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Off The Record - The DJ Podcast by Crossfader — 158 episodes

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Ep 158 IMS . "The Truth About The DJ Industry Nobody Talks About"

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Ep 157. James Hype - "The Secrets To Becoming a Headline DJ"

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EP 156. We reviewed DJs Instagram Pages - Olivia Mancuso

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EP 155. DJs flexing on instagram doesn't work any more - Olivia Mancuso

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Ep 154. 5 Tips to improve your live DJ performance

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Ep-153. "Not Every DJ Needs to Play Clubs Anymore" - Elijah

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Ep 152 - DJing in 2026...Where will you fit in?

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Ep. 151 - There are there too many DJs... How can you stand out?

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Ep. 150 HANA: From touring with Grimes to playing EDC

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Ep. 149 DJ's Dont Need To Worry About These 6 Things

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Ep. 148 What the internet thinks about the CDJ-3000X

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Ep 147 How I Became Toolroom's Biggest Selling DJ - Essel

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Ep 146 The Mind behind Songstats & DONT BLINK - Oskar Eichler

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Ep. 145 How To Get Festival Gigs (7-Steps)

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Ep 144 . How I Broke Into The Ibiza Club Scene

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Ep 143. The Man Who Built a Drum & Bass Empire - Chris Goss (Hospital Records)

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Ep 142. How to Build a DJ Brand That Actually Grows

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Ep 141 : Marketing Expert Breaks Down the Business Side of DJing

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Ep 140 “Stop Telling DJs What Gear to Use” - DJ Angelo

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Ep 139 Is Soundcloud Still Good For DJs?

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Ep 138 How to get your first 10k followers as DJ

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Ep.137 Why Most DJs Stay Average (And How to Escape It)

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Ep. 136 - We Used AI to Build a DJ Career from Scratch

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Ep.135 Calvin Harris vs Chicane - who's wrong? + How to Follow a Terrible Headliner

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Ep. 134 - Should you DJ for FREE? + How To Deal With TOXIC Promoters

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Ep.133 - How the DJ Industry is growing but making LESS money

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EP 132. THIS is how the DJ INDUSTRY works in 2025 - Will Clarke

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Ep 131. You Can Now DJ with APPLE MUSIC

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Ep.130 - How to be a world-famous DJ in your 40s! (Chapter & Verse)

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Ep.129 Why DJs Stay STUCK (and how to break through)

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Ep 128. Mixcloud CEO Reveals SECRET To Earning Money As A DJ

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EP127. Try This 60-Day Plan To Build Your Audience As A DJ

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Ep126. I Went On Tour With James Hype - Sabion Paid

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EP.125 I went from Resident DJ to Record Label Owner - R3Wire

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Ep.124 I'm the DJ for FAMOUS Brands and Touring Artists Here's How I Do It!

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Ep 123. DJs need THIS Goal Setting Strategy in 2025

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Ep 122. The DJ Industry Will Change FOREVER in 2025

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Ep.121 The DJ Industry Wrapped. What happened in 2024?

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Ep.120 - James Hype 'How I Became one of the BEST DJs in the world

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Ep. 119 How DJs Read The Crowd (And Why It Matters)

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Ep. 118 - Why DJing is about to CHANGE forever!

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Ep.117 Nightclubs to be closed by 2029! What's next for DJs?

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Ep.116 rekordbox Stems Update! XDJ-AZ Release & New CDJ-3000 style controller!

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Ep115 - Solving DJ Struggles: Getting Gigs, Organising Music & Avoiding Copyright

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EP.114 How to network in 5 simple steps

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Ep.113 What DJs DON'T do but people think we do. A New Way to Record Your DJ sets. A DJ Gets Scammed (Almost!)

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Ep.112 What's it like working for Crossfader?

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Ep.111 How to treat DJing like a business - Rob R Special Guest

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Ep.110 This is one way you can get festival gigs - Naomi Cazier

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Ep. 109 What it takes to build a brand as a DJ - ZOE LONDON

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Ep 108: I went backstage at Tomorrowland

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Ep 107. How to make it as a DJ/Producer - Toolroom & Mark Knight Special Guests

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Ep 106. How to deal with nerves before a set

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Ep 105. How To Make you DJ Content Go Viral

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Ep.104 - What Makes all DJs Happy?

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Ep.103 The Nightlife Industry is dying! Here is what DJs need to do about it

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Ep 102. Do DJ Companies Still Listen To DJs?

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Ep 101. Is it time to upgrade your Home DJ Setup?

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EP.100 - The Number One Skill You Should Learn In 2024

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Ep.99 - Do DJs NEED to play new music?

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Ep.98 What's next for the DJ Industry?

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Ep.97 - Unpopular DJ opinions! "Stop Using Laptops"

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EP.96 - How to make money from DJing (without doing gigs!)

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Ep.95 The Goals You Should Be Setting (You've been doing it wrong!)

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Ep 94. What is there too much of and not enough of in the DJ Industry?

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Ep 93. The funniest DJ stories + MAJOR TROLLING INCIDENT!

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EP. 92 - Why Open Format DJs Dominate the CLUB Scene

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Ep 91. What They Don't Tell You about being a DJ & Is a $3700 DJ mixer worth it?

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Ep.90 Where To Get Music & How To Know What Genre A Track Is.

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Ep.89 Two Channels Vs Four Channels - How many do you need?

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Ep.88 Are new DJs lazy? Plus, what would you do if your equipment broke before a set?

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Ep.87 The POWER of DJ Friendships

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EP 86. Is Pioneer DJ dead? The Podcast is back for 2024!

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Ep 85. Wrap Up Of 2023! Is This The End Of DJing as we know it?

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Ep.84 Why is nobody dancing at your gig?

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Ep83. Why Social Media Is Bad For DJs

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Ep82. The Tech House Scene EXPOSED - DJ & Producer Chapter & Verse

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Ep.81 - 5 Red Flags To Avoid In The DJ Industry

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Ep.80 These 5 DJ Drills will get you out of your comfort zone

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Ep.79 - DJ S.K.T: The Essential Guide to Making it in the Music Industry

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Ep. 73 You won’t be a successful DJ without these 7 Skills

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Ep.78 We speak to Mixcloud, Inflyte and 1001 Tracklists

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Ep.77 From local DJ to 84 Million Streams by age 22 - TEEDEE (Special Guest)

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Ep.76 - " DJing isn't a career choice if you want to make loads of money " ANNABEL Special Guest

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Ep.75 - How We Helped This DJ Achieve His Dream Residency: A Success Story

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Ep 74. How a Rookie DJ Performed at Tomorrowland and landed Major Brand Deals (Coco - Special Guest)

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Ep. 72 How I went from driving a van to DJing with French Montana (Joe Lobel guest)

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Ep. 71 - The Future Of DJing Might Scare You

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Ep 70. How I Became a One Of The Biggest Tech House DJs In The World In My 40s - ( Chapter & Verse Special Guest)

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Ep.69 - Seven Rules DJs Should Live by.

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Ep.68 How To Manage Your Music Library! We Are Back 🥳

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Ep.67 - 6 Things all DJs need to STOP worrying about

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Ep. 66 Pioneer DJ Have Just Bought SERATO

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Ep 65. How To Prepare For A DJ Gig

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Ep 64. Become a better DJ in 1 Hour

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EP.63 DJs... Do You Need An Upgrade?

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EP 62. How To Plan For A Successful DJ career

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Ep.61 What Made You Want To Start DJing?

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Ep.60 Genius DJ Advice For ANY DJ!

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Ep 59. This is why your not a great DJ

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EP 58. The Hardest Thing About Being A DJ...

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Ep.57 How To Plan The Perfect DJ Set

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EP:56 Unpopular DJ Opinions 🤬

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EP.55 The DO's and Dont's Of DJING!

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EP.54 Small Venue - Wedding - Big Clubs. What Skills Do DJs Need To Succeed.

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EP. 53 Our TOP 3 of EVERYTHING / A new jingle from SNOOP plus...#B.A.R.D.C.O.R.E.

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Ep. 52 Worlds Biggest DJ Gives Worlds Biggest Excuse. Plus rekordbox drop an APP!

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Ep 51 Rekordbox has STEMS! + New DDJ-FLX 10 (What We REALLY Think)

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EP. 50 - 10 Common DJ Mistakes To Avoid For A Successful Career

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Ep. 049 The OPUS QUAD is it for DJing or is it to Look at?

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Ep 048: IDRIS ELBA! + There's a new mixer in town! Are DJs Snobs?

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Ep 047: We Are LIVE! 7 Steps To Go From Bedroom To Club DJ

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Ep 046: We ARE BACK! Will Robots Become DJs? 10 Apps All DJs Should Know

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Ep 045: The Club is on FIRE!

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Ep 044: Advice from a touring DJ

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Ep 043: Advice from a Club Promoter

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Ep 042: 2022 Wrap Up! A look back at the year in the DJ industry

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Ep 041: RANE FOUR Announced + How to practice as a DJ

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Ep 040: What Goes Into a DJs BRANDING?

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Ep 039: Best beginner DJ controller ever! Plus who is Tupac & Biggie?

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Ep 038: Is The Gig Right For You?

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Ep 037: What To Do When It All Goes Wrong!

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Ep 036: The FUTURE of Live Streaming for DJs, Beatport Party Mode and NEW equipment teasers!

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Ep 035: How Much Do DJs Get Paid?

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Ep 034: This new Serato feature is a GAME CHANGER!

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Ep 033: How DJs prepare for NEW GIGS!

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Ep 032: Successful DJs Tell You How To GET GIGS

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Ep 031: We Are Pirates

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Ep 030: There's so much happening...

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Ep 029: How to be a more productive DJ

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Ep 028: NFTs, The Metaverse & Playing at Creamfields

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Ep 027: Goodbye Holland

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Ep 026: SUAT Interview - The Walking DJ Booth

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Ep 025: A-Trak Interview - New DJ Mixer, Advice & Stories!

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Ep 024: 2020 Roundup: Your favourite DJ gear and the future of the industry!

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Ep 023: Live streaming, legally sharing mixes and much more... We speak with Mixcloud!

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Ep 022: Denon DJ answer your questions!

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Ep 021: How a record pool works, we speak to BPM Supreme!

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Ep 020: What Is A Katie?

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Ep 019: Where professional DJ's get their music, an exclusive interview with Inflyte!

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Ep 018: Our journey in music!

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Ep 017: 2020, What Just Happened?

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Ep 016: The Quarantine Team Stream! Answering your questions live!

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Ep 015: Coronavirus - Your Stories!

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Ep 014: Reading a Crowd

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Ep 013: When S*%t Goes Wrong!

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Ep 012: We Sit Down With Serato!

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Ep 011: Denon DJ Launch Event & NAMM 2020

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Ep 010: Reviewing the year 2019 and what changed in the DJ industry!

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Ep 009: What Promoters Look For In DJ's (with guest Dave Gardner-Chan)

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Ep 008: From Bedroom to Ibiza & Dubai! Talking to Hip Hop DJ Joe Lobel

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Ep 007: ADE Special Part 2 with DJ TLM!

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Ep 006: ADE Special with DJCity's Mojaxx!

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Ep 005: Answering your questions

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Ep 004 - DJ Music, Streaming & Record Pools

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Ep 003: Level Up! Resident DJ to guest DJ and beyond!

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Ep 002: How We Got Started & Getting DJ Gigs

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Ep 001: Beginner DJ Equipment