holy fuck...100 an hour?
dude, you're playing for 3 hrs...they are giving you 42 songs to play - if you let each song play for 1 hook and 1 verse and mix out that's like 1.5 minutes per song at most...so that takes up an hr. That gives you 2 hours to kill with your own mixing.
Guess what, I get paid nothing for playing my music.
Stop whining man, if you dont like it, dont do it. Let someone with some passion left have a go.
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the 'i think im bigger than this' attitude will get you nowhere.
Last night i made a setlist for a 3 hour gig i have on sat, took me near enough 2 hours to compile the setlist.
They're doing the work, all you have to do is hit play, why not do what a few others have said and pre-mix some of the set, means when its dead you dont have to do any work, not like they know what your doing anyway.
Ive got 2 45 minute generic top40 dance CDs in my cd wallet for when im playing long sets and the place is dead an hour into the night.
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I am totally failing to see the problem here.
You get paid to play tunes to a crowd that will definitely love the tunes and all you need to do is press play and collect a cheque that you can use on more DJ gear.
This is what happens when you are booked/hired for a specific purpose.
You arent being booked to show your skills or take the crowd on a journey. You are being booked as a human jukebox. Suck it up and think of the money, or if your artistic integrity is so frail, just dont do the gig and leave the $300 for someone else to spend on great stuff.
I see the point that your making, i really do. But I see no need for complaining about it.
Jees ive done private hire gigs with a list of 200 songs and only played songs from the list. Had a great time cus everyone at the event had contributed to the list so everyone loved the music, loved me and i got paid. All it took was 4 hours out of my life.
play music you dont like, $100 an hour
get a real job, $10 an hour
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I would do it.
You're not being booked to play a club. You aren't being booked because of your mixing skills. You are being booked because you have a mobile set up, you're willing to travel with it, and obviously you are doing something right when you play.
If you want to get booked and show off your skills, you need different types of events. I have never heard a wedding dj complain that he was given a set list, and paid to play those songs. It comes with the territory.
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You are a DJ, your job is to play music for people. If they give you a 100 track set list and there's a few tracks you despise, don't play em. They will love the tunes, and you could even drop your own in there once and a while. Don't play grimey electro for 10 minutes, but drop some fun once and a while, and then bring it back with partyrock anthem. As long as you drop their "bangers", you should be able to get away with your own tracks here and there.
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