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I think the only thing one should ever say to a DJ is:
"Wicked set man!!"

I met Mark Oliver and when I introduced myself, all I could say to him was "You're so awesome!!" He just laughed as if to say "Silly girl"

D'oh! I guess that's better than any of those other foolish possibilities.

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Originally posted by MisterOpus1 My all-time favorite: Someone yelled this to Oakenfold: "Dude, Can you play 'Tranceport'?" I love the Midwest.

hahaha

that's the best so far

No, look, you're doing it all wrong. Move over and let me do it. C'mon, I own records... and a turntable!

Easy.. just reply: what?? I can't hear you!
= D

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Originally posted by TeKnoHe@d2025 Haha, man...I'd carry around a single rap/hip-hop vinyl of like Coolio or something just for those kind of people. Then I'd hop on the mic and be like "Hey, this guy right here (point out the guy who requested the "other genre" tune) wants me to play something else. So if you don't like this then he's the reason why I'm playing this right now!"

HAHAHA PRICELESS!!

the worst i've had (in my limited dj career) are aquiantances who suddenly act like they've knoen you for years and keep trying to get into the dj booth (well really it has been mainly desks at houseparties, but you know) and try and do things for me like selecting records from my carefully arranged record box.

I know what you mean. I have only properly dj'ed twice, but both nights it ended up with me telling them to fuck off if they want to live

was this not from recess? as in www.recess.co.uk!
im sure it was his before it was here.

Who gives a shit where its from! The point isnt "hey look what I wrote" its "dont fuck with DJs!"

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Originally posted by Orbax Who gives a shit where its from! The point isnt "hey look what I wrote" its "dont fuck with DJs!"

Amen to that, that's exactly the point. A friend of mine e-mailed this to me after we had totally fucked up night spinning at a party.

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Originally posted by whiskers word. don't talk to the DJ or you deserve a sock in that ugly face of yours

a sock ???

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Originally posted by [N]�k|��[Z] a sock ???

I'm assuming: A dirty one that has been standing in a corner for a week?

Ask him if you mix the record in yourself.

Last night we had a DJ competition and some guy was spinning and using the microphone in the worst possible way, to cover up his mistakes in transitions he would scream out loud the title of the song and even the remix name. There should be a top ten thing not to do while dj'ing under any circumstances.
Also we had a girl ask one of the dj's : "Can you play something European, I wanna dance my as off you know". DJ : "What do you wanna hear?" . Girl : " My Milkshake Is Better Than Yours." . A very European dance track indeed

Here in Iowa, people think that DJ's are people who just sit around at a CD player and play songs one by one. My school once wasted $100 on some "DJ" who just sat on his ass with a CD player. I would love so much to have turntables, a mixer, and all my favorite vinyls and rip the dance floor up with trance at the next school dance.



One thing that you should NEVER say and do to a DJ and his set: "What does this do... and this... and this? *craaaaank*"

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Originally posted by hand_goibs Easy.. just reply: what?? I can't hear you! = D

or
"Get tae fuk b4 a put ma "SHITEY" records up ur arse ya wee cock jockey!!!"

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Originally posted by Kamikaze Badger Here in Iowa, people think that DJ's are people who just sit around at a CD player and play songs one by one. My school once wasted $100 on some "DJ" who just sat on his ass with a CD player. I would love so much to have turntables, a mixer, and all my favorite vinyls and rip the dance floor up with trance at the next school dance. One thing that you should NEVER say and do to a DJ and his set: "What does this do... and this... and this? *craaaaank*"

if everyone else liked it, was it really a waste?

If you are in a Top 40 club or a Hip Hop club then go knock yourself out and make some song request. It all sounds the same and as long as it's the same songs playing on the radio no one seems to care. The mentality that it is about pleasing the people and playing what they want to hear so go make a song request doesn't apply to trance clubs. If you are in a good club or listening to a good DJ spin you are going to hear good music and you should just appreciate it. Don't ask a DJ that is spinning trance for a song request. Most DJ's already have an idea of what they want their set to sound like and asking for a song might not mix in well with their set. Don't put the DJ on the spot. Most people ask for some stupid song and then the people in the club think the DJ intended to play the stupid track. More than once I was like "WTF was he thinking playing that". Some of my closest friends are DJ's and I see it happen to them all the time. I say let the DJ be the DJ. That's just my opinion.

picky people piss me off...they always want it their way...

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Originally posted by trancebrat If you are in a Top 40 club or a Hip Hop club then go knock yourself out and make some song request. It all sounds the same and as long as it's the same songs playing on the radio no one seems to care. The mentality that it is about pleasing the people and playing what they want to hear so go make a song request doesn't apply to trance clubs. If you are in a good club or listening to a good DJ spin you are going to hear good music and you should just appreciate it. Don't ask a DJ that is spinning trance for a song request. Most DJ's already have an idea of what they want their set to sound like and asking for a song might not mix in well with their set. Don't put the DJ on the spot. Most people ask for some stupid song and then the people in the club think the DJ intended to play the stupid track. More than once I was like "WTF was he thinking playing that". Some of my closest friends are DJ's and I see it happen to them all the time. I say let the DJ be the DJ. That's just my opinion.

Although I agree with a majority of your post, saying that top40 or hip-hop tracks all sound the same isn't the best way to establish credibility.

I am not trying to establish credibility. This is a forum. I didn't say the music sounds the same...I meant the DJ's sets do. Which is a fact. I listen to a variety of music, but I live in Tampa and there is NOT a trance scene here and it sucks. People would rather listen to Hip Hip and Top 40 and hear the same music over and over. They think the DJ's are great, but it is easy to please a crowd with music that they are accustomed to hearing. Of course there are clubs here that are dominated by breakbeat...but no trance.

I started listening to "techno" when I was in highschool back in the 80's when the sound was more underground. I really started listening to it and going out to the clubs back in 1991. The title "tranceaddict in training" doesn't mean that I have lived under a rock for the past 13 years. It means that I have been busy and haven't been posting on TA.

I made no mention of your posting status, and I interpreted your statement to mean "all top40 and hip-hop tracks sound the same" when in fact you were saying "all top40 and hip-hop DJ sets sound the same." Even then it's a universal statement, and not entierly fair to all of the DJs.

By the same count, I could say that all trance DJ sets sound the same, although it would be just as erroneous as your statement.

Thanks for clarifying what I was trying to say. I really appreciate that. I wasn't aware that I wasn't entitled to an opinion and that I needed someone to interpret my post to help me "establish credibility" on this forum of thousands of people who have better things to do than to scrutinize everyone's posts. Yeah...anyways.

The music that the DJ's play in Hip Hop and Top 40 clubs does sound the same. The vast MAJORITY of them aren't playing unreleased music. The MAJORITY of them are playing hits that everyone knows because you hear it on the radio and on TV. The artists create music, put out Cd's, and then release songs. Those songs get played on the radio and in the clubs. Trance has tons and tons of music that will never be on a CD released by that artist because that was never their intention. If you are buying a CD from a "techno" DJ MOST of the CD's are mixed compilations. Half of the time we are trying to ID songs that we hear when listening to a trance DJ spin and sometimes we have no clue who the actual artist is. How many times do you really need to stop and pause in a Top 40 club or while listening to the radio and ask yourself..."I wonder who the artist is of this song?" It may be a totally different situation in other contires, but in the states trance does not dominate. You can turn on MTV any time of the day and catch a song by Britney Spears or a popular Hip Hop song. How often can you catch something that a trance artist has produced? I never said I hated all of that other music. I'm just over it. Just like I am over hearing breakbeat. Once again...just my opinion. If you can handle that.

Let me add something to this discussion. I have seen you post where you have been rude to people that are "new". If my post isn't being fair to DJ's how fair are you to some of the people on this messageboard? That's like saying that all the people that rip on artists that create "cheesy" music aren't being fair. They are stating their opinion. That's the whole purpose of an open forum.

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Originally posted by trancebrat The music that the DJ's play in Hip Hop and Top 40 clubs does sound the same. The vast MAJORITY of them aren't playing unreleased music. The MAJORITY of them are playing hits that everyone knows because you hear it on the radio and on TV... If you are buying a CD from a "techno" DJ MOST of the CD's are mixed compilations. Half of the time we are trying to ID songs that we hear when listening to a trance DJ spin and sometimes we have no clue who the actual artist is...

i don't know about that top 40 argument but i'll echo the fact that there are thousands of trance/techno/house/jungle tracks that will never make it as a release and often go unidentified. this tracks are often dubplates, short run vinyl, promos, white labels, cdr and so on.

from personal experience i can tell you that many underground djs play plenty of unreleased material made by themselves and members of their inter circles, that's why educated goers catch an specific dj; they are familiar with his or her sound and they go to hear that sound.

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