F***ing song lists

[dirty_moose]

Min wage in the US is $7.25 an hour. Your charging $100 an hour. Do the math.

[brian_johnstone]

sorry but i really dont see the issue here, i play a bar on thurs and sun, and a club on fri and sat, although i am never given a set list, i know in myself that there are songs that HAVE to be played. you can still play them in whatever order you like, chop them up, and make them your own. the crowd is guaranteed to love them and lets be honest, at a college gig youre going to end up playing some if not most of them at some point anyway. make the most of the experience

[BuRdTuRd]

This thread lost my interest after I saw a bunch of complaining and then $300 for 3 hours. Do the gig, end of story. Hell for $300 i’d play requests for the whole damn thing.

[Karlos_Santos]

@djlotus

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.

+1

Actually its quite the opposite. Its a pre-requisite these days that the organiser of the wedding sends the DJ a list of requests. Most wedding invites (in UK) include a request slip that the invited person and their guest write 2 songs on and its sent with the RSVP.

Wedding, 40th, Sweet 16th, Uni Society whatever, if you are “hired” you play what they want so its ALWAYS better to know what it is that they want. Otherwise you have 4 hours of ear-ache and whining from people.

Even with a comprehensive list you still get moaners. Doing gigs like this should be done on percentages. Play what pleases most of the people most of the time.

[paw_20]

play music you dont like, $100 an hour
get a real job, $10 an hour

/thread

+1

especially if that job is sanitation

[kingsplayer2]

@Karlos_Santos

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.

i think im kinda questioning it because of the fact that im being paid to be a human jukebox and what relevance i have, but yeah i guess i dont have much of a reason to complain haha.