I hit up publishers, artists, labels, events every single day. Always have, always will. People aren’t gonna give you anything unless you get in their faces and stay there. In the end they cannot ignore you.
Every big DJ once played to an empty room. Lots of big DJs still play to empty rooms, they just don’t show you that bit. Keep showing up, keep playing like it’s packed — your moment is coming
You can be safe in the knowledge that at some point everyone who has ignored you will come back to you and tell you they accidentally missed your message.
Don’t wish for things to happen to quick and don’t rush. This can actually make it harder for you long term. Don’t burn yourself, take things on when you are ready.
My advice is to not listen to anyone tell you what, when & where to release and just do whatever you think is right. Your brand, your work, your project. In my experience when other people interfere it just slows you down and never works right.
2 things. Keep growing your fanbase & keep releasing music on labels who are going to pay promo companies to promote your records. The rest will fall into place as it should.
You carry on and you carry on and carry on and it looks like nothing happening until all of a sudden everything changes. The word for this is consistency.
If you’re a DJ the best bit of advice I can offer you is to have your phone on don’t disturb at all times. Not only because of time zones but also because if you don’t, people will message you, or even worse call you and want to talk to you.
I still dm everyone I can to get them to hear my music, if they ignore me well ok, but usually they reply and help me get that little bit further on, bit by bit, day by day. Don’t let the fear of rejection hold you back. Most people reply and most people are cool 🫶.