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my first gig ever
I had only been dj'ing for a few months and some lady at my work needed a dj for a fundraiser she was putting on. It was for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in Ojai, California.
I drove almost an hour to get out to this place. During this time I only spun trance. I told her I spun trance and she said that would be fine and the people there wouldn't mind it.
I was self conscious about my mixing still so I invited a friend (Global-Trance) to come mix with me.
The lady wasn't going to pay us for this, we donated our services since this was a fundraiser for a good cause, to raise money for the foundation in the memory of this one ladie's son that died with the disease. We would however get all the food and drinks that we wanted. That was a big plus, especially for starving college students.
We brought two big speakers + stands, positioned them so that we could use them as monitors as well. 2 turntables, and mixer. I brought 2 big bags of records. My friend was playing with my records.
We set up all the equipment...it was 100 degrees outside!!!! This was an outdoor event and we were right on the lake's edge.
I start off the set, as soon as I put on the record, people's heads turned. They gave a weird look. I was like OMG wtf. I got really self conscious and going into my first mix I ed up. Big time. Absolute trainwreck.
After this my friend took over and delivered a really good set.
I went through all that work to bring equipment and set everything up and I practically didn't even play.
Every few minutes people would come up requesting hip hop or something more 'family oriented'. This one lady came up and was like "do you have anything that doesn't make me feel like I am in a club?" I was like wtf. This was like the worst day ever.
This is my worst dj'ing experience. |
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