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i never post here while im djing at a club...

LuminLumin 807 Posts
edited February 2008 in Strut Central
since noone i know is around, yall will deal with my unhappinessim playin in a jazz club owned by a famous jazz magazineunfortunately its location is in a casinoi was brought out to play some old school hip hop and some chill soul and funk... th night started around 8:30 and around 9 pm or so i got about 12 requests to play trance... i mean im in a classy jazz club im pretty much floored right nowits midnight now and i have 4 hours to gosomeone in my area please come and shoot me on this stage.... pleaseim mad doggie

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  • spelunkspelunk 3,400 Posts
    Playing old-school hip-hop in a Jazz club and then getting trance requests.

    This spot you are at has a serious identity crisis going on.
  • behemothbehemoth 2,189 Posts
    Playing old-school hip-hop in a Jazz club and then getting trance requests.

    This spot you are at has a serious identity crisis going on.

    ipod on shuffe and make your way to the blackjack tables.
  • deejdeej 5,125 Posts
    viva reggaeton
  • jaymackjaymack 5,199 Posts
    yeah well ive been sitting here in the booth at a strip club since 5:30, its now midnite, i have 2 hours left. there have been about 6 customers all day, and ill probably leave here with thirty bucks for the whole day.
    THREE FUCKIN GIRLS ALL DAY/NIGHT!!!
    SUNDAYS FUCKIN SUCK HERE!!
    AND I CANT GET OUT OF THEM!!!!



  • LuminLumin 807 Posts
    Playing old-school hip-hop in a Jazz club and then getting trance requests.

    This spot you are at has a serious identity crisis going on.

    well ill put it like this. i brought rap records i figured would work in a jazz club ala tribe, roots, etc etc

    the trance requests did not stop for a good 30 minutes. thank god a couple other djs are here to play as well.
    the backstage lounge here is not too bad. ill hopefully be hiding out here for the remainder of the night.
  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    Playing old-school hip-hop in a Jazz club and then getting trance requests.

    This spot you are at has a serious identity crisis going on.

    well ill put it like this. i brought rap records i figured would work in a jazz club ala tribe, roots, etc etc

    the trance requests did not stop for a good 30 minutes. thank god a couple other djs are here to play as well.
    the backstage lounge here is not too bad. ill hopefully be hiding out here for the remainder of the night.

    DJs with access to a backstage lounge gets no sympathy, dawg.
  • waxjunkywaxjunky 1,849 Posts

    the trance requests did not stop for a good 30 minutes.

    Shit makes me angry just reading it. Glowstick bitches.
  • kwalitykwality 620 Posts
    yeah well ive been sitting here in the booth at a strip club since 5:30, its now midnite, i have 2 hours left. there have been about 6 customers all day, and ill probably leave here with thirty bucks for the whole day.
    THREE FUCKIN GIRLS ALL DAY/NIGHT!!!
    SUNDAYS FUCKIN SUCK HERE!!
    AND I CANT GET OUT OF THEM!!!!





    So how does one get a job in such a venue? And what sort of stuff do you play?
  • DeeRockDeeRock 1,836 Posts
    Well how did the next 4 hours go for ya? I was in half price books the other day and some lady was buying records and trying to teach her daughter who looked about 11 years old about what was "good". She told her any Diana Ross or Bee Gees records were good and not to buy any Steely Dan because it was "Techno" music!!!!
  • deejdeej 5,125 Posts
    if you get a lot of trance requests, i would buy a copy of sandstorm, and just play that song whenever someone requests 'trance,' even if that means hearing it six times in a night.

    cuz that song kicks ass
  • CinisterCeeCinisterCee 863 Posts
    Hate trance requests.
  • LokoOneLokoOne 1,823 Posts

    the trance requests did not stop for a good 30 minutes.

    Shit makes me angry just reading it. Glowstick bitches.

    Serious. Here's my question: did they ask for it by genre, by song name, or by description? (EG, Do you have any Dance Music?)

    I'm guessing the last option. Those botches don't usually know the name of the genre they want to hear, so they couldn't ask by genre. And if they asked by song name, no one respectable would know what they're talking about. So, I'm guessing you had 12 people come up to you and ask for "something you can dance to"?

    shoulda dropped that old NWA tune for them.

    I played a film event, same shit, the organisor loved funk and shit, once it started harrasing her saying they all wanted House music,she came over and asked me to play some house, which i relucantly played (had a few cd's) and the fuckers didnt dance, so I told them to get fucked and dropped the funk again....although I sped the tracks up abit for them...(im considerate like that....).

    I have a friend that just ignores them, cold... they cann be at the booth for an hour he wont look at them.... full poker faced master. And drunk chicks are the worse (unless their naked)
  • waxjunkywaxjunky 1,849 Posts
    I was in half price books the other day and some lady was buying records and trying to teach her daughter who looked about 11 years old about what was "good". She told her any Diana Ross or Bee Gees records were good and not to buy any Steely Dan because it was "Techno" music!!!!

    And another Becky is released into the wild.
  • phatmoneysackphatmoneysack Melbourne 1,124 Posts
    I was in half price books the other day and some lady was buying records and trying to teach her daughter who looked about 11 years old about what was "good". She told her any Diana Ross or Bee Gees records were good and not to buy any Steely Dan because it was "Techno" music!!!!

    And another Becky is released into the wild.

    LOL
  • LuminLumin 807 Posts
    Well how did the next 4 hours go for ya? I was in half price books the other day and some lady was buying records and trying to teach her daughter who looked about 11 years old about what was "good". She told her any Diana Ross or Bee Gees records were good and not to buy any Steely Dan because it was "Techno" music!!!!

    the last two hours were actually real cool. once the trance crowd left, the pressure from the promoters and the complaints about music stopped. folks chilled and danced until they closed the spot. i even got a very polite napkin request for "left my wallet in el segundo" and a cute lil female askin for peter piper.
    one of the promoters said i "redeemed myself" in the last couple hours like i was playin wack shit in the first place... i dont know. i tried to not take it personal.


    and about the requests, i was asked for "eric morillo, tiesto, paul van dyk kinda house". when did that become house music? but at least they knew what they wanted
  • verb606verb606 2,518 Posts

    one of the promoters said i "redeemed myself" in the last couple hours like i was playin wack shit in the first place... i dont know. i tried to not take it personal.


    and about the requests, i was asked for "eric morillo, tiesto, paul van dyk kinda house". when did that become house music? but at least they knew what they wanted


    Redeemed yourself? Fuck that. He's the promoter. Does he want it to be a trance night or a hip-hop/soul whatever night? A crowd is a crowd, but a promoter shouldn't be judging you because of some crowd he doesn't even want. That's straight
  • YNOTYNOT in a studio apt mixing tuna with the ramen 417 Posts

    one of the promoters said i "redeemed myself" in the last couple hours like i was playin wack shit in the first place... i dont know. i tried to not take it personal.


    and about the requests, i was asked for "eric morillo, tiesto, paul van dyk kinda house". when did that become house music? but at least they knew what they wanted


    Redeemed yourself? Fuck that. He's the promoter. Does he want it to be a trance night or a hip-hop/soul whatever night? A crowd is a crowd, but a promoter shouldn't be judging you because of some crowd he doesn't even want. That's straight

    Yuh, It sounds like the promoter was the one Frickin' up. I wouldn't sweat it. People never cease to amaze me. I mean you wouldn't walk into a rave and request Showbiz and AG. Sounds like your night turned out alright in the end. Hopefully they made it worth your while.
  • jaymackjaymack 5,199 Posts
    yeah well ive been sitting here in the booth at a strip club since 5:30, its now midnite, i have 2 hours left. there have been about 6 customers all day, and ill probably leave here with thirty bucks for the whole day.
    THREE FUCKIN GIRLS ALL DAY/NIGHT!!!
    SUNDAYS FUCKIN SUCK HERE!!
    AND I CANT GET OUT OF THEM!!!!





    So how does one get a job in such a venue? And what sort of stuff do you play?

    i guess i was at the rright place at the right time!
    i play alot of top 40 r&b and hip hop (i like to play the remixes no one has heard yet). but you also have youe regggeaton girls, your techno girls, or your rock girls. im prob not like your average scripclub dj. i try to stay away from the cliche music, though there aare girls that want that stuff.

    sunday i was able to play a GRIP of dilla and whatever i wanted because we were taking breaks between girls.
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