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Posted by MERiDiAN5i2 on Mar-27-2002 18:15:

nunrg-dreamland -- one of my favs too!

anyhow, most DJs base thier price on the number of people at the party and the night. saturdays are usually the most expensive followed by fridays then thursdays.. at least thats how it works here in texas.... thus why parties on a friday usually have more headliners for the buck.

-nate

Posted by Narcissus on Mar-27-2002 18:19:

quote:
Originally posted by P`zazz
@Narcissus - That's Great, I Guess I'll Get A Job, Make Some Money And Visit You There In Thailand So We Can Spend It All On Heinekens Every Single Penny. Considering That The Best DJs Get 3000-4000 Baht Then You Did Pretty Well.

P.S. - How Do I Add Quotes, I Mean I Know I Have To Press The 'Quote' Button But What Do I Do Then? Copy Paste The Text I Want To Quote? Can I Use HTML Code?!?!?

P'zazz : Would love to .. although I normally go out and get smashed on Thai's local whisky.. costs 100 baht a bottle me and my friend always gets drunk by the end of that night... quality!
Also to get quotes .. once u press "quotes" it'll take u to the reply page .. u just type on from there..

quote:
Originally posted by Scottaculous
Hey guys. I'm coming up on my first gig.

Here's the flyers:

I'm Scott Yee

I've been practicing the hell out of my set so I don't fuck up.

Wish me luck! =)

Right.. you've got to tall me who designed that flyer for you! I had a really bad flyer for my party .. !!

quote:
Originally posted by MERiDiAN5i2
In response to the post about $23 dollars being too little to play out....

I know plenty of DJs who have played for FREE. yes, not a dime...

and why? cuz it's about the music and not the money.

-mer

I intended to do it for free .. the 1000 baht was just a bonus i guess .. got to play at a club .. get experience .. i couldn't have asked for more..

Posted by P`zazz on Mar-27-2002 19:30:

@djthunderbird - You're Right, Even Top DJs Play @ Small Clubs. Offcoarse Then They'll Have To Settle For Less But That Again Shows That They Don't Do It For The Money But Just Because They Like What They Do.

@Narcissus - Whiskey Would Be Just Fine

Posted by Great Outdoors on Mar-29-2002 07:06:

You guys are complaining that you're not being paid enough to spin trance to a crowd? Jesus, I'd PAY them to let me have a go at a crowd! I'm that desperate.

Posted by patticus on Mar-29-2002 07:17:

well it looks like i might have my first 'official' set out soon.. a few hours, maybe 5, at a restaurant/lounge... but the thing is, its the furthest thing from trance.. they want downtempo to house to breaks djs (for the dj crew)

so... basically im gonna have to break out whatever house/breaks i got.. yikes. im worried mostly about the sound system, as in if the monitor sucks

but they told me they're also gonna watch how i read the crowd which is HELLA SCARY cuz i really dont know the 1st thing about any crowd but for trance. YIKES again.

oh and also if i dont have enough chill' records.. i might have to use someone elses. another stress factor

Posted by Great Outdoors on Mar-29-2002 15:25:

If you ain't got enough chill records, play some epic trance but cut the bass.

Posted by patticus on Mar-29-2002 18:47:

quote:
Originally posted by Great Outdoors
If you ain't got enough chill records, play some epic trance but cut the bass.

are you serious? that'd sound horrible man. there's no way i can do that in a lounge/restaurant.. im thinking i can play some more progressive tracks if i have to, at real low bpms. starecase and holden etc.

but not epic trance..

Posted by MERiDiAN5i2 on Mar-29-2002 18:51:

maybe the food could be spiked with stoopid pills then epic trance would go over well..... but it'd make it taste a bit bitter

lmfao!

-mer

Posted by Great Outdoors on Mar-30-2002 15:48:

quote:
Originally posted by patticus

are you serious? that'd sound horrible man. there's no way i can do that in a lounge/restaurant.. im thinking i can play some more progressive tracks if i have to, at real low bpms. starecase and holden etc.

but not epic trance..

No of course I was kidding.. but some do say that trance is just chillout with bass in 'em, and I wouldn't say it's entirely untrue..

Posted by evil_bastard on Mar-30-2002 16:01:

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Originally posted by djthunderbird

hmm You have a point there.... I wonder how many ppl does Picotto average play for?

And really I dont think Picotto gets 20k� every set he does! he might get loads of$$ when spinning at monster parties, but I doubt gets payed that much at smaller clubs (he does sometimes play in smaller clubs right?)

Yeah he's playing at a tiny underground-looking club in Newcastle in a few weeks alongside Matt Hardwick. The club's tiny, and only has about 1,000 capacity.

It's only down the road, so I'll be there

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