business plan, you can always modify it as you go along, but the act of having it will certainly help over time. 3. Take baby steps It's really important to tackle this in baby steps. Work on a live performance that is either short in length, or minimal in sound, but don't expect to have a long masterpiece off the bat. The act of keeping it simple in the beginning will go a long way in taking things complex later on. 4. Record It's really important to record and document your work as you go along. Without doing this you will never know if you are improving, and you will always be in a stage of noodling around. One of my biggest problems is I will rehearse an idea but forget to hit record. 5. Perform You can't perfect a live performance without performing in front of people. A lot of people have taken to posting videos on youtube, which is great and shows off the work as its supposed to be viewed, but without performing in front of an actual audience, it's still a type of studio recording. One thing that I really loved doing this year was DJing at my friend Don Sizzle's online radio show . The act of going in there and playing for an audience(even though I couldn't see them), was a big help for improving my DJing as I hadn't played in front of people for a while up until that point. The same