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House Parties Suck

There was this houseparty the other day at a friends house. The event was huge you couldn't move anywhere; it was packed. In the corner there was a dj booth with 3 djs spinning. When I arrive at the party I am asked if I can to do a mix, so naturally I accept and go back home to get my stuff quickly. I get back to the party at 11:30 so this is the point where it's getting cracking and I am put on. I mix in the first song, a little shaky mix but I am getting used to the equipment, then I mix the next song and that turned out well. I mix in the third song and when I go to backspin some girl (friend) taps my arm and I bring down the wrong volume fader after the backspin; basically made me look like an idiot. Whatever, I think I got more songs to mix. Then when I go back to the other deck its all wet. The girl who hit my arm to say hi dropped her dring all over the cdj. This was a rather new cdj-1000mk2 and now its gone. When i tried loading a cd it gave me this memory card message. I was like are you kidding me!? first time i dj on 1000mk2s and I only get to mix 3 songs. It sucked and I feel so bad about the kid who owns the equipment. I couldn't even sleep. But yeah house parties suck.

learn the listen man, at a house party always make sure the booth is closed from around you to prevent drunk ppl touching the equipment and situations like that

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Originally posted by x_moe learn the listen man, at a house party always make sure the booth is closed from around you to prevent drunk ppl touching the equipment and situations like that

+1. Drunk people at parties have no repect for the equipment or the dj usually.

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Originally posted by x_moe learn the listen man, at a house party always make sure the booth is closed from around you to prevent drunk ppl touching the equipment and situations like that

I would say put the dj booth on the deck or something and make sure only the sobre people can go up there at most.

people are fuckwits.

i played a house party once and this guy ignored the nice big sign saying "no drinks" on the equipment table, and decided to start pouring himself one. i put my hand out to stop him, give him the "uh uh" fingerpoint, and for some reason he thinks its a good idea to then bang his glass on the table repeatedly. now, i was mid mix so naturally the needle skips. glass & drink end up all over the floor as i bash the shit out of his hands whilst correcting. stupid cvnt.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN glass & drink end up all over the floor as i bash the shit out of his hands whilst correcting. stupid cvnt.

fucking A man.

u should have bash the shit out of him man .. let him know he can't mess with djs and their equipment..

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN people are fuckwits. glass & drink end up all over the floor as i bash the shit out of his hands whilst correcting. stupid cvnt.

fuckin oath chief

I'm worried now. My first gig is gonna be at a house party. Im also bringing my gear there.

House parties = $$$
They suk but if everyone is drunk who cares how shocking your mixing is?

thats a lesson. next time a girl taps you on the shoulder while youre djing you leave the decks and go make out with her.

No the lesson is never having anything to do with girls... ever!
Sorry just have had an emotional shit crap fuking day... week... month.
Screw girls... spend money on records and gear.

Gay lately 00 Tommy?



House parties are awesome usually. I guess I've just missed out on the bad experiences. I used to throw backyard massives in Peru, was some sick shit. Me and my homeys on the decks- rocking teh shit!

I'm so paranoid with my stuff, if someone wanted me to do a house party I'd probably make them sign a legal contract declaring they'd pay for any damages.

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Originally posted by Aquarian I'm so paranoid with my stuff, if someone wanted me to do a house party I'd probably make them sign a legal contract declaring they'd pay for any damages.

I kind of did that when i did a house partie for someone once.
I remember having this wooden broom handel and was pushing some drunk people away with it haha.

Also: Allied Nations i just noticed the smily you used matches your avater lol. No i wouldnt say gay, just pissed off.
Im sure youv all heard it but better to be pissed off then pissed on

House parties are usually good, but i hate when people are jumping and the floor bounces and then my needles skips. The things I learned with house parties is that if you dj, you need to be as far away from the crowd as possible and also try not to dj events where people know you cause they come up and try to say hi while your in mid mix and then think your an a$$ for not saying hi.

finally make sure you get your money before you start the party...drunk people postpone payments

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Originally posted by DJ 00 Tommy Im sure youv all heard it but better to be pissed off then pissed on

I'd rather get pissed on than having my precious decks ruined.

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Originally posted by Aquarian I'd rather get pissed on than having my precious decks ruined.

especially brand new cdj1000s
goddamn...

Maybe the whole drunk people thing is how djs came to be up on a stage :P

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Originally posted by DJ 00 Tommy Screw girls... spend money on records and gear.

Different context, but same thing.

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Originally posted by spdandpwr i hate when people are jumping and the floor bounces and then my needles skips. The things I learned with house parties is that if you dj, you need to be as far away from the crowd as possible

AGREED - the floors can get bouncing hugely. Besides being bad for regular decks if you have a laptop the hard drive can get wrecked so try to get positioned offside or the next room where the floor is steady and nobody can crash into the gear or slosh drinks on it.

Anther thing is finding the right speakers for the job if that's up to you. PA speakers are loud but don't sound so good in small rooms.

i suggest not bothering djing at house parties. they are big piss ups where either:-

1. no one cares about the music cos they are all too drunk

2. the girls dont like trance so leave, then all the guys leave cos there's no fit girls= shit party

or

3. 99.9995% of the time the sound system is shit so no one can hear anything anyway.

just chuck a nice cd on and have a good time.

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Originally posted by tvmann AGREED - the floors can get bouncing hugely. Besides being bad for regular decks if you have a laptop the hard drive can get wrecked so try to get positioned offside or the next room where the floor is steady and nobody can crash into the gear or slosh drinks on it.

Floorboards can bounce to the point where its bad for a HDD?
I find this dificult to understand/believe.

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Originally posted by richg101 i suggest not bothering djing at house parties. they are big piss ups where either:- 1. no one cares about the music cos they are all too drunk

Not really - why would they even have a DJ there if nobody cared?

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2. the girls dont like trance so leave, then all the guys leave cos there's no fit girls= shit party

Part of being a good DJ is playing the stuff the crowd wants, not what you want (though that doesn't mean you should play stuff you hate). If your playing is making people leave then clearly you're doing something wrong.

I've played a fair few house parties myself and never had any bad experiences (not counting destroyed speakers etc ) since I know all the people attending the party and therefore know what they want to listen to as well.

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Originally posted by richg101 i suggest not bothering djing at house parties. they are big piss ups where either:- 1. no one cares about the music cos they are all too drunk 2. the girls dont like trance so leave, then all the guys leave cos there's no fit girls= shit party or 3. 99.9995% of the time the sound system is shit so no one can hear anything anyway.

that are the main reasons why i don't do it anymore.
also, i hate bringing my own equipment, its just too expensive to be damaged by some ass that thinks he's cool when messing with my equipment pretending he's a dj.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Not really - why would they even have a DJ there if nobody cared? Part of being a good DJ is playing the stuff the crowd wants, not what you want (though that doesn't mean you should play stuff you hate). If your playing is making people leave then clearly you're doing something wrong. I've played a fair few house parties myself and never had any bad experiences (not counting destroyed speakers etc ) since I know all the people attending the party and therefore know what they want to listen to as well.

my points were made with one or more of them being true for any party. im envious of you if you have had the chance to dj in a perty and none of these points have been true.

remember that in the uk the trance scene is very small these days. most do not like trance even tho they were buying system f - out of the blue a few years ago and loving it. im not gonna change my style (which i am proud of and have taken since 98 to build) to play shitty commercial music - this is all that the majority of 'university/college' parties are about. the majority are very un cultured and only care about getting drunk. most of the time the dj is just there for the fact that the organiser can say "we got a dj at our party" or for a wannabe dj to get his/her first set.

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