Dec182011

How To Run A DJ Competition

Lasers and a disco ballSeveral years ago, I decided to give a little something back to the DJing community and put on a DJ competition event. It was during a time when I had entered plenty of live DJ competitions myself and I felt it was a really good way of helping to publicise and promote up and coming DJs.

At the time of the competition, just as it is today, it was a struggle for any unknown DJ to get any bookings without some kind of credibility behind them. I thought that a DJ competition that would give participants the kudos required as well as a prize of a DJ set somewhere so they get to play out live. It’s also just a really nice thing to do. There was no commercial gain or leverage for myself that I got out of this, I just had a lot of fun doing it and I was able to make a few good contacts in the process.

What follows is a list of the things I learned from running this competition over the course of two months and is based on my own personal experiences.

Prizes

Get yourself some good prizes. I managed to find a custom slipmat company who kindly agreed to make a pair of customised slipmats for each placed participant. So I had a pair of “3rd place” slipmats in a bronze colour, a pair of silver coloured “2nd place” ‘mats and a pair of gold “1st place” ‘mats too. It was a nice touch.

I knew a DJ agency at the time who agreed to take on board the winner of the competition in return for a little exposure and promotion of their brand. I added their logo to the flyers and promotional material and held the competition in association with them. It was a good partnership as we were able to offer a top prize of a place on a DJ agency roster for the winner.

HTFR Gift VouchersI approached a few other companies to try and blag some free stuff too. I managed to get £150 in vouchers from Hard To Find records and UDG sent me a large camouflage DJ bag to give away which was a great prize to be able to offer!

Perhaps I got lucky but I found it fairly easy to get companies to send stuff in for prizes. I made sure I did my research to find the right person to contact in each company and send them a personal email, later followed up with a phone call. You will more chance of a response if you address your letter/email by name rather than a “Dear Sir/Madam”. A few companies such as Vestax and Technics turned me down but that’s only to be expected - not everyone will want to work with you. Make sure you use all the contacts you have and any people you know to beg, steal and borrow prizes for your event. The better the prizes, the more interest you will attract and the bigger your event. If you feel it is necessary, then get a small contract drawn up between yourself and the company supplying the prize so that they don’t change their mind at the last minute.

Venue

Nightclub venueThe location of your DJ competition is very important. It really helps if the venue is local to you and you have a good relationship with the manager. Perhaps they are a friend, or you know them on first name terms or something. Approaching a venue cold in order to run a DJ competition is a lot more difficult. When you pitch the idea to the manager you should offer to run the competition mid week on one of the venue’s less busy week nights. I found that a Tuesday or Wednesday night is best. You should explain to the manager what it is you want to do and tell them that for every DJ that plays there will be a load of their thirsty friends turning up for the event too. Pubs and bars are the best to approach for things like this - nightclub specific venues are likely to turn you away.

Don’t bullshit or oversell it, but the important thing to let the manager know is that you will be boosting their slow mid-week trade on a regular basis for the next 7 weeks as well as getting press coverage in the local papers too. If you have a plan, some examples of posters and if you have any prizes already secured then this should all be included in your pitch to the manager. If you get lucky the manager may even let you and your judges have a few cheeky free beers during each night.

Make sure the venue can supply a microphone or you bring one along yourself as you will need to announce to the DJs when to start and also to talk to the crowd to inform them of what is going on too. There are likely to be guests in the venue who didn’t come along to watch the DJ competition but who now want to watch and get involved.

Posters

PostersNo one will enter the DJ competition if they don’t know it’s happening so get yourself some A3 posters (or larger) made up and put them around the venue. Yes, it’s possible to fly post them around town but not only is this illegal, it’s also not the best use of your time. The people who are most likely to enter the competition and who are most likely to attend as punters are people who go to the venue already. Put a few posters up around the seated areas indoors, around and in the DJ booth and most importantly in the window of the venue. Liaise with the manager as to appropriate placement of the posters and don’t put posters up with sellotape - the manager was quite fond of their wallpaper till I started ripping out large chunks of it. Oops.

Any bar worth knowing will be happy to pay for the printing of the posters for you. After all it is to promote a night for them. Don’t let them make you pay for printing posters. Make sure you put the full address of the venue somewhere on the poster too so that it is 100% clear where the event is taking place.

Make sure you include all the logos of each of your sponsors on the poster nice and big. If you don’t have much room, then whoever donates the better prizes give them more space on the poster. Keep the poster simple. If I remember, my poster had “DJ COMPETITION” in block caps across the top, a picture of a turntable and something like “pick up an entry form at the bar”. Also on the poster were the prizes on offer and a closing date for entries. Don’t put too much info on the poster and don’t use really small text either. People just wont read it. Print the poster in full colour too. If you can get away with sizes larger than A3 then all the better!

Application forms

Application formsThese can be small A5 pieces of paper, black and white printed forms for DJs to enter the competition. Keep these on or behind the bar and make sure the bar staff know where they are if anyone asks for a form. As an option you can also have an online form for people to apply but paper is the best way forwards with this. It’s important you have a record of the names and contact details of each of the entrants so you should ask for at least the following information:

  • DJ Name
  • Real Name
  • Phone Number
  • Email
  • Music style/genre
  • I will be using: Vinyl / CD / Laptop (tick)
  • Today’s Date.
  • Signature

You may want to ask for their home address, their favourite colour and if they like jam, but as long as you have the above info this will be fine. You also need to make sure the venue has suitable DJing equipment available or you need to provide you own. If for example you can not get hold of vinyl equipment you need to make this clear on the poster/application form (e.g “no vinyl DJs”, or “no laptop DJs” if you cannot source the right equipment). Don’t let DJs bring their own equipment as it is a nightmare changing over turntables and mixers at the end of each set. Even if you could change the equipment over like an F1 pit crew, you don’t want the responsibility of someone’s dodgy kettle lead frying the venue’s fusebox.

Have the following tickboxes too:

  • I am over 18.
  • I do not receive regular paid DJ work.

This kind of covers you so that you are not attracting minors into a drinking establishment and the second tick box keeps the competition fair by only having amateurs apply. This is important because I remember one DJ competition I entered where I played my socks off only to have a pro DJ enter the competition who blew everyone out of the water. I’d love to name names but it was a well known UK Garage producer of the time. I didn’t feel it was that fair. So if your competition is for up and coming bedroom DJs then make it clear.

Structure

StructureYou need to be able to structure your competition into a series of heats, semi finals and a grand final. Work out how many entrants you have and from there you can work out how many weeks you can run the competition for.

Let’s say you have 30 DJs apply and you have the venue for one night per week. You can run 4 weeks of heats with 7 DJs per night. The top 3 DJs from each heat go through to the semi finals. This gives you 12 semi finalists so you can have 2 weeks of semi finals with 6 DJs per night and the top 2 from each semi making the final. You then have a final showcase of 4 DJs and the whole competition runs for 7 weeks.

You may have noticed that showcasing 7 DJs over 4 weeks comes to 28 entries and not 30. This is to give you a couple in reserve so that if any of the DJs don’t show or are late and miss their spot then you can contact a reserve DJ to fill their place. Placements should go on a first come first served basis so whoever were the last DJs to hand in an application form should go on the reserve list which is why you should ask for ‘todays date’ on the application form.

Of course, you may have more than 30 DJs apply, you may have less. You may only have the venue for 5 weeks and not 7. You’ll just have to use a bit of common sense to work out a structure for your competition to run but remember you don’t have to give every applicant a spot and you don’t have to try and fit them all in.

The last thing you want is for any of the DJs to turn up late. So what you do is you make sure they turn up half an hour before the start of the night. If the first DJ is to go on at 7.30 then the DJs need to be there by 7pm. As each DJ arrives you get them to choose what order they go on at random. What I found works best is to get some straws from behind the bar and cut them in half. Half poked into each straw is a rolled up piece of paper with a number on it corresponding to the order that the DJ goes on. They simply pull out a straw and go on in that order. Make sure you make a note of the names and order the DJs are going in so you can fill this out on the judges scoresheets before the start of the night.

I had a rule that any DJ arriving later than 7.45 is instantly disqualified no matter what the reason. If you have never run a DJ competition before you will not know the headache involved from DJs turning up late and trying to track them down. Not only is it unfair on the other DJs who have made the effort to turn up on time but it is also unprofessional. Until you are a worldwide superstar, people will not wait for you no matter how big your ego is… and even then, those who are superstar DJs never turned up late for gigs while making a name for themselves. It’s YOUR event - don’t take any shit ;) Be firm, but fair.

Heats

DJ heatsYou need to give each DJ a respectable amount of time to do their thing while still being able to fit everyone in. I found that in the heats you can give each DJ a 20 minute set and allow 10 minutes between each DJ finishing and the next one starting. With 7 DJs per night you can start the competition at 7.30pm and be finished by 11pm which should be ideal for the venue. Again, this is to be negotiated with the venue management. If you have fewer DJs you can give them longer sets or finish your nights earlier. Just use your brain and communicate with the venue manager as much as possible.

Organise the heats so that you have a mixture of genres each week. On the DJ application forms you can sort each application by genre and make sure you have a mixture of styles on each night. There are both pros and cons for having mixed styles each night as opposed to grouping let’s say all the DnB DJs together on one night, but I feel by mixing it up you keep the crowd and judges interested.

Contact each entrant and email them the info they need to attend. Let then know the start time of the event, location, prizes on offer and a brief reminder of house rules. Remind them of your email address and give them your phone number of they need to contact you on the night.

When you are deep in the mix you will know how time can fly by without you even realising it. The same applies when the contestants are mixing too. They will not know how long they have left on the clock so it is a nice courtesy to go over and let them know when they have 5 minutes left of their set so they can finish how they want to.

You’ll also want to get yourself an MC for the night. No, I mean in the traditional sense, someone who can welcome everyone at the start of the night and introduce each of the acts before they start. The MC will also need to announce winners and do all the vocal communication to let the crowd know what is going on. I simply mention this because if you are not comfortable using a microphone yourself, find someone who is.

Judges

Jonathon Dobson, Holly Bee and Paul Velocity as judges at a DJ competitionWhat competition is complete without a panel of judges? You need to be able to secure yourself at least three judges to mark the contestants and decide on winners. You may even think about being a judge yourself.

It goes without saying that you can not pick just anybody to be a judge. Each judge needs to have a bit of credibility, some kind of experience and they need to know what to look for to keep the judging impartial and fair.

When I ran my competition, I was a judge myself as I was a resident bar DJ at the time. I asked a couple of my friends to join me too, one was a veteran mobile DJ with many years of experience in every dance genre imaginable and another judge ran his own events in London. These were all people who knew their stuff. Not everyone was available on every night so I mixed up the judges each week and had some on rotation, but each week there were at least three judges all with industry experience of some sort. If you know any big name DJs you can bring along to judge the finals even better!

Make sure the judges have the best seats in the house so they can fully see the DJ and hear everything they are doing clearly. Don’t stick them where there isn’t a speaker or behind a pillar or something daft.

Something else that is very important to remember is that you can not under any circumstances have DJs enter the competition if they are friends of the judges. It makes things awkward if one of the DJs goes up to shake the hand of one of the judges just after he’s finished his set. Use a bit of common sense and if someone wants to enter who is a friend of yours, then make sure you aren’t one of the judges on the night they are playing.

It is entirely up to you what criteria the judges should be marking. I think I went for the following to be marked out of 5:

  • Mixing ability
  • Tune selection
  • Showmanship and style
  • Technical skill
  • Crowd reaction

…and a few others. Crowd reaction is important to have in there but it is so difficult to judge. The reason you have crowd reaction in there as an attribute to be judged is so that each DJ will bring a crowd of their friends along to spend money behind the bar. This is essentially why you are being allowed the venue in the first place so it is important that each of the DJs know to bring their friends along to cheer for them. However it is difficult to judge crowd reaction because inevitably some DJs will bring more friends than other and some may not bring anyone along at all. You can’t mark someone down just because they didn’t bring many friends along so you have to try and be as fair as possible here.

I got a load of judging forms made up too to make everything a bit easier which had a space to write the DJ name along with a pre-written list of each of the attributes to be judged.

When the last DJ has finished you need to allow 15 minutes to half an hour for the judges to add up their scores in secret and work out who the winners are. Sometimes scores are tied and the judges will need to debate who to put through to the next round so they need a quiet corner of the venue to do this.

Press and Publicity

Press photographerTo help get more DJs applying to your DJ competition, you should be getting in touch with local newspapers, local radio and also music magazines to tell them about what you are planning to do. Ideally you already have some prizes on board so you can use this to help sell the night to DJs who are thinking of applying. Local radio and local newspapers will love stuff like this because often they want desperately to look ‘down with the kids’ so getting a mention or even a feature should be really easy.

Once you know who is in the finals and everything is rocking, you should get in touch with local newspapers and music magazines to tell them the date of when your grand final is. Chances are they will send one of their reporters down to write up the event and take a couple of photos too. This looks great for you and also is a nice bit of exposure for the venue too as a thank you for letting you use their premises.

Common Sense

To be honest, a lot of this is all just common sense and forward planning but I certainly learned a lot from doing something like this and I just wanted to share the experience with you. DJ competitions have had, in my eyes at least, a bit of a bad time lately. Let me briefly explain; I’ll receive offers of DJ competitions into my inbox which will involve me putting together a 30 minute mix and submitting it to be judged online. Fine, but more often than not the competition turns into a publicity contest where whoever has the most plays or likes gets the prize, regardless of talent. Surely that’s what a competition is all about, the talent, the tune selection, the mixing ability, the style, the flair? I don’t beleive there are enough live DJ competition events happening here and now, there’s not enough real talent being showcased out there, especially when its possible to throw together a mix on a computer in a few mouse clicks. I hope to see the live DJ competition kept going for a while longer as it truly is the only real way to showcase up and coming talent in a real environment, using real equipment and playing to real people.

Jun202011

10 Tips For How To Enter An Online DJ Competition

Lately I’ve seen more and more events and promoters running online DJ mix competitions. It seems like I come across new competition being launched each week so I thought it might be useful to throw together a few tips I have learned on putting forward a DJ mix submission.

Read The Rules

Study the rules carefully. Rules vary from competition to competition and its important that you meet all of the criteria asked for otherwise your mix might not qualify and all your hard work will be for nothing. Even if there are pages and pages of small print its worth spending a bit of time reading these too just to make sure you aren’t agreeing to anything you won’t want to do further down the line. Also find out what’s included in the prize - for example if the prize is a gig does it include transport to and from the venue, does it include accommodation and meals, are you sure you are available on that date, if the gig is abroad then do you have a passport etc.? Be aware of what it is you are entering in to and make sure all your bases are covered.

Do Your Research To Stand Out

Look into the promoters who are running the competition and see if you can tailor your set towards the kind of music you think they are looking for. If the competition is being run by a record label you might want to make your set comprise of just music from that label to help make you stand out. If the promoter is a festival event, perhaps your set could involve a few artists from the line-up. Try to make your set appeal to the judges and try to put yourself in their shoes - if you were a judge for this competition, what would you like to see/hear?

Don’t Compromise Your Style - Be Yourself

When I say you should tailor your set as mentioned above, I mean be flexible within your genre. Don’t start playing Trance if you are a House DJ, or play Garage if it’s not your thing. Lean towards a style that appeals but don’t break your integrity and start playing tunes you wouldn’t usually play. As an example, if I was entering a Hed Kandi competition I would play more upbeat slightly more commercial tunes. If it was a Defected competition I would probably root around in my DJ bag for some deeper-than-usual house. Structure your set exactly as you would if you were playing out live.

Listen Back To Your Mix In Full

Once the mix is finished then listen back to it in full - don’t just skip to the parts where you are mixing or applying effects, listen to the whole mix from start to finish to make sure the set flows properly and you aren’t radically changing BPM, levels or style. I personally feel that its perfectly OK to have one or two very minor flaws in the mix too as it shows you are human and that the mix is real. It all depends on personal taste but for me a mix that sounds too clinically perfect can do just as much harm than good.

Make Something Happen In The First 10 Seconds

If you are entering a popular DJ competition you have to understand that you are being judged by real human beings. It is very rare that judges will be intensively listening to every beat and every second of every mix that gets submitted as often they will have a lot to get through. So make sure something happens within the first 10 seconds of your mix to grab their attention from the start. For example don’t begin your mix with a track that has too much beat-only intro and instead begin with a track that has a more melodic opening. If you simply have to start with a specific track that has a lot of beat intro, consider starting your set from that track 30 seconds or so in so that there is some interest early on in the mix.

Title The Mix Well

There are any number of ways in which you can submit your mix online these days. Perhaps you have to email it, perhaps you have up upload it to Soundcloud, Mixcloud or otherwise. Either way, no matter how you submit your mix make sure you give it an appropriate title. Usually this will be the name of the competition and your name. For example “RANDOM EVENT FESTIVAL COMPETITION - DJ PAUL VELOCITY MIX”. Have a read of the competition rules to make sure the judges aren’t asking you to give your submission a specific name as I have seen this kind of thing requested in the past.

Add An Appropriate Image

When you upload a mix to Podomatic, Mixcloud, or Soundcloud you are given an option of uploading a picture to accompany your mix. Don’t upload a random image of a keyboard-playing cat. If possible, use the logo of the competition promoter - they will like that as it shows you are paying attention and publicising their brand too. If you have an amazing photo of you playing live then using that is a good alternative but make sure it still looks good when reduced to a thumbnail size.

Provide A Full Track Listing - Title, Artist, Mix and Label

You need to show that you know your shit when it comes to putting together a mix entry. You can help show this by putting a track listing together in the comments when you upload your mix, or write it in the email of your submission if you are sending it that way. Make sure you have the correct spelling of the title, the artist and mix of the track you are playing and number each track in order as well. If possible add the record label that the track is on too. This will help the judges see at a glance the kind of style of mix you have put together. Not putting together a track listing makes you appear lazy.

Keep It Unique

Chances are you already have a load of demo mixes stored on your computer somewhere. Resist the urge to pull out just any old mix and submit it. You should usually create a fresh mix for each competition you enter so that you can tailor each element of the mix such as the style, length or specific requirements as dictated by the rules. When adding a mix to Soundcloud the mix gets timestamped and shows how long ago it was uploaded. If the competition entry date was 3 days ago and your mix was uploaded 6 months ago it just shows that you are lazy and don’t care. Winners don’t use short-cuts.

Find Out Why You Won/Didn’t Win

If you have followed all these tips and you reach the unlikely conclusion that you did not win the competition, it’s always worth firing off a quick email to find out why. You’ve gone through all the effort and trouble of putting a mix together, you might as well get some feedback on it. Perhaps you weren’t quite the style they were looking for, perhaps they have some tips and pointers for you where you can improve. you never know, maybe the winning DJ is unavailable and you now find yourself in the right place at the right time. Its always worth an email. Just as important is to find out why you did win. Knowing exactly what you did to impress the judges will help to build a stronger relationship with the promoting brand and could lead to further work.

I hope this tips can help you out when you are considering putting together your next competition mix. Some of the tips might seem obvious but it’s definitely worthwhile checking all the angles before you submit your mix because just like a CV for an interview you only get one shot to make a good first impression. Good luck!!

Jun042011

House / Breaks Mix

I’ve put together a new mix which is a little different to my usual style. It’s a housey breaks mix and is an entry into a mix competition for the Hideout Festival.

Take a listen below and please leave me lots of lovely comments on the Soundcloud page.

Oct192010

Free Tickets to see Cut Up Boys in Reading

Today might be your lucky day - I’m giving away a pair of tickets to see the Cut Up Boys live at Sakura in Reading on Friday 29th October 2010.

The Cut Up Boys are probably most well known for their Mash-Up Mix series and are definitely not to be missed!

All you have to do is drop me an email to dj@paulvelocity.co.uk before 26th October and I’ll sort it out for you. If I get more than one email then I’ll pick one winner at random.

I’ll only be contacting you if you are chosen. There are no physical tickets - your name will be added on the door. I will not be there on the night, I am basically giving up my guest list spot so someone else can go. You will receive two free entries to the club - you plus one. I cannot guarantee you entry to the club - you must observe their dress code and club rules. ROAR. Please don’t be daft and get thrown out or something equally stupid.

Good luck!

Jun042010

WIN! Play a DJ Set at Parklife

Parklife FestivalBench have teamed up with Mixcloud to offer aspiring DJ’s the chance to play an hour set at the sold-out Parklife Festival.

The winner will play in the Artist Area on Saturday 12 June 2010.

Bench will provide transport and accommodation in Manchester, and runner up prizes for the shortlisted finalists.

The prize also includes a pair of wristbands, so the winner and a friend can enjoy music from the likes of Friendly Fires, Calvin Harris, Booka Shade and Simian Mobile Disco.

Five entrants will be shortlisted, and the final decision will be made by Warehouse Project Resident Krysko and Hacienda legend Mike Pickering.

For your chance to play at a 20,000 capacity festival, all you need to do is follow the simple steps below.

The competition opens on Friday 28 May and closes Monday 7 June 2010. Terms and conditions apply.

More info

Apr012010

Remix Addict Competition

Remix AddictRenowned music download store Trackitdown.net team up with premium sample pack creators Prime Loops to present you Remix Addict! An exclusive download pack and remix competition that will see a winning track chosen by none other than MJ Cole, D. Ramirez and Crissy Criss.

The free Remix Addict download pack gives you 15 carefully selected loops from the Addict Trilogy series that are completely royalty free, and can be used in all your projects and releases as well as our exciting Remix Addict Competition. Whether you produce House or Dubstep, Trance to Electronica, Progressive and Tech, we want to hear your tracks so don’t delay in downloading now and start creating!

Free Remix Addict download pack

Oct052009

Hyundai 30beats Remix – Showmethelab Entry

Showmethelab.comFollowing on from my previous post about the 30 Beats Competition, one of my good friends from showmethelab.com has put forward his entry and I’d like you to take a minute to listen to the track and cast your vote for him please.

Tim, who loves to play the drums, studied at Alchemea, college of Audio Engineering and has been working in the music industry for many years. He has also made his own chill out and Drum and Bass albums but this is the first time he has made anything with car sounds!

Please vote for Tim’s entry by following this link.

Aug122009

Make Music Using A Hyundai - Remix Competition

A new project has just been started up which is encouraging DJs to make music out of the parts of a car.

30 BeatsThe project www.30beats.co.uk is a web site created with Krysko, a Manchester based DJ and car manufacturer Hyundai. Krysko has made a track to bring the concept alive and they are challenging DJs and producers to make their own tracks, with the incentive of a winning a car as a prize.

They have supplied numerous samples of noises that the car makes, from horn beeps and wiper blades to seat belts and starter motors. You can download the lot as a package and then manipulate the sounds to create your very own track.

For more information including the rules and how to enter, check out the website over at www.30beats.co.uk

Jun052009

Hed Kandi DJ Competition Fails To Impress

A few weeks ago, I was mooching around the Hed Kandi web site and saw that they were due to release a competition soon. It was billed to be the mother of all competitions where, in a nutshell, the prize would be a residency with Hed Kandi, playing at parties all over the world and living the jet-set lifestyle.

Image of Hed Kandi DJ artworkThis competition really appealed to me and I got quite excited about the prospect of jetting around the world with some of the top DJs playing for such a well known brand.

So I had a look at their website this morning and saw that the details for entering the competition had been released. What would the rules be? How would they be judging this competition for the ultimate prize? I read on to find out.

Whoever gets the most votes, wins.

I’m sorry? What was that? Whoever gets the most votes, wins??? What kind of stupid competition is that? Allow me to explain.

To enter the competition, you have to create a Hed Kandi page on Facebook. This page is then used to describe all about you, have some press releases, some videos, mixes, releases, biography and so on. There will be a button on the page where, when clicked, will give you one vote. The idea is to get as many votes as possible to make the top 10 leaderboard. If you are on the leaderboard when the competition closes, then you have a chance of winning.

It doesn’t really make sense to me. If Hed Kandi are looking to take someone around the world with them, if they are looking for a DJ to represent their brand, surely they would want to pick a DJ based on their skills and not how many friends they have, or how deep they roll.

By running the competition in this way, it is not impossible for Hed Kandi to have a top ten leaderboard of bedroom jock wannabes who happen to have an entourage behind them.

This has really upset me. I thought this would be a good competition to enter because I think I might have the skills that they are looking for, but there is no “competition”, no comparison of talent and I am reluctant to get pipped at the post by some kid who happens to have over a million “friends” on myspace.

As marketing campaigns go however, it has to be said that this is very clever of Hed Kandi. This is a great way to get other people to do their marketing for them and they are really using the social networks to promote and enforce their brand. What better way than to create a popularity-based contest in order to get people spreading the word and marketing the Hed Kandi product for them.

So from a marketing angle, I genuinely applaud you Hed Kandi, you have found a way to really harness the web of today and use it to your advantage.

But as a DJ, I feel cheated and I fear that each and every day this industry is starting to become less and less about how talented the DJ is and more and more about how many people walk through the door.

If you like, you can enter the Hed Kandi competition here.

Apr082009

Defected Producer Challenge

Beatport has teamed up with Defected Records for the ultimate talent search.

Defected Producer ChallengeAspiring producers are able to submit their original productions to a special microsite where they will be rated by members of the public and judged by a panel of leading A&R bods.

The prize? The opportunity to have your track mixed down by house supremos The Shapeshifters in their studio and have it released as a single through Defected and promoted on Beatport.

The winner will also receive a portable handheld DJing device - Pacemaker, a Native Instruments Audio 4 DJ soundcard and $250 of Beatport credit.

Read on for full details…

Older Posts »
Click the like button and get my latest mixes before anyone else

Mailing List

Get EXCLUSIVE mixes, VIP invites, PRIORITY tickets and much more!





RSS Feeds

Social Networking

Follow me