Hi everyone,
I’d like to start by saying I’m Hispanic… OK, now that that’s out of the way, I would like to mention that Craig list is a good tool, when and if you know how to use it. I’ve gotten gigs out of it and if I may comment, not by using satire comments, but by being honest.
The moment you, us, them or I start to put other dj’s down, the author of the message becomes ONE more of the thousands who advertise there, do you know why?
Very simple, because almost each and every single one of them feel the need to put other dj’s down, in order to come up. Like the Napoleon Complex.
“In the fields of psychology and psychoanalysis, Napoleon complex is a colloquial term used to describe a type of inferiority complex suffered by people who are short. Alfred Adler pioneered the psychological work on inferiority complexes, and used Napoléon Bonaparte as an example of someone who he thought was driven to extremes by a psychological need to compensate for what he saw as a handicap: his small stature.”
Now I understand Tyrone did it in a form of satire writing, maybe he did get business out of his post, was that his ulterior motive? We don’t know. Did he book any gigs? Maybe. Only he can tell us.
The other side of the coin is that we should not get upset about what other yahoo wants to write, that is something I’ve learned after being a moderator of another forum for five years. It took me a while to learn, but after a while one has to develop a rough skin, and let things just roll over.
A wise man once said: “We can’t prevent birds from flying over our heads, but we can stop them from nesting on it (our head)”
Tom, my humble advice to you is, to let people say what they want, because even though I don’t know Tyrone in person, I know he is a good guy, and I don’t think his intentions were to piss anybody off in this forum.
I was a part-timer for over 22 years, up until this year, 2007 when I was terminated; I am a ‘full time”. Don’t laugh but I am not doing anything different, than last year. I just realized last year I had two full time jobs, that’s all!
So in my humble opinion, Tom and Tyrone, just shake them and forget about it. United we will accomplish much more, than when we start to harbor bad feelings. Again, without knowing you, hopefully in Vegas, maybe the two of you kick my ass over there for being such a big mouth, but you know what… At the end of the day, I hope to share some Margaritas on me.
I would like to propose something to the two of you, which would help ALL OF US, including me, because am a crappy writer. Let’s come up with an honest AD for Craig list based on our honest experience as DJ, and at the bottom we can write: PROUD MEMBERS OF OURDJTALK.
And just to close, please remember that any Dick and Harry can post on Craig list; smart shoppers have to filter all the BS people put there.
Great readin’ ya’ll.
Rig
