Had an entertaining one on Saturday night - popped out for a quick pint with a mate who was playing at a bar in town. Nattering away to him and notice that the chap who’s supposed to be playing the last hour of the night is looking, well, utterly shitfaced.
This was confirmed half an hour before his set started when he keeled over in the booth smashing a load of glasses that were ona table back there, before getting a bollocking off the manager who stated he wouldn’t let him play - fortunately I had a memory stick with my Serato crates on it, and managed to pitch in an help 'em out (the second time I’ve ever played out on Serato, with no controllers, dicers and no idea what the keyboard mapping was - talk about chucked in the deep end)
A couple of beers to settle the nerves is understandable, but getting yourself into that state is just hugely unprofessional - can’t see the lad being asked back (and I got his fee )
Nothing with a drink or 2 to calm the nerves, but the more I see drunk workers in clubs (be it servers, managers, djs) the more it annoys me. You can still party and be professional without getting wasted.
Coked up ones really bother me more then wasted ones not that I’m a prude but this it’s so stupid to be coked up or iced when your running a club especially I’ve seen clubs get shut because of management being stupid
i was at a club in Orange Beach one time and saw the DJ that was supposed to play take a couple hits of acid before a show once, probably the worst set ive ever heard. I like to have a nice buzz when im spinnin, enough to relax and feel the music but sober enough to know how to act professional.
[quote]Bar Staff: Is anyone here a DJ? We Need a DJ! Can anyone help?
SO: Well I’m a DJ
Bar Staff: Good heavens, thank you! Pick up the headphones and help us! Slow clap from the crowd as he stands up and finishes his beer. The slow clap evolves into a standing ovation as the crowd parts to allow the DJ access to booth. The cheering becomes so loud he can only lip read the "Thank you"s and "God Bless You"s coming from that nights club goers…
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Going back many years ago I went to Ibiza in 1998 and saw Alex P and Brandon Block play at Es Paradis. At the beginning of their set they seemed fine jumping about and having fun but about half way through the 2 of them looked totally smashed, but still played an amazing set lol.
i’ll always have a few beers but theyre always shandy when im playing, i always end up with a shelf full of untouched drinks and shots behind me that customers have bought. not clever to get smashed when the entire venue depends on you.
learned my lesson after my very first gig
djed at a party for my friend and ended up getting so drunk before that i was black out drunk by the time i djed, dont remember a thing but apparently i was good haha
now when im djing, i’ll only have a few beers
I keep it moderate. I’ve gotten smashed at a gig I did. Killed the set though - but it was an hr gig and I knew what I was playing front to back, so it was all muscle memory for me. Won’t get that hammered again since I play open format now. Did a friends house 2 nights in a row for 4-5 hours each night a few weeks ago, I got drunk but not too drunk. It’s all about keeping it under control. It’s wildly stupid to get so shitfaced you can’t see straight, not that you’d be the first or the last DJ to do it.
hehehe, not quite. I’d already done 10 minutes when the previous chap (DJ Moneyshot) had gone for a fag and piss break, so when Captain Insensible started stumbing around, he suggested I pitch in and do the last hour as he’d already been playing for two …
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