Personal Branding for DJs.

Personal Branding for DJs

Last week on Saturday came a very special gift from the professional association Discjockey e.V. A few copies of the current DJ magazine, packed with interesting articles. Of course, I was especially pleased to see the publication of my article on personal branding for DJs. Based on my study (https://christianzich.com/category/personal-branding/), I worked out many tips and suggestions during the summer on how to market yourself better as a DJ. More will not be revealed, reading it yourself is more fun.

Stay tuned, more stuff is on the way.

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house altar – dj set august 2021.

house altar@sorgenfrei dj set august 2021

Friday was again a sorgenfrei evening on the agenda. Again a lonely highlight in these dull Corona times. It was such a great evening and here are the first 1.5 hours. Enjoy listening.

Setlist

Drop The Pressure (Extended Version) – Mylo, Claptone
The Game (Extended Mix) – Brokenears
I Will Pray – Alaia & Gallo & DJ Rae
It Is What It Is (feat. Elise LeGrow) [Club Mix] – Vintage Culture
Been a Long Time (Mark Knight Remix) – The Fog & Chus & Ceballos
Love Is the Cure (feat. Tobirus Mozelle) [Michael Gray Remix] – Homero Espinosa
Love Like This (feat. Hassib) – Ordonez
Drivin’ Da Phunk – Phuture Of Da Phunk
You & Me (Extended Mix) – KC Lights
Never Let It Go (Extended Mix) – Johan S & Reza
House Feelings – Anfunk
Get Busy (Rubber People Remix) – ATFC
The Oooh Song – Kevin McKay
Happie – Crazibiza
Pump It Up (Jax Jones Midnight Snacks Extended Remix) – Endor
Let It Go (Club Mix) – Deep City Groove
No Rules (Max Chapman Remix) – De La Swing
Can You Party? – Royal House

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tante techno’s tea time – dj set august 2021.

tante techno's tea time - dj set august 2021.

There was cake and techno for tea. Nobody danced, because there was no one – thanks to Corona!. Stay at home, become lonely, and don’t catch a depression. Music is the best medicine against a depression. Have fun listening.

Tracks

Sirius – Metodi Hristov
Aviator – O.C & Verde
Need to Know – Melody’s Enemy
Bigger Than Prince (Siege Remix) – Green Velvet
Dark Rooms – Jay Lumen
We Want It – Reform (IT)
Rollin’ – The Reactivitz
Mad Max – Maae
Danzer – Darius Syrossian
Under the Lights – Raffaele Rizzi
Strange (Original Mix) – Konrad (Italy)
Wren – Gary Beck
Ego – Alan Fitzpatrick
Another Club – Radio Slave
Ego Death – Nuwa
Tribunal – Joyhauser
Black Hole – Frank Arvonio
Sugar Coated Beak – Jon Gurd

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tante techno’s tea time – dj set july 2021.

DJ Set: tante techno's tea time July 2021

She came, saw and played. Who? Tante Techno, of course. Her set was so powerful, so impressive and enraged Thor. A storm came up, the first lightnings twitched and then it rained cats and dogs. The world was floating away, the end was near. The people begged for mercy. Then Tante Techno swung up and showed Thor who really holds the hammer in his hand. In the end, all was well again.

Nice story, isn’t it? Unfortunately, the short version is not so spectacular: I recorded the set in the sorgenfrei during a thunderstorm. But the story is funnier. Have fun listening to it.

Tracks

Never Back – Frankyeffe
Immersion – Charles Fenckler
La Noche (Mario Ochoa Remix) – Coca & Villa
Sun Flares – Mind Conspiracy
Lost Galaxy – Hollen
Shibuya – Skiver
The Dregs of Society – Christian Bonori & Paul S-Tone
Till Dawn – Roberto Capuano
Siam – Hidden Empire
Awake – Joseph Capriati
Night Rider – DirrtyDishes & Laika & Strelka
Mistery (Original Mix) – The Rares
To the Moon – Dhar V
Rain – O.C & Verde
Sinematic – Zimmz

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House Altar – Juli 2021 DJ Set.

house altar - dj set july 2021 edition

Lasst uns Spagetti essen. Nur die funkigen Exemplare! Immer noch Sommer 2021. Der Regen ist vorbei, ich hasse Regen. Einmal Flutkatastrophe reicht. Die Sonne auf der Haut, ein wunderbares und elektrisierendes Gefühl. Ich warte immer noch auf das Comeback des echten Lebens, das Comeback des “up all night”. Viel Spaß beim Zuhören.

Setlist

Love & Happiness (Angelo Ferreri Remix) – The Nice Guys
Ocaso (feat. Kuka Morales) – Dario Nuñez
U Got It – PEZNT
Set Me Free (feat. Alina) – Dario Nuñez
Burn (Extended Mix) – PEZNT & Alaia & Gallo
Ivoire (Original Mix) – Folamour
Stand Up (feat. Ramona Renea) [Extended Mix] – David Penn
In Arms (Extended Mix) – Ferreck Dawn & Robosonic
The Last Time (feat. Leon Lincoln) [Qubiko Extended Remix] – Saison
Hooked On Bad Habits (feat. Lisa Millett) [Mousse T.’s Extended Edit] – Selace & ATFC
The Way We Are (Max Lyazgin & Hugobeat Remix) – Rafael Lambert
While I’m Alive – (Lenny Kiser Remix) – STRFKR
Golden Sky (Original Reworked Mix) – Dirk Dreyer & Pierre Deutschmann
Porno Disco – Seph Martin
Dance to Your Song (Original Vocal Mix) – Samo & Kornum & Karma
Sky High – Gorgon City
Satisfy – Re-Tide
Party Jack – Foo Funkers & Jonk & Spook

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tante techno’s tea time – dj set june 2021 edition.

tante techno's tea time - dj set june 2021 edition.

For now the heat is over. A cool downpour, the raindrops patter against the window and I record my set. But all the raindrops can’t cool my anger. Why? The clubs are still not allowed to open, but thousands of soccer fans are allowed to gather in the soccer stadiums. Probably because politicians in the past – when they were young – didn’t dare to go to clubs. They would only have been laughed at, because they were never cool. At the football games, on the other hand, they met the future voters. This is the late revenge of the dullards. Nevertheless, have fun with the set.

Tracks

Psycology (Original Mix) – Joseph Capriati
Pragmatic – Zimmz
Sentient – Joyhauser
Distance – Mark Reeve
Viper – DRUNKEN KONG
Dark Matter – The YellowHeads
The Bronx – Joyhauser
Blast-Attak – T-78
Lisk – Bolster
Bass Power – Oscar L
Third Wave – Wehbba
Voice of the Void – Brennen Grey
Dreaming of Fire – Mario Ochoa
Serenity – roman weber
Thorns – Steam Shape
1992 – Alan Fitzpatrick
Hyperion – Stiv Hey
2nd Limit – Cleric

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A Corona-Lockdown01-Flashback DJ Set – the positive message from wirkultur

the positive message from wirkultur, exg media and prof. christian zich in Landau

15 months ago I was standing all alone on stage at the Stadthalle in Landau, Germany, performing a DJ set. The exg media guys put together a great program back in those days, wirkultur. The basic idea behind it is told relatively quickly: to give artists the opportunity to send a positive, creative-artistic message to the whole world in the first Shutdown 2020. At that time, perhaps most people thought that by the end of the summer it was all just a bad dream and we could get back to day-to-day business.

I don’t need to tell you the rest, you know it yourselves. Nothing was over in the fall, the long, cold winter 2020/2021 increased the frustration of 7 months Shutdown02 again immeasurably (at least felt).

March 2020 it was somehow a funny feeling to DJ without audience and dance floor. In any case, a very nice experience and once again many thanks to the guys and gals from exg Media. It was a great experience.

Let’s have a look at the video? Here we are…

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house altar – dj set june 2021 edition.

house altar - dj set june 2021 edition. by christian zich

It’s hot outside. Summer 2021. A wonderful feeling. Finally DJing again. Still without a dance floor, but it’s a beginning and hopefully the end of the Corona lockdowns. Party until the next lockdown, enjoy the day, the moment, the music. Have fun listening.

Setlist

Love & Happiness (Angelo Ferreri Remix) – The Nice Guys
Ocaso (feat. Kuka Morales) – Dario Nuñez
U Got It – PEZNT
Set Me Free (feat. Alina) – Dario Nuñez
Burn (Extended Mix) – PEZNT & Alaia & Gallo
Ivoire (Original Mix) – Folamour
Stand Up (feat. Ramona Renea) [Extended Mix] – David Penn
In Arms (Extended Mix) – Ferreck Dawn & Robosonic
The Last Time (feat. Leon Lincoln) [Qubiko Extended Remix] – Saison
Hooked On Bad Habits (feat. Lisa Millett) [Mousse T.’s Extended Edit] – Selace & ATFC
The Way We Are (Max Lyazgin & Hugobeat Remix) – Rafael Lambert
While I’m Alive – (Lenny Kiser Remix) – STRFKR
Golden Sky (Original Reworked Mix) – Dirk Dreyer & Pierre Deutschmann
Porno Disco – Seph Martin
Dance to Your Song (Original Vocal Mix) – Samo & Kornum & Karma
Sky High – Gorgon City
Satisfy – Re-Tide
Party Jack – Foo Funkers & Jonk & Spook

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tante techno’s tea time – dj set may 2021 edition.

Tante Techno's Tea Time, May 2021 DJ Set

At the beginning was the collapse. Then we ascended to Valhalla. Only to rush forward with a leopard, straight into the fabulous night at the club. Enough poetry, have fun with Tante Techno’s Tea Time.

Tracks

Collapsing New People-Collapsing WestBam Remix Extended – Fad Gadget
Stratosphere (Ronnie Spiteri Remix) – Christian Smith
Section 2 (Alan Fitzpatrick Edit) [feat. Drax] – Mark Broom & Thomas P. Heckmann
Golden – Mark Reeve
Valhalla (Original Mix) – Danny Fontana & Don Weber
Sulphate (ReDub Mix) – Dkult & Twist3d
Indigo Girl – Harvey McKay
Crimson – Thomas Schumacher
Knockout – Bloody Mary
Snow Leopard (Gary Burrows Remix) – Sebastian Groth
Transit System – Markus Weigelt
Edging Forward – Dense & Pika
Dish – Hanubis
Thirteen – Rebekah
Plastik – Ramon Tapia
Raki (Andre Crom Remix) – DJ 3000
One Night In That Club (Effenem Remix) – Alessandro Spaiani
Iyewaye – Oliver Koletzki

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house altar – dj set may 2021 edition.

house altar - dj set may 2021 edition.

Burn that track! At least that’s what Luca Debonaire says.

Hey, the dance floor will burn again, when the clubs are allowed to open again. And then we will play house until the early morning, we will groove until we drop and – if we still have the strength – we will boogie all night long.

Have fun with my house set, the may edition.

Setlist

Coconut Love – Tiam Wills & Jugement Dernier
Get Down – Angelo Ferreri & Angelo Scalici
Wanna Be Happy (Thomas Gold Mix) [feat. Max’C] – The Viron Ltd.
Give It Up (2011 Edit) – The Good Men
Close To My Lips – Franko Ferreri
Discoteca (Original Mix) – Block & Crown, Luca Debonaire
Hey Hey (Riva Starr Paradise Garage Club Mix) – Dennis Ferrer
Burn That Track (Original Mix) – Luca Debonaire
Rockin (DJ Delicious Presents Phunk-A-Delic) – DJ Delicious & Phunk-A-Delic
Got Raw (Club Mix) – My Digital Enemy
Deep in the Groove (Club Mix) – Block & Crown
House Music – Kid Massive
Long Train (Andrey Zenkoff Remix) – Jo Manji
Aerobic Martini – Charles Feelgood
Relentless Boogie – Pitch Deck
Don’t You Feel It – Full Intention
Get Up – Menini & Viani
I Feel It (Original Mix) – Chiqito

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