Phil Morse, post: 4064 wrote: God, been there. Someone didn’t talk to me for 2 years after I threw him out of my DJ box. Fellow DJ, too!
Wow, two years? That’s harsh. One would think a fellow DJ would have respect for your wish to not be disturbed whilst playing… But then again, Vodka n Redbulls are not known for improving someone’s judgment.
Luckily (or maybe not) I haven’t had the opportunity to throw someone out of a club, on account that I’ve never played in one (still being in the pre-larval state of beginner bedroom-DJ), but if I ever rise to the skill level that I am capable of playing out, I’m sure this situation will arise.
I think that it’s inevitable, if it’s from drunk friends, or even sober strangers; requests, fiddling with knobs, distractions etc. will happen. I think it is because not a lot of people really understand what the DJ does. With a band, it’s different, they play music by doing… stuff with instruments, in general, I don’t think you’d see someone try to snatch the guitar from a band and start playing their own tune (there’s always exceptions to the rule, of course).
But a DJ? What is that the DJ is doing behind those turntables, how does it work? Hell, I thought the DJ was somehow responsible for the music production (having only seen EDM-DJs) a few years ago, but then I decided to read up.
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