Top ten things you should never say to a DJ

Digital Rain · **Posted:** Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:10 am

Top ten things you should never say to a DJ:

1. PLAY SOMETHING GOOD...SOMETHING WE CAN DANCE TO !
The DJ has to play for more than one person...so what you hate may be another's favorite song and EVERYTHING played here can be danced to one way or another.

2. WOULD YOU PLAY SOMETHING WITH A "BEAT" !
BE SERIOUS! We know of NO songs played in a club that don't have some sort of BEAT!

3. I DON'T KNOW WHO SINGS IT AND I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF THE SONG, BUT IT GOES LIKE THIS....
PLEASE don't sing for the DJ. They have to put up with smoke filled rooms and dangerous decibel levels all night long...Do them a favor and DON'T give them a rendition of your favorite song.

4. EVERYBODY WANTS TO HEAR IT !
Oh, sure... you polled everyone in the club and, as their spokesperson, you're requesting the song.

5. EVERYBODY WILL DANCE IF YOU PLAY IT !
The DJ won't. I guess that blows a hole in that theory!

6. I CAN GET LAID IF YOU PLAY IT !
Why settle for one night? Buy the album and get laid for a whole month!

7. I WANT TO HEAR IT NEXT !
The ONLY people who can get away with that statement write the DJ's paycheck!

8. WHAT DO YOU HAVE ?
It's a lot easier for you to go have another beer and figure out what you want to hear than it is for the DJ to recite the name of every record in the booth!

9. HEY, MAN, NOBODY CAN DANCE TO THIS !
It's NOT advisable to say this when the dance floor is packed (but some people do anyway) ! HOWEVER, even if there is only ONE person on the floor, it STILL contradicts the statement!

10. PLAY IT SOON, BECAUSE WE'RE LEAVING !
If your gonna leave after he plays it, why shouldn't he wait till the very last song so you stay all night!

SOME ASSORTED THINGS NOT TO SAY TO A DJ:
1. If you ask for a song and the DJ says he just played it, DON’T SAY "Well I just got here." It makes absolutely no difference.

2. DON’T SAY "Is this the only music you play?" If you go to a Chinese restaurant, you wouldn’t ask for Italian food.

3. If you ask for a song...BE SPECIFIC. DON’T SAY "I wanna hear something....anything but this!" Try going to the bar and saying,

"I wanna drink something....anything but this..." You can’t complain if you're not SPECIFIC.

4. HOWEVER, if you are specific and the DJ says he doesn’t have that song, DON’T SAY "What!?!? What do you mean you don’t have it? what kind of DJ are you? HE MAY SHOOT YOU!!!!!

5. SPECIAL NOTE! A night club DJ gets very little RESPECT. They are expected to play everything for everybody. It is impossible to satisfy all of the people all of the time, yet club DJs are expected to do just that. If a radio DJ tells his listeners a song is a hit, the majority of the people figure it must be "Because they say so on the radio." However 80% of the time that same song was being played in a club long before radio DISCOVERED the NEW song.

So give the DJ a break! The next time you request a song, stop and THINK before you speak.

And above all....if the DJ has one hand on the mixing board, one hand on the turntable, and the headphones on....Don’t bug him

....HE’S MIXING!!!!

Steven H · **Posted:** Sun Jan 18, 2004 5:42 pm

Very good

Spherix · **Posted:** Sun Jan 18, 2004 7:07 pm

what bout

no.1 - You suck more then ((-&E-))! (Mission Impossible 3)
no.2 - You are cheesier then ((-&E-))! (Doubt anyone could be it)

Rolling Eyes

davehart · **Posted:** Sun Jan 18, 2004 9:05 pm

Noted for future reference.

((-&E-)) · **Posted:** Sun Jan 18, 2004 10:20 pm

QbIx · **Posted:** Mon Jan 19, 2004 1:03 pm

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WhiteEagle · **Posted:** Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:15 am

how about " i spin better with my left leg "

Digital Rain · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2004 2:21 am

I just remembered something. A couple years ago in a club I've seen a guy drunk beyond imagination come up to a DJ and ask him to play some song, the DJ didn't have it. The guy snapped, he grabbed the frame that the mixer and turntables were suspended on and with the weight of his body pulled it down. Everything hit the ground. Not only the equipment was damaged but it also ended the night because the club had only one set of turntables. I don't wish anybody to hear a sound of a turntable/needle hitting the ground on clubs stereo system, I thought my eardrums were going to explode. I should add that it was Saturday around 11:30pm, so the night was just starting...

Dj Traxxlover · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2004 8:30 am

where were the security?

Digital Rain · **Posted:** Sat Jan 24, 2004 12:11 am

Digital Rain · **Posted:** Thu Feb 05, 2004 3:23 am

A friend of mine played a set recently, two hours of good European trance, afterwards some guy came up to him and said: "You should stop playing that American techno crap and start playing some Euro Dance music you know..." I was lost for words.

Viceroy · **Posted:** Fri Feb 06, 2004 6:52 am

Some people are stupid.

Digital Rain · **Posted:** Sat Apr 03, 2004 8:30 pm

Last night we had a DJ competition and some guy was spinning and using the microphone in the worst possible way, to cover up his mistakes in transitions he would scream out loud the title of the song and even the remix name. There should be a top ten thing not to do while dj'ing under any circumstances.
Also we had a girl ask one of the dj's : "Can you play something European, I wanna dance my as off you know". DJ : "What do you wanna hear?" . Girl : " My Milkshake Is Better Than Yours." . A very European dance track indeed Laughing

Dj Traxxlover · **Posted:** Sun Apr 04, 2004 12:02 am

poor rnb club chicks...

narcism · **Posted:** Sun Apr 04, 2004 12:11 pm

Things you should say to a dj: when are you going to play something decent.
This is cheese.
My head head cant handle all of these trainwrecks
and are you tone deaf Wink

Digital Rain · **Posted:** Thu May 20, 2004 1:54 am

Recently happened to a friend of mine:
The owner of the club told him that he can't spin there anymore because the base was to loud and a few bottles of alcohol broke because they fell on the ground behind the bar. The guy is a well skilled dj and the floor was packed so people couldn't complain about anything.
How would you react to something like that ? I honestly think it was b/s to put another dj in his place, but you never know...