How Was Your First Gig?

I have to say that my First Live Gig was Awful :(;
But maybe just putting it in writing may help Diminish the Memory a little;
I was 14; and had been asked to DJ for my Sister’s Daughter’s Engagement Party;
Trying to Avoid any Misunderstandings I had asked on at least 4 occasions for a list of their Favourite Tracks so I could include them; but nothing was forthcoming;
So; for the First Hour I played an Ambient Set; which was received Incredibly Well;
But around 40 minutes or so into my Main Set (which was Club Orientated); after I had played a Track that could have been Conceived as ‘Risque’; I began being approached/harrassed by Males who had taken Offence at the Track …
I may as well say what it was – ‘Gillette – Short D*** Man’; – and things became Quite Ugly until I told them if they wanted me to play something else then they would have to supply it; which they did by going home and picking up some Complilation CD’s; which I then played until the night ended; it was quite Crazy really as 80% of what were on the Compilation CD’s were coming up later in my Set anyway; so it seemed a lot of Fuss for nothing really; had they initially read my Track Listing which was available;
I was obvioulsy playing the Gig for Free; but wasn’t even Thanked by the Host; so I decided that I would Never play a ‘Family Gig’ ever again; and I am Pleased I have stuck to that; as the General Public are Much More Ameniable;

Heh, in another thread I mentioned an unfortunate incident that occurred at my first ‘gig’. This past New Year’s Eve at a buddy’s house. I offered to DJ and he thought it’d be a good idea. This was only after a few months of screwing around with VDJ Home Edition, and after only a week familiarizing myself with my Mixtrack Pro.

Needless to say I learned a ton that evening, but luckily no one really cared about the small details which only trying ears would take note of anyway, and I didn’t make any mistakes that disrupted the flow of the party. Biggest thing I took away was how to select tunes.

But for a first gig, it definitely helped that it was a bunch of my drunk friends who really didn’t care too much what was going on with the music as long as it didn’t stop 😀

My first gig went really well! I played the first hour in a bar where everyone had come from a boat party. So it was early but there was a ready made up for it crowd.

I got the through a friend of a friend that I basically begged to play for.

My First gig

Well first of all, i’ll say that DJ EENGENIOUS’s description ^ of his first gig describes mine almost to the T! It was a wedding for a family member and I offered to do it cuz I thought it would be fun and I could get some experience playing out. I was using VDJ7 Pro and a Mixtrack Pro. All the way from the pre-ceremony easy going tunes to the reception which lasted till about 11 at night, I was behind the decks just havin fun. Everyone told me what an awesome job I did and it made me feel great. I had to play quite a variety of music to please the different age groups and music preferences. I had to play a lot of country, which i really dont care for at all. But i got to play a lot of fun stuff and some of my top 40 favorites. I got to do a little bit of mixing/smooth transitioning between rock, country, top 40 and dance tunes (cha cha slide, electric slide, macarena, etc.) which was really fun but for the most part I was just picking the right tunes and keeping it interesting and fun. I did not however get to play any EDM, 🙁 which is my love and the reason for my becoming a DJ. The crowd there just didnt fit that type of music. But I still had an awesome time, learned a lot, and got tons of compliments. I think what I learned the most was how many requests you get as a DJ!!! Every 5 minutes I had someone coming to me with “will you play this” “do you have that” “we wanna hear some more of this”. Its a trick to please such a diverse crowd, but i think i did it as well as it could be done. Overall great time, so glad I did it, and now I’m super anxious to play out again!!!!!

my first gig was for a high school dance where all the kids wanted nothing but teach me how to dougie and other nonsense songs… i quickly learned that it really is about keeping your crowd happy despite if your not the biggest fan of songs.. I quickly switched venues though to crowds who appreciated house music haha

My first gig was at this bar right next to a strip club. It was on a tuesday night. I think I spent more than 4 days prepping. I wasn’t as nerveous as I thought I was gonna be but I was sweating a lot 🙁 The place was so dead by the end of the night they only people I was playing for were some of the strippers and my friends. Good times, good times 🙂

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