What is a DJ EPK?

A DJ EPK, or electronic press kit, is a single page (or document) that tells a promoter, venue, festival or journalist everything they need to decide whether to book or feature you. Instead of a long email with attachments, you send one link. A good EPK answers the questions a booker has in the order they have them: what do you sound like, who are you, where have you played, and how do I book you?

What to include in a DJ EPK

Your mixes

Put your music first. Bookers want to hear you before they read about you. Include one or two recent mixes that sound like the sets you want to be booked for, with tracklists, hosted somewhere that plays in a browser without signing in. If you produce, add your releases too, but the mix is what shows how you play a room.

A short bio

Two short paragraphs is enough for most bookers: the music you play, where you're based, residencies or nights you've played, and anything notable such as releases, radio shows or collectives you're part of. Write it in the third person so promoters can copy it into event listings. Keep a one-line version too.

Photos

One or two good, recent photos, ideally one landscape and one portrait, in a decent resolution. Promoters use them on posters and social posts, so avoid heavy filters, cluttered backgrounds and photos where you're hard to see.

Where you've played and where you're playing next

A list of past venues, nights and festivals shows experience; a list of upcoming gigs shows you're active and that other promoters trust you. Keep it honest and current. A short list of real gigs is better than a padded one.

Booking details

Say how to book you and what to expect: your contact email or booking form, your general availability, the areas you can travel to, and your fee or fee range if you're comfortable sharing it. Mention any technical requirements, such as the equipment you play on. The fewer emails it takes to book you, the more likely it happens.

Links

Add the profiles where people can follow you: SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Instagram, YouTube, Resident Advisor, Bandcamp or streaming services. Only include the ones you keep up to date.

What to leave out

• Old mixes that no longer represent your sound.
• Long biographies, life stories and lists of every genre you like.
• Follower counts that you would be embarrassed to have checked.
• Large attachments that fill a promoter's inbox.
• Anything out of date, especially past gigs listed as upcoming.

PDF or web page?

A web EPK is easier to keep current, works on a phone, plays your mixes directly and can be shared as one short link in a message, an email signature or a social bio. A PDF is useful when a festival or agency asks for an attachment. The simplest approach is a web EPK you update regularly, with a PDF you can download from it when someone asks.

How promoters actually use an EPK

Most bookers skim. They press play on a mix, skip through it to check your selection and mixing, glance at where you've played and look for a way to contact you. If any of that is missing or hard to find, they move on to the next name. That's why the order matters: music first, then a short bio, then gigs and booking details. Your EPK also does work after the booking, when the promoter needs your photo and bio for the poster and the event listing.

Keep it alive

An EPK is only useful if it's current. Add new gigs as soon as they're confirmed, swap in a new mix every few months, and update your bio when something changes. Promoters notice when the "upcoming" section is from last year.

Making an EPK on StageOS

StageOS gives every DJ and artist a free EPK at one link, with your bio, photos, mixes and videos, past and upcoming gigs, booking details and links in one place, and a downloadable PDF version. Public gigs on your EPK also appear in the What's on listings for that town or city. When you're ready, you can use the same EPK to apply to festivals from the festivals open for applications page. See How to get booked as a DJ for what to do with it next.