DJ Careers

DJ Careers

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Work Environment:

As a DJ, you'd play music on radio or at live-venues for spectators/audience. You can utilize different formats comprising digital MP3, vinyl or CD, and different equipment like amplifiers, microphones, turntables and mixers.

Being a club-DJ, you may:

select music according to music policy of venue and taste of audience
produce own music by adding additional sound effects and music, manipulate music beats, and utilizing samples
mix and play records within bars/clubs, to keep public dancing or make atmosphere
operate visual effects and lighting on time

Being a radio-DJ, you'd carry out a program in your style. You can:

get playlists ready for shows, converse ideas with producer and write down scripts
interact-with audience by texts, emails and phone ins
operate studio-equipment to play advertisements, music, jingles and prerecorded news
follow timing schedule
select music
interview studio-guests
maintain entertaining and natural-flow of chat

Being a mobile Disk Jockey, you'd give atmosphere and music in social events like parties and weddings. You'd bring your music and equipment at every venue.

Qualification, Education and Experience:

To be a DJ, you'd require abilities in utilizing DJ equipment, love-of music and engaging personality.

You'd require experience of utilizing sampling equipment, decks and mixers, to obtain club DJ job. You might discover it helpful to accomplish part/full time courses into music and sound technology, or short training courses into DJ skills.

You'd require commitment, experience and enthusiasm, to obtain job within radio. You could acquire experience by:

in store radio: few big retail-chains have their radio-stations
volunteering in hospital/community TV/radio: for a directory of hospital stations check the website of Hospital-Broadcasting Association, and for a directory of regional stations check the website of Community-Media Association
getting work placements by Radio Center or BBC Work-Experience Scheme

You might discover it helpful to accomplish a course into media/radio production, for radio-work. This isn't necessary, although most helpful courses assist you to gain practical abilities and might comprise placements. Training courses are obtainable part/full time in regional college. Community radio stations might also provide qualifications and training.

You must record demo MP3/CD which demonstrates your DJing-style, to assist you to get DJ job. You could then utilize this to contact promoters, radio stations, bars or clubs for job opportunities.

Training Details:

You'd learn at the work.

Being a club-DJ, you can improve your abilities by accomplishing short training courses into sound and music-technology, or particular digital audio-packages such as WaveLab, Cubase or Logic.

Within radio you might get some training into utilizing technical equipment like recording desks. You might also discover it helpful to participate in events and networking chances arranged by Radio center and Radio Academy. For information, check their sites.

Skills and knowledge:

abilities to market yourself and handle your business if you're self employed
capability to ad lib
multitasking skills to handle equipment
an outgoing and confident personality
capability to work under-pressure and accomplish targets
knowledge of technical-equipment
interest into music
excellent coordination and timing

Salary and Other Benefits:

Average income of Disk Jockey is about £55 to £320 for a session.
Experienced radio and club DJs might get £1,300 or above for a session.

Most of the DJs work on freelance basis, thus annual earnings differs based on experience and reputation.

Working Conditions:

You'd generally work for unsocial/varied hours. Being a club/mobile DJ, you'd work generally at weekends and in evenings.

Within radio, working hours are based on time slot of program whether it's prerecorded/live.

Being a mobile-DJ, you'd work within halls, pubs and hotels. Being a club-DJ, you'd work within night clubs and bars. Radio-work is within smaller air conditioned radio studios.

Different Opportunities:

Being a mobile/club, you'd generally work on freelance basis. Within radio, you'd be hired by radio-stations on fixed term agreements.

You'd get club-DJ job by contacting directly to clubs and bars, and by agents and networking. Few radio openings like radio announcer are publicized by national and regional press, and websites.

Being a successful-club DJ you can advance to club promoting or music recording and producing, or you can proceed to beginning your label or working for recorded-label. Being a recognized radio-DJ, you can advance to other kinds of media-work like TV presenting.

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