As a DJ do you have any Do's and Dont's?

my question is general, and a good question it is as well, as a DJ what do you never do, or always do before a set? never drink alcohol, never play too explicit lyrics, never take requests, never play house, always play a rock song and so on.

Please write one Do and one Don't.

The reason I am asking as well is since I today stumbled upon a moral issue, I made a mash up/botleg from three songs. But would YOU play a song like this at the clubs?
Should I "BLEEP" the words that aren't appropriate or is that just a part of the game to you guys?
So to sum up, one of your own do's one don't, and WOULD you play a song of the type I just posted.



/Rob

I like that tune a lot!

I will play anything in a club, explicit lyrics don't matter, infact i encourage them. If you're old enough to be in a club you are old enough to hear songs with bad language or drug/sex references - since you've probably indulged in at least one of them.

I do:
Drink during a gig, not before, but once i'm comfortable and in my groove.

I don't: Get stoned before or during a gig any more, since i haven't played any dub gigs for a while, and i find it really impairs my mixing/attention span with EDM.

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Originally Posted by Maxted

I like that tune a lot!

I will play anything in a club, explicit lyrics don't matter, infact i encourage them. If you're old enough to be in a club you are old enough to hear songs with bad language or drug/sex references - since you've probably indulged in at least one of them.

I do:
Drink during a gig, not before, but once i'm comfortable and in my groove.

I don't: Get stoned before or during a gig any more, since i haven't played any dub gigs for a while, and i find it really impairs my mixing/attention span with EDM.

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Thanks man, cool that you liked the tune, It's almost completed!

Nice answers to btw, I agree on the first point on not to drink until you are very comfortable. Stoned I wouldn't know, would never try that dubstep or not ;)

before a set? well...

I do: have people over, pregame, drink, have a good time and get psyched up so I bring lots of energy to the club in my set.

I don't: start drinking before 5 pm anymore on the day of a gig, especially if it's one of those late night shows where I'm not gonna get back until past 4 or 5. I feel like more than 12 hours of drunkenness is just too hard to sustain.

....this comes from experience from that one time over the summer where I went down to the pool around 2pm, drank all day, drank some more, and then went and played a set from 12 - 4:30am. yeahhhhh.

Nice tune!

I don't do gigs, but if your getting paid you need to give them what they ask for. Be respectable, don't drink, don't leave the building, all that good stuff.

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Originally Posted by n2hf1st

before a set? well...

I do: have people over, pregame, drink, have a good time and get psyched up so I bring lots of energy to the club in my set.

I don't: start drinking before 5 pm anymore on the day of a gig, especially if it's one of those late night shows where I'm not gonna get back until past 4 or 5. I feel like more than 12 hours of drunkenness is just too hard to sustain.

....this comes from experience from that one time over the summer where I went down to the pool around 2pm, drank all day, drank some more, and then went and played a set from 12 - 4:30am. yeahhhhh.

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So you woud say alcohol is a must for you? Or maybe it's something you want?
Whoa haha, I'd say you are a heavy drinker DJ kinda guy, you on soundcloud perhaps?

Thanks for the reply!

-Rob

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Originally Posted by deviantdigi

Nice tune!

I don't do gigs, but if your getting paid you need to give them what they ask for. Be respectable, don't drink, don't leave the building, all that good stuff.

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Thanks man appreciate it.

And thanks for your opinions on do's and dont's!

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Originally Posted by RobDeLarge

Thanks man appreciate it.

And thanks for your opinions on do's and dont's!

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I'm just saying be professional. . .don't wear a pink thong on your head, then start break dancing knocking old grannies over like bowling pins at a wedding. :D

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Originally Posted by deviantdigi

I'm just saying be professional. . .don't wear a pink thong on your head, then start break dancing knocking old grannies over like bowling pins at a wedding. :D

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Can't even begin to tell you how much I appreciate that advice!

Thanks, Broe Montana!

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Originally Posted by RobDeLarge

Thanks man, cool that you liked the tune, It's almost completed!

Nice answers to btw, I agree on the first point on not to drink until you are very comfortable. Stoned I wouldn't know, would never try that dubstep or not ;)

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Not dubstep, i used to run a Ska & Dub Reggae night, the venue had a nice outside area and we used to throw BBQs there with bands on throughout the day, so inevitably i ended up smoking between sets, was a blast with some heavy dub, i suppose dubstep would be the same but it's still a bit more technical to mix than old dub.