What makes you a DJ???

To many ads? Support ODJT and see no ads!
radiowizard said:
A real DJ spins RECORDS. A real DJ knows how to cue up track number 6 and segue it into track number three SMOOTHLY and WITHOUT FINGERPRINTS EVER ON THE GROOVE of the record. A real DJ knows how to keep a record collection DUST FREE by making sure each record is stored in the paper sleeve and then placed properly in the record jacket. A real DJ has an understanding of the REAL ART of playing records and entertaining at the same time.

Sorry to say, pushing a button to play a song is NOT being a REAL DJ. It is being a MOBILE ENTERTAINER. A REAL DJ knows how to do all of the above. I know, because that's the way it was done back in the day. (I still love my Technics 1200's).
Click to expand...

Sorry about your black crack addiction, 21st century is over here=======================================================> HELLO!

Crack kills brah.
 
DJ Jynxx said:
Also, this is more for club DJ's, and anyone who has had a residency at a club will definitely know what I mean on this one... A DJ should know how to open for another DJ. This may sound like common sense, but it is literally one of the biggest things that separates a good DJ from a bad one, no matter how good they beatmix, no matter how great they scratch or how much they know about their music. You have to know how to keep the crowd entertained while staying away from the big hits, no matter how many requests you get for them, and no matter if you think you are better than the other DJ or not. Your job is to open, not use up all the hot songs to make yourself look good. Anyone can play the top 20 songs of the night and have the dancefloor packed. It shows real skill to have a good dancefloor and not play a single one of that top 20.
Click to expand...

That's a load of crap.
I'm sorry but, if you need people to "save the good stuff" for you then you're not an act worth waiting for.

Your'e not even being true to your own words: You claim anyone can rock a floor with the top 20 (not true) yet, you demand that they save that same top 20 for you? What's the point of headlining you if your show is nothing more than what everyone else can do?

If you need your predecessor to deliberatley undermine his own talent to make yours look better that's just lame.
 
Proformance said:
That's a load of crap.
I'm sorry but, if you need people to "save the good stuff" for you then you're not an act worth waiting for.

Your'e not even being true to your own words: You claim anyone can rock a floor with the top 20 (not true) yet, you demand that they save that same top 20 for you? What's the point of headlining you if your show is nothing more than what everyone else can do?

If you need your predecessor to deliberatley undermine his own talent to make yours look better that's just lame.
Click to expand...

Actually, the load of crap is that you have obviously never opened for anyone at a club. If you did, you would know what "peak hour" is, and how to "save" the good songs for when the dancefloor is at it's highest energy level. It has NOTHING to do with saving the songs for the actual person, it has everything to do with saving the songs for the right TIME.
Damn, know what you are talking about before you reply please, it makes you look like a pompous know-it-all ass, when you really have never even done what it is you are talking about.
 
I recently put this up on our Facebook page, and think it applies to this thread:

A professional DJ company does not just show up and play music...A professional DJ company will take the time to get to know their client's own personalities, A professional DJ company will take this information and create a unique, one of a kind experience for each individual client...A professional DJ company will plan ahead for every possible situation, and have a solution...A professional DJ company will work with all vendors onsite, and not try to take over the event...A professional DJ company will make sure all your guest feel welcome...finally, A professional DJ company will make sure your day is as special as you always dreamed it would be!
 
DJ Jynxx said:
Actually, the load of crap is that you have obviously never opened for anyone at a club. If you did, you would know what "peak hour" is, and how to "save" the good songs for when the dancefloor is at it's highest energy level. It has NOTHING to do with saving the songs for the actual person, it has everything to do with saving the songs for the right TIME.
Damn, know what you are talking about before you reply please, it makes you look like a pompous know-it-all ass, when you really have never even done what it is you are talking about.
Click to expand...

In the real world of night clubs (not just bar rooms) you'd know that the #1 priority is beverage and hospitality sales - not the DJ's "show." You'd also know better than to make amateur comments about needing other DJs to "save the good stuff" for you.
 
Proformance said:
In the real world of night clubs (not just bar rooms) you'd know that the #1 priority is beverage and hospitality sales - not the DJ's "show." You'd also know better than to make amateur comments about needing other DJs to "save the good stuff" for you.
Click to expand...

I DO know that. And as I said, it has NOTHING to do with saving the "good stuff" for me, it has EVERYTHING to do with TIMING. Do not make me list my resume of clubs and MAJOR artists that I DJ'd and/or opened for. I am FAR from an amateur when it comes to "night clubs", as I have played to houses, oh sorry... "night clubs"... of over 1800, and events of over 10,000. The "amateur" comments are coming from you, since you have obviously played in "night clubs" that do not have headline DJ's, IF you have ever played in a club AT ALL. If you did, you would know about saving the "good stuff" for when the DANCEFLOOR requires it. It has NOTHING to do with the headline DJ needing it, unless they are a no-talent chump and just a name, like a lot of the model-looking female DJ's out there. The headline DJ is the one who is the "star" so to speak, and he/she is SUPPOSED to play the big hits. Why be a headline DJ and play all kinds of unknown or unpopular stuff? Just to show that you CAN? Come on now.
Before you call ME and amateur, please have more than a couple "night clubs" under your belt, and open for someone like DJ Clue, Funkmaster Flex, or DJ Skribble. THEN you can tell me that you should play all the "good stuff" before THEY go on. Have fun trying to do that one. I am guessing you probably couldn't even GET that gig, the way that you are talking and the way your mentality towards opening for another DJ is. Any REAL club DJ who has ever opened for another DJ will know that this is Club DJ 101.
Amateur.... I am still cracking up at that one. "Real World" of night clubs.... hahahaha.... omg you are hilarious. Like you have any clue what the real world of a club DJ is. Please stop now, this debate is going to be pointless. It will be like me talking to a wall, since you quite obviously have no idea what you are even talking about. It's almost like you just want the argument, in which case you picked the wrong person for the topic. Now please stick to arguing something you actually have experience doing, and pick one of those newb wannabe's with a laptop and two speakers.
 
ittigger said:
This ought to be good!

*makes a bag of popcorn*
Click to expand...

Nah, I don't think it will be. I will eventually give up, because it isn't worth my time to argue with someone who has yet to experience what it is I am even talking about. All he has is his opinion, which matters little when it comes to actually doing it.
 
As long as you're name dropping...shall I ask if they actually know you - or did you just happen to be working the night they toured your venue?

Thy mouth runneth off a little too much. :tricool:
 
Regardless of if he knew them or not, unless you're nationally touring with them - do you honestly think most of the 'celebrity DJ's' know who is on stage before them? Heck, most opening bands aren't known by the bands they open for.
 
Of course they dont KNOW me. Well... Digital Underground might... I am good friends with their manager and their tour DJ. But that isn't the point. The point is that I had the skill, the ability, and the opportunity to open for all of them. I can add another 20 or so major artists where I was either their main concert DJ, opening concert DJ, their OFFICIAL After-Set DJ, or as you said, where they came in to the club I was DJing at.
I am guessing that you have none of the above. So no, I haven't ran my mouth too much at all. I am still shaking my head at the fact that you think your OPINION on what you should or should not do as an opening DJ trumps my ACTUAL EXPERIENCE doing it. I paid my dues in the clubs, the concerts, and the after-show parties. I got to where I did because I learned what to do and what not to do.... and I am telling you straight out that as an opening DJ, it is your job to not play the big hits before it is their time. Again, since you do not understand this, I say unto you... it is not about the DJ as much as it is about the timing.
Go grab 17 years in major clubs, open for about 15 other DJs, including a handful of famous ones, and then tell me about it. Until then, please stick to sharing your opinions only on things that you actually know about, and stop trying to bait me into childish arguments that waste my time.
 
I think there are people in the field who suck, people in the field who treat it as SERIOUS BUSINESS, and then the other folks who make their living at it professionally and could give a flying eff what people on the internet are moaning about.
 
DJ Jynxx said:
Of course they dont KNOW me. Well... Digital Underground might... I am good friends with their manager and their tour DJ. But that isn't the point. The point is that I had the skill, the ability, and the opportunity to open for all of them. I can add another 20 or so major artists where I was either their main concert DJ, opening concert DJ, their OFFICIAL After-Set DJ, or as you said, where they came in to the club I was DJing at.
I am guessing that you have none of the above. So no, I haven't ran my mouth too much at all. I am still shaking my head at the fact that you think your OPINION on what you should or should not do as an opening DJ trumps my ACTUAL EXPERIENCE doing it. I paid my dues in the clubs, the concerts, and the after-show parties. I got to where I did because I learned what to do and what not to do.... and I am telling you straight out that as an opening DJ, it is your job to not play the big hits before it is their time. Again, since you do not understand this, I say unto you... it is not about the DJ as much as it is about the timing.
Go grab 17 years in major clubs, open for about 15 other DJs, including a handful of famous ones, and then tell me about it. Until then, please stick to sharing your opinions only on things that you actually know about, and stop trying to bait me into childish arguments that waste my time.
Click to expand...

You said that already, at least three times: "save the "big hits" - left with your own talent you're screwed.
Try talking less - it makes it harder to see through you.

Play whatever the f---- you want ahead of me, 'cause even if I use it again - it isn't gonna sound anything like it did when you played it. :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom
Back