| If I may get in here Marshall, I'd like to throw in my ideas about how I think djs are going to make money in the future. If i'm lucky I'll start a solid conversation because I'm in the mood for it right now.
In any case, my opinion is that live shows are the way of the future to make money. As a younger aspiring producer (evolving from a dj), I've seriously thought about just giving away my tracks for free in the future, no matter my level of success (giving them away when no one likes your music isn't really that ground breaking haha). The hard part about that is distribution. Beatport is great for distribution. Maybe one day there will be an all-free legal source for music. In the long run though, if more people download your music, you get more gigs, that equals money.
Now I may be talking crazy here, but it's my guess on how the industry is going to go. I'd love to hear any other opinions.
Thanks for your time
Ian |