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Posted on: 20.12.2012 by Yuki Koeppel
How do you guys handle requests? especially when its a really bad one (a.k.a usually)!
Ada Matzkin
27.12.2012
Originally Posted by P4ULSON
the fun one i got the other evening was

"Can you play Hey sexy lady? by that Korean guy." lol im like wtf then i play this
this track is getting frequent rotation by me also.
Elmer Kindinger
27.12.2012
Originally Posted by jprime
I don't take gigs that might put me in a request situation.
This.
Delfina Suedmeyer
26.12.2012
Originally Posted by slazarz
Brilliant!!! I was just believeing of getting a T-Shirt that says "I'm a DJ NOT a Jukebox"
[ATTACH=CONFIG]DJs dont take requests![/ATTACH]
Danae Dumler
26.12.2012
Originally Posted by paulm
I had a girl come up to me asking me to play Beck while I was in the middle of a deep/tech house set. Fast forward a couple of weeks: a woman came up to me asking for Stevie Wonder. I just kindly tell these types that I'm not that kind of DJ (who takes requests). If they persist, I throw on the headphones and turn away, and that normally does the trick.
Stevie Wonder might be one of the few requests I really would try to play.
Libbie Orion
25.12.2012
Originally Posted by ST4R
"Can you play skrillex bangerang?"

FML
yea and follow it with that new one from Hootie and the blowfish, then maybe a popular The Greatful dead
i believe everyone would love that

AHAHHAHA


i actually got some toothless guy walk up to me and ask for some greatful Dead songs to be played.....
the wedding was a more techhouse loving couple.
Trula Willadsen
24.12.2012
Originally Posted by Culture_Shock
I like when a girl comes up to make a request, and I say "in a few minutes" "I can't play that right now" or whatever else excuse, and then sends her friend up to request the same song shortly afterwards. At that point I say "For a cutie like you? I'll cue it up right now!" The hopes that it gets back to the girl is usually worth it.
Wow, this! Wish I had come up with this a few days ago when a very drunk girl started demanding that the next song was a very specific one and it absolutely had to be the next one because it was very important to her and her sorority. As if I and everyone else there cared...

In general, I just tell people that I'll see if I can fit in the song somewhere and then quickly shift the focus to the question whether or not they are enjoying themselves. They always say they are enjoying themselves to which I wish them goodevening and my attention is back to dj'ing.
Halley Wurzer
22.12.2012
Originally Posted by Culture_Shock
I like when a girl comes up to make a request, and I say "in a few minutes" "I can't play that right now" or whatever else excuse, and then sends her friend up to request the same song shortly afterwards. At that point I say "For a cutie like you? I'll cue it up right now!" The hopes that it gets back to the girl is usually worth it.
lol
Golden Faubert
22.12.2012
Originally Posted by slazarz
Brilliant!!! I was just believeing of getting a T-Shirt that says "I'm a DJ NOT a Jukebox"
love it! may have to steal that idea too! i swear to god i had the phone situation about ten times toevening , i nearly lost my temper, another one im sick of is people not understanding why i cant just play it off their iphone... i mean yes i use a laptop... but no im not going to play that tune, especially if its off your phone... get the hint.. if i really wanted to play it i would... i probably have it but im playing fu**ing deniz koyu and no the abba will NOT get everyone going and no you havent asked everyone and if you can do better then why am i doing it and you're paying to be here!!!

sorry for the rant.. im a tad shitfaced :P awesome evening though playing from 9 till 5.30!!
Yuki Koeppel
22.12.2012
Originally Posted by brian_johnstone
sorry ive left my box of shit tunes at home!

what does rattle my cage is when someone comes and just points a phone in your face with the song typed on the screen.... i mean have they suddenly lost the power of speech????
Brilliant!!! I was just believeing of getting a T-Shirt that says "I'm a DJ NOT a Jukebox"
Libbie Orion
20.12.2012
Originally Posted by ksandvik
Then you politely take the list and forget about it later by mistake, or you misplace it.
well yea that goes without saying HAHAHAH
Edwina Fagel
27.12.2012		I was asked gangnam style SIX (!!!!!!!) times a few evening s ago.
Not the best party really, no wonder they didn't like dnb.
Ada Matzkin
27.12.2012
Originally Posted by P4ULSON
the fun one i got the other evening was

"Can you play Hey sexy lady? by that Korean guy." lol im like wtf then i play this
this track is getting frequent rotation by me also.
Ada Matzkin
27.12.2012		i just say " ok ill get that on in a bit" and then dont play it, they either get tired/embarrassed of asking eventually, or most common , they get buzzed enough to not know the difference. also if its been like 30 minutes or so since they asked and they come by again i just say" o i already played that about 15 minutes ago, sorry im not playing it twice."

this person has no say over shit generally and even if they turn out to be important its a he said she said over whether you actually played the song.


i know its kind of a hard line to take but over the years of putting up with people climbing all over you asking for whatever.. this has been the path of least resistance for me personally


edit : obviously if its a song i can play, id do that , but im sure this isnt what the OP is asking advice on.
Elmer Kindinger
27.12.2012
Originally Posted by jprime
I don't take gigs that might put me in a request situation.
This.
Arnulfo Morten
27.12.2012		the fun one i got the other evening was

"Can you play Hey sexy lady? by that Korean guy." lol im like wtf then i play this
Addie Engbrecht
26.12.2012		I mean requests arent a bad thing. If you can play the request great, if you cant...oh well. Like I said before, if it's a bad request, you prob shouldnt even have that song on ur laptop, just tell the truth. If you get a lot of requests in a evening , then thats usually a sign ur not playing songs that most people like......so take it as a hint
Delfina Suedmeyer
26.12.2012
Originally Posted by slazarz
Brilliant!!! I was just believeing of getting a T-Shirt that says "I'm a DJ NOT a Jukebox"
[ATTACH=CONFIG]DJs dont take requests![/ATTACH]
Danae Dumler
26.12.2012
Originally Posted by paulm
I had a girl come up to me asking me to play Beck while I was in the middle of a deep/tech house set. Fast forward a couple of weeks: a woman came up to me asking for Stevie Wonder. I just kindly tell these types that I'm not that kind of DJ (who takes requests). If they persist, I throw on the headphones and turn away, and that normally does the trick.
Stevie Wonder might be one of the few requests I really would try to play.
Susana Vifquain
26.12.2012		I had a girl come up to me asking me to play Beck while I was in the middle of a deep/tech house set. Fast forward a couple of weeks: a woman came up to me asking for Stevie Wonder. I just kindly tell these types that I'm not that kind of DJ (who takes requests). If they persist, I throw on the headphones and turn away, and that normally does the trick.
Libbie Orion
25.12.2012
Originally Posted by ST4R
"Can you play skrillex bangerang?"

FML
yea and follow it with that new one from Hootie and the blowfish, then maybe a popular The Greatful dead
i believe everyone would love that

AHAHHAHA


i actually got some toothless guy walk up to me and ask for some greatful Dead songs to be played.....
the wedding was a more techhouse loving couple.
Ryan Schlich
25.12.2012		"Can you play skrillex bangerang?"

FML
Alease Fitch
25.12.2012		^ Best way of dealing with this I've heard so far!
Cira Swanda
25.12.2012		I usually humor them and say "I'll try and mix it in later, I'll see what I can do." If its a particularly terrible request I like to have fun with the crowd. I do a lot of top 40/hip hop shows, I'll play the intro to said song (especially if its a beiber request), people will boo and all eyes focus on me. then I'll pretend to stutter the song by putting on a 1-beat loop, pretend to look confused as the crowd continues to turn on me, then backspin and slam on a hip hop/top40 song (or whatever is hot at the time) everyone goes crazy for.

It works every time, embarasses the hell out of the annoying drunk, and I get massive cheers.
Emerson Crist
24.12.2012		I just nod. Politely say "ok". They might ask a few times the same evening but will eventually give up.

Pretty hilarious that I get lil wayne and drake requests while playing drum & bass.
Trula Willadsen
24.12.2012
Originally Posted by Culture_Shock
I like when a girl comes up to make a request, and I say "in a few minutes" "I can't play that right now" or whatever else excuse, and then sends her friend up to request the same song shortly afterwards. At that point I say "For a cutie like you? I'll cue it up right now!" The hopes that it gets back to the girl is usually worth it.
Wow, this! Wish I had come up with this a few days ago when a very drunk girl started demanding that the next song was a very specific one and it absolutely had to be the next one because it was very important to her and her sorority. As if I and everyone else there cared...

In general, I just tell people that I'll see if I can fit in the song somewhere and then quickly shift the focus to the question whether or not they are enjoying themselves. They always say they are enjoying themselves to which I wish them goodevening and my attention is back to dj'ing.
Halley Wurzer
22.12.2012
Originally Posted by Culture_Shock
I like when a girl comes up to make a request, and I say "in a few minutes" "I can't play that right now" or whatever else excuse, and then sends her friend up to request the same song shortly afterwards. At that point I say "For a cutie like you? I'll cue it up right now!" The hopes that it gets back to the girl is usually worth it.
lol
Golden Faubert
22.12.2012
Originally Posted by slazarz
Brilliant!!! I was just believeing of getting a T-Shirt that says "I'm a DJ NOT a Jukebox"
love it! may have to steal that idea too! i swear to god i had the phone situation about ten times toevening , i nearly lost my temper, another one im sick of is people not understanding why i cant just play it off their iphone... i mean yes i use a laptop... but no im not going to play that tune, especially if its off your phone... get the hint.. if i really wanted to play it i would... i probably have it but im playing fu**ing deniz koyu and no the abba will NOT get everyone going and no you havent asked everyone and if you can do better then why am i doing it and you're paying to be here!!!

sorry for the rant.. im a tad shitfaced :P awesome evening though playing from 9 till 5.30!!
Yuki Koeppel
22.12.2012
Originally Posted by brian_johnstone
sorry ive left my box of shit tunes at home!

what does rattle my cage is when someone comes and just points a phone in your face with the song typed on the screen.... i mean have they suddenly lost the power of speech????
Brilliant!!! I was just believeing of getting a T-Shirt that says "I'm a DJ NOT a Jukebox"
Libbie Orion
20.12.2012
Originally Posted by ksandvik
Then you politely take the list and forget about it later by mistake, or you misplace it.
well yea that goes without saying HAHAHAH
Deangelo Boender
20.12.2012		I like when a girl comes up to make a request, and I say "in a few minutes" "I can't play that right now" or whatever else excuse, and then sends her friend up to request the same song shortly afterwards. At that point I say "For a cutie like you? I'll cue it up right now!" The hopes that it gets back to the girl is usually worth it.
Celine Surico
20.12.2012
Originally Posted by antifmradio
lol its possible that (and it has happened to me) they will end up writing it down... and to boot
they have a list of other songs HAHAHHA
Then you politely take the list and forget about it later by mistake, or you misplace it.
Addie Engbrecht
20.12.2012		I suprisingly dont get too many requests, but I remember a couple years back I used to play at a couple of college bars and their would be all sorts of diff crowds coming in. I just would tell them that I don't have it, which is true, and people usually leave you alone. If you act like you care, and that you're sorry that you dn't have it (made that mistake), then you might get someone trying to hand you a cd/USB stick/Iphone.....so I keep it short n brief and then ignore them and go back to mixing
Stanley Topoleski
20.12.2012
Golden Faubert
20.12.2012		sorry ive left my box of shit tunes at home!

what does rattle my cage is when someone comes and just points a phone in your face with the song typed on the screen.... i mean have they suddenly lost the power of speech????
Libbie Orion
20.12.2012
Originally Posted by ksandvik
Say you can't hear what the person is saying...
lol its possible that (and it has happened to me) they will end up writing it down... and to boot
they have a list of other songs HAHAHHA
Celine Surico
20.12.2012		Say you can't hear what the person is saying...
Libbie Orion
20.12.2012		in my case it depends on the venue im playing at
(venue means either wedding, mobile setup, or evening club)
in all honesty, everyone that has arrived to the club has arrived for a particular style of the evening
you are going to goto a hip hop club and wonder why they arent playing frank sinatra so in that light, you dont really get people making requests at a club.
but if you do, i just tell them, (if its just not going to fit) "Ill drop it in my list, and ill get to it in just a bit, but really good call!, I like that track"

if its at a wedding, i have to show the people that i am working for the bride and groom,
no the guests, and i have a list of songs i am supposed to play + a list of songs i can possibly get into + yet another list of songs the B&G certainly DO NOT WANT to hear. Period!
In light of this, i have to explain to them, that "Mr and Mrs pay my bill", "arent going to allow me to play that,
if its something they would approve, ill have to get the OK from them."
Breanne Penge
20.12.2012		I kid. Like DJ shadow has helped to teach us, it's about integrity first. I would never play something I don't like - and to help facilitate this, I don't take gigs that might put me in a request situation.

Breanne Penge
20.12.2012
Originally Posted by slazarz
How do you guys handle requests? especially when its a really bad one (a.k.a usually)!
By holding out my hand, pointing at it, and saying place your $50.00 for this particular request here.

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