After twenty years booking DJs on four continents — from sweaty basements in Manchester to rooftop parties in Bangkok, from festival side stages to afterparties where the sun came up before the last track played — I wrote down everything I know.
The result is a book called How to Get Booked. It is free. It is concise. And it might be the most useful thing you read this year.
What's Inside
Ten chapters. One system. The book walks the full MAP — the 12-step booking flywheel that every working DJ spins, whether they know it or not:
Act 1: The Sauce. The human network, the shopfront, the noise you make, the reputation you build. The stuff nobody teaches you and everyone skips. Real DJs on real rosters, doing it for real.
Act 2: The Machine. Enquiries, contracts, deposits, advances, the gig itself. The boring paperwork that separates the careers from the anecdotes.
Act 3: The Business. Getting paid — properly, on time, without the awkward texts. And the flywheel: why Step 12 makes Step 1 easier every single time.
Who This Is For
If you are a DJ who has ever:
- Sent a mix to a promoter and never heard back
- Played a gig and waited six weeks for payment
- Had a booking cancel by text message with no compensation
- Wondered why other DJs seem to get booked while you're stuck in the bedroom
- Spent more time on admin than on Ableton
...then this book was written for you.
It's Free. Because the Information Should Be.
I didn't write this to sell a course. I wrote it because the booking knowledge that working DJs hoard — the contracts, the deposits, the enquiry screening, the flywheel — should be as freely available as a tutorial on beatmatching. The gatekeepers have kept this stuff behind a wall for decades. The wall comes down today.
Every DJ on the DJLink.me platform gets access. Because the software runs the rails — but you still need to know how to drive the train.
Get the book. Free. Create your DJLink.me account now.
Sam Findlay is the founder of DJLink.me and director of Mainline Music Asia. He has spent two decades booking and touring DJs across Asia, Europe, and everywhere the Ryanair route map gave up on.
