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-- You're booked. You show up. Bad mixer fader. Monitor has no bass. Bad Perfomance.
You're booked. You show up. Bad mixer fader. Monitor has no bass. Bad Perfomance.
You're booked. You show up. Bad mixer fader. Monitor has no bass. Bad Perfomance.
Somehow you have to carry on. When some purist approaches you saying "YOUR DJING SUCKS" Should you be mad ? Whose fault is this ? The club is a popular club. BIG DJ play there. It was just a BAD night and all the technical errors fall on you at the same night.
It did to me and I feel like quiting. PLEASE HEAL ME FROM THIS PAIN FREINDS 
Chill out brother, you can't get upset over every person who bad mouths ya'.
thank you. every cheers means BIG to me. keep it coming. i feel a lot better now 
IT IS WHAT MAKES YOU A BETTER DJ!!!!!
MOST DJ'S WILL GO THROUGH THIS!!!\
CHEERS MAN!!
JUST HAVE A CHILL PILL FOR A FEW DAYS U WILL BE FELLIN LIKE JUMPIN ON THE DECKS AGAIN?
Its these things which make you a better dj. Don't worry about the wanker, he didn't know the situation and what he was talking about it. Don't worry too much about it. 
Did we play at the same place. lol. I just went thru this the other day. The sound sucked, the mixer was junk, and the people in the crowd only wanted to hear hip hop and house. Well, I just brought a bunch of trance with me, so I probally was not their favorite dj of that night. But, so what. I had a good time, and did the best I could on the crappy equipment. The only thing I can really say to you to make you feel better is, "Welcome to the wonderfull world of playing out". You are going to run into situations like this, you just gotta make the best out of it that you can. Just try to pocket your pride and have a good time. You are not the only one that this has ever happened to. Good Luck.
Mike
Its true it happens all the time!!!
Ive only played out a few times and the worst one was my first, one deck was totally skipping, the pop up lights were screwed and i had a lamp over one of the decks, but still couldnt see the grooves cos that was too bright, and had to use a crackling numark mixer/CD combination that only one of the CDs was working so that screwed any CD-CD mixing for me.
But other occasions have been much better, even played at the same place an knew what to expect, which helped
It is difficult but as everyone else has said it just makes u a better DJ
i find stuff like that is normal...i had monitors falling on the decks while tracks are playing ,,,,,wacked decks.....channels fawked up
u have to understand people are ignorrant and don't know whats going on up in the booth..........u can't take it to heart
Yeah, its happened to me a few times.
Mind you, I've never had the luxury of playing at an actual club....mostly house parties and things like that. But I always seem to get stuck with a 10 year old worn out Numark mixer, which only half works...and crappy, worn out needles that skip like mad, on a super unstable table, with NO monitor speakers. UGH! 
And yeah, I usually play like crap when that happens. I dunno, its like I'm ONLY comfortable on my own setup. When I play somewhere else, it feels all weird and I cant get into the groove.
One thing that I have failed to understand is why you can't just bring your own equipment to a club?
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| Originally posted by CGRumler One thing that I have failed to understand is why you can't just bring your own equipment to a club? |
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| Originally posted by CGRumler One thing that I have failed to understand is why you can't just bring your own equipment to a club? |
Atleast you didnt put a record ontop of another record like tiesto did at innercity or whever it was a while back 
. its normal. Dont quit because of things like that.
Don't worry about it man, it comes with the territory, the guys probably just an ass and would of called you a shit DJ even if you were mixing flawlessly that night.
this website is the best. and every member is the best ! i can talk about the music i like and get support like this. you all the best !
Agreed w/ everything that's already been said. Playing on shit equipment is one of the things you have to get used to as a DJ.
The fact of the matter is that you are good enough to play out. Otherwise you wouldn't've been booked. The guy who criticised you will probably never know what it feels like to play the music he loves to a crowd who's weekend he is personally making. You have and you will again.
yeah happens to me all the time at house parties
i just make the best of it.
most of the time i carry my headshells or my carts with me incase the ones there fuck up.
*shrugs*
a few hours in everyone's trashed anyways.
To be honest, no one is really gonna know when we fuck up unless its a full on trainwreck. The average person is just dancing, fucked up maybe, not really scrutinizing a DJ's mixing...I've made some crap mixes playing out before, and I used to get all red in the face and self conscious...until I realized that no one really notices. And to the bedroom djs who are at teh party sitting there listening for bad mixes...fuck em. If they were all that, they would be playing instead of you.
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| Originally posted by zizack And to the bedroom djs who are at teh party sitting there listening for bad mixes...fuck em. If they were all that, they would be playing instead of you. |
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