I got this business partner. He's a really good DJ. I met him some years back. He used to play in this hole in the wall. I noticed he was really good when it comes to DJing. I went out and bought me some equipment getting back into DJing again. So we became friends and later on business partners.
Now on to my issue with him now. I love him like a brother. He's getting real crazy and obsessed with becoming this super star DJ. His girl is his promoter. So she's trying to promote him big time. Nothing wrong with that but it hasn't been working out to well. They have been going to these bars and clubs looking to have a party there and getting some famous DJ's to come and play there in hopes of getting people to come to these parties and pay $10.00 to get in. It's about house music at these parties.
Like i said nice ideal. The problem is that only a handful of people are showing up at these parties. So he keeps running to different places in hopes of having a big turn out and for the most part nothing. I tried to tell him he needs to find a residency somewhere and build on that. Find a place that he can play at on a regular bases so people will know where they can hear him play and get to see what he can do. Then when things get to be successful start having these parties else where.
Now on to my issue with all of this. I had a birthday party in a place in Irvington at a party his girl was promoting. It was $10.00 to get in. The featured DJ was very good and a nice guy. I came up with $200.00 to help out. I was supposed to get my money back. Hardly anyone showed up and i didn't get back anything.
Now they are having a party in the same place. It's a combined birthday party for both of them at the same place. I was supposed to be the opening DJ since i'm his partner. She called me up telling me she needed $150.00 from me to put on this party. I told her i don't have have a $150.00 to help out with this party. When i said that i no longer will be the opening DJ. That's fine with me. I just couldn't take a chance giving up $150.00 and not getting my money back. It's not my party. I needed to know i'm going to get my money back and not just take a chance that i might or might not get my money back.
He told me he has to pay for security. That's what the $150.00 was going to be for. I say if you don't have $150.00 to pay for security then why in the hell are you even having this party! That's crazy to me. I just didn't feel like getting stuck again.
He and his girl are now hating against a friend of mine because of what he said. He had a party that only 400 people showed up. He said if he had a party where 400 people showed up he would be happy. My friend can say what he said because he's built up a reputation of having parties where more then that will show up. My friend can tell you to get to that point it takes a lot of hard work. A lot of late nights passing out postcards and putting them on cars. My partner right now couldn't get half that to show up at a party he was giving because people don't really know who he is like that.
He thinks because he's this great DJ and he's getting other DJ's to come and play with him that a big crowd is going to show up at these parties. He doesn't realize it takes more then that. My friend has talented people to come and perform at these parties sometimes. He also has a place he plays at every Friday for an after work party. He just got a $100.00 from $350.00 to $450.00 to play in this club. I've played there too on Wed. nights before. He gets paid that $450.00 every Friday he plays there and he only has to play for 3 hours.
The owner hired him back after firing him. Of course he had to pay him more money when he first came back. It took him 2 weeks and by the third week you had to get there early to find a parking space. That's how hot he is right now. Also along with him as the DJ at this club for the 3 hours the first hour you pay $10.00 for an open bar and they have a nice buffet. So my point is he's hot and my partner is not. Just keep in mind my6 friends success didn't come over night. He's worked hard to get there.
He's having another party in Clark, NJ at the Holiday Inn. To have an event there in that room it cost $2,000.00 for 5 hours. He's able to get that room for free. He told me it took a lot of lip service to get that. He said he had a party there where 480 people showed up. So when you can get that many people to show up in a place where they serve alcohol why wouldn't the owner/manager let you have the venue for free?
He's having a party there September the 29th with the lady who made the big club hit Wonderful. Tickets are $20.00 to get into this party. He'll have 2 other DJ's to come in and play with him. I plan on coming to the party just so i can take pictures and talk to him about him possibly DJing at my retirement party i want to have in a nice bar/club.
Enough of me ranting you get the point.
Now on to my issue with him now. I love him like a brother. He's getting real crazy and obsessed with becoming this super star DJ. His girl is his promoter. So she's trying to promote him big time. Nothing wrong with that but it hasn't been working out to well. They have been going to these bars and clubs looking to have a party there and getting some famous DJ's to come and play there in hopes of getting people to come to these parties and pay $10.00 to get in. It's about house music at these parties.
Like i said nice ideal. The problem is that only a handful of people are showing up at these parties. So he keeps running to different places in hopes of having a big turn out and for the most part nothing. I tried to tell him he needs to find a residency somewhere and build on that. Find a place that he can play at on a regular bases so people will know where they can hear him play and get to see what he can do. Then when things get to be successful start having these parties else where.
Now on to my issue with all of this. I had a birthday party in a place in Irvington at a party his girl was promoting. It was $10.00 to get in. The featured DJ was very good and a nice guy. I came up with $200.00 to help out. I was supposed to get my money back. Hardly anyone showed up and i didn't get back anything.
Now they are having a party in the same place. It's a combined birthday party for both of them at the same place. I was supposed to be the opening DJ since i'm his partner. She called me up telling me she needed $150.00 from me to put on this party. I told her i don't have have a $150.00 to help out with this party. When i said that i no longer will be the opening DJ. That's fine with me. I just couldn't take a chance giving up $150.00 and not getting my money back. It's not my party. I needed to know i'm going to get my money back and not just take a chance that i might or might not get my money back.
He told me he has to pay for security. That's what the $150.00 was going to be for. I say if you don't have $150.00 to pay for security then why in the hell are you even having this party! That's crazy to me. I just didn't feel like getting stuck again.
He and his girl are now hating against a friend of mine because of what he said. He had a party that only 400 people showed up. He said if he had a party where 400 people showed up he would be happy. My friend can say what he said because he's built up a reputation of having parties where more then that will show up. My friend can tell you to get to that point it takes a lot of hard work. A lot of late nights passing out postcards and putting them on cars. My partner right now couldn't get half that to show up at a party he was giving because people don't really know who he is like that.
He thinks because he's this great DJ and he's getting other DJ's to come and play with him that a big crowd is going to show up at these parties. He doesn't realize it takes more then that. My friend has talented people to come and perform at these parties sometimes. He also has a place he plays at every Friday for an after work party. He just got a $100.00 from $350.00 to $450.00 to play in this club. I've played there too on Wed. nights before. He gets paid that $450.00 every Friday he plays there and he only has to play for 3 hours.
The owner hired him back after firing him. Of course he had to pay him more money when he first came back. It took him 2 weeks and by the third week you had to get there early to find a parking space. That's how hot he is right now. Also along with him as the DJ at this club for the 3 hours the first hour you pay $10.00 for an open bar and they have a nice buffet. So my point is he's hot and my partner is not. Just keep in mind my6 friends success didn't come over night. He's worked hard to get there.
He's having another party in Clark, NJ at the Holiday Inn. To have an event there in that room it cost $2,000.00 for 5 hours. He's able to get that room for free. He told me it took a lot of lip service to get that. He said he had a party there where 480 people showed up. So when you can get that many people to show up in a place where they serve alcohol why wouldn't the owner/manager let you have the venue for free?
He's having a party there September the 29th with the lady who made the big club hit Wonderful. Tickets are $20.00 to get into this party. He'll have 2 other DJ's to come in and play with him. I plan on coming to the party just so i can take pictures and talk to him about him possibly DJing at my retirement party i want to have in a nice bar/club.
Enough of me ranting you get the point.
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