It’s funny but when teaching students in person the first thing the majority used to say to me was “I am doing this more as a creative outlet than actually having a desire to play live” yet once they had finished the course, and felt more confident behind the decks, they usually started warming to the idea of playing live. So if I was you, and you’re open to the idea of playing live, I would personally ease into it and follow these steps.

1. Complete the course (Club Ready 4 Week Program + Advanced Performance Pack and I strongly suggest that you watch the videos in the Club Pack to assure that you understand the ins and outs of playing live and what’s expected from you).
2. Once you have completed the course I would then work on a mixtape to showcase your skill level (just incorporate all the knowledge you learnt in the courses) and you will want to decide on your preferred genre of music (what genre you’d play if you wanted to play on our radio / streams or events - you can change your genre at any time but you wouldn’t want to submit a tech house mix and then play drum and bass without first letting the organisers know).
3. Once you have a mix you are proud of you have 2 options. If you bought the complete package you can submit it to me personally for feedback. Otherwise if you want a spot on Club Ready Radio you can submit a mix to the organisers.
4. Once you’ve done a radio spot (maybe even a few), I suggest that you take it to the next level and do a live stream. The Club Ready Tribe Live Streams are huge and a great way to share your sound and get heard, but also to be seen (a picture is worth a thousand words)! This is huge when it comes to building a brand.
5. From there if you want to play at an actual event, or possibly run an event in your city on behalf of Club Ready DJ School, then we’ll do our best to help make this a reality. We are in the process if building an international touring network for our students. We already have events in the UK and Australia!

The goal: to give you opportunities to DJ and ease you into playing live.

I personally ran clubs and DJd every single week, sometimes 3 events per week, for almost 20 years and I know the power and feeling tat comes from DJing to large crowds. There is nothing like contributing to the atmosphere at really cool parties and one of the main reasons I started the school was that I felt it was time to pass the torch so you too could have that feeling that comes from playing live. The Club Ready Tribe truly is a game changer. It starts here!