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Jul 18, 2025 / 1 MIN READ

DJ or produce? Put your time into producing

JAMES HYPE
James Hype — DJ or produce? Put your time into producing
Learning to DJ or learning to produce — which should you spend more time on?

If you're learning to DJ and produce, which one should you put more time into? Producing. Easily.

Two reasons. One: producing is way harder, so it's going to take you way longer to learn.

Two: the returns are way bigger. Make one track people like and suddenly you're getting booked to DJ anyway — even if you're not even a good DJ yet.

What this actually means

djing gets you a gig; a great track gets you a career. the harder, slower skill is the one with the bigger payoff.

What to do today

Reading about it doesn't make you better. These do.

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