At a hip-hop club I start off with AC/DC, The Smiths and Nirvana. Then I scream on the crowd and tell them they don't know shit if they are not feelin' the music.
This happend to me at a party Premier was playing at!
usually by asking someone to go tell the bartender to cut the jukebox....
that reminds me. has anyone seen someone putting cash into a jukebox while you are DJing?
yes, happens all the time at this one little bar shingaling and I DJ....there is a wall between the bar and the space where we are set up...we can come in, set up and get rolling without half the bar even seeing us, so I guess they still think the jukebox is still going while we are playing. I wonder if they get peeved that their Johnny Cash song never comes up...
Ditto at the BREAKFACE! spot. And the jukebox is right next to the dj setup. folls roll up and don't even notice the shit-ton of records they are tripping over and dude with a big pair of silver headphones on the decks.
that reminds me. has anyone seen someone putting cash into a jukebox while you are DJing?
Nope, but I've seen a regular put on his iPod earbuds and read a book at the bar. Thanks for coming, sport.
That is too funny! I had the same thing happen to me and he was NEXT TO THE BOOTH MONITOR with plenty of other seating options. How weird is that? And it wasn't even 'iPod Night' !
I like to open with a "give yourseld a stereo checkout" over the intro to "in the mood" by Tyrone Davis. If im on last or get the house party "wind it up" motion i like to finish with "if you've never been away" by ulrich schnauss. Get the fuck out, but heres a tune so you do it with a smile.
fuck the previous dj...run the needle across whatever bullshit record he was playing..(that way you'll get the crowds attention)...grab the mic and say "YA'LL MUTHAFUCKAS READY FOR THE REAL SHIT SAY HOOOOO!!!!!" at this point drop a loop of Flash's theme by Queen on -8 pitch then lead the crowd in the call/response of your choice something like "when i say dj...yall say ... (insert dj name here) ...dj ... (name)... dj... (name) "
then say "big shout to (fake celebrity who really isn't there) in the house..i see you dog...imma bout to do this....here we go "
then transform scratch into whatever song you choose to play..
chinese beauty - lennie hibbert black gunn - augustus pablo hymn to mother earth - demon fuzz tin tin deo - junior mance devotion - earth wind and fire just my salvation - rance allen mood indigo - nina simone happiness - lionel hampton
well, i start out pretending im grandmaster flash, what would he do to rock the crowd, put on some dopeass oldschool shit, the mexican maybe, or some mandrill, i might throw on a couple of cutback recs just to test the set, see if the needles are jumpin off, if the crossfader works ok, stuff like that... check out the crowd, who's up, who's at the bar, what do they want/ need to get down to, try to feel that and so on...................!
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This happend to me at a party Premier was playing at!
Nope, but I've seen a regular put on his iPod earbuds and read a book at the bar. Thanks for coming, sport.
Say what????????????
Ditto at the BREAKFACE! spot. And the jukebox is right next to the dj setup. folls roll up and don't even notice the shit-ton of records they are tripping over and dude with a big pair of silver headphones on the decks.
That is too funny! I had the same thing happen to me and he was NEXT TO THE BOOTH MONITOR with plenty of other seating options. How weird is that? And it wasn't even 'iPod Night' !
Yes. Also, Rise- Herb Alpert or Bounce Skate...
HA !
black gunn - augustus pablo
hymn to mother earth - demon fuzz
tin tin deo - junior mance
devotion - earth wind and fire
just my salvation - rance allen
mood indigo - nina simone
happiness - lionel hampton
that kind of stuff