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Question:My therapist recently told me I have a wonderful speaking voice with good anunciation and my voice is soothing to listen to & once at work I picked up the phone and the woman responded "Are you as handsome as your voice?" Anyway, I've been told I'm good looking. But I was wondering what I could do about becoming a DJ without years of college as I'm already 45 years old - thanks and there are no radio broadcasting schools in my area...

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: My therapist recently told me I have a wonderful speaking voice with good anunciation and my voice is soothing to listen to & once at work I picked up the phone and the woman responded "Are you as handsome as your voice?" Anyway, I've been told I'm good looking. But I was wondering what I could do about becoming a DJ without years of college as I'm already 45 years old - thanks and there are no radio broadcasting schools in my area...

Make a demo reel. Start off by introducing yourself and maybe play a song with a long intro below your voice and talk over it a bit then announce the artist and bring up the music. After the song is over do a commercial then play another song.

Keep it to 15 minutes and put it on CD

It's usually good to have a rhythm or cadance (shitck) that comes natural to you.

It usually helps to be friendly.

Understand how radio works. There's an engineer, a producer and you.

The producer had a cue sheet and puts down on that sheet where each song and commercial goes and they are cued up on machines.

You may do the starts of these or they may.

The producer keeps you on time and on cue.

The engineer keeps the sound levels right.

You answer phone calls to the station inbetween and your engineer and producer might even record these if they listern allows and use them on air in a fast playback.

You might do contests. You will do commercial voice overs. You will do news and weather.

A shift is 4 hours. Most stations are union (AFTRA) pay is $200+ a shift Union card costs anywhere from $1,500 to $2,000 in one payment and $100 a year in dues.

Music comes from a playlist of 50 songs picked by the program director (rotation list) and delivered to your producer who plays them in whatever order the producer chooses. Sometimes there is producer/DJ choice you get to pick an oldie you like and program it in.

Sometimes you get the right to programm your whole show if you're good at it. You get a Sunday Midnight shift with next to no ratings and you programm a few good songs in and do the right things and get rating points, they'll let you fly with it so long as the points go up.

Then send these out to smaller stations in smaller cities.

It's no easier to land a job in Buffalo NY than it is Los Angeles Might be easier in Lansing MI or Bakersfield CA

Hi,

So you mean a radio DJ or a Club DJ?

If you want to become a Radio DJ there are lots of online radio stations that you could apply for and just work out of your house.
You won't need to be that skilled with mixing either as you can use your voice to blend in music.

Perhaps their maybe some community radio nearby that you can try your hand at....
Maybe go out and tape an interview and send it in to your nearest radio station...

whatever you do, good luck

http://www.alex-barton.co.uk

You sound enthusiastic about it which is a very good sign! I would definitely try!

x

p.s. People like my voice too.