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Top ten things you should never say to a DJ:

Top ten things you should never say to a DJ:


1. PLAY SOMETHING GOOD...SOMETHING WE CAN DANCE TO !
The DJ has to play for more than one person...so what you hate may be another's favorite song and EVERYTHING played here can be danced to one way or another.

2. WOULD YOU PLAY SOMETHING WITH A "BEAT" !
BE SERIOUS! We know of NO songs played in a club that don't have some sort of BEAT!

3. I DON'T KNOW WHO SINGS IT AND I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF THE SONG, BUT IT GOES LIKE THIS....
PLEASE don't sing for the DJ. They have to put up with smoke filled rooms and dangerous decibel levels all night long...Do them a favor and DON'T give them a rendition of your favorite song.

4. EVERYBODY WANTS TO HEAR IT !
Oh, sure... you polled everyone in the club and, as their spokesperson, you're requesting the song.

5. EVERYBODY WILL DANCE IF YOU PLAY IT !
The DJ won't. I guess that blows a hole in that theory!

6. I CAN GET LAID IF YOU PLAY IT !
Why settle for one night? Buy the album and get laid for a whole month!

7. I WANT TO HEAR IT NEXT !
The ONLY people who can get away with that statement write the DJ's paycheck!

8. WHAT DO YOU HAVE ?
It's a lot easier for you to go have another beer and figure out what you want to hear than it is for the DJ to recite the name of every record in the booth!

9. HEY, MAN, NOBODY CAN DANCE TO THIS !
It's NOT advisable to say this when the dance floor is packed (but some people do anyway) ! HOWEVER, even if there is only ONE person on the floor, it STILL contradicts the statement!

10. PLAY IT SOON, BECAUSE WE'RE LEAVING !
If your gonna leave after he plays it, why shouldn't he wait till the very last song so you stay all night!

SOME ASSORTED THINGS NOT TO SAY TO A DJ:
1. If you ask for a song and the DJ says he just played it, DON�T SAY "Well I just got here." It makes absolutely no difference.

2. DON�T SAY "Is this the only music you play?" If you go to a Chinese restaurant, you wouldn�t ask for Italian food.

3. If you ask for a song...BE SPECIFIC. DON�T SAY "I wanna hear something....anything but this!" Try going to the bar and saying,

"I wanna drink something....anything but this..." You can�t complain if you're not SPECIFIC.

4. HOWEVER, if you are specific and the DJ says he doesn�t have that song, DON�T SAY "What!?!? What do you mean you don�t have it? what kind of DJ are you? HE MAY SHOOT YOU!!!!!

5. SPECIAL NOTE! A night club DJ gets very little RESPECT. They are expected to play everything for everybody. It is impossible to satisfy all of the people all of the time, yet club DJs are expected to do just that. If a radio DJ tells his listeners a song is a hit, the majority of the people figure it must be "Because they say so on the radio." However 80% of the time that same song was being played in a club long before radio DISCOVERED the NEW song.

So give the DJ a break! The next time you request a song, stop and THINK before you speak.

And above all....if the DJ has one hand on the mixing board, one hand on the turntable, and the headphones on....Don�t bug him

....HE�S MIXING!!!!

my addition

1. U FUCKING SUCK!
the DJ will within no doubt either hit u, or get u thrown out of club/event

yeah...

1. Can I get a drink? or Two beers please

you shouldn't talk to the DJ


The mainstream folk seem to mix up the concept behind a CLUB dj and a RADIO dj.

We (club DJs) are not there is play top 40. We don't play every genre on the planet. We have a carefully selected record case and have spent hours perfecting a very specific genre. If you don't want to hear this "Techno crap" anymore, don't come on Trance/Techno night!

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Originally posted by KilldaDJ my addition 1. U FUCKING SUCK! the DJ will within no doubt either hit u, or get u thrown out of club/event yeah...

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

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Originally posted by moncster what if a hot girl wants to sleep with you (the dj)?

don't nitpick


i meant don't talk to the dj music-wise

you stole this from somewhere.... hmm cant remember where but yea iv read it b4 Hmmm im onto you

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Originally posted by Mosaic If you don't want to hear this "Techno crap" anymore, don't come on Trance/Techno night!

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!"

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Originally posted by Mosaic you shouldn't talk to the DJ The mainstream folk seem to mix up the concept behind a CLUB dj and a RADIO dj. We (club DJs) are not there is play top 40. We don't play every genre on the planet. We have a carefully selected record case and have spent hours perfecting a very specific genre. If you don't want to hear this "Techno crap" anymore, don't come on Trance/Techno night!

word

hmmm

I don't think you can go to the dj and ask for a song. They allready got the songs what they play .

Don't forget dance events aren't prom nights

and...the #1 thing you never say to an EDM dj:

CAN YOU PLAY SOME HIP HOP???

..iv'e heard this one too many times before

*** WHERE'S THE BATHROOM ?

This is good.

The worst thing ever said to me while I was spinning is a lady came out and asked if I could sping some "trance." WTF??? I was tag teaming with another DJ and all we were playing was trance. It cracked us both up.

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Originally posted by Digital Rain 1. PLAY SOMETHING GOOD...SOMETHING WE CAN DANCE TO ! 3. I DON'T KNOW WHO SINGS IT AND I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF THE SONG, BUT IT GOES LIKE THIS.... 4. EVERYBODY WANTS TO HEAR IT ! 5. EVERYBODY WILL DANCE IF YOU PLAY IT ! 7. I WANT TO HEAR IT NEXT ! 8. WHAT DO YOU HAVE ? SOME ASSORTED THINGS NOT TO SAY TO A DJ: 1. If you ask for a song and the DJ says he just played it 4. HOWEVER, if you are specific and the DJ says he doesn�t have that song, DON�T SAY "What!?!? What do you mean you don�t have it? what kind of DJ are you? And above all....if the DJ has one hand on the mixing board, one hand on the turntable, and the headphones on....Don�t bug him

I've gotten ALL of the above, worst one I remeber was a stupid f**ker asking me to "PLAY SOMETHING GOOD". The place was packed and jumping (hardtrance), and he kept telling me to play some techno (Rush/Mills) which would have emtied the place. I told him to piss off, but he kept talking to me, ignoring this: "And above all....if the DJ has one hand on the mixing board, one hand on the turntable, and the headphones on....Don�t bug him"
unfortunately, there was nobody near I could have asked to kick him out of the club...what a jerk!
another very nice person spilled his beer AND knocked the needle off the record that was playing on a LOVEPARADE FLOAT!

digital rain,

hahaha, that is genious!

cheers!

-keith

My all-time favorite: Someone yelled this to Oakenfold:

"Dude, Can you play 'Tranceport'?"

I love the Midwest.

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Originally posted by djdawn another very nice person spilled his beer AND knocked the needle off the record that was playing on a LOVEPARADE FLOAT!

oh shit, that must of sucked

Re: Re: Top ten things you should never say to a DJ:

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Originally posted by djdawn another very nice person spilled his beer AND knocked the needle off the record that was playing on a LOVEPARADE FLOAT!

I just remembered something. A couple years ago in a club I've seen a guy drunk beyond imagination come up to a DJ and ask him to play some song, the DJ didn't have it. The guy snapped, he grabbed the frame that the mixer and turntables were suspended on and with the weight of his body pulled it down. Everything hit the ground. Not only the equipment was damaged but it also ended the night because the club had only one set of turntables. I don't wish anybody to hear a sound of a turntable/needle hitting the ground on clubs stereo system, I thought my eardrums were going to explode. I should add that it was Saturday around 11:30pm, so the night was just starting...

some people say some really stupid stuff when one is on the decks. i remember some years back a start up promoter hired me to spin in one of his event's rooms, while in the mix some kid walked up to the dj booth and asks me something while i was in the middle of mixing in the next track, so i jest with my hand for the dude to hold on, then i divert me attention to him and asked him "what can i do for you" then the dude said "can you play this song..." i didn' recognize the song's name so i was like "what is called again" and then he started humming the melody, i was like WTF is up this dude, i had to tell the guy "rave djs don't do requests"

Omg everything you mentioned has happened to me...i hate people...the best is...my parents are picking me up at 12, so you have to play my song before i leave...first of all why are you at a club when your parents are picking u up...

Anyway good post.

Arsondude

People seem to be appeased when you play a trancy version of
some famous hip hop song.

Milkshake - Junior V version works for this really good.

That shuts them the fuck up.

God damn song is stuck in my head.

I dont think you wanna be a dude walking around saying
my milkshake brings the boys to the yard

Well- err- depending on what kind of club you're in?

well, my take on the "request" thing goes something like this:

how can i possibly fulfill a request when people ask for radio stuff and all i spin is MY BAND OF TRANCE, not anthemy stuff or crappy/shallow trance.

A friend of mine played a set recently, two hours of good European trance, afterwards some guy came up to him and said: "You should stop playing that American techno crap and start playing some Euro Dance music you know..." I was lost for words.

he he, thats golden

just for kicks and cause i was hammered i asked Judge Jules @ Avalon to "spin something from Clubber's Guide 2000"

..shame on me

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