Step 7: Building a Following Publishing and Sharing Mixes When you’ve recorded a mix or two that you feel comfortable sharing, find a place to host those mixes for public release. MixCloud is a great place to start, and it’s free. MixCloud not only gives you a safe place to host your recordings (without the fear of automated copyright takedown… a danger on YouTube & SoundCloud), but they provide embeddable players, their player will display the track names in your mix as they play, and other MixCloud users can follow you. When you upload or stream to any service, make sure that you’re taking advantage of all their features. Fill everything out, put effort into your description, add relevant tags, and perhaps hire a friend to design pretty album art. Get some honest feedback on one of your mixes from a trusted friend. Contact them directly, either in-person or with a well-considered message. Tell them that you value their thoughts, and that you’re trying to become a better DJ. Creating an Online Presence Like anything we want to promote, building a solid online presence is critical to success. We’re our own little promo companies. And after all, we need to show people what we’re doing! But it’s important not to overwhelm ourselves, and distract from the actual DJing. Pick one or two main social networks to focus on at first… for instance, Facebook and Instagram. Make sure that you fill out your profiles entirely, and link to your mixes.
The monitor wedge’s coaxial design, provides an even crystal- clear sound reproduction. pole mount on one side panel which allow for mounting of the monitor onto a tripod speaker pole to be used as FOH (Front of House). All wedges of the ARTEMIS monitor series feature a very sturdy front grille design, two handles integrated on the side of the plywood cabinet and a 35mm
Promoting Yourself on Social Media
• Keep content flowing. If you aren’t putting any work out, nobody has a chance to notice you. Unfortunately, most of our work will go unnoticed… it’s just the way of things! • Don’t stay silent . You also have to be consistent with posting, tweeting, sharing, and interacting with followers. Otherwise, that social network’s algorithm isn’t gonna treat you well. • Mix it up. Post different kinds of content: your own work, music that you like, artwork that inspires you, stories that move you. Anything that helps tell the story of you. Also, mix up the “types” of posts you make… for example, Facebook text post vs. image post vs. Live video. • Don’t spam your mixes. You have to share them, sure. But not 50 times a day. Not only is this annoying, but your reach will get squashed by doing this. • Give value to others . It’s hard to get people to look at you, to notice your work, or listen to your mix. So, try providing the same courtesy to someone else… maybe they will return the favor?
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