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Being a DJ I like
to give advice for if you ever play a live gig. Here are a few things
that I would reccommend you do and also don't even think about. If you
have any more suggestions then please mail me. A little bit of humor included
here - don't take too seriously!
| DO |
| Take a varied
selection of records - nothing worse than your set going a bit Pete
Tong and not having anything else to play. |
| Take
a spare set of slipmats, needles and if you've got them, another pair
of headphones. If anything goes there will be no-one to go running
to so be prepared. |
| Make sure you
buy enough alcohol from the bar before you play. Playing for a couple
of hours without a drink can be worse than listening to a Spice Girls
CD on repeat, and also make sure you have enough fags so you don't
get too stressed. |
| Take
a cigarette lighter or some kind of small light even if you don't
smoke. I've played in some dark places and finding out that the deck
lights don't work can be pretty annoying. |
| Tell
as many females as you can that you are the DJ before you play. They
probably won't believe you, so when you do get up there you become
an instant magnet - no matter how ugly you are. |
| Take
mix tapes to your gigs. I guarantee that if people like your style
they will ask if you have got any tapes. You can make about £5
a tape, this will feed your vinyl addiction. |
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Ask around your
loacal nightclubs to see if they will let you play for a small period
of time. They are not losing out by letting you.
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| Get
as may of your friends to come to your gigs and make them praise you
to the club manager, pay them off later. |
| Get very drunk
after your set - If you don't play all night then there's always time
for a quick drink or two, it's what being a DJ is all about - enjoying
yourself. |
| DON'T |
| Flick your cigarette
or spill your drink on the decks and mixer - bang! |
| Tell
people that you used to work with Dave Pearce or Pete Tong when the
closest you have got is the poster on your bedroom wall, you won't
last very long. I have worked with DJ's like this and they are not
very popular. |
| Try to have sex
with a girl behind the DJ console. If the manager catches you your
history. Wait till you get outside. |
| Do
too many drugs |
| Play any S Club
7, Vengaboys, Leanne Rymes, or Greece Lightning - the thought sickens
me. |
| Kiss
the club manager's arse - try to keep a low profile and get on with
what your there to do. Having a good character can help being a DJ,
but being too loud can have a rebounding effect. DJ's come and go
like the wind because most club managers are arseholes. |
| Drink and Drive
- very important, get someone else to do the driving. |
| Do
request's for ugly fat birds, they probably want the record that you've
already played five times. |
| Play the same
records in the same order each week - People will think that you have
pressed play on a tape, you won't get credit even if you are good. |
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