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Rasidel Slika
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Registered: Mar 2002
Location: usa
Things not to say to a DJ

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ATTENTION
Before requesting songs, making comments, or asking questions of the D.J.,
please...
CHECK BELOW FOR YOUR REQUEST

1. PLAY SOMETHING GOOD...SOMETHING WE CAN DANCE TO!
The D.J. has to play for more than one person...so, what you may 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 a 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 D.J.! They have to put up with smoke-filled rooms and dangerous decibel levels all night. 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 are requesting the song.

5. I CAN GET LAID IF YOU PLAY IT!
If you are GOOD ENOUGH, you can get laid to anything!! (also been known as "buy the album and get laid for a month!")

6. I WANT TO HEAR IT NEXT!
The only people who can get away with that statement write the D.J.'s paycheck!

7. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANNA HEAR...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 D.J. to recite the name of EVERY record in the booth!

8. HEY YO, NOBODY CAN DANCE TO THIS!
It is 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.

9. EVERYBODY WILL DANCE TO IT IF YOU PLAY IT!
The D.J. won't...I guess that blows a hole in that theory!

SOME ASSORTED THINGS NOT TO SAY
If you ask for a song and the D.J. says he just played it, DON'T SAY, "Well, I just got here." It makes absolutely no difference. DON'T SAY, "Is this the only kind of music you play?" If you go to a Chinese restaurant, you wouldn't ask for Italian food. Rock clubs play rock, alternative clubs play alternative, discos play disco, etc., etc., etc... 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. HOWEVER, if you ARE specific and the D.J. says he doesn't have the song, DON'T SAY, "What?!! What do you mean you don't have it? What kind of D.J. are you? Why don't you get into the wonderful world of fast food! You obviously don't know what you're doing as a D.J.!"...
HE MAY SHOOT YOU!!!

Special Note
A nightclub D.J. gets very little respect. They are expected to play everything for everybody. It is impossible to satisfy all to the people all of the time, yet club jocks are expected to do just that. If a radio jock tells his listeners a song is a hit, the majority of the people think it must be "because they said so on the radio." However, 80f the time, that same song was being played in a club long before the radio DISCOVERED the NEW song. So, give the D.J. 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 mixer, one hand on a TURNTABLE - wearing headphones,
DON'T BUG HIM OR HER!!! "

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Registered: Mar 2001
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darin epsilon
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Location: LA / CHI

Sadly, I have heard every one of these, AND can give examples, with exception of #5.


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Blake_Jarrell
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Registered: Mar 2006
Location: Chicago, IL

dancefloor/club psychology is really weird.

some people just feel really really awkward when they dont know the song thats being played, thus the reason why they ask for a different song. they feel like they should know all the words to it already. very few people can appreciate 1. a song theyve never heard before 2. a song that hasnt been spoonfed to them 3. a song with no words.

not everyone hears music the same. not everyone sees or remembers music the same either. some of the people that ask the dj for requests cannot possibly decide whether or not they like a song on their own, but most people have never heard a dj play a set outside of a sockhop/skate rink setting.


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KID-M
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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: San Francisco

heard last night -

1. To me while playing - "Can you play that call on me song? What about Fedde Le Grand?"

2. To Desyn while playing - "Who are you and where is Victor R?"


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Blake_Jarrell
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Registered: Mar 2006
Location: Chicago, IL

quote:
Originally posted by KID-M

1. To me while playing - "Can you play that call on me song? What about Fedde Le Grand?"


that was me asking

quote:
Originally posted by KID-M

2. To Desyn while playing - "Who are you and where is Victor R?"


if milo had his party bus wig, he would have totally been mistaken for victor r last night.


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cervy
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Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Chicago

LOL

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Rasidel Slika
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Registered: Mar 2002
Location: usa

Milo should really always go out with the wig on, from this point forward. There's no reason why he shouldn't. thx

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Yuris
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Registered: May 2007
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quote:
Originally posted by Blake_Jarrell
that was me asking


big ups

i usually request Markus Schulz - Pump That Pussy

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Ben Brown
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Chicago

Verbatim: "Do you have any progressive music.. like DJ Sammy?"


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Daniel K
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Registered: Nov 2004
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben Brown
Verbatim: "Do you have any progressive music.. like DJ Sammy?"


sorry about that ben

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