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dealing with stress
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
i dont know why i ever thought DJing was a good idea :toothless. just got home from my first big gig supporting one of australia's names, and i just stress like a mother fvcker beforehand. its getting to the point where i wonder if the nerves are worth it. maybe getting more gigs and experience will help, but how do you guys deal with it?
anyone else play basketball with the stylus that first time you lay it down? oops :D uncontrollable hand shakes. i hope im not a lost cause ;) |
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| DOOMBOT |
How long have you been mixing before your first gig?
BTW: Few drinks before hand never hurt anybody. :D |
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| ASFSE |
| get these pills called beta blockers perscribed to you. they are commonly used by symphony players to reduce stress and nervesnousss. |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by DOOMBOT
BTW: Few drinks before hand never hurt anybody. :D |
Yes, but only a few. If you have too many you'll just everything up. |
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| DOOMBOT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
Yes, but only a few. If you have too many you'll just everything up. |
True. My first gig the other night I had 2 beers and a shot of tequila and I was good to go!!!!!! :gsmile: |
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| Allied Nations |
| quote: | Originally posted by ASFSE
get these pills called beta blockers perscribed to you. they are commonly used by symphony players to reduce stress and nervesnousss. |
:wtf: |
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| Tony Morello |
| quote: | Originally posted by Allied Nations
:wtf: |
+1 |
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| T-Soma |
| Breathing exercise |
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| KilldaDJ |
| smoke a fat binter before u play and maybe one after. |
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| EvilTree |
Why worry so much?
Just remember that first thing that should be on your mind is to go out and have fun.
happens. So what if you up? Someone going to take away your birthday? |
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| Inertia |
try being a DJ in a 3rd world country, who once had a decent clubscene and now its a scavenger type thing.
last club gig i had, we had to:
- supply the decks and mixer
- get there extra early for a soundcheck
- figure out why the goddamn speakers sounded so (the sound 'tech' [yeah right] guys had plugged the outputs into the speaker's mic inputs rather than line inputs)
- figure out how the to hook up the bigger system, which had been recently unplugged to be moved
- make some cables from spare around to adapt everything
- doing all of the above while some people are already inside and talking amongst themselves while there is silence
all for a few bucks and some drinks. i only do it to help my friend, who is in debt and needs to get as many gigs as he can. i don't charge when i spin with him at this club so he can keep all the money. i'd rather be out spinning there than staying home on a saturday night since theres nothing to do in this city, which is the only reason i do it, but this gets ridiculous sometimes. try this for a stressful night. in the end, to the people, most of the times even if it's the club's fault, you're the one who looks bad if you refuse to spin. and if the soundsystem sucks, then you look bad because if you were a decent DJ, people expect you to spin at some place with decent sound.
with me starting to get actual paying gigs lately, even tho they are just as stressful, i'm starting to stop this nonsense, because at least there i get paid.
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| Mmanu |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
i dont know why i ever thought DJing was a good idea :toothless. just got home from my first big gig supporting one of australia's names, and i just stress like a mother fvcker beforehand. its getting to the point where i wonder if the nerves are worth it. maybe getting more gigs and experience will help, but how do you guys deal with it?
anyone else play basketball with the stylus that first time you lay it down? oops :D uncontrollable hand shakes. i hope im not a lost cause ;) |
The tough guy from the cOr. lol
Experience will help.. |
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