Dealing with fights at gigs?
Dealing with fights at gigs? Posted on: 09.08.2012 by Trudy Malish A mate and I could be doing a little club evening
in a month or two, focused towards the DnB and Dub lovers out there.We were believeing that a mixture of high tempo 'agressive' tunes and alcohol could spark the odd scuffle. Its not a huge concern of ours but definitely got us believeing... Does anybody have any tips on how to deal with this sort of thing. Obviously these things are ultimately inevitable, but once its all kicked off (large or small) how would you deal with it? I've heard of DJ's in the past simply stopping the music if a fight breaks out and announcing over the mic that it won't start again until the fight stops. This maybe acceptable for a DJ with a large fan base/lots of experience/respect etc but what about DJs that are just starting out? Or should you simply trust the abilities of the security at the venue and just focus on the music. Cheers. | |
| Germaine Bernadin 11.08.2012 |
Originally Posted by bthebeat
KRS One ... Sound Of Da Police Police ... Walking on the moon.. |
| Germaine Bernadin 10.08.2012 |
Originally Posted by digitalrebeluk
Do you get Capt Kirk and Spock beaming down........... |
| Lawana Spratlen 10.08.2012 |
Originally Posted by JSM
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| Lashawn Maycock 10.08.2012 |
Originally Posted by Jack Bastard
Had some cracking evening s out in Southampton including a young James Zabiela on warm up duties before he rightfully hit the big time, The Artful Dodger often on downstairs too. James is a very nice chap indeed, amazing what he could do on just 2x TT and a mixer. Think I've still got a copy of a home mix cd he gave to me, starts with a Blade Runner clip. Awesome. |
| Germaine Bernadin 11.08.2012 |
Originally Posted by bthebeat
KRS One ... Sound Of Da Police Police ... Walking on the moon.. |
| Renata Shehu 10.08.2012 | UNRELATED: but when you're doing a house party or gig that gets shut down by the police...you need to have this track in your collection ready to drop....i've done it a couple times and the police started cracking up!!! |
| Wanita Androsky 10.08.2012 | This is so great. I honestly laughed so hard. |
| Vania Odish 10.08.2012 | Could be seen as inciting a riot! speaking of which, playing rage against the machine or kaiser chiefs - I predict a riot could be fun |
| Germaine Bernadin 10.08.2012 | LOL............ Benny Hill .......... is great. Theme from Rocky........... would be the most spot on I rekkon......... |
| Vania Odish 10.08.2012 | haha, not quite, I've always been tempted to put this on when a fight breaks out though |
| Germaine Bernadin 10.08.2012 |
Originally Posted by digitalrebeluk
Do you get Capt Kirk and Spock beaming down........... |
| Vania Odish 10.08.2012 | I have a friend who owns a bar who puts whale song on when a fight breaks out... always works a treat |
| Germaine Bernadin 10.08.2012 | Put on some off that Piano music they use in oldskool westerns when a fight breaks out in the saloon...... 20 years playing out.... never notice one single fight and I used to drop tech step mothership amens ....... but I have played in proper events where trouble makers would not get in the first place and people went for the music, or they where just too ripped to the tits to even start! Or the massive door guys snuffed it out before I noticed. (thank god) |
| Vania Odish 10.08.2012 | turning the music off works sometimes. Where I play its understood that when i cut the music there is something going on, the bouncers react like sprinters reacting to a starting pistol, also it makes people stop and generally look at the trouble which shows the bouncers where it is |
| Lawana Spratlen 10.08.2012 |
Originally Posted by JSM
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| Racquel Dat 10.08.2012 | Of course, you could always do this... |
| Lashawn Maycock 10.08.2012 |
Originally Posted by Jack Bastard
Had some cracking evening s out in Southampton including a young James Zabiela on warm up duties before he rightfully hit the big time, The Artful Dodger often on downstairs too. James is a very nice chap indeed, amazing what he could do on just 2x TT and a mixer. Think I've still got a copy of a home mix cd he gave to me, starts with a Blade Runner clip. Awesome. |
| Lawana Spratlen 10.08.2012 | Best thing I seen was my mate started playing stevie wonder - dont you worry about a thing |
10.08.2012 | Haha Southampton. |
| Janyce Henningson 10.08.2012 | Yeah stopping the music is a bad idea just let the bouncers bounce.. |
| Faustino Stringfellow 10.08.2012 | it's only happened to me once, I stopped the music, put the lights on, announced on the microphone "if you want to fight. come and fight me", they stopped and left .... not something I suggest you do though, the world is a mean place and these days people carry weapons, so leave it to security. |
| Rolanda Clodfelder 10.08.2012 |
A mate and I could be doing a little club evening
in a month or two, focused towards the DnB and Dub lovers out there.
We were believeing that a mixture of high tempo 'agressive' tunes and alcohol could spark the odd scuffle. Its not a huge concern of ours but definitely got us believeing... Generally the crowd who make an effort to go to Specialty evening s (House/DnB/Techno) are more into the music and less into acting the maggot and more into the scene than the commercial partygoers / weekend millionaires. I'd be way more concerned about attracting an underage drinking scumbag crowd at a club playing the latest lady gaga, SHM or David Guetta. Anyhows ss regards your input to a fight, if the bouncers are any good any fight will be over before it begins and I certainly would not stop the music TBH under any circumstances unless explicitly asked to by the venue management. It only serves to aggrevate yet more people and can turn two blokes having a scuffle which can be brought outside easily into a full fledged bar-room brawl once other people realize there's something brewing and the music has stopped as a result. If you wanna play extra safe have a bouncer near the DJ box who you can call on if you see trouble anywhere brewing up or any complete idiots near the DJ box pricking around that they might miss. Trained bouncers should/will be well versed in dealing with troublemakers and sorting it out AFTER they have brought both parties outside and away from the club environment - this should happen regardless of music playing or not. I have only stopped playing music midway through a clubevening twice: 1. Gas Leak - club needed to be evacuated 2. Fire Eater knocked over his propellant bottle on the dancefloor which caused a severe mess. No injuries though but we never had one in again. |
| Lela Umanskaya 09.08.2012 | |
| Nancey Inderlied 09.08.2012 | Just live by my standard sign. "If the DJ has to come and get you, he's bringing an ass beating with him." |
| Ethel Feigum 09.08.2012 | I usually stop the music, or put on something really hard to fight to, like Enya, or Right Said Fred. |
| Nellie Vill 09.08.2012 | OT I was playing a rave in the smaller second room and a fist fight broke out. Guy bumps my turntable while I'm mid mix. The needle jumps and lands back on the record and I was still beat matched! I was so amazed I stood there, mouth open, going "holy shit", I wasn't sure what suprised me more, the fight or the record. I just kept spinning while the fight kept going. |
| Ardell Lafranchi 09.08.2012 | When in doubt fight brakes out Just follow these simple steps 1. Backspin out of crazy dubstep drop 2. Press Play 3. A + A + Foward + Down + Up + B + B 4. FATALITY 5. Fuck Bitches |
| Yong Aptekar 09.08.2012 | ^yep. Bouncers will be at the club, and its their job to make sure everything is peaceful. If your booth/table is upfront center, maybe see about getting some crates to put infront as a buffer. In the event that you spin this kind of event at a houseparty (more likely for fights), bring your biggest gorilla-esque friends to crack the skulls of those pesky dbags. |
| Kasandra Kreindler 09.08.2012 | Bouncers and Security should handle that stuff, theyre looking out for that kind of stuff, by the time you notice it most likely they will already be doing something about it, unless you arent really dj-ing |
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