Haha that's dirty but not surprisingQuote:
Originally Posted by mostapha
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Haha that's dirty but not surprisingQuote:
Originally Posted by mostapha
I am not mad about it...but yeah getting your stuff ripped off can be REALLY depressing...
I cant tell you how many times I will hear locals play a track that i played on a mix i put out on soundcloud...and there is NO WAY they could ever found it on their own. NO WAY! I'm like cmon...It took be a months worth of digging and building relationships with labels to get those un-released tracks, and they will rip it from my mix....
Giving a demo of a low quality like on yuno player or having a random noise/sounds every 10 seconds would be nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by 031999
That really sucks. The tracks I've had "stolen" weren't exactly unreleased.
It's like getting mad when someone watches a movie that you likeQuote:
Originally Posted by mostapha
if all your worried about is people learning your tricks, i wouldnt, most people have a hard enough time following an intentional tutorial video without rewinding, let alone trying to figure out what someone is doing in real time.
if youre worried about people spotting your tracks try to remember they arent YOUR tracks, and you owe it to the artist to spread their name when you play a track, if people are wanting to know.
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Originally Posted by Kwal
I agree wholeheartedly. It was the combination of not getting the gig because "the mix was good, just not right for the night" combined with him stealing tracks off of it to play at the night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deejaesnafu
Spreading good music is what DJs do. That...was just weird. Maybe he already owned them. Maybe he didn't want me to spin for some other reason. It just seemed fishy.
My issue is dealing with potential drink-spillers.
That's easy. "No drinks unless you want to buy me new gear." (It doesn't matter if it's yours or not.)
No drinks near gear is Gigging 101. Assign one of your mates as faux security. I don't even let our DJ mates near the kit with their drinks.
I don't even let myself have drinks on the same table if I can help it.
I've had people drop entire bottles near me. Mostly on the floor, but still a mess.
But, my biggest annoyance is the drunk who casually falls onto the power cord. Happened once at the end of a night (thankfully)... I build a fort around it now.
Same here drinks never close to gear even my own ill put behind me or on the floor of theresQuote:
Originally Posted by mostapha
No cap on them.... I normally won't drink at club gigs though mobile Dj gigs she's on depending on what's going on afterwards... My mobile gigs are different though I use a basic 2 card setup on older laptop with just a numark total control... I keep other gear in vehicle as a backup if required
But I still keep oth people's drinks away from my gear and am not against tossing their drinks after they get warned
do all of you keep your own drinks close to your gear?
I definitely dont
exactly. i keep mine over by my piss bottleQuote:
Originally Posted by mostapha
Pro tip.
This is the shit that kills me. A producer makes a tune you really dig and you try to hide it? You don't want that dude to make money? That tune isn't yours. If you want exclusive tunes, make em.Quote:
Originally Posted by 031999
I think it's more so giving a promo out of a certain style and then hearing the resident copy your set track for track that's the problem... Worse yet is when they hatchet up the mix and ruin the feel of the track... I personally could give two shits I like when I drop tracks and I get people asking what that track it's killer....
This is why I highly doubt the op was referring to this being his issue... It honestly came off like he was trying to hide something behind the decks... Maybe he brags up being a non sync Dj but really syncs or maybe he just plays pre recorded sequenced sets who knows.... Or was. A troll
Simple case of nerves. Having people stood behind you makes you nervous.
OP just has to get over it.
Yeah I guess it just came off kinda odd the statement that if it's a official photographer it's ok... That line kinda makes me scratch my head if anything that's be more of a distraction but meh everyone different
I'm 5'4" and 140lbs and there ain't no-one in my booth I don't want there - EVER. :glare:Quote:
Originally Posted by JZed
I've even asked/told club managers to leave the booth before if they are getting on my nerves and getting in my way which is usually their worst trait - they simply get too close and don't seem to realised a DJ likes breathing room.
I don't understand why people have hangers-on in the booth. I see all these Ibiza videos of DJ's like Hawtin with loads of daft women lolloping around trying look like they don't give a shit and gormless blokes off their tits just wandering around bumping into each other.
A few mate DJ's, crew, very close friends I get. Wannabes - nah.
one of my favorite reasons to watch the boiler room video sets...look and see who is f@cked up the most...Quote:
Originally Posted by Karlos Santos
What up fellow short guy! I'm about the same size.Quote:
Originally Posted by Karlos Santos
I keep tight control over who is in the booth, only let in friends & DJs/photographers that are working with event staff. I actually have kicked friends out from behind the booth before... probably not necessary but if people are talking to me all night I am not going to DJ as well.
I don't care about people aping my tracks or criticizing my play style, I just don't want any distractions! Gotta focus on doing that thing you're there to do :)
karlos....i am in your booth...you just don't know it. :) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Karlos Santos
6"4 280 not many people feel the need to stick around when I ask them to leave.... Lol
Damnit, I've been out done. You got 40lbs on meQuote:
Originally Posted by lucidstrings
Oh I wish I didn't lol
Sorry for replying so late.. very busy and had to upgrade the laptop after updating Traktor (Slow piece of crap HP. So I bought a MSI Gt60). Thanks for the laughs guys lol.
I'm not worried about people looking at what songs I'm mixing. It's the people that have that jealous p'd off look on their face giving you the prison rape stare while breathing heavy and then bombard you with a thousand questions or down your set. I honestly don't see the point of anybody being in the booth other than the dj. You can interact with me on the dance floor. Friends, family, and security I'm perfectly fine with. Something about having strangers in total destruction distance of my thousands of dollars worth of equipment puts me on edge. Not only that but I'm too busy and focused into my set to even push someone away let alone talk to them. Sure, if I'm at a house party or chill bar doing basic transitions where I have time during songs to screw around it's not a bother but most of the time it's very technical and I need no distractions.
I have fun but I like to put on a real show and open up people to true controllerism and not these jokes that call themselves djs and ruin the fine folk like on this site's reputation by sitting down and touching absolutely nothing and shouting on the mic trying to hype and promote themselves. I do take that seriously because it's ruining the image of what we really do and how much work is put in. And yes I've gotten a lot of my songs if not all of them stolen online and from mix cds. It really sucks when they have a bigger name than you and you try and contest it and people are like" I've never heard of you fool, you did not make that." Sorry but I have the raw files right here you fake. Depressing indeed. But I mean when they've stolen a set by watching me from behind. My cue points, effects line up, loops, samples, etc. Believe it or not someone has done that to me before and lifted their local rep greatly from it even though it sounded a lot sloppier than when I did it. I guess most of you don't understand because you're probably in a big city where all of this is common and the audience is knowledgeable in the modern music world but I live in a close-minded redneck filled area where it's extremely difficult to please them without sensory overload so if I find something that works you bet your ass I'll make sure nobody steals it. I feel like an astronaut in a group of cavemen.
Never underestimate the wee fellas. Especially us gingas ... no souls, and prone to random outbursts.
How dare you suggest that us diminutive gingers are impulsively aggressive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jester
I totally refute such a suggestion and if you don't take it back I'll come round to your f*****g house and smash the living daylights out of your face you utter piece of worthless shite.
Oh ... yeah erm... you might have point :p!
Countdown to (hilarious) South Park clip....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=KJrRda5PLDA
I went in another direction.
I have to say I agree with electrofist's last post. I am a Greek DJ in Chicago and was flown out to Denver to DJ a greek night in a bar. The local DJ "opening" up for me had nothing newer than 5 years old in his collection. Not only that, he had a hard on when he saw me bust out a controller and a laptop. After it was my turn to start... he just stayed in the booth looking over my shoulder. I could literally feel his breath on the back of my neck. That was the most annoying part, but the cherry on top was when I looked over and he was literally writing down my set list, song titles, remixes etc.. when I say he was writing down everything I mean everything. I told him he can't do that and needs to leave the booth. He would then come over every few minutes look over my shoulder, walk away and continue writing. I then walked over to the owner and told him if he sets foot in the booth one more time... even if it is to save my life, I am ending the night and walking out. He never came back, and I had loads of girls coming back there and even had a buddy of mine come back there a few times. I find out at the end of the night the owner instructed him to write down the song titles so he can get them and DJ the events himself so it won't cost them that much money to bring me out there. There isn't a huge community out there, and no DJ's that are any good so that's why I get flown out there.