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[Idlemind1999]

I'm sure we all have some... and most of you have already seen this but heres a cool collection of "booth notes"


http://nobreastsnorequests.tumblr.com/

[Eksotik]

Yeah, every DJ forum needs a corner for that!

Recently I experienced on my own skin a thing I had heard about but thought it was just TOO absurd even for drunk ignorant people.. I mean, how can I appreciate your breasts, if you ask me to play shit hits from Youtube...

But you know what's even worse than asshole clubbers.. asshole DJ-s who you have to play with, they are a bit harder to ignore. Especially when they have fucked up their ears so much already they have to turn the monitor all the way to 11, the only time I needed to use earplugs that night was the 10 minutes I was waiting by the booth to take over. Also refusing to turn the volume down so it doesn't CLIP.. WTF???

[P K]

Last week, dude comes up and says I'm friends (and he was!) with the owner, it's my birthday, here's my PLAYLIST and hands me his phone...Willie Nelson and everything! pretty painful as I can hear people saying how much the dj (me) sucked. Owner thought it was funny. Almost as bad as the time another club owner made me teach a chick how to dj during a big sat. night

[Supacuts]

^That does suck! My pal and I entered a competition held by the resident DJ who was moving abroad and he was recruiting for his replacement. We absolutely waxed it and the host begrudgingly gave it to the eventual winner because we weren't "housey" enough. What an empty victory for second place!

Another time I had most of a club jaw-dropped when I did a scratch set (granted, they weren't dancing but they were entertained) and a girl came up to me (mid flow) and asked when I was gonna play some proper music!

My best moment was playing at a house party and I was told this House DJ was gonna be playing and he could cut. I watched him and afterwards I told him I thought he was really good. He was quite dismissive and I felt like a right dick... until he heard me play and he was like "I'd heard another scratch DJ was gonna attend and had I known it was you and how good you were, I'd have been more respectful before!".

[P K]

Proper music!?! I love how people don't get it and are incredibly rude as well

Oh and before I forget, chick comes up, says why aren't you playing hip hop? I point at the record (this was like 7 yrs. ago) and say "Missy Elliot" which is what was playing, she disappears (at this point in time I had been playing at this sh#thole for 4 months, and my night was a hip hop night) next the manager shows up and says why aren't you playing hip hop? as Nelly "It's hot in herre" was on.....and that was my last night playing there.

Sometimes when you need the money....you get a little punishment for free

[blardyblah]

it's no more rude than having a virtuoso wankathon that's only of interest to hardcore enthusiasts when the crowd have paid to hear something they can dance to.

sorry to be blunt but a club is not a youtube innofader demo. tease in the intro with a little juggle here, scratch a little acapella over the drum break there, and let the music play. that way you leave them wanting more.

you wouldn't like it if the bar started turning your beer into a fruit cocktail. same concept.

[Supacuts]

blardyblah, on 26 February 2012 - 09:33 PM, said:

it's no more rude than having a virtuoso wankathon that's only of interest to hardcore enthusiasts when the crowd have paid to hear something they can dance to.

sorry to be blunt but a club is not a youtube innofader demo. tease in the intro with a little juggle here, scratch a little acapella over the drum break there, and let the music play. that way you leave them wanting more.

you wouldn't like it if the bar started turning your beer into a fruit cocktail. same concept.

Spoken like a true human iPod. Miles Davies could have learnt a lot from this way of thinking. Same concept.

[Monosylabik]

I don't have that many stories like these yet, just the usual annoying out of place requests (a ton of them when I'm doing my own music live set, not mixing, and I've made that very clear over the mic) and people assuming I have access to all the music in the world right there on the spot and often getting mad when I refuse to play it off youtube even when there's no internet connection.

I do seem to have a giant neon sign that says "Talk To Me!!" which lights up when it senses I'm the busiest, like right when I put on headphones to cue/beatmatch a song or just when I launch into a scratching part. I'm pretty chill and try my best to do both at the same time if their intention is good, but at the first hint of someone wanting to be the armchair dj I stop giving a shit.

[Idlemind1999]

I really am thinking of writing a "tales from the booth" book or something... Years ago, (pre DVS) The mega clubs had DJ rooms, to hold all the records, record holders and Djs rotating thru the night. There were couches and windows to the dance floor and regular visits from the bar staff to keep us hydrated. One night I was filling in early in the night (around 9) the big guns didn't dare show up until after midnight. And a girl pops into the booth with a CD. The booth had two CD players (no pitch) but basically it was all records. She hands me the CD and starts unbuttoning her coat. She says, "Can I keep my shoes on?"... I had no clue what she was talking about. so I'm looking puzzled.

She says, "I know how this works... I need you to play my single, is it OK if I keep my shoes on?"

Mind you I was just filling in for the regular early guy... I had no idea what kind of booth he was running before the headliners got in. Needless to say, She didn't get her single played and before you give me all the things you would have done... TRUST ME... if you saw her, You wouldn't have.

[Symatic]

i had someone asking me where my laptop was, and how the records worked without one.....
most random has to be little old lady coming up to the booth and saying 'have you got a kaossilator?' and looking really dissapointed when i said no.

[blardyblah]

i remember this one time when a group of girls who were out celebrating their friend's 21st birthday came over and requested i stop playing tunes that they all knew and perform a 20 minute freestyle over a dirtstyle looper.

[stevie e]

all these previous posts are why i never do clubs anymore and only house partys that bitches seldom attend to
(i spin what i spin and no bitch/club owner can tell me not to)

[Supacuts]

blardyblah, on 27 February 2012 - 03:17 PM, said:

i remember this one time when a group of girls who were out celebrating their friend's 21st birthday came over and requested i stop playing tunes that they all knew and perform a 20 minute freestyle over a dirtstyle looper.

hmm, sense sarcasm, I do!

Look, I know you're right, but if I can't moan about this stuff on a forum full of turntablists, who can I vent to? DJs don't give a f*** so I come here where I hope to interact with like-minded people. Eventually, I will play more commercial sets and be grateful, but at the moment, whilst there's still optimism in me, I'd like to fantasise about rocking the club with a turntablism set and wonder why I'm not doing it for a living.

As for turning my beer into fruit cocktails... Too far - you've gone too far!

[sinjintek]

Symatic, on 27 February 2012 - 12:33 PM, said:

i had someone asking me where my laptop was, and how the records worked without one.....

HOLY SHIT! i've gotten this question before too... i'd almost forgotten! i definitely gave that kid the cold blank stare down until he walked away.

[blardyblah]

no worries supa. i wish the big titty bitches would go crazy for turbo chirps too.

just saying a good party needs a little effort from both sides of the booth.

[Steady J]

sinjintek, on 27 February 2012 - 04:30 PM, said:

HOLY SHIT! i've gotten this question before too... i'd almost forgotten! i definitely gave that kid the cold blank stare down until he walked away.

Wow! That is incredible.
How does it work without a laptop. Insert Cricket chirps here.

[Eksotik]

A sporting store in a big mall had this "urbany" campain and my friend was drawing a piece behind their front window and me and another friend were behind the decks playing while he was drawing. So suddenly I notice an old lady is in front of the decks screaming something up at me and waving her cane. So I took headphones off and gave her some attention.. to hear something along the lines "stop it, you hooligan! what do you think of yourself, there are people here blla bla, this is too loud! STOP RIGHT NOW"
I was quite puzzled.. how do I respond to that.
So I told her I am just doing my job and she should talk to the manager.
She goes "I will call the police/security for you, you damn hooligan! this is a public place with people, stop this beating! "
I say "please, go ahead but leave me alone, i am working"
"bla bla..."

So I just ignore her, she walks around aimlessly for a while then comes back.. lol, she was about 70 I guess, definitely a pensioner. BTW, the music was not loud at all in todays terms, it was a shop after all. She also said some shit to the dude who was drawing, about the aerosol smell and him poisoning people or smth..
How clueless can you be.. especially funny was that she did not seem to be buying anything at all, just wandering around in a large mall, looking for hooligans i guess.

[dj ned]

Last saturday night this guy comes up to me and asks me if I take requests and I said sure so he sticks his phone in my face! I couldn't control myself I just yelled WTF! hahaha the look on his face was priceless! needless to say he didn't get his request played..