Client's music on his Ipod

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I am surprised that we have over 15 replies and not one "DJ Police" has come out! WTF is going on here? LOL.........


I have had this happen one time to me. I told the client to hand it to me on a CD so I can have it played through my system. I don't like handling other peoples iPod just in case if it gets lost I will not be liable for it.
 
ahoustondj said:
Correct! I do not discriminate. All money is Green! It is these kinds of requests that beffuddle me. I may not do a whole lot of Weddings anymore but when I did i never used to get these kinds of requests. For instance, I gave a list of recommended Wedding Songs and the Clients chose from that list. One in a while they would add something odd. I was NEVER handed a list like a Jukebox. Not my style.
I am sensitive to this Nicaraguan guy though and yes, you have to play their type of music too. A guide list is important but an IPOD....hmmm thats another story!
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My apologies. I mis-read and/or misunderstood your first post.
 
ahoustondj said:
I may not do a whole lot of Weddings anymore but when I did i never used to get these kinds of requests. For instance, I gave a list of recommended Wedding Songs and the Clients chose from that list. One in a while they would add something odd. I was NEVER handed a list like a Jukebox. Not my style.
I am sensitive to this Nicaraguan guy though and yes, you have to play their type of music too. A guide list is important but an IPOD....hmmm thats another story!
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I think the highlit section is the key. These kinds of situations have increased, in recent years, making the demands on D.J.s and expectations from D.J.s higher than ever. I'm ok with that, with a couple of exceptions: 1) more service (possibly reverse-engineering an ipod, for example) OUGHT TO equal more money, and 2) having to talk people out of (sometimes) sinking their own parties by micromanaging the "playlist". Worst examples are when they pick more music than it's possible to play in the time allotted.
 
if you need help with itunes let me know Bill....
(I have all the ebooks on the subject here)

Secrets.Of.The.iPod.pdf
The Ultimate iPod Guide 5.pdf

0071630244 (ipod, iphone & itunes AIO, 5th edition).pdf
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its the 21st century folks and in the future if many of us are around will see more and more of this happening.fewer and fewer people purchase music on cds anymore,electronic media is in.zune,ipod,i-whatever and cellphones is what many carry their music collection on these days.i can remember when someone would give a dj a 45 or an album to play a particular request,those days are gone with the generation which is coming up.some do not even have the correct title of a song but they know they have the song on their "whatever player".


many djs will make recomendations but the client might have some foreign song(s) which they like or love to be played at their event.how would you like to be a soldier who was in Iraq and liked a few songs from there and wants them played at your event and a dj is going to tell you otherwise??

as i saw before some members stated to play from the ipod as well as search for a program/software which can handle what you want to do.not everyone who has songs on a player has it on cds also.

try to work with the client as best you can and its not ALL the time you have to charge extra for doing someone a favor.
 
CMWAT said:
some do not even have the correct title of a song but they know they have the song on their "whatever player".
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As the Audio Technician for my Church I am increasingly having visiting groups and Pastors thrust their "whatever player" at me. I usually connect the player to the mixer or connect to my laptop and download the music or audio file where possible. I have found the following kit very useful for interconnecting devices.

http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/product/American-Recorder-Technologies-Gig-Box?sku=420955
 
Bill Kexel said:
What I'd like to do is take his song files & put them onto an external HD, so I can create folders of the various songs (cocktails, dinner, dancing, Etc) and then plug it into my Denon HD 2500 to play at his wedding.

What do I need to do to achieve this?

Thank you!
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Someone from the family to sit with you as you go through them and tell you which is which? :triconfused:
 
CMWAT said:
try to work with the client as best you can and its not ALL the time you have to charge extra for doing someone a favor.
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Spending hours Googling how to jailbreak an ipod and/or sifting through piles of random mp3s, so I can follow a 10 hour playlist at a 5 hour event isn't my idea of doing anyone a favor.

More work = more money.
 
I wouldn't ever accept or play from a client's/guests phone or digital player for an event. I would have requested that they simply provide me with the desired tracks (really if they have X-number gigs of foreign music loaded, how many MB's are you actually going to play) on a ripped CD or even two, along with notes as to what selections (Track #s) to play when and for what.

That's it, and done!

I have them do the legwork and programming for any foreign/customer-provided music, and they really don't mind if you spin it right - they are just impressed/relieved/happy-as-heck that you are flexible enough and willing to accommodate those special elements and work them in.

They understand that you're not "in the know" regarding various ethnic music, and so aren't familiar enough with it to program it 100% effectively.

Just have him get you what he wants to play on audio-cd - preferably before the event so you can verify playability and familiarize yourself with the material to the extent you wish to, but doing that ahead of time is something of a bonus and not 100% necessary unless it's music for the ceremony for example.
 
Had a reception a few weeks back where the bride's side was Indian and her father had a few songs he wanted played during dinner. I asked him to put them on a CD which he did - done and done.

Problem was the music sounded like a combo of Yanni music sung by Yoko Ono with an Indian flair - only six songs but each one was 5 minutes long.

I played one of my normal dinner songs between each one, but still many guests looked at me wondering WTF. I said "please enjoy theses favorites as chosen by our proud father of the bride".

Getting the music was easy, but playing it was torture.
 
We discovered today that you can't put those files on a thumb drive either.
I asked my client to burn them to a CD, he thought they would work on a thumb drive. (I wasn't sure)

Nope!

To save us both time, I asked him to burn them onto a CD-R (not a CD-RW) and then test it on a regular CD player (like in his car) to see if it'll play.

I'm taking this as a lesson learned. If a client ever mentions that he/she has music on their I-Pod for me, I'll say "No can do".
 
Bill I have done it no worries

transfered over songs from itunes/ipod easy enough

but hey thats life
 
yes thats why if you need to read how to do things ebooks tell you how to do things

but thats right some dont read ebooks that have instructions and know what can be done

have a nice day

So Bill what do you have (the client that is)

iPod
iPod Mini
iPod Nano
iPod Photo
iPod Shuffle
iPod Video
 
DjDennis said:
yes thats why if you need to read how to do things ebooks tell you how to do things

but thats right some dont read ebooks that have instructions and know what can be done

have a nice day

So Bill what do you have (the client that is)

iPod
iPod Mini
iPod Nano
iPod Photo
iPod Shuffle
iPod Video
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He has a nano.
I got the music files from him. He told me that he wound up going into the purchased files page and did a copy & paste of the files to a thumb drive....it worked. I was able to take those files & convert them all to the standard MP3format, clean them up & adjust the DB. & properly tag & organize them all.
 
Change your computer so that you can view hidden files in windows.
Then go to my computer and you can drag and drop all of the songs to your computer.
done!
 
I get handed an iPhone/iPod at about 50% of my weddings. My biggest concern is making sure I get their phone back to them. I have had 3-4 phones left behind this year. Now I hand everyone my card when they hand me the iPod/iPhone....so they can at least call me the next day and let me know where to mail their phone.
 
and you havent used them to phone me?

Im not a babysitter. I get the music ahead of gig day and will not hook up an iphone to my system day of unless for some emergency situation.:triwink:
soundinmotiondj said:
I get handed an iPhone/iPod at about 50% of my weddings. My biggest concern is making sure I get their phone back to them. I have had 3-4 phones left behind this year. Now I hand everyone my card when they hand me the iPod/iPhone....so they can at least call me the next day and let me know where to mail their phone.
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