| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| djmarinecorpse |
Quoted from DJ Magazine Volume 2 Number 20:
Bad DJ-ing Habits:
Being TOO polite to punters while in the mix, getting cigarette ash all over mixer and decks.
Arriving at a club ten minutes before you're due to start performing.
Fanning your face with your records (Even when it's not hot (copyright Graeme Park))
Lending out your headphones (They'll either get broken or lost)
Having that last herbal/chemical/alcoholic refreshment that proves to be one too many.
Having that first co-ordination altering refreshment
Licking your fingers before touching your vinyl
Over using kill switches and effects units
Leaving your slipmats/headphones at home
Letting a clubber start a conversation with you as you think they are either going to book you or sleep with you - forget it!
Listening to requests from the floor - even worse promising to play them - just say you left it at home
Checking the pager or taking a call on your mobile while getting the next record out
Wearing a wig - It always gets tangled in your headphones
Putting your drink anywhere near your equipment and trusting it not to get knocked over - it always does
Leaving a club with a promise from the promoter that he'll put a check in the mail in the morning
Including in your set, a record that you've just been handed - it might sound fine, but after the first breakdown, it'll descend into something horrific
Starting a Mexican wave, playing the tambourine, having sex or doing the Lambada behind the decks - the needle always gets knocked
Going for a pee without leaving either your most trusted friend or a Rottweiler behind the decks
Taking records out of their sleeves and propping them up ready to play - they always fall off
Dj'ing in sarongs, nuns habits, gorilla costumes & drag - body parts unaccustomed to being exposed will unwittingly find themselves on display
Smashing your records in anger on the floor if the mix doesn't work out
Spending so much attention using equalisers and kills, that you don't realise the record has run out
Giving Mr Friendly Punter your last £10 to buy himself and you a drink
Inviting sexy punters behind the decks to watch you in action - they always bring at least three mates
Picking your nose in public
Paul |
| DJ CURLY |
i agree with all of those
especialy the over using the kill switch
its ok for like 1 second and then it get on your nerves
ive done it myself using the kill switch to try and make the beat sound slightly different you get that tied up doing it you forget your supposed to mix another song in then u have to rush and probably do a shitty fade mix.
"why do people say its always in the last place you look, of course it is, your not gonna carry on looking for it after you've found it." |
| Oli G |
hehe
recess.co.uk special!
:D
Garage Is where You Keep Your ****in Car
House Is where You Live
Hardcore Is HOW You Live
\o/ <o/ \o> <o> /o\ _o/ \o_ |
| Brian K |
what's a "punter?"
"Smashing your records in anger on the floor if the mix doesn't work out"
LOL i've never seen that, i have however seen a guy that sucked at mixing just smash records on his head and break them on his body
"As punishment for your desertion, it's company policy to give you the plague." |
| skies2049 |
nice
just dance........ |
| Midway_raver |
hehe...my worts mistake was messing round at skool was djing let a few mates cum behind teh decks next thing i no i drop eyeopener they went skits jumping n the sound of a needle jumping wiv teh people aint to good:S) i remeber the crappest accuse ive herd from an mc when teh needle starte djumping from vibealite ("hey hey, teh records just a jumping and a bouncing like u crazy ****ers, its allowed to have fun aswell innit?:S)
Like a bolt of lightning it's so frightning..Get ur brain now we're igniting |
| Oli G |
a "punter"
is anyone at a club/pub/bar who is a "customer"
basicaly :D
Garage Is where You Keep Your ****in Car
House Is where You Live
Hardcore Is HOW You Live
\o/ <o/ \o> <o> /o\ _o/ \o_ |
| Elysium |
I'll add;
* Do not, under any circumstances, no matter how bad the crowd wants it, strip naked and do the macarena whilst standing on your gear.
* You won't get dizzy by standing on your decks while they're playing, but you're probably too heavy. If they don't break you should stop dj'ing and start eating.
* Stylus(es?) doesn't like cd's. Trust me.
* Know your crowd. Biker bars doesn't generally like Barry Manilow.
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"Seize the moment, 'cause tomorrow you might be dead." |
| Brian K |
i still can't believe vh1 chose the macarena as the #1 one hit wonder, i hated that song when i first heard it and i still hate it today =P
that would be cool to play a biker bar! i'd dust off all my old ac/dc records and have a blast =P
"As punishment for your desertion, it's company policy to give you the plague." |
| djmarinecorpse |
I feel like being the happy little gravedigger here, and I'm just gonna pull this post back up so that all the peeps who didn't read it the first time can get their chance...
Paul
"Do you like Smashing Pumpkins?" "Are you kidding?! I love to do that!" |
| virus |
brian: it was #1 because it was the most popular song, and sold the most copies, and made the most money :P
but it still didnt warrant the making of 'f*** the macarena' *shudder* so horrible...
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| Tonk |
quote:
Originally posted by Brian K:
what's a "punter?"
"Smashing your records in anger on the floor if the mix doesn't work out"
LOL i've never seen that, i have however seen a guy that sucked at mixing just smash records on his head and break them on his body
Probably mark eg ive seen him eat records.
He did a set before smashed the dancefloor up and chewed it, crazy but funny.
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| miss-mitzi |
pickin ur nose is also a bad habbit!!!
If computer games effected us as kids, we would all be runnin around in dark rooms munchin magic pills and listenin to repetative music! |
| pacman |
another bad habit.... i've done this once from being too excited.... forgetting to take one record off your table before putting the next one on, and not realising until it's already playing. can get messy when trying to control the record :P
drugs is not the answer... drugs? is the question... yes is the answer |
| silver |
Completing a mix perfectly then taking the wrong record off... doh!
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you, me and hardcore forever. |
| virus |
^^ hahaha i've done that
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| milo |
that or knocking the xfade/volume to the record your mixing out of. it's a rather awkward silence
"It's all good..." |
| skies2049 |
any more to add?
just dance........ |
| atomicb |
yeah, ure in the middle of the mix and the damn needles skips :( AHHHHHHHHHH
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| Kaoticnoise |
I agree with the taking the wrong record off! hahaha I've done that. i just got done mixing a record and was hype and I picked the needle off the record that was playing. I guess this isn't something that's uncommon afterall. Beau Stewart
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| JPEG |
Geting semi attacked by your headphone cord you thought wasnt under your foot, when you went to stand up after geting a record.
* you notice the dj bend down, rise, and then see him fly back down *
-JPEG` |
| djmonoxide |
quote:
Originally posted by silver:
Completing a mix perfectly then taking the wrong record off... doh!
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you, me and hardcore forever.
I bet I've done that more than anybody. I usually put my crossfader in reverse so it easier to scratch. So when I come across a mixer that you can't put the crossfader in reverse(or I'm to dumb to find it) I do it like 3 times before i figure it out :) 
I used to be a raver, used to take lots of E. Now I just smoke weed, and you know I will Succeed. :) |
