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I remember MANY years ago doing a gig at a school dance. It was about 9:50; the dance was supposed to be over at 10:00. One of the adults in charge came up to me and said “Okay, we need to end this now.” (Rumor has it some sort of “naughtiness” was going on somewhere that motivated the request, but I never heard what or if this was even true.)

“Sure,” I kindly agreed, “I’ll shut down after this song and kindly tell everybody to go home.”

Not 30 seconds later, everything went out. No sound. No lights.

Seems said “adult” figured it would be better to just ask a janitor to go flip off the breakers to the circuits my gear was using. I guess in their mind this would clear out the gymnasium faster than the graceful shutdown I had earlier suggested and thought we had agreed to.

Uhm, noooooo……

As the overhead lights in the gym suddenly flickered to life, the crowd began chanting “Bullshit! Bullshit! Bullshit!” Then a mild riot broke out. Thankfully, none of my gear was hurt… nor was I.

The next day, I went to collect the balance due to me for my work. The principal of the school slid the contract back across his desk at me, saying “Oh, I never signed this, so I don’t have to pay you. You can get the rest of your little BS-chanting buddies to pay you if you like.”

That’s right, the contract we had negotiated, and I had signed in good faith, was something he apparently had intended upon defrauding me on all along. Nice example, eh?

True story.

Ivyquake, post: 304 wrote: . They wanted me to give back the $100 deposit back, I politely told them to “eat it”.

Wow, what nerve. You’re probably lucky you didn’t play for that crowd. 😉

Whatever you pick, please please please try to ensure that it’s dedicated to DJ’ing. I mean, if you can.

Anything that is just plain un-danceable by ANYBODY. I’ve seriously had impassioned pleas for Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. No lie.

Them: “I’ve got it out in my truck! I can go get it.”

Me: “You’re half correct. Do go out to your truck. Do NOT come back with it, though; go listen there.”

Lessee…..

• On the way to DJ at a bar (for a class reunion, IIRC) the truck ran out of gas. It was a long 3 mile jog to the gas station when the temps were -20F.

• En route to play at a HS Prom, it became apparent that the door to the trailer had flopped open along the way. The light controller was nowhere to be found, obviously bounced out on onto the highway somewhere. I shudder to think about that one. :confused:

• I had a hard drive freeze up in my laptop 1 hour before a gig. Removing it and smacking it on a table got it to spin again, but it never worked after that day.

• My amp crapped out right before a wedding reception. Luckily, I managed to get a local music shop to answer the phone just after closing and agree to meet me and sell me a new amp.

Okay, I’m getting ill thinking about this stuff. 😀

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