I never said people won't like to "hear" what you (or your friend) plays .. I said they generally aren't willing to PAY what it takes to keep a bar open (and cover the costs of the DJ) and there generally isn't enough of them.Maybe that's what goes on where you live at. Around here my friend is great at getting a older crowd to hear him in a place. That's because they have heard him play for many many years and loves what he does. When he has had a situation where a place gets shut down, his friends who love to hear him play will quickly find him another place to play at. Some places don't work out because the money isn't consistent with the agreement that was made. He will stay in as long as possible before he will leave a spot. Sometimes these things don't work out because the owner won't work with the DJ to get people to come to the place. The other thing is it takes time to build on a place that's a cold place. What I mean is when it's a place not a lot of people are coming there, so the crowd in the beginning maybe very small starting out. Then it depends on the size of the place. Some places it's a great thing that they are rather small places because it doesn't take a lot of people to make the place look like the joint is popping.
The place where my friend played at on Monday nights was Level 10. Through out the night he would get 30 people or a little bit more to come there and drink to hear him play. That's damn good for a Monday and he would mix the music up depending on the crowd that was there that night.