30 minutes.
Be able to play it at home ALL THE WAY THROUGH SEVERAL TIMES before you play out.
• Bring a light
• Bring headphones
• Bring an extension cord
• Find out what kind of connection you need to provide (1/4", RCA, XLR) and bring long cables with those connectors on the end.
Thanks for all the wonderful advice, everyone. It will be extremely useful in helping me formulate a plan for making a first gig happen. I also appreciated hearing others experiences dealing with shyness and introversion. This is a great community.
This is a good thing to remind myself every once in a while.
I don’t know if this helps you at all. But I wish I’d asked myself why I want to DJ when I started playing out. If I had asked myself that and been more mature, knowing I too am a introverted dude, I wouldn’t have gone into it. For me, the feeling never wore off, and I only had to increase the alcohol and everything else to keep it up. I know this doesn’t translate fully to your situation, and you might get a completely different answer since we’re obviously not the same person and you’re likely older than I was. But it could be a good question to ask yourself either way while you’re trying it out 