That one sweaty drunk guy who has to shake your hand on every track
OK MATE I CAN SEE YOU’RE HAVIN A GOOD TIME AND YOU’RE LOVING THE MUSIC, BUT PLEASE LET ME JUST DO MY JOB!!
I just don’t have the heart to say that to anyone’s face, so gotta say it in a forum. How does anyone handle these kinda peeps? You know the kind… the ones that are out of it and feel they need share their knowledge of music with you because you are playing shit they like. I mean, you gotta love the appreciation but when they come up and chat nonsense and wanna shake your hand after every track you drop it gets a bit tedious. All I can do is smile give them a thumbs up.
Ugh, the worst is when they just stand there, watch what you’re doing and ask you questions… and then say “Oh man, that was sick, what song is this?” over and over and over and over again.
But that’s why I work for a giant big scary bodybuilder. Cause he just looks at them and they run.
well, sometimes guys that are interested in djing or ableton will talk to me. i was once in their position so i try to be as nice as possible. and if its a cute girl, she might even get to launch a few clips
First time I smile and shake hands. Afterwards I just ignore them. I’m too busy.
The same happens with the “let me take a picture with you” guy, and also the “let me get into the booth”, or the “let me put a track”, or the “I want to tell you about my life”, or even the “do you know that track from last year that goes…” and start making cacophonies in the midst of the already noisy club.
With the “let me put my drink over here” I really become a mad dog and bite them until they put their drink somewhere else, far away from my rig. If they are obviously drunk I directly put their drink somewhere else and keep doing my stuff. If they start asking where the drink is I follow the same procedure as before: I ignore them.
People are really unconscious about what a dj is doing…
Oh don’t… I get that every week. Saturday just gone I had one girl say, and I promise you this is true, “have you got that tune, erm, you know the one”.
WHAT??? Do me a favour love! I told her to go and think about it before she comes over and says stupid shit like that again.
Turns out she wanted Hit The Road Jack… erm, no!
Had this one girl who (without blowing my own trumpet) was obviously up for a bit of me, only thing is I wasn’t really feeling her at all. But she was all up in the booth proper by my side grabbing me and shit, like to the point where I couldn’t reach over to the left turntable. She had a glass of wine and thought that the deck itself would be a good place for it to live while she was pestering me. I picked it up to move it and she was pointing to where her drink was saying “I want it there”, in like sort of a spoilt brat tone of voice. I looked her straight in the eye and told her it was an accident waiting to happen with an unamused look on my face. I think after I eye’d up every other girl in the place except for her she got the message and fucked off.
you have to judge the situation, it’s different for each person. If they look like they could be a good person to know, then it’s worth obliging them and cheekily getting them to sort you out with drinks - but most importantly not to let it screw up your music. Cute girls are the shit though.. keep one there if they’re not drunk and annoying.. you may get more than you bargained for
this makes me laugh so much.. one of the burden’s of using a meaty midi controller setup.. hha
Let’s be honest. Is there anyone on DJTT who can honestly say, that to some degree, they weren’t that sweaty drunk guy (or girl) at one time or another?!?
Just me? Everyone gets a little weird when they’ve been drinking…
IF it’s a friend of mine I go to the booth, smile and shake hands. 2 second distraction max.
If it’s someone I just know I wait until he gets out of the booth to shake hands, or wait for an obvious moment he’s not concentrated with the mix (drinking).
all depends on your level of seriousness, if your goal is to dj weddings and school dances there nothing you can really do. if you wanna be a known club banger get “hype people” that show the crowed how to react, when to clap, etc.. have your hype people tell drunk people trying to get your attention to let you mix. so even if they’re really drunk & annoying they just take out one of your pawns.. hahah /just messing about calling em “pawns”, hype men/women are chill.
