Vlog January 2009

0:00 I'm also known as The DJ Tutor

Alright folks, my name's John. I'm also known as The DJ Tutor. I give online lessons in the art of DJing, also do the occasional nutty surreal video as well. But anyway, this is a vlog. First one I've done in quite a while and I want to get a couple of things off me chest so hopefully you'll understand. Now first and foremost, loads of people out there think that my videos have got to the stage whereby I'm now just advertising products. Well, if we go back to the first ever videos... I did, which is like over two years ago. The items I used in those, people used to email me and say, where can I buy those turntables from? Where can I buy that Citronic mixer from? Because I've seen you use it, I like how it's being used, I'd like to buy some. Well, even then, before I was being given certain items, people were asking me about products. So in a sense, I suppose I was advertising even then.

And maybe what you've got to understand is let's say we look at real television. Well, to me it isn't real TV but you know where I'm coming from. You know, a company will pay a fortune to get an advert made. They'll pay the people involved, they'll pay, you know, the cameramen etc and they'll have this flashy advert asking you to buy a certain item. Well, there's a lot of money involved. And then if we look in a magazine, you know, the company will pay a vast amount of money to have a picture of a certain product in a magazine. Well then you have to look at what I'm doing. I am basically, hopefully, inspiring, teaching and showing off kit. So in a sense, I agree, I am advertising, but I'm taking it not the next step further or the next step down. I'm taking it to a new dimension.

1:50 Probably people

Not only, let's say, alright yes, there is an element of advertising, but what am I supposed to do? Am I supposed to say this is how you mix and use a plate and a couple of knives and forks? It can't be done. You have to use items. And of course the more items I use, the more knowledge I can get, therefore people can ask me more questions because I've used so many different pieces of kit. So it does work. So if you feel I'm advertising for the companies... If you are in my shoes, would you say no? That's what you've got to ask yourself, because it's not necessarily an awkward position. And there's probably a lot of people who enjoy what I'm doing, there's probably a lot of people out there who appreciate what I'm doing, there's probably a lot of people out there who are jealous of me. But let's be honest, when things like this happen in your life, you would be an absolute monkey to say no. You would be an idiot to say, no, I don't want that, I don't want to go there, etc.

3:48 I'm a full-time mobile DJ, I'm earning good money and my marriage is s

Thank you very much. You've helped me. I don't get a buzz from the email, I actually get a buzz from the person's buzz, full stop. Now, I'm not going to say who, how, when or what, but I had an email a couple of weeks ago while I was at a friend's party and it was basically from a guy at the other end of the world and he said, Jonathan, you've saved my marriage, you've saved everything because prior to knowing you I was on like four or five dollars, something like that an hour. And times were hard. Excuse me. Now I'm a full-time mobile DJ, I'm earning good money and my marriage is saved. Now okay, yes, love should stick the two of you together, but let's be honest, when times are hard, it's very difficult. So, you know, emails like that just give me the drive, they give me the scope and they say, you know, I've got to go further, I've got to continue because hopefully...

I'm inspiring other people and if you're watching this now and you're looking at me thinking what a complete idiot, I don't mind. I don't care. I really don't care because in life you will always have your haters and the people that like you and the people that watch you and think well just let him carry on. And I'm going to carry on. I'm going to hopefully continue to get new items to show, to demo etc. I'm hopefully going to continue to inspire new people. I'm proud of starting the gig logs. I'm proud of getting other people involved. I'm proud of getting other mobile DJs from around the world to appreciate and to finally realise that they're not alone. Okay, they've always known they're not alone, but isn't it wonderful to watch a gig log from say, the other side of the world and think, yeah, you know, I've got a dodgy van just like this. So practice and enjoy.

Keep watching.

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