What is the deejay's main job?

[narc]

What is the deejay's main job?

[Senior]

To play music that's suitable to the attmosphere.

[normal josh]

its mostly the same but it does depend on circumstances

if your like a top 40's dj at a club or something, then you gotta read everybody at the club, and you make them dance so that they drink so that they have a good time so that they call their freinds so that they spend to keep the owner and promoter happy.

iff your moreof a specialist dj, say you only spin breaks, then you job is a little easyer and a little harder...
then your being hired based off your mixed cd and you get hired to do that, but at the same time you can only really spin breaks because thats what expected of you, which is eassyer, but the crowd that you are playing for will tend to know about breaks and expect some damn good music, making you job a little bit harder,

but in essence what you do is keep the people moving and shaking

[Moon]

Originally posted by Senior
To play music that's suitable to the attmosphere.

i guess this is where it gets a tiny bit more complicated

you're right but then its the promoters job to book the dj suitable to the atmosphere (so ya gotta do your research) and then yeah the selected dj will play a set thats right for the people so they have a good time

the main purpose of the dj is to give a good time based on his or her idea of a good time... a musical mind is the weapon...

[LDUB]

Originally posted by kid icarus

if your like a top 40's dj at a club or something, then you gotta read everybody at the club, and you make them dance so that they drink so that they have a good time so that they call their freinds so that they spend to keep the owner and promoter happy.

actually, as a top 40 dj, sometimes you have to clear the floor so that ppl go and buy drinks...they can't really do that while they are dancing.

[Moon]

Originally posted by LDUB


actually, as a top 40 dj, sometimes you have to clear the floor so that ppl go and buy drinks...they can't really do that while they are dancing.

must be quite a small crowd if they all have to be in one place at the same time =p

[LDUB]

Originally posted by k-pryde


must be quite a small crowd if they all have to be in one place at the same time =p

shaddup. you know what i mean. ppl naturally gravitate towards the dj when they are feeling the music, away from the bars. i've often heard/seen dj's who are hired by the bar/club pull back on the dance floor stuff so that ppl go off and buy some more drinks. i don't mean completely wreck and clear the floor - if that was the case i'd get booked all the time :P

[sebcoe]

to make ravers throw their hands in the air like they just dont care

[dj4mula]

bottom line....make the people move.

:rave:

[matéo]

To hit on unsuspected Raver Chicks.

[AWOL]

Originally posted by LDUB


shaddup. you know what i mean. ppl naturally gravitate towards the dj when they are feeling the music, away from the bars. i've often heard/seen dj's who are hired by the bar/club pull back on the dance floor stuff so that ppl go off and buy some more drinks. i don't mean completely wreck and clear the floor - if that was the case i'd get booked all the time :P

I had a friend who was the DJ at New York New York (in Langley) and the owner would tell him to play slower shit cuz they weren't buying enough drinks. I think I'd hate to be told shit like that all the time.

[jmzD]

the dj plays records. heh, no really, i think the dj has to read the crowd and build the energy in order to make people move. what track comes next should depend entirely upon what the crowd is reacting best to. mix it up and drop it down i guess.