As if you needed another reason to want to learn how to become a DJ (girls, celebrity status, make money & have fun, share the music you love – that isn’t enough?) it dawned on me a while ago that DJs will always have jobs available to them. While most industries flourish during good times and pull back in bad, DJing and the nightlife industry just chugs right along, party by party.
What makes the DJing industry so resilient? How is it that your parents might be afraid of getting laid off (or have already been laid off) but there are more DJ booths for you to man than ever? The reason is simpler than you think:
The DJ is valued in the best of times and the worst of times.
In good times people want to celebrate. In bad times everyone wants to forget whatever bad situation is making it “bad times”. Either way people head out the bars, to raves and to parties to drink, dance and be merry.
Sure, everyone cuts back a little. They will have a few drinks at home before heading out to a show. They won’t go to a restaurant before the nightclub or the rave. But you can bet your ass that they are still going to that party!
People don’t like sitting around thinking about their problems. We distraction oriented as a society. If we feel bad at home, we head out to make ourselves better. In a lot of cases people look to the nightlife, booze and drugs to distract them from their unhappy lives. While it is a sobering and even sad reality, it still drives the nightlife industry and provides opportunities for you as a DJ.
And its not just an opportunity to DJ, you have the opportunity as the DJ, the mighty DJ, to influence the mood of the crowd. You have the power to cheer people up and to make their day better with just one song you play. Thats pretty powerful and rewarding! How many other people’s jobs are as rewarding or helps as many people as the job of the DJ? You know that old song “one night a DJ saved my life”? A lot of those stories are true!
So next time your parents or a friend gives you a hard time for not having an office job. Tell them you’re on your way to having a more stable job than they are. You’re on your way to becoming a DJ!
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