You assume much young jedi.
Maybe he is not even worth $150.00.
Also could, but not likely, be worth more the $500.00.
I just had the worst Gig ever!
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Maybe he is not even worth $150.00.
Also could, but not likely, be worth more the $500.00.
Ok gotta call ya on the carpet for this one.... and say:
You assume much young jedi.
Maybe he is worth more than the $150.00
Also could likely be worth much more than $500.00
YMMV
Not to derail this thread but is it me or does everyone else think they see Shrek when they scroll down the page and see Rob's profile pic? LOL
It's from the radiation treatments he's getting. Should wear off in a few hundred years.
It is all speculative.
Nothing in the OP indicates any value beyond what was received.
I totally agree. That's why I said "You'll have events like these". It's not a question of never having them. The difference comes in from the pre-planning to avoid most of them and then how one handles themself when the unforeseen curveball does come.
I've certainly had events that I did not think went well. I thouroughly review those to determine what I could have done BEFORE and DURING the event to make it better. If I honestly believe I did everything i could to make the show the best and felt the client was totally at fault, I would shrug it off and not give it another thought.
But most times when I determined that the client was at fault, I learn better how to avoid those pitfalls with future clients....adding more value!!!!!
The song she made me stop playing was "faithfully" by Journey (It was on her list of songs, which I thought was strange because she is 12). She also told me to not play any other slow songs the rest of the night (She had 4 slow songs on her list). I have no idea why they would give me a list with 4 slow songs, but not want me to play them. Since it was a 12th B-day party I wasn't going to play any slow songs, but I didn't want to ignore her requests. I always play the clean versions of all songs regardless of the age group, so I know that the content of the songs wasn't the issue. The parent never explained why she wanted the song stopped and I didn't ask.
If you want some unfiltered truth regarding your results, just say the word and I'll share what my 25+ non-hobbyist years of experience suggests, but my desire to not offend others that are always compelled and somehow required to defend such activity prevents me from doing so without your consent. Otherwise, I refer you to my previous posts.
Ok now I'm really confused? The other parent involved in hiring us for the party just posted this on my Facebook Fan Page:
"Thank you so much for doing such a great job at the birthday party. Thanks for going with the flow which you often have to do when you have fifty 12 year olds. I can’t believe they danced for 3 hours straight, the music was awesome. The light show made the whole atmosphere even better. All the kids were talking about it being the best party ever and it was all thanks to you guys."
This was the parent that was not giving me a hard time. The PITA parent has not contacted me, nor do I expect her to. Even though it seems like most of the people were happy with the party, I still don't feel so great about it. I will look at this as a learning experience and try to improve myself for the next party.
Thanks again to everyone that added their advice to this post. I learned alot from you guys and I plan on using this forum on a regular basis. It seems to be full of great info. I'm not really friends with any other DJ's so I don't have anyone with experience in this field to give me good advice and constructive criticism.
"Thank you so much for doing such a great job at the birthday party. Thanks for going with the flow which you often have to do when you have fifty 12 year olds. I can’t believe they danced for 3 hours straight, the music was awesome. The light show made the whole atmosphere even better. All the kids were talking about it being the best party ever and it was all thanks to you guys."
This was the parent that was not giving me a hard time. The PITA parent has not contacted me, nor do I expect her to. Even though it seems like most of the people were happy with the party, I still don't feel so great about it. I will look at this as a learning experience and try to improve myself for the next party.
Thanks again to everyone that added their advice to this post. I learned alot from you guys and I plan on using this forum on a regular basis. It seems to be full of great info. I'm not really friends with any other DJ's so I don't have anyone with experience in this field to give me good advice and constructive criticism.
Go a head and speak your mind. I won't be offended in any way. I'm looking for help and if you have good info then hit me with it.
This is not uncommon. It's very possible the MOM put journey-faithfully on the list and the 12 yo hates it. Don't assume that the birthday girl was the only person with access to your song list.
This is something that is good to go over in the pre-planning. WHO exactly picked these songs, and who gets to say don't play that song, what happens if no one is dancing to these songs...etc
I did a wedding a few years ago where the groom went in and changed some things last minute on their planner...special songs..etc.
I left the bride a message saying I would like to go over the changes that you made....she didn't want any of them.
For the heck of it, bring it out Rox. If anything, I'm interested in what your thoughts are.
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For $150, what did they expect?
I stopped doing these kids dances/low paying "favor type" of gigs long ago, not worth the hassle.
Take it as a lesson learned. They didn't fill out the questionaire...it's their fault.
I hope you didn't the spend $150 on music for this event.
I stopped doing these kids dances/low paying "favor type" of gigs long ago, not worth the hassle.
Take it as a lesson learned. They didn't fill out the questionaire...it's their fault.
I hope you didn't the spend $150 on music for this event.