right on!!!
Unless $ is your only concern, to do it for yourself. Develop your own
style instead of pandering to what others want and then find the right venue
to exploit your sound.
many DJs have asked me about DJing. This is the only thing I tell all of
them.....
Scotty
www.dejablu.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <jon@oblivion.accessus.net>
To: <Leftalive1@aol.com>
Cc: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: Being a Nightclub DJ...
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 Leftalive1@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Greetings all...
> > I was curious as to how many of us on this list (if any) are
nightclub
> > dj's. I've been the resident at the Liquid Lounge here in Nashville for
> > about four months, and let me tell you, it's rough sometimes having to
be all
> > things to all people. Hip-hop, r&b, pop, techno - you name it, I get
> > requests for it. It doesn't help either that being a nightclub dj is
more or
> > less the most reviled occupation in the world of dance. Its impossible
to
> > cop a consistent vibe for very long.
> > The only thing I've found that I can do is to play sets more or
less.
> > Here's the hip-hop set, heres the techno set, etc. Now granted, the
crowd
> > never really seems to care that the vibe changes up so much (The other
clubs
> > in town are pretty much your straight college type: Bar, Banana Joe's,
Time,
> > etc. so their used to it...), but it's really starting to bother me.
> > The best that I can offer the people in my place is to choose the
songs
> > carefully and try to weed out as much of the cheese as I can. (I don't
care
> > if you shoot me in the leg, I will not play Britney, N'sync, blah, blah,
> > blah...)
> > Any thoughts to share? I'd like to know what other people think.
I'm
> > about ready to quit and go back to being one of those elitists who
complains
> > about the music at mainstream dance clubs.
> >
> Here's what ya do cat:
> 1. Find a sample from a track that is really popular. LIke the original
> track that the new hit samples from. Like when Will Smith's song was
> popular that sampled from the Clash's "Rock the Casbah"...start with the
> Will Smith track and then play Casbah. That's just an example, but use it
> all the time. Especially if you get pissed off when a new track ripps off
> something for granted. Also you're technically "playing the hits".
>
> 2. Play for yourself. Screw everyone else and the idea that you need a
> job! You play for yourself, with your great taste in music you should do
> great. Just don't pick things that level the flow.
>
> 3. Ocassionally when you change into those "sets" you were talking
> about. Play the hits.
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