Things you are sick of hearing people say / ask for

Ok, I spin electro, top 40, and dubstep mostly. I write and produce dubstep and hate most people's idea of what "dubstep" is... That's the real disconnect I think. The Drunk chick thinks "Skrillex - Scary Monsters" is the only f***ing dubstep song that has ever been made and doesn't know the name of the song or artist... so she just asks for DUBSTEP thinking that Skrillex is what she will hear...

The other thing that people associate dubstep with is the talky bass thing now (thanks skrillex) so when I get the obligatory dubstep request in the middle of the top 40 night I find that playing something like Rock n' Roll by skrillex really grooves (the bpm is right to mix in top 40 or electro) and people think they just got some dubstep... idiots. (they think I'm the only dj that gets dubstep... The last dj they asked to play dubstep just played some crappy slow music - scuba or burial... makes me die inside a little bit but $20 is $20 I guess)

The main thing that annoys me though is drunk people dancing next to the booth with a drink in hand... i really don't need your drunk flailing a$$ giving me and my expensive equipment a Heineken shower!

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Originally Posted by padi_04

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Originally Posted by SteveSB

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SteveSB, could you take the soundcloud player out of your sig and replace it with a normal link plz? Thanks! :)

already pm'd him bro

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Originally Posted by brian_johnstone

sick of chavvy mugs asking me if they can MC, i just reply "probably not" and turn around

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Had to Google chavvy Brian - my new word for anyone requesting LiveR@, Lady Vomit and The Black Eyed Horribles.

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Originally Posted by Jester.NZ

already pm'd him bro

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what can I say, I have my busybody days :p

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Originally Posted by conduitrobotic

... The last dj they asked to play dubstep just played some crappy slow music - scuba or burial... makes me die inside ...

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Die in a fire.

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If i get asked to play dubstep at a party, i usually play an electro remix i found of bass cannon, then into the Zedd remix of Scary Monsters, that usually shuts them up. I tell them dubstep isnt right right now, but i can play some remixes that'll fit if they like? keeps everyone happy, means i dont have to do anything ridiculous with the BPM, but shuts them the fuck up. If they request a specific song though, i'll usually backspin like the BAMF i am, then play that song and start playing some breaks afterwards, then mix into some hardstyle out of it. peeps round here go nuts for hardstyle also!

Alright, slightly off topic question, but it seems to be getting a lot of light in this thread.

What exactly do you think of when you think dubstep? I used to think of smash-face-against-wall ridiculous noise overload (Died this Way or Cinema - skrillex come to mind), but have gradually began to realize that this was wrong. Then I picked up Ministry of Sound's Sound of Dubstep, which (title lol) seems to me to be more like the real thing, but I honestly don't know.

I just spin what I'm feeling, never really got too bothered with genre's, but this seems like an important distinction to know.

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Originally Posted by Rhysk

Then I picked up Ministry of Sound's Sound of Dubstep, which (title lol) seems to me to be more like the real thing, but I honestly don't know.

I just spin what I'm feeling, never really got too bothered with genre's, but this seems like an important distinction to know.

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That stuff is largely absolutely terrible. It's really really generic chart crap.