As long as it covers the cost of your gear lust, it's worth the pain, right? ;)
There are worse (and HARDER) ways of earning £ to pay for new gear.
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As long as it covers the cost of your gear lust, it's worth the pain, right? ;)
There are worse (and HARDER) ways of earning £ to pay for new gear.
When I begun, I thought I would play the music I wanted to, It worked... somehow. But once you get the idea of "the more you play what people want to hear, the more gig you get" concept, everything is more simple.
Put you ego on the side for few hours, life's too short ;) Nothing bad to fit a couple of your favorite one in the lot though. You must have your "own sound signature" somewhere in the set.
Just be ready to play anything. You just need to "build up" the night 'round your "Fan" first, once done, they'll follow you whatever you play. Dancefloor is your "paycheck", don't f*ck with it :D
Do people just take gigs for the sake of taking gigs? When I play out, I get booked based on the style people are known for me to play. I don't have an arsenal of crapy music that I would not enjoy playing, so I don't take gigs where people would expect me to play it.
*shrug*
Sorry to hear man.
As said before some clubs suck, and some nights suck too.
Just because a club has one good night does not mean all the nights are good.
Instead of lookin for good clubs, look for good nights.
It is a really valid point of view NewManSoon. It really depend of your point of view about DJing.
For me, DJing is all about music, people and party. I spin music to make people dance... period. Even after 29 years on the market and 20ish years in club, I still have "goose bumps " when people yell when they hear "their favorite" track, cheezy or not.
Spread love ;)
Got any Candy Flip?
Same as this! Ive often been asked to do birthdays or weddings etc and the money would have been really good(oh you're a Dj,so you do weddings?)Quote:
Originally Posted by NewManSoon
It'd be like getting a death metal band to play in a church on Sunday morning!
I play for those reasons, but I choose to do it where I get to play music I enjoy playing to a crowd that that enjoys it. Say I get booked for a trance gig, i get booked because they are promoting that type of party. Now it may be a mixed ravey crowd , but for the most part , what I play is going to be enjoyed by most. See where I am going with this? I can make a set flow , tell a story (yes that sounds cheese), but if I was in one of these clubs where it is all mixed and you have people coming up asking for the latest deadr4t tune, I would start punching people.Quote:
Originally Posted by DJKeyWee
My point it is, you can play the music you love and not get shit on, just pick your gigs appropriately.
Thanks guys for the encouragement. I wrote this rant right after i got back from the gig and was just LKSDJFLKSDJF. I got paid 100 bucks for 5 hours. As soon as i started playing this lady handed me a 10 and a printed "setlist" of songs she NEEDED played. Kinda messed with my head. I was covering for the normal DJ because he was playing a Rave. I got a text from him the next day that they management loved me and i am the default substitute for him. Good ego boost but i really dont know if i wanna go back to this particular venue...or you know maybe it was just a bad night...idk. GAH.
The bit that really really bugged me was the CONSTANT harassment from the same people. PLAY MICHAEL JACKSON FOR US COUGARS LOOK AT OUR TITS....go away maam im playing house...stop....stop.../wrist
Bro, if its a cougar night, get the hell outta there quickQuote:
Originally Posted by ssjaken