So I work at a bar on the weekends.. I play top 40 remix music normally as we get a crowd from the popular club next door which we are no where near as nice. the bartenders are old the lighting sucks. I have tried everything and I am running out of ideas. everyone says that it is not me its the bar and bartenders. just wondering if anyone has any last ditch ideas to get people in here. I really want to make this place work as I like the enviroment. their idea of promotion is flyers on the window. I have thought about taking flyers to local colleges that is the only thing I can think of.
If a bar isn’t even willing to spend ANY money promoting properly, how can you expect people to come? Especially when you said it yourself, the staff is lame, the bar next door looks better…
I lost my bar gig a few weeks ago so they could do bands. they refused to advertise in any way at all. they tried filming a commercial last week to advertise the bands. after seeing the commercial I am glad I am not working there now.
A Google search says it’s in California, but it definitely has an Indiana vibe, it’s definitely a good thing you parted ways. Consider it some experience to add to the roster and move onto better gigs!
One of the main assumptions for a venue is that if you hire a Dj, he’s supposed to bring a crowd. Now, granted every Dj should bring a decent number of people to an event, but they can’t do all the promotion.
The venue always needs to do their side of the promotion, end of story. If their making the most money at the end of the night, they better put in the work. Your not the only one to encounter this problem, and it leaves me wondering if a lot of these bar owners even know their own business.
I have no clue. there is a huge top 40 crowd in that area, and I was trying to do top 40 but the owner also wanted to keep the handful of middle aged drunk guys happy, and I had to play Etta James or whatever they wanted, regardless of how many paying customers it ran off. now they have heavy metal bands, and they are planning on using that ad on television. I am not real sure what they are trying to build.
It occurred to me back in the day, when I was DJing in clubs, that most, if not ALL nightclub managers are completely incompetent. To this very day I hold the opinion that club managing is for someone who does not possess the skill it takes to work in fast food or even have their own paper route. I’ve seen enough examples through the years of idiot managers that have repeatedly reinforced my theory.
I know you lost your gig but, based on the aforementioned, congratulations on your promotion!
