Dj pet peeves vol. 2 - Page 2

klockwize · #26 (**permalink**) Apr 01, 04

#1-other djs that come up to the mixer behind you and start playin with the effects and totally blocking your mix, and stealing the glory!, i mean once in a while, yeah, help me out and do sumthin once, but cockblocking that shit! "leave me alone"!!!

#2-(not rasist in anyway) but when those high sketchy asians always grab the booth and shake it, and end up ruining the track/mix!

#3-when the sound techs are sittin on thier ass, and the sound quality sux!

#4-"can you play music with words"???

#5-what FORM said!!

matéo · #27 (**permalink**) Apr 01, 04

The sound quality usually only sucks if you make it suck IE; by red lining!!!! it amazes me how many experienced djs do this.

BenGiovanni · #28 (**permalink**) Apr 01, 04

ride lining....im assuming u mean red lining (its all good we all make spelling mistakes)...thats when the sound makes out to the red on the channel display rite? meh i dont spin enough to know these terms

klockwize · #29 (**permalink**) Apr 01, 04

^true that, but ive played at shows that i wasnt red lineing at that sounded like nail on a chalkboard!

your key word being "usually" lol

Global · #30 (**permalink**) Apr 01, 04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wood

the person who comes up & leans over the decks to make a request, and bumps the booth or table causing skippage

That's the one right there!!!!
After Sat I'm now using a 5 foot rule for Ashley....

de-ken · #31 (**permalink**) Apr 03, 04

in defense of those trance DJs who mix every 6 minutes...

kinda hard to mix tons of tracks really quickly... specifically for trance these days. why not let the track play out? thats what the artist who made the track intended to do anyway isnt it? let the track play out and just let the crowd enjoy it... rather than have the DJ just "showcase" how awesome he is at mixing a track every 69 seconds...

non-trance music, however, is a different story

Ree Fresh · #32 (**permalink**) Apr 03, 04

Quote:

Originally Posted by matéo

The sound quality usually only sucks if you make it suck IE; by red lining!!!! it amazes me how many experienced djs do this.

Ive never been so thanked b4 after one of my sets... the sound guy was so amazed i never over killed the sound lol

About the request thing UM ARNT WE DJ's???? Your objective is to pelase the crowd when your playing!?! Breat is right, play it if you actualy have the track and it fits with yoru flow. If you can get that person going, youll probly get the rest too.

Oh and dj babbysitters. I dont mind having somone come up and fix your base or trebble. However I've seen some babby sitters who have trouble letting go of the tables.

Partys where there arnt set time slots... ovten I find myself dealing with DJ's or freinds of DJ's coming up to me RIGHT after I get on, nagging me again and again "can I play next? Im playign next right?When yout hink youll be done" etc etc... Um I just got on ok!

I coudl deal with any of those, but the one that really gets to me is...
Getting canceled or the party shuts down RIGHT before your set... thats gotta hurt more than anything :'(

SLOW DJS · #33 (**permalink**) Apr 05, 04

DJ pet peeve?,
kids who's mom bought them 12's a year ago and they play at every party because they are best friends with the promoters or they kiss ass, promoters should book djs based on talent. period.

matéo · #34 (**permalink**) Apr 05, 04

^^^

I agree

Ree Fresh · #35 (**permalink**) Apr 05, 04

Quote:

Originally Posted by SLOW DJS

DJ pet peeve?,
kids who's mom bought them 12's a year ago and they play at every party because they are best friends with the promoters or they kiss ass, promoters should book djs based on talent. period.

Wow totaly... Be cool if there was a DJ union or somthing that looks at your experience and years of practice.
However it is a part of the entertainment idustry there fore hype and who you know play a huge roll if your hard core about it lol.
funny buisness...

Séguin · #36 (**permalink**) Apr 05, 04

When DJs that play another genre want to tag with you

AWOL · #37 (**permalink**) Apr 05, 04

Quote:

Originally Posted by hardstylin

dj's who listen to ur cd then go buy all ur tracks and make there cd using 90% of you hard sought after tracks

ouch - this is the reason why so many DJs don't put playlists on their mixes.

SLOW DJS · #38 (**permalink**) Apr 06, 04

^^^Thats damn right Awol,
I dont spend most of my time finding unique records that no one else plays, to give my track list out, if people want that shit they gotta purchase the cd,
I'm shure that alot of djs feel the same way, people should buy more local djs cds anyway, SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL DEEJAYS PEOPLE!!!

MissBehavior · #39 (**permalink**) Apr 06, 04

Quote:

Originally Posted by soma

the dj to dj hoe ratio back stage too many peoples make me lash out and slash people with my wax

You're like, the Bond-esque Odd Job of Vancouver's djs, only using records instead of a hat...

HEY! If you get your school hat back, you could use that instead! :D

soma · #40 (**permalink**) Apr 06, 04

Quote:

Originally Posted by MissBehavior

You're like, the Bond-esque Odd Job of Vancouver's djs, only using records instead of a hat...

HEY! If you get your school hat back, you could use that instead! :D

I was waiting for you to drop in to this thread........

(clears throat)

drunk girls who spill burning candle wax on the record and turntable that is playing....

but I still love you lisa =)

klockwize · #41 (**permalink**) Apr 06, 04

Quote:

Originally Posted by SLOW DJS

^^^Thats damn right Awol,
I dont spend most of my time finding unique records that no one else plays, to give my track list out, if people want that shit they gotta purchase the cd,
I'm shure that alot of djs feel the same way, people should buy more local djs cds anyway, SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL DEEJAYS PEOPLE!!!

ageed!! =)

Wood · #42 (**permalink**) Apr 06, 04

Quote:

Originally Posted by wellbelove's

About the request thing UM ARNT WE DJ's???? Your objective is to pelase the crowd when your playing!?! Breat is right, play it if you actualy have the track and it fits with yoru flow. If you can get that person going, youll probly get the rest too.

my experience with people who make requests at clubs would suggest otherwise, usually the request maker has no one but their own interests in mind. of course it's the DJ's job to please the crowd, but one person making a request does not represent the whole crowd, in most cases. Even if they do request something within the realm of possibility, a good DJ should be taking the whole crowd into consideration, before pandering to the requests of one individual.

Sykonee · #43 (**permalink**) Apr 06, 04

Quote:

Originally Posted by SLOW DJS

I dont spend most of my time finding unique records that no one else plays, to give my track list out, if people want that shit they gotta purchase the cd,
I'm shure that alot of djs feel the same way, people should buy more local djs cds anyway, SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL DEEJAYS PEOPLE!!!

Whatever happened to doing it for the love of the muzik?

AWOL · #44 (**permalink**) Apr 06, 04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wood

a good DJ should be taking the whole crowd into consideration, before pandering to the requests of one individual.

a very good point.

MissBehavior · #45 (**permalink**) Apr 06, 04

Quote:

Originally Posted by soma

I was waiting for you to drop in to this thread........

(clears throat)

drunk girls who spill burning candle wax on the record and turntable that is playing....

but I still love you lisa =)

I SAID I WAS SORRY AND IT STILL PLAYS (albeit with wax shavings here and there...THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT)!!!!!!

What else do you want from me???????? :p

soma · #46 (**permalink**) Apr 06, 04

i believe the gin you gave me that night made up for the record you didn't destroy

Akeel · #47 (**permalink**) Apr 06, 04

Quote:

Originally Posted by matéo

The sound quality usually only sucks if you make it suck IE; by red lining!!!! it amazes me how many experienced djs do this.

here here!

and bumping the decks....a lot of the things that bother me are already there.

SLOW DJS · #48 (**permalink**) Apr 07, 04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sykonee

Whatever happened to doing it for the love of the muzik?

I love musik more than most, thats why I spend the extra time to find unique tracks that arent played out.

Sykonee · #49 (**permalink**) Apr 07, 04

^
Fair enough. Just don't get too upset if others pick up the same tracks afterwards. A good tune is a good tune; once exposed, a floodgate of vinyl seekers are released upon it.

Whomever produced the track did so with the intention to have it played out. It's exposure for them so it tends to defeat its purpose whenever DJs try to whore these tracks to themselves.

omega_image · #50 (**permalink**) Apr 07, 04

people bumpin the decks doesnt usually bother me, unless its repeated or a total lack of respect. most of the time its a flat out accident and the person doing it doesnt mean to at all.

anyways some of my pet peeves while im playing; people who ask me to drop a track during my set, people who mess with the mixer while im playing, and people who continually try to get my attention to talk to me during a mix after i've told them to hold on a second.

pet peeves while other people are playing; djs who cut every mix like halfway through the mix, i mean the beats are matched and there is no drop coming, so let it play out! the over use of flanger and filter effects, even tho i commit those sometimes, and djs who hate on other genres just becuase it isnt the genre they play. i can see jungle djs not liking trance and what not but for example lets say some breaks djs says "oh fuck trance that shit is whack" when they have no idea of music is, only what they hear being played in the bc room of plaza is just plain obnoxious and close minded.