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  • #2048685
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    Hi,

    Not going into the discussion if there actually is a “gap” to be filled (most DJs that play requests don’t want to advertise the fact, let alone actively stimulate requests. You’ll end up jukeboxing requests all night. Also people will ask for what they know well, thus limiting the possibility for the DJ to introduce new music.

    Perhaps an alternative idea is a “voting” system, where people can vote for the current track and perhaps indicate they want “more of the same genre”, “faster” “slower”, “different genre”. It would provide the DJ with direct, real-time feedback on what the crowd is doing.

    I am pretty sure there is not gap for that either, but perhaps some DJs would find that kind of information handy in programming their sets.

    #2048701

    With SoundCloud and others integrated into some softwares, you also have to consider requests from these sites.

    #2048710
    deathy
    Participant

    Oh, Vintage, I like that idea much better. A way to feedback directly that the set is bangin’. I mean, I know it’s important for a DJ to read the room (a skill that I have yet to even start working on), but that would be very useful as an additional datum.

    #2048713
    Lamid45G
    Participant

    IF the crowd just sit in the bar stool and requesting a song in their smart phone, are they going to stand up and approached a DJ booth and give us a tips if we played their request ?

    This area is concern me, cuz “tips” its how our local DJ’s survived
    Just imagined if the crowd do some massive abusing the “button request”, and us DJ’s didnt get anything from playing their request.
    A 10 or 20 dolla tips can always bring me a smile =)

    #2048737
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    In my days of pro DJ-ing (6 days a week/6 hours a night) I maybe got 10 tips in the course of a few years. And these days I never hear DJs about getting tips, let alone tips being the primary source of payment/income.

    So I am really curious to hear what kind of experience others have with this. Is it a local/regional thing, a national thing or … always possible … just Rizki?

    #2048757

    I think this and vintage’s idea would be good in the mobile dj realm. The dj could have a little sign with the url or QR code and savvy people could provide input.

    #2048818
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Well as fun as this sounds I have to say:
    I am a DJ not a jukebox.

    I have 20/20 eyesight and I can see peoples faces even in dark lit rooms…

    #2049805
    squarecell
    Participant

    There are already apps for that and they don’t require the DJ to be there to hit play.

    #2354631
    Snert aka That Dj
    Participant

    I use Play It Now app which can be found in the app store. Otherwise the eassier one I use often is Play My Song.

    #2354681
    Todd Oddity
    Participant

    @vintage: No tips generally here in my part of Canada…

    …BUT…

    …I know it must be a thing in other places because every September when a new crop of students show up I will have people walk up at the end of the night, say “great set” and hand me cash. I don’t know where they are from, but I want to move there. lol After a few weeks they meet locals who tell them they are stupid and/or crazy and tips are done until the following September. haha

    #2354771
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    @Snert & Todd: You DO realize you are reviving a thread from over a year and a half old, right?

    #2355441
    Todd Oddity
    Participant

    I never realize anything. Ever. It’s part of my charm. 😉

    #2357531
    Lamid45G
    Participant

    Folks must be bored lol

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