I've been djing for years and i prefer to play for a gay crowd opposed to a straight one. I've found that with the exception of prince fans and house-heads, straight people don't know SHIT about music. They only dance (poorly, i might add) to things they know, regardless of whether the track i'm playing is amazing or not; they just can't tell. They only know what mtv tells them is cool. Otherwise they couldn't figure it out for themselves. I could be mixing three amazing tribal records at once, two cds, and doing a headspin on one of the turntables and some drunk white girl will always come to my booth and say, "Could you play something we could DANCE to? You know, something UPBEAT." The 'upbeat' line always makes me want to KILL someone. Why do girls always feel the need to bother the dj? Just because you've had too much to drink and have a pair of tits and a kmart version of the paris hilton skirt and you've figured out how to copy the dance missy does in her video DON'T make you a music expert or give you the right to bother the dj. SIT DE FUCK DOWN BIATCH!
Here are some simple rules to follow in DJ ETIQUETTE FOR DRUNK WHITE GIRLS:

1) STAY THE FUCK OUT OF THE DJ BOOTH.
Contrary to popular belief, djing is extremely hard work and no hard working self respecting dj needs some drunk hoe bumping into the turntables or breaking his/her concentration while they are trying to stay in tune with and keep up the vibe of an entire EVENING, for you to ask for that tired ninaskye track that's probably already been played. and if you want to hear it go home and listen to the damn radio. it's on every five fucking minutes.

2) NEVER EVER TELL THE DJ WHAT TO PLAY.
Do I come to YOUR job and tell YOU what to do? NO. Do I come to McDonlad's and tell you how to cook the fries? NO. I know it's a party and you want to hear your song, but the dj has to play for the ENTIRE crowd, not just your drunk ass and your two drunk friends who want to hear biggie or snoop, throw your purses on the dancefloor in a pile and dance around it like native americans trying to make it rain. If you don't like the music; LEAVE. Try pulling that shit in NY, Chicago or Detroit and your ass will get thrown out faster than you can say, "Can you play...?" A great dj will play for the entire crowd, not for him/herself.

3) CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU BELIEVE, YOU ARE NOT A MUSIC EXPERT.
Trust. just because you watch fuse and BET instead of mtv and you have every janet jackson cd and you have a copy of purple rain don't mean you know shit. Leave it to the dj. I'm sure you would fucking hate it if you were trying to work and some drunk idiot was standing over your shoulder telling you what to do while you were filing at the office or saying, "what do you have in there?"

4) NEVER LOOK THROUGH A DJ'S RECORD OR CD COLLECTION.
Do I come to your house and look through your underwear drawer? NO. A dj's music collection not only takes YEARS to compile, but it costs a fucking FORTUNE to have your dumb ass leafing through it getting fingerprints on everything, fucking up the order of everything. It's not even cool if you ask permission first. ever.

as a dj since late 75 early 76... i agree.. thank u for clearing up on how we are and what we do

TheRealFiness said:

respek. love the sousoul icon. yoo betta work

that's all great and everything, but you're still going to play "safety dance" next, right?

Anxiety said:

800oldfunk said:

My boyfriend is a house-music DJ and obsessed with his music and what he does. In fact, it sounds like he wrote what you just said. I have to print it out and show it to him, .

theVelvetRoper said:

well, its true we are who we are, this is what we were born to do pretty much, the way we have our set ups and ways is just how anyone who is serious about thier craft

I used to DJ in a club for a short while in 1994. I did not like for people to come to the booth and make a request. Usually their request would not match the beat and be totally "unmixable" with what I was playing at the time. They would come back to booth and ask "when are you going to play my song" and I would say "it's coming up".

I like to throw get togethers at home and most of my friends are all around my age. I enjoy playing more for my straight friends because they are open to more of the old music and they really love it when they hear a song that they have not heard since it was in style. I get bored with a lot of my gay friends. Some of them have a wide variety of tastes but most of them want to hear house music and nothing but house music all night long. When I used to DJ in a club, it was a gay club and that's almost all we played. To this day, house music is still the majority of what is played in the gay clubs. I have heard it so much, I have gotten kind of burned out on it. I do get in a house mood sometimes and the gay whores go wild.

I wouldn't dare ever calling myself a DJ in the professional way, but back in the days I did a bit of record spinning to get a few extra bucks every now and then. But I have to admit I never minded those drunk chicks with tits

May I have permission to laminate your post and hang it up the next time I spin?

A true story: I'm spinning the Sugarhill Gang and Spoonie Gee at an old-school party. Young girl comes up to me and asks, "Can you play some hip hop?"

soulsis said:

I have truly heard it all now!

soulsis said:

i woulda smacked the crap outta the chick.

soulsis said:

FUCKING EXACTLY ON POINT. once when i was doing this straight college party I'm playing "one more chance" and this drunk chick comes up to me and says, "can you play biggie?"

Anxiety said:

i said i don't take requests.

soulsis said:

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I used to fantasize about being a DJ (yeah, I'm a freak like that.) *swoon*

Good rules!


[Edited 9/3/04 14:38pm]

This reminds me of a DJ Shadow show I went to, this drunk dude jump onstage with shadow and started jumping around, of course the needle skipped and everyone started booing, Shadow jumped on the mic and said "somebody get this motherfucker off the stage"

I was really disappointed with this show, I thought Shadow would be doing a lil bit more than playing HIS records on stage.

800oldfunk said:

Househead (and Prince fan) here.

I pretty much agree with what you posted. A club/rave DJ isn't a jukebox or wedding DJ, and generally doesn't take requests. One of my DJ clients has a standard response: "I think the next DJ is playing that one."

I've occasionally violated rule #1, but only when I've been involved in throwing the event and had a genuine need to talk with the DJ. When doing so, I wait for a time when he/she is letting a record play out instead of working on a mix. And I keep it as brief as possible.

Another DJ here.

I wish people had more respect for the DJ. Most people don't think it's work, but if you are a real DJ, you mix and pick your tracks carefully, it's very difficult.

doeineffect said:

we orchestrate our sets, depending on the sets we play on a vibe...i know my crowds. so i play on the vibe i get from them...