When people lean in too close with a drink I slowly push their beverage back towards them, so they either back up or have their own drink spilled on them. Haven't had a spill on my gear since I started doing that.
When people lean in too close with a drink I slowly push their beverage back towards them, so they either back up or have their own drink spilled on them. Haven't had a spill on my gear since I started doing that.
mostly I shake hands and try to be as friendly as possible, some people end up having a pretty good musical taste so it is nice to chit chat especially if you have a long set in a place you do not care about so much.
but last month I have got the worst idiot I could have got: he is drunk, he is with his friends. He comes to me (I'm spinning timecode viniyls) and asks how does it work and how come I never change my viniyls. So i basically explain to him how traktor scratch works (in the middle of a set), he says thank you and goes back to his friends and starts argueing with them.. i can see them discussing and that is making me nervous already.
After half an hour, while I am searching the right cuepoint on the right vinyl for the next track, he comes over and :eek:scratches/touches/slows down:eek: the other deck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
maaan, i got mad. I got out of the booth and immediately called the security.
the other day i put the pieces together and was thinking that probably he explained the whole story (how traktor scratch works) to his friends, they did not believe it was possible and so to "demonstrate" them that he was right he cae to the console and made that nice scratch :eek::eek::eek::eek:
Fuck people. I just DJ in my garage all by myself. I don't let no one hear, so no one will ever bother me.....
You all don't know how lucky you are to have people bothering you while your doing your thing. If those people your all hating on weren't there, neither would you be. So just let them know your busy and move on. It's all part of DJing. If you crowd is to stupid for you then give me a call. I'll be more than happy to come take your gig. I love the drunk people. The loud, ignorant, sweaty, inquisitive, money spending drunk people.
There enjoying the culture that we live. Don't expect them to understand.
Well played, sir.
I read this whole thread and Dee Jay Flic said it all
you are surely right, but do not forget that there are people (us) who train several hours to make a good impression and carry out a professional job at their next gig and that there are also plenty of people ready to throw shit at you at the first mistake you make... so lets be nice to people, of course, inside and outside a club, but lets not legalize idiocy (people touching your setup, spilling drinks on your stuff, etc.), because THAT would be stupidQuote:
Originally Posted by Dee Jay Flic
@DeeJay Flic. I agree that yes we should be grateful to have an audience, especially since considering every shmoe that walks down the street these days is a DJ. But the way humans operate is by order of progression. When you DJ out enough to realise drunk people or people that won't leave you alone or people that ask for ridiculous requests etc start annoying you when you're trying to play, you can't always think "I'm lucky to have an audience so I'll let them get on with it". If you had that mentality about everything in life you won't get anywhere. It's like saying "I've got a 3 bedroom house and a family of 4 so I need a 4 bedroom house, but there's people out there who have a family of 5 but only a 2 bedroom house, I should be grateful for what I've got". You see, yes of course we should be grateful but on the other hand if you always think about the fact there's people worse off than you and so should be happy with what you have you're never going to progress, you'll only stick at the same level.
If 3 people piss you off in a crowd of 300 and it gets to the point where you have to upset those 3 people in order to make the remaining 297 walk away talking about how good your set was, I see it as a sacrifice you have to make. If you think that you should be grateful that these 3 people are making you miss your cue's you have prepared or they are touching your vinyl making the mixes fuck up, or basically anything that hinders your performance then that to me is a bigger sacrifice than dealing with them accordingly with the possibility of upsetting them.
My mum always taught me an important lesson in life, and that is "you can't please all the people all the time".
Remember, it's the order of progression. You gotta aim for something and go for it, even if it pisses off a few people on the way, you can't look at other people worse off than you and hold yourself back on their behalf.
Sorry to sound like a nagging grown up.
yeah and when i'm at a check out in the supermarket i'll lean in and start typing stuff up on the till...
Or when the doctors doing brain surgery i like to just stop him and ask him what he's doing... "what happens if i cut this bit of the brain, etc?"
I don't mind the odd bit of chit chat and a little high five or touch but if its clear they're being annoying and disrupting the set, they have to be told to move on.
Otherwise it's one person ruining it for everyone else at the party and as a dj you have a responsibility to the overall party not satisfying one drunk guys curiosity.
You let someone come and muck up your set, you will be blamed by the promoter. If it's your job and your being paid then you need to keep your shizzle professional innit
Bare miserable, pretentious twunts ITT.
I'm with Dee Jay Flic on this one (and I don't play in my bedroom). Assuming they aren't interfering with the kit then what's the problem? Some people need to get a grip on themselves.
i lol'd so hard at this bit. not sure why though...Quote:
Originally Posted by djmaxone