Todd Oddity

Slightly off topic, but does anyone have a good example of a “club contract” they could share? I’m in the process of updating all my paperwork and could use a little inspiration…

I started on CD’s with a 2000 mk I and was always comfortable with the dual deck format of player, so for many years a 2000 mk I, then mk III and finally a 2600 were my standard gear. As Pioneer started taking over (around here it was 100’s showing up, not 1000’s) I learned how to play on them (which, as a side note, took all of 5 minutes – I don’t get why people get so worked up when they have to play on something different) in case I didn’t feel like lugging my own crap around, but when shopping I kept on buying Denon for myself.

On the turntable front, I put TTX’s into my studio and loved them. No regrets, never looked at switching to Techs. I still have those TTX’s and a pair of Denon 3000’s, although they are now in storage as I’ve moved totally into digital. Wouldn’t look back on that decision either! (Although the 2900’s are really making me rethink that logic…)

Ditto. I have absolutely no need for CD players these days – yet I find myself really wanting something like this.

Must. Resist. The. Urge. To. Spend. All. My. Money.

I had a couple like that once – sold the show to another company and walked away. Take comfort in the fact it probably would have been a ridiculous pain in the ass dealing with her anyway.

1) Love it! 2) You don’t have anything to worry about. Subway has better things to do than go after a bar that could make a fair use/parody claim anyway. 3) Jaggerbombs! Glug, glug, glug…

One lesson dj’s need to learn is that [COLOR=#800000]taking requests doesn’t mean playing the song next – and it doesn’t mean you’ll play the song it all, it simply means you allow people to ask you for stuff – and as you already noted, that is a great way to get yourself known to a crowd. I always take requests with a big smile, and chat up the person a little. But I never flat out give a yes or a no, I just say “I’ll try and squeeze that into the mix for you” or something like that and 99% of the time they are happy.[/COLOR]

Of course there are those who will push the issue – just be friendly but firm with them. And for the very rare person who gets aggressive, immediately have them kicked out – no reason to ever put up with that nonsense, and they aren’t the kind of person you want in your club anyway.

I can unequivocally say I do not miss one single thing about working on CDJ’s. I find the workflow from the decks I used to use, to the controllers I use now to be similar, but with software I can cue up the next track quicker without having to fumble around remembering what binder I kept the disc in and hoping it won’t skip.