At THIS point, as in, a beginner, they are in your head dude. As I said, get on the net, get your mixes on there, start looking around for online stations with free slots (even stations like Sub.FM have empty slots) and get your name out there. Build up a following, look around for opportunities to guest mix, etc. and after a while, either promoters will come to you (especially if you have a presence locally), or you'll have some kudos to present to promoters if you ever want to play out. At THIS point, nobody will even know you're a woman. Most of the people I've dealt with online could be women, I haven't got a clue.lovelydivot wrote:So it's all in my head - Yet here is Maya Jane Coles expressing exactly the same thing...I'm not making it up - that's everyday standard
Johnlenham wrote:http://www.louchemusic.com/interviews/maya-jane-coles/but I have previously experienced quite judgemental attitudes from fellow male producers when I first tell them what I do. Obviously being a young female producer a lot of guys would write me off a shit before they’ve actually heard any of my music. So sometimes it has been hard to be taken seriously on initial meeting!.... I think sometimes people get a bit shocked or maybe threatened.
Not saying it's impossible to get past - even for a less attractive person - but it's still a truth.
Don't just pick part of what I said and take it out of context please. Plenty of people are offering helpful suggestions in here, and to see it constantly thrown back in our faces by somebody that asks a tonne of questions but seems to reject or flat out ignore any answers gets a bit tiring.
There were several posts in a row here full of women who got over whatever was put in their way due to their gender and became successful DJs, and that's just the famous ones. If that doesn't inspire you to just get up and do it, well, then I'm not really sure YOU want to do it.
Inb4 BM attempts to make this reflect badly on me.
Also, Maya Jane Coles is gonna be pissed when she finds out you called her "less attractive"
I dont know what to think of you, your lower in my books than the unicorn kid in my signature
