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Dave Haslam on DJing for free |
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Written by Infusion Crew
Saturday, 31 July 2010 13:29 |
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Acid house pioneer Dave Haslam hosted a conference in Preston about how to break into the music business this week and chatting to the Lancashire Evening Post beforehand said he had no regrets about playing for free repeatedly at Manchester's Hacienda in the 80s. "I just used to offer to play the records before bands played at the Hacienda, and didn't even expect to get paid. I'd get the bus into town with my records in an old cardboard box for the love of it," Dave recalled. "I didn't realise how much good experience I was getting, I was learning so much, and also I guess I was proving myself to people, doing the job well. I don't regret the years of not getting paid – just pitching in and doing bits of writing and helping put on gigs and doing some DJing," he added, "But I'd like to have moved that all up a level earlier than I did." Eventually playing over 450 gigs at the seminal Manchester club, Haslam became one of England's first bona fide superstar DJs and continues to spin worldwide today as well as working a day job teaching journalism at Manchester Metropolitan University.
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