next month I'm playing in the big commercial club in town (not that this means anything good or bad).
Some friends have started a monthly there and this will be the second one.
When there was the first night, there was a guy from the club who was "singing" over the tracks.
This dude can sing, but he's really obnoxious and says stupid things along the lines of:
-I wanna make love to you
-heaaaaaaat (chaleuuur for the french speakers)
-oh yes you are so beautifulllll
-random orgasm sounds
etc etc
yeah totally obnovioux...
Has anyone else ever seen this?
How to deal with this person? If he "sings" over my playing I feel as if I'll want to slap him hard.
This night is promoted(poorly) by a local commercial radio station and he's a guy from the radio station... I don't think we actually have a say about him being there or not ... (regarding the promotion for the night this second one will have a much bigger promo effort(I'm handling all design and video teaser(yeah ... I'm making a teaser...), seeing as how I saw how little effort was put into getting the word out for this party (from the club and radios point of view, not the monthly organizers)).
One of these things were you compromise yourself, or make your point clear?!
What would you all do?
/rant
Nov-20-2011 21:03
chewy dragee
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2009
Location: Your mom's house
You mean he has a microphone??
Nov-21-2011 06:11
jdat
Jay Van Dat
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: I dont even know
quote:
Originally posted by chewy dragee
You mean he has a microphone??
yes a wireless microphone so he has complete freedom of movement with his ball breaking
Nov-21-2011 07:55
orTofønChiLd
Everything is illuminated
Registered: Feb 2008
Location: Miami
how are you dealing with vocalist, wut deals does she have for you
Nov-21-2011 11:05
jdat
Jay Van Dat
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: I dont even know
quote:
Originally posted by orTofønChiLd
how are you dealing with vocalist, wut deals does she have for you
haha I guess some of you are amuses by this
how will I deal with it? Telling him (cause it's a muscly gay male not a she) to bugger off??
Nov-21-2011 16:10
n3lly
www.n3lly.com
Registered: May 2003
Location: Dublin
quote:
Originally posted by jdat
haha I guess some of you are amuses by this
how will I deal with it? Telling him (cause it's a muscly gay male not a she) to bugger off??
I'd definitely use the word bugger for starters!
If it were me I'd have a chat with the rest of your 'crew' see what they say so it's not only you that has beef with this lad.
Secondly I'd then ask the management of the club to have a word with him and tell him that they've had negative feedback about some of the things he's been saying over the mic. That way it avoids you guys taking any flack and they can take some of the heat. Unless it's the club that want him there in which case I'd just deal with it if he's part of the package. Find out who hires him or wants him there and then have a discrete word with them.
Nov-21-2011 16:19
meriter
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Registered: May 2009
Location:
Play the gayest music imaginable.
Nov-21-2011 16:22
Lunar Phase 7
Not a Flying Toy.
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Zone 4
Turn his mic down, off. Shoot him?
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Nov-21-2011 22:47
Nemesis44
ZZZZZzzzzzz.....
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Brighton
Back when I was involved in the rave scene in the late 80s early 90s this was common place.
Last time when I encountered it was in around 2003 when I played in Italy.
You can look at it two ways.
You can make his life difficult by playing a lot of vocal tracks with strong vocal content making him sound excessive and out of place.
Or you can play tracks that will give him a chance to strut his stuff and look good and make the night work better as a whole.
My recomendation would be to go for the latter, perhaps even loop sections of tracks with bass and kick sections so that he gets a platform to communicate with the crowd. A good vocalist/MC can make a crowd get into it if done well.
He obviously has connections to the club and they want him there, give him a platform to work with and it could strengthen your position in the club as he may even ask to work with you more often. Make him part of your performance.
Treat this as a learning experience, and make sure you get as much out of it as possible.
(regarding the promotion for the night this second one will have a much bigger promo effort(I'm handling all design and video teaser(yeah ... I'm making a teaser...), seeing as how I saw how little effort was put into getting the word out for this party (from the club and radios point of view, not the monthly organizers)).
