dealing with party guest
dealing with party guest Posted on: 06.05.2008 by DiscJoker aka GP well recently at the house parties I play, some body will request a song and I will be like ok I will try and work it into my mix. But five mins later they will come back up to the table and be like when are you gonna play my song. I am ready to hear it. And I am like its coming don't worry. As I am trying to work up into the bpm's to get to there song they come up again and is like why haven't you played my song. They don't understand that I may be in 80 bpm range and there song they wanted might be 120bpm.I hate it when people come up to me like that it pisses me off. so I was wondering what do you guys do for these kinds of people. | |
| Alycia Niederriter 07.10.2013 |
Originally Posted by EanGolden
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| Mimi Mahaffee 05.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by djalexlaine
i would call what ean says a white lie, for the sake of keeping everyone happy for the moment, because thats what its all about in the club when the booze is flowing. that exact moment, which the person who asked u for that song probably forgot about next morning. |
| Conrad Escalon 17.04.2012 |
Originally Posted by Chilly
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| Brendan Kerkvliet 09.02.2011 |
Originally Posted by JesC
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| Tiara Bastarache 07.02.2011 |
Originally Posted by Greg5OH
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| Georgene Anchors 10.10.2013 | If i ve played it, i say so. If i haven't got it, i say so. if it doesn't go with the style/genre, i say so. But i love it most whenever i've said: " No i won't play it cuz that song is s**t and i don't like it, im sure even the artist who released it hates it too" |
| Alycia Niederriter 07.10.2013 |
Originally Posted by EanGolden
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| Mimi Mahaffee 05.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by djalexlaine
i would call what ean says a white lie, for the sake of keeping everyone happy for the moment, because thats what its all about in the club when the booze is flowing. that exact moment, which the person who asked u for that song probably forgot about next morning. |
| Caridad Fan 06.01.2013 | "What? what are you saying? I can't hear you. Talk to the hand!" Or maybe we could get like a sex-doll and say "hey talk to her!" I understand why you try to squeeze a music to make someone happy but let's be straight with it. A dj is an artist, otherwise you could just do a playlist and hit play. You should be taking attention to the dancefloor but still taking attention to yourself. You're playing your music not theirs, that's why you were called to play that exact evening . If the request fits on what you're trying to do on your set, sure why not but if it doesn't it'll just ruin your experience. Djs are about public experiences right? Otherwise what is your difference from the other ones? Once I had a girl coming to me like 10 times and saying "hey, put this one" after saying 9 times that I don't have it or "just wait a little longer and i'll get it" I just said "look... do you want to take my place?" she left unhappy but I don't really care. 1 in 100. Other time a club manager asked me to change from minimal to brazilian music to which I replied "you asked me to come here and play my music if you don't want it well, just get someone else here no problems with that". He understood, later that evening other guy went into to the booth but you shouldn't be mad about that. You were playing your music, it wasn't fit, that's all. |
| Conrad Escalon 17.04.2012 |
Originally Posted by Chilly
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| Brendan Kerkvliet 09.02.2011 |
Originally Posted by JesC
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| Cristian Carmona 08.02.2011 | i always get request to play tooted and booted and chacaron |
| Maisie Marras 08.02.2011 | my plan for this kind of stuff is: "hey, ill see if i can work it in, but generally i dont take requests. do you want to hear a random jumble of songs, or a solid set that you can keep a groove to? so i cant guarantee youll hear your track." maybe throw in "but why font you and your friends/ group stick around for a while longer, i might squeeze it in" if its a song that might actually work a few tracks later try not to say it like a dick though. then it takes a whole new smart-ass meaning |
| Nedra Fresneda 08.02.2011 | or you could wear this |
| Matthew Yanagisawa 07.02.2011 | Just tell them to give you the MP3 written on a piece of paper. Any paper would do. |
| Particia Frey 07.02.2011 | I usually say let me look for it it might take a while cuz i have a lot of music if i cant find it ill play something around that same genre, even if I do have it, this allows you that extra space and time to work up to it or just say you dont have it even if you do and them play it in your set and then look for the person who requested it make eye contact smile and point, you know that i got you covered smile and point they will smile, nod, or even lift their glasses tword you, if its a horible song i usually announce over the mic that it is a special request and say who requested it and point to the person, play the song and if it gets booed change it quickly so they will be put on the spot for it instead of you and second they wont request anymore songs if they do just explain what happened with their last request when you played it |
| Tiara Bastarache 07.02.2011 |
Originally Posted by Greg5OH
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| Doria Malooly 07.02.2011 | If someone asks for a shit track and I don't have it then I'll tell them I don't have it because it's a shit track. Although if they request a decent song that fits with my set then I'll definitely play it for them. Every Saturday evening without fail at this bar I play at I get asked to play R&B. Now don't get me wrong, I like R&B and HipHop but Saturdays are a house evening so I play house. I do have quite a few house mixes of R&B/HipHop tracks so I try to play these as much as I can to please the crowd so everyone wins. One of my favourite requests is when someone asks you to "play track number 4 off CD2 of The Ministry Of Sound Clubbers Guide to 2010"... Not only do I not know what track 4 on CD2 of the 2010 Clubbers Guide is but neither do they. Serioulsy? To top that off it's always awesome when someone knows the artist & title of a track, you don't have it, they offer to go get the CD from their car for you to play it, you tell them they can go to their car and listen to it while they drive home |
| Mikki Brasuell 07.02.2011 | i sometimes like cutting a house set short to drop in an original hip hop track. hi pass filter on and i spin it up or down to the house track speed, then hard cut or spin down the house track and reset all values on hip hop track. Kinda sounds like a big hiss then boom boom wacka wacka boom |
| Random X 24.11.2010 | hahahaha, that's just plain bad! |
| Natacha Monnens 23.11.2010 | It's always pretty tough especially when they keep coming back up asking about their song. I had a girl this weekend ask for a song I didn't have...she told me to look it up on youtube...I apologized and told her I didn't have internet connection. The same evening a guy comes up to request a song that I'm playing as he speaks -- he said, "Oh I guess I should listen more carefully next time". haha |
| Milda Poucher 23.11.2010 | Ahh yeah in that case I would just yank out the cables, let everybody listen to some feedback and walk out with some chick lol. |
| Dick Pelcher 23.11.2010 |
Originally Posted by Tobes
Now, if it's just some random dude requesting the same thing over and over or he messing with you, yeah... just signal the bouncer. |
| Kala Pellar 23.11.2010 |
Originally Posted by djxsquizet
Oh how we laughed. |
| Milda Poucher 23.11.2010 |
Originally Posted by Bozlifyme
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| Dick Pelcher 23.11.2010 |
Originally Posted by DvlsAdvct
(Although I wouldn't suggest doing this at any influential clubs in you're area... strictly small time gigs or places you know you'll never wanna play at again.) |
| Leon Camphouse 30.05.2010 | Or try playing this song it`s not the best song in the world but sometimes the point gets across :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odC1KKnpWo4 Don`t know the name of the original artist but i found it on a compilation c.d. of a local Dj in Montreal,Qc,Canada. I believe it`s funny...lol. |
| Cleta Pease 29.05.2010 | oh, this is the worst. on the weekend i got about 5 requests in 5 minutes for single ladies, at a house party, ended up just doing something stupid to mix it in. later she wanted it again, and I said no, she wasn't happy. but this is the good bit, towards the end when a friend was having a bit of a spin. I was behind her when she said to a guy these dj's are horrible they don't play any good music, I turned around and was like oh i know ay, they got no idea what the hell their doing. She agreed at first getting into the dissing of the djs untill she realised I was the DJ, she walked off in shame. |
| Marisa Kraeger 28.05.2010 |
Originally Posted by whiskers
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| Raymundo Rygalski 09.05.2010 | I work at a club where I spin a lot of top 40 remixes and people ask for so many requests. My favorite line is "I'll see what I can do." Afterwards, I completely ignore them or just repeat it. By saying that line, I'm not promising anything but I'm also saying, "yeah sure." |
| Takisha Hodulik 09.05.2010 | Requests are a pain in the ass. There is actually a group on FB for us that hate it: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/g...all&ref=search Here is my story with it. When I first mixing when i was a pledge for my frat, i was using three things to "mix": itunes, hypemachine, and youtube, after this i DLed the VDJ trial and learned how to use it in and out. Got requests all evening as i was plying open format music. Eventually got so mad i talked to some ppl about it and eventually was branded DJ "No Requests" for it. I find no offense to it, as its all in no ill will. But I go with the "i dont have it" if i really dont, and then thers always the "can u just youtube it?" then i go "well i got no connection here Gianmarco |
| Harold Jaras 28.04.2010 | i've found one of the easiest ways to deal with requests (that is polite) is saying "if i have it, i'll play it" oops, don't have it. sorry! although i have got the "just youtube it!" .. yeah probably not gonna do that |
| Lilliana Perris 28.04.2010 |
Originally Posted by JesterNZDJ
Thats the one!!! |
| Lilliana Perris 28.04.2010 | Yeah....i get that at clubs when we have a Psytrance evening. Its the same evening ....EVERY WEEK. "Can you play some reggae....or alternative???" This is while the dancefloor is HEAVING..... "Sure lady.....I will make you happy and get stoned by the ENTIRE dancefloor!" |
| Elke Mattei 28.04.2010 | Way I see it, the music I play has nothing to do with what I want to play. It's all about what the most people in the room want to dance to. I play mostly indie clubs, some top 40 stuff, and regularly have to let people down when they've requested stuff I really like, because I can guarantee that there'll be exactly two people in the room have heard it. It's a case of learning to read your crowd, trusting your judgements and being a little bit professional. The whole "no requests" thing is pretty lame though. In a lot of places, requests are the easiest way to read the crowd, not necessarily through playing exactly what people ask for, but rather to guage the mood of the room. Flat out saying "no requests" comes across a little ignorant, to be honest. |
| Mason Topolewski 26.04.2010 | Had a great one on Saturday: "Turn this shit off. Play some Status Quo" "err... This is a Northern Soul evening " "I don't care what evening it is, play some Status Quo" "I'm very sorry, I don't have any with me toevening " (I mean hell, I can't bring all the Northern Soul vinyl that I want with me to these evening s, never mind cater to some random drunk bint's whims on top) "I know the manager, I'm going to make sure you're sacked for this" "I'm good friends with the manager too, and he knows I'm going back to Ibiza next week, so it's no skin off my back" Seriously, just the idea that someone could be so passionate about not having any Status Quo (on a Northern Soul evening !) that they would put someone's job on the line because of it... you just have to laugh it's that petty. Anyway, I spoke to the manager afterwards, just to give him the heads up: "Don't worry about her mate, She's just a fat, ugly bitch." So karma does exist. Fus |
| Myrtle Billegas 25.04.2010 | this is how it should be done |
| Hanna Ridenbaugh 25.04.2010 | I was asked to play at a party last evening by a friend. he said he would bring some playlists to chuck on. any way when i checked the facebook invite he was bigging himself up to be the dj and he has never evan touched a deck. when he pitched up he brought nothing so i ended up playing the whole eve. Half way through he approached me and asked if he could use my laptop to play some spotify. I told him to fxxk off and he had alot to learn. The people really enjoyed my set and now have several more parties booked. |
| Latoria Kavulich 24.04.2010 | "Play some real Psy. Play some infected Mushroom!" "Sorry lady, i don't have time to explain to you that IM only have one album that can be classified as "Psy" and that was from '99, and how they have been falsly credited with being "pioneers" of the psy scene even tho they were 5 years too late... now they are pretty much electro with some guest vocalists for flavor ... and... ahhhhh just fuck off bitch!" Lol |
| Scarlett Saupp 24.04.2010 |
Originally Posted by djalexlaine
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