DJ press kit
A booker deciding on a DJ wants to hear you before they read about you. A DJ's press kit leads with the mixes, then where you play and how often, then what you need in the booth.
Make yours
No account needed. Your kit opens with the music first; you can reorder it any time.
What goes in a DJ press kit
- Your name and a photo. Behind the decks is fine; a face beats a crowd shot.
- Two or three mixes. The most recent first, each with its genre and length. SoundCloud and YouTube mixes play inside the kit.
- Residencies and nights. Where you play regularly: the clearest sign a room trusts you.
- Where you have played. Clubs, festivals, and who you were on the bill with.
- Your sound in a line. The genres, and the slot you suit: warm-up, peak time, closing.
- A tech rider. The decks and mixer you play on, the monitors you need, anything you bring. The kit's tech spec holds it, public or only for the promoters you send a tracked link to.
- How to book you. A booking email, and your agent if you have one.
Questions
What should a DJ bio say?
Where you play, what you play and who you have played with, in that order, in two short paragraphs. The first line should work under your name on a line-up.
Do I need a tech rider as a DJ?
A short one: the decks and mixer you play on and what you need in the booth. Clubs set the booth up from it, and it saves the questions on the night.
Can I see when a club opens my kit?
Yes. Make a tracked link for each promoter or club you write to, and the editor tells you when they opened it and what they played.
More for your press kit
- The free EPK builder: one link to send promoters, venues and press.
- What to put in an EPK: what a promoter looks for, in the order they look.
- Tech rider and input list template: a page to print and fill in for the engineer.
- EPK templates: five looks and six presets, each one click from a kit of your own.
- One-sheet maker: a single page or a post, made from your press kit.
- EPK examples: real press kits made here, and what each one does well.
- How to write a band bio: two paragraphs a promoter can paste, with a template.
- How to email a promoter or a venue: what to write, with emails to copy.