6. DJ Fishfonics - How to Become a Premiere Booking Manager in Your City

In this episode I welcome DJ Fishfonics from San Diego, CA.  He has been the main reason I've been able to gig since I moved to San Diego, so super grateful to him! In this conversation we talk about how he became a top booking manager with a bunch of venues in SD, how you can get booked as a new DJ, maintaining professionalism, negotiating rates, and more. 0:00 - Intro     1:03 - Start to DJing 3:37 - Transition to full time DJing 5:37 - Twitch phase 7:35 - How did you start doing the bookings? 10:25 - How can new DJs lock in their first gig? 15:00 - Gig swaps 16:22 - Maintaining professional relationships with venue staff 20:13 - Making sure your computer works with gear at new venues 22:30 - Facilitating gear purchases with venues 26:06 - How not to ask for a gig 27:00 - Negotiating rates 31:54 - Fish's style of DJing 33:22 - What do you listen to when you're off? 39:40 - Library organization  Follow DJ Fishfonics   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/djfishfonics Twitter: https://twitter.com/djfishfonics Website: https://fishfonics.com/ Follow Jamie Selects   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamie_selects  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jamie_selects  Website: https://www.jamieselects.com