First College gig...now i understand

[Archies'bald]

Good shit krill!

Btw anyone touches my jog wheel. Imma f-en stab you! I know mexican judo!

Scottish Karate FTW.

[miyuru]

Part of my set up is a Trigger Finger, which is unlabeled. The pads control all the transport functions for 4 decks - play & pause and also load & loop.

Of course, people think it does nothing because the pads don't have labels and they just have to press the buttons...

Real annoying, I'm rethinking my stance on houseparties. I love them when they're good but they're so often crappy. I've almost always had better experiences in clubs.

[Bodega Brad]

Yeah...had a kid pick my needle up off the record that was playing once.......once.

[R3clu23]

I had one drunk chick come back like 5 times asking for songs that I don't carry on my drive. And she was all pissed that I didin't carry a wide array of pop music.

I must've told her like 6 times that I spin mainly industrial/goth/darkwave/synth pop. And music along those lines. Plus it's on the damn flier. If you want to hear the music that you want to request then come on the next night, that's the night that spins that kind of music.

I also had some guy think that he knew everyone in the club, and strolled up to the booth and started touching my faders on my mixer, when our guest dj was in the middle of his set. Next thing I know I hear my Ministry song that I had cued for my next set blasting over his set.

Needless to say, that guy was escorted out of the booth and got a licking from some of our regulars.

[Krilikz]

So i went to my friends room today to fix a computer, and turns out her suite mate was one of the chicks asking me to play the same song i played an hour before. To bad im not one to think of come back quickly but after she gave me crap about not playing her song i should have said "I aint your ipod bitch!"

Considering i normally have done sweet 16s, and backyard type party stuff in the past how do any of you think its alright to play a same song twice in one night?

[Kupujte_Pytle]

Considering i normally have done sweet 16s, and backyard type party stuff in the past how do any of you think its alright to play a same song twice in one night?

in house party? u can get away with it... but theres real danger that it is a song that is soo favorable to the audience that you might have to play it for over several times/depends on amount of drinks and drunken ppl.

I think its real shame in clubs, but i have seen Top40 clubs where big tunes are played several times per night, no sweat.

all in all it comes down to what type of music you playing and how do YOU think crowd will react to repetition.

[DJ Van Draken]

Thanks for the post, it teaches many lessons. If they can touch your gear, they can easily take it or permanently damage it (or spill beer on it). Unfortunately, DJs are thrown into environments that attract drunk morons (as well as respectable people just looking for some fun).

[Zac Kyoti]

?? I don't understand. What kind of fools are actually touching your equipment while in use? I've never had anyone do that while I'm playing, but I've had them ask. If they're cool I might turn on an effect or something and let them turn a knob or fader.

But seriously, who are these people? I don't encounter them, but maybe I've just been lucky...People seem to understand for the most part that dj equipment actually does things to the sound when you move faders or jogs or needles...

[miyuru]

They're usually really drunk.

[R3clu23]

?? I don't understand. What kind of fools are actually touching your equipment while in use? I've never had anyone do that while I'm playing, but I've had them ask. If they're cool I might turn on an effect or something and let them turn a knob or fader.

But seriously, who are these people? I don't encounter them, but maybe I've just been lucky...People seem to understand for the most part that dj equipment actually does things to the sound when you move faders or jogs or needles...

The drunk girls and the mister "know-it-alls" do.