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Posted by skinnypup80 on Nov-03-2003 13:59:

house parties

I was wondering if anybody had some funny/horror stories from house parties that they have spun at.

I did a Halloween party this past weekend and it was a trip.
My gear was set up next to the beer pong table and under some leaky heating pipes so my tables were wet and wild. A dude in a giant pumpkin suit knocked the needles off the records, and they kept shutting off the speakers cause the "cops were comin". The best, though, was when a drunk guy came up and asked "where'd you get those big cd's?"

Prior to this i had only played out in a club and needless to say my friends basement was much different than the booth at the club. I still had a blast though and everyone seemed to have a good time.

Posted by Arsalan on Nov-03-2003 19:36:

Re: house parties

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Originally posted by skinnypup80
I was wondering if anybody had some funny/horror stories from house parties that they have spun at.

I did a Halloween party this past weekend and it was a trip.
My gear was set up next to the beer pong table and under some leaky heating pipes so my tables were wet and wild. A dude in a giant pumpkin suit knocked the needles off the records, and they kept shutting off the speakers cause the "cops were comin". The best, though, was when a drunk guy came up and asked "where'd you get those big cd's?"

Prior to this i had only played out in a club and needless to say my friends basement was much different than the booth at the club. I still had a blast though and everyone seemed to have a good time.

if if if if if if if and a thousand more ifs, if i take my equipments i will defintley set up some kind of booth around myself so ppl dont come near the equipment.

Posted by Boomer187 on Nov-03-2003 19:56:

Yeah we set up my buddies speakers on our other buddies porch, well it seemed that the music was louder 1 mile down the road than it was up close. Needless to say the cops showed up and it was wierd that my mixer was unplugged and safely stashed in my car before the cops got around to the equipment. wierd.

I've also had horrible setups like when my mixer was resting on a pillow that was setting on a case of beer. The funny part was the tables we were using were the new technic mk5's, good equipment, bad setup.

Posted by Flippe on Nov-03-2003 21:43:

Funny Stiry,
but when I have my own equipment, I would make sure no one touches it!

Posted by jonnycarcinogen on Nov-04-2003 06:59:

I just like it when someone comes (to the party) who has never seen a live dj (or turntables) or has heard what you're playing and all they can do is just stare..

Posted by mikefasssy on Nov-04-2003 08:04:

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Originally posted by jonnycarcinogen
I just like it when someone comes (to the party) who has never seen a live dj (or turntables) or has heard what you're playing and all they can do is just stare..

werd

then they say to their friend quietly, "Hey what is that?"

And you just keep yourself busy looking cool, while inside you are like, "yea Im a muthafucking dj....boom!"

hehe it feels good.

Posted by KristineClub on Nov-04-2003 08:14:

I've got a horror story from halloween. I brought a shit-ton of equipment to a house for a costume party (tables, mixer, records, speakers, subwoofer, stands, cables- very heavy stuff). I set it up outside in the pool house slash bar. Everything looked really nice, it was a perfect setup. It took me about 1.5 hours to set it up (not to mention the time and effort it took me to load everything up from my house to my car then from my car to the party house). I started playing and it sounded great! However, about 20 minutes later, the cops were there. They kicked everybody out. Everybody left. I didn't even get to play Thrill Her. I was left there alone to load my shit back into the car. Damn pigs.

Posted by sndh on Nov-04-2003 10:17:

Re: house parties

quote:
Originally posted by skinnypup80
The best, though, was when a drunk guy came up and asked "where'd you get those big cd's?"

priceless

Posted by Endlesswave on Nov-04-2003 19:32:

quote:
Originally posted by KristineClub
I've got a horror story from halloween. I brought a shit-ton of equipment to a house for a costume party (tables, mixer, records, speakers, subwoofer, stands, cables- very heavy stuff). I set it up outside in the pool house slash bar. Everything looked really nice, it was a perfect setup. It took me about 1.5 hours to set it up (not to mention the time and effort it took me to load everything up from my house to my car then from my car to the party house). I started playing and it sounded great! However, about 20 minutes later, the cops were there. They kicked everybody out. Everybody left. I didn't even get to play Thrill Her. I was left there alone to load my shit back into the car. Damn pigs.

That sucks! The house party I was at spinning for a bit outside was fun. Even when the cops came, the only thing they told us to do was turn it out, and make sure everyone was "of age" to drink and then they left.

Posted by pumavisor808 on Nov-05-2003 03:08:

Here's me @ a halloween party 2 weeks ago... They had me setup my equipment on a keyboard stand with a heavy board over it... I had no room for my turntables so just ended up using CDs all night...notice how the equipment bends in towards the middle...
Everything turned out allright and nothig was broken by the end of the night.

Posted by Boomer187 on Nov-05-2003 05:36:

^^lol^^

looks like a joy to use. hehe, thats why I made a lightweight aluminum coffin. goes wherever my table are.

Posted by Endo on Nov-05-2003 22:34:

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Originally posted by Boomer187
thats why I made a lightweight aluminum coffin. goes wherever my table are.

Do you have photos of it? Or maybe a small description on how you made it, what materials, costs etc.? Is it durable too?

Posted by Boomer187 on Nov-05-2003 23:24:

I just have my dig camcorder which takes pretty crappy pics but here are some...

The actual box part comes from one sheet of 1/8" aluminum. My step dad is a welder so he mainly helped out in this department. He cut out squares in each corner according to the height I wanted it (about 3.5 inches). We folded the flaps upwards until straight and welded them together. This I can see as being a problem for most people.

I then sanded down each corner. The mixer stand is all me. I folded 2 pieces of straight aluminum exactly the same shape to the height I wanted. I pop-riveted both to the front and to the bottom. I think I just used tin snips on the front cutout piece.

Every piece of aluminum was sanded lightly to give a nice dull luster. It is very durable, I have dropped it many times and there are no signs of damage. The durability all depends on the welds and how far you sand the corners down, if there is a thin weld it could crack easily.

If you are a novice to welding this is a very hard task. But if you can find someone to weld the box portion together you are all set with the rest.

oh and I added a blurry pic of when I had 4 tables setup. , found it on my camera and had to share.

Posted by djshan on Nov-06-2003 00:07:

well i wasnt at the party for along time but it was aparty where all men were dancing in the basement and all women dancing up stairs. my dad was in it too and he was downstairs of course. i left after 10 minutes.