Dj Emazing
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June 23, 2013 at 7:59 am in reply to: FOR ALL DJ'S, If you want a good laugh read about my gig this past Saturday #41525
Dj Emazing
ParticipantLol don’t know how this got into economics.
June 21, 2013 at 6:08 pm in reply to: FOR ALL DJ'S, If you want a good laugh read about my gig this past Saturday #41498ParticipantColtrane09, post: 41646, member: 2800 wrote: I bought that mess off of iTunes so you know I’m hot that Amazon had it for only 89 cents..LOL. I will say this….there are a lot of young kids doing what I think they call “yiken” or “yiking” and it’s very disturbing to see young kids doing it and then uploading the videos to Youtube. *shaking my head*
ITunes has way more tracks than Amazon though and ITunes always gets the tracks first though Amazon goes all the way back to the 60’s and sometimes you don’t get mp3 but the amazon downloader player and a weird format that you have to convert to mp3 etc, though albums and tracks are really cheap saw a Lady Gaga and Katy Perry album for less than 2 dollars you know I was happy :D. Where are these kids getting these trends from?
June 21, 2013 at 2:27 am in reply to: FOR ALL DJ'S, If you want a good laugh read about my gig this past Saturday #41486ParticipantDJ Hane K, post: 41621, member: 444 wrote: Hah, red nose 😀 Never heard of the song before, and reading your story I immediately went to Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. Knowing myself, if someone had asked me to play red nose on a gig, I probably would have thrown good ol’ Rudolph in the mix.
Well you never know it may come in handy, she might come back and request it, I’ll see if I can remix it some how.
June 21, 2013 at 12:00 am in reply to: FOR ALL DJ'S, If you want a good laugh read about my gig this past Saturday #41482ParticipantColtrane09, post: 41635, member: 2800 wrote: Wow, people really like the Red Nose song? Sounds like whoever produced the song was lazy and didn’t want to loop the beat for 3/4 of the track. I’m just in shock ppl like the song..lol.
I just brought the track off of amazon for 89 cents, I want my 89 cents back.
ParticipantAlex Wray, post: 41625, member: 4521 wrote: Uh, I don’t know how that will go over…..The crowd is mainly older people, who like soul and R&B, some deep house maybe.
You’re a dj so you can’t always assume what you’re audience like which is why we read the crowd, you always have to be prepared I had a female this past Saturday in her 40’s(or so she look like she’s in her 40’s) ask me to play Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” which should also be good for a skating rink. I played it, lucky for me I play several genres and songs like Get Lucky seems to be popular, look at Bruno Mars track called “Treasure” that should be good for skating.
June 20, 2013 at 4:36 pm in reply to: FOR ALL DJ'S, If you want a good laugh read about my gig this past Saturday #41473ParticipantColtrane09, post: 41626, member: 2800 wrote: Congrats for landing the residency!
Maybe your wrote that because dude was being a total goof, but I have to respectfully disagree with your sentiment here. One would think DJ’s go to clubs, weddings, etc. and take notes of what other DJ’s do so that they can improve on their craft.
Thanks for the congrats. You are right that djs should learn from others djs although going to the both and peeking at what he is playing or using can be rude. Yes djs create a craft from learning from each other thus they can create their own craft but being behind a dj to see what they are doing is what I call stealing. That is what tutorials, books, blogs and the Ultimate website Digitaildjtips.com is for; so you can learn the craft their shouldn’t be a need for a wanna-be dj (which I knew he was because no dj would hold and liquid over his gear or any other dj’s gear). Hey they even have djing schools though they are expensive to take because of the equipment. Me I had to learn through “trial and era” and listening to the radio.
June 20, 2013 at 4:27 pm in reply to: FOR ALL DJ'S, If you want a good laugh read about my gig this past Saturday #41472ParticipantDJ Connibis, post: 41627, member: 3937 wrote: I just threw that into my last gig that was themed as a Midnight Twerk Fest and it set the place off!
Yeah now I know Lol, now wonder it was a female who requested it, some females need to leave that twerking at home in their room inside a shoe box. Personally I like females who actually dance and grind, I’m not into the twerk thing.
June 19, 2013 at 8:47 pm in reply to: FOR ALL DJ'S, If you want a good laugh read about my gig this past Saturday #41463ParticipantD-Jam, post: 41619, member: 3 wrote: I usually won’t tell someone I’m a DJ. I like to take a quick look at what the guy/girl is using, but then I back off and move on, or toss them a praise if they’re doing well.
As for the requests…yuk! Sounds like every event I was invited to play.
Promoter: Yeah, I want you to come in and play some deep house. Build a cool atmosphere.
D-Jam: Cool.*D-Jam gets 2 songs into his set, suddenly spoiled suburban bratty trixie clomps up in heer heels*
Trixie: Can you play ____________? (insert poppy tune that doesn’t flow with the music or the vibe the promoter wanted)
Trixie: Can you play something we can dance to?
Trixie: Are you going to play techno all night? (when I’m not playing techno)
Trixie: Can you play some hip-hop, like Britney Spears or Beyonce?
Trixie: It’s my birthday…can you play ___________?
Trixie: I know the owner, so you have to play my request.
AND MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE…
Promoter: Do me a favor, play that shit she wants to hear so I can get laid later. (despite how it killed his event and made chunks of the crowd leave)
Trixie always asks for ‘BBB’ in 2013, Britney Spears, Beyoncé or Bruno Mars. Before it was ‘BKK’ Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Kesha… Remember the days when she asked for ‘BLR’, Britney Spears, Lagy Gaga and Rihanna
June 19, 2013 at 8:26 pm in reply to: FOR ALL DJ'S, If you want a good laugh read about my gig this past Saturday #41460ParticipantChuck van Eekelen, post: 41616, member: 2756 wrote: Yooooo, nice story. Great graphic enhancement. But what’s with the diss, man? 🙁
Greetinx,
C.Lol, just a joke I forgot to put that in there.
ParticipantNice vid!
I’m a video dj so I post a couple of videos on here, I can say that this site and not just Digitaldjtips.com but other sites can have their forums evolve through posting videos via youtube, vimeo etc. Showing/demonstrating rather than writing can be a great factor for this site.ParticipantSome more songs
Journey- Don’t Stop Believin’
and maybe Journey- Love will find you (Separate Ways)…. I get a good laugh out of Separate Ways.ParticipantDon’t forget about the Rock Hits, Disco and Funk tracks. Ex: below
Queen- Another one bites the dust
Stevie Wonder- Superstition
A Tasty of Honey- Boogie Oogie Oogie (Famous tracks with Skate Rinks)
Lipps Inc- Funky Town (Reminds me of the Malcolm in the Middle episode when they where skating)Hopefully they allow you to play something like pop music or top 40’s depending on your crowd.
One thing I would do (and have done in the past) is I would give out glow sticks (you know the Necklace and bracelet kind) if you or your Skate Rink has the budget and the Rink is a bit dark.ParticipantChuck van Eekelen, post: 41529, member: 2756 wrote: Ouch, I have just been qualified as a NOT “really good” DJ, because I get asked requests and have for the last 35 years.
I see where you are coming from but it is never this black/white. VERY many shades of grey.
Greetinx,
C.lol not imposed on a dj who gets request every dj gets requests from people. I dj in the New York City area and believe me out here is a totally different story because New York City get people from all over the world some of them decide to bring attitudes with and it becomes a trend pass on from one person to another.
ParticipantWell it depends, if the dj is really good no one is going to ask for a request. Now you have some people who just don’t understand that a dj is not just their to entertain but to perform as well.
[Now the Reasons]
Interrupting a dj for a
-song that you already know he/she going to play
-song that is popular
-song because “she” and yes that is right “she” is getting ready to leave (from my experience)
-song because “it’s my birthday”
-song that he/she played already but you weren’t their(hence the people who like to show up really late)
-song that he/she played already because you were their when he/she played it and decide to go and tell him/her “Oh I didn’t hear it” (I hate that one)
-song that no ones never heard before and say “I HAVE IT ON MY PHONE!” (thus people like to take out their cell phones and shove it in your face)
-song that doesn’t fit the atmosphere “Hey bro/sis I know you playing house/dance music but do you have and RAP Music?”(seriously?)
-song that he/she has to now fit into a playlist that took him/her hours to build.
-song as a DEMAND. “PLAY!!!!……… I WANT TO HEAR!!!!!……. RIGHT NOW!!!!!!”
Is just plain rude, if a actor, singer or rapper is performing your not going to go walk up to them and interrupt their performance for a request, it no different for the dj. Now I should say that requests are fine as long as they are asking and it fits in with the atmosphere or if the djing hasn’t gotten anyone to dance because he/she doesn’t know how to read a crowd.But me personally I don’t like taking request reason being because 97% of the time its a song that I have already played or they know I’m going to play it.
ParticipantWait for them to get drunk… Lol just joking, teasing them with a song is one way, you got to make them work for it if they aren’t dancing. Hyping up the crowd is another.
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