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There is very little point, really I'll be honest with you, going to another country with your tunes and going, can I have a job please? But then again, there could be. Listen to the video. Alright, so make sure you have backup, some form of online CV and also make sure that the country you're going to play and also like your style of music. But now this is the nitty gritty bit. This is the part of the video where you have got to have a backbone and think, you know what, let's just do this. Now I am sure there are many DJs out there who have gone, you know what, I'm sick of this country. Not here, just wherever they are. And I want to go and work somewhere else. And what have they done? They have packed their bags.

They have got music inside a bag, they've got their sun cream or a big furry coat if they're going somewhere cold. And they have decided just to bugger off and go to that country and look for work. Now you may think, oh my god, why? But do you know what? I admire people like that. I admire them because male or female, they've got balls. Balls. You need that oomph inside of you to say, do you know what? Let's just do this. Now, for example, let's look at the mecca of DJing. Ibiza. It's got to be during the summer. There's probably not one DJ around the world who has not heard of Ibiza. And there's also probably not one DJ around the world who for one second has thought... Wouldn't it be nice to play in a super club? Now, don't expect to go to Ibiza with your backpack and a thumb drive and go and walk into amnesia and say, can I have a set? Sure you can. There's the decks. Go on. You can just nip on before Roger Sanchez. Oh, ow. Roger San... Don't do that again. Coming out of the cards. Coming out of the cards. My little boys. So, don't expect just... Sorry, this is very random. No, it's not. It's just me. Just... Right, OK.

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So don't expect just to walk into a nightclub and say, can I have a set at the management and go, yes of course you can. You've got to work your way up, but also there, the big super nightclubs quite often are run by big agencies who have their clicky set of DJs who will only work there. So it's really difficult to get into those places, but it's not impossible. So why don't you try this? If you want to go and work in Ibiza, why don't you do two things? One is go there. For a fantastic holiday with a bunch of mates, rent some apartment somewhere. If you all share the money, it's going to not cost as much. And then go around to bars and places like that and offer your services. First of all, for free. Listen, hello, I'm a DJ. This is my online profile and I play this. The management get them to have a watch you play.

Do you mind if I have half an hour on our set? Plan your set beforehand just in case and play some music. Now, you may end up playing there once and once only but you've had a great time and you can actually say you played in Ibiza because you can, because you have, you see? Ah, on your CV again. On the other hand, the management may go, well you're actually not bad. Do you want to work here? Who knows? Who knows? Who knows? Alright, so that's one way and I think for a lot of people that's possibly the only way you will ever get to work abroad. By getting hold of those big fat ones you've got between your legs, even the ladies. Get some balls and go out and just do it. There is nothing stopping you except yourself, except your mind.

Anything you want. So, if you're young, free and single, or like me, if you're slightly older, free and single, yeah, then you can actually do anything. There is nothing stopping you, okay? For me, it's me cat. That's about it. Alright, so very simply in a nutshell, try and get some online exposure, get some form of CV, nearly said CD together, CV together. You could get a CD but it's pretty old school, get a mix on a CD. No one wants to do that anymore because all you've got to do is click on a link and there's your mix on Soundcloud, Mixcloud or YouTube anyway. Hustle management in bars, pubs and clubs. Hustle nicely and just say, listen, I would like to play in your venue please. This is my style of music but you would have known that anyway because you'll suss out that style of music before you get there and you could be in with a chance of working abroad. Alright? So just be yourself. Practice and enjoy. Thank you. I am.

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