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21DJ Limelight’s _10 Things You Should Never Say To The DJ
Filed Under (Marketing and Promotion) by FuNkwoRm on 21-04-2009
Tagged Under : DJs, Indiana
1. “Do you have that one song that goes….?”
No, I don’t. Your singing makes my eardrums bleed by the way.
2. “Me and my friends are leaving, can you
play our song before we leave?”
Absolutely not. I’m sure there’s a iPod,
cd player or radio where ever you’re going.
3. “Can you play something with a beat?”
Last time I checked, all songs have a beat.
4. “Can you play some hip-hop?”
It never fails that someone will ask this
when I’m already playing hip-hop.
5. “I know such and such… Can you…?”
Nope. Name dropping gets you no where.
6. “Can you play my song next?”
Absolutely not. There are a lot of other
people in the club so, no, I can’t play your
song next. You can play your song next as
many times as you want…in your car.
7. “Everyone wants to hear…”
Really? I highly doubt that. However, if you
have some sort of petition signed by
everyone in the club, I might reconsider.
8. “I know you already played it, but can you
play such and such again?”
Sorry. No. Get here earlier next time.
9. “If you don’t have such and such, what do
you have?”
I’m kind of busy at the moment. I don’t have
time to give you the names of all
10,000+ songs I have.
10. “Can I get on the mic?”
Sure. If you give me your credit card.
I don’t come to your job asking to get on
your computer.
DJ Limelight is a DJ that resides in Indianapolis, Indiana. There, you can catch his weekend party mix show on Radio One’s Hot 96.3.
DJ Limelight also spins independent hip hop so you should definitely get at him!
Contact:
website: www.djlimelight.com
email: get@djlimelight.com
twitter: @djlimelight
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Um…I went to this party up in the Hollywood Hills and they had a DJ who was playin’ that damn techno sh*t all night! We had to be shuttled to the top of this hill for this party, so I was trapped to stay and listen to that “no soul havin’ insanity!” So…yes…I went to the DJ and said,” Um…can you play somethin’ with some soul and a bass line…somethin’ I can feel?” He was offended, gave me an attitude, and put his headset back on. I had no problem offending him because somebody needed to really tell him the truth. The only people that were dancing to his music were people clearly on some narcotic. I had to hang out outside to get as far away from the sh*t as possible. I wish techno music would go away. They think they playin’ House music, but IT’S NOT!!!!!!!!! House music has soul in it. You can actually FEEL the bass line and feel the music. Who started that techno stuff anyway? DJs who play techno need to…NOT do that anymore.
Reply to Meleika
Some DJ’s really don’t how to read the crowd. Just because you are the DJ doesn’t mean that people pay for your masturbatory set.
Reply to Renee
@ Meleika
Well if you didnt liked the music there, the only one thing was to do was leave instead of complaining.You just had to leave i guess.You could go to other clubs where you feel the music suits your taste.
its not the dj’s fault if you have no sense of direction for this kind of music
Reply to ollie
@ Renee
What do you know about reading a crowd?if not tell me.Are you a dj anyway? i think not because a dj will never post such a non sense like that.
If you didnt like the set you just had to tune in the radio or whatever that suits the music you like
Reply to ollie
Like I said in my previous comment, this party was up in the Hills in California where we had to be shuttled back down the hill. I was stuck at this party until the next shuttle to take me to my car. So I had to listen to that music. It was horrible! Oh and trust…when I hear that techno bs or if the deejay isn’t movin’ me, I leave. I don’t care if I’ve just paid to valet and more money to get in the party. I will turn around and leave if the music sucks. Techno music is like scratching your nails on a chalkboard – irritates my nerves. If people aren’t DANCING…um…it is VERY MUCH SO the deejay’s fault. Like I said, the only few people that were dancing were clearly on a narcotic and off beat. Everyone else went outside to drink and mingle. No one was feelin’ the deejay and his techno music.
Reply to Meleika
@ Meleika
You’ve said techno music is horrible.well that is your personnal taste and i respect that.You probably know that something that someone does not like might be something that somebody else likes.
What i find very strange is why did you attend a party where the music you dont like is gonna be played??
Didnt the creators of this event inform the people who are going to attend about the kind of music that will gonna be played?
if not the case then the management of this event must really be not be very professional.
Reply to ollie
Your top 10 is right on the money! I get at least five of em’ every friday night. I just smile and wave….smile and wave.
Reply to JussViciousCutz
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That is the funniest thing I have heard in a long time. Next time, I’ll know to just leave the DJ alone.
But, hopefully he is reading the crowd, because he’s there to show his patrons a good time.
Reply to TJ
@Meleika You realize alcohol is a narcotic, right? Also, @ollie is correct. If the person who was promoting the event to you did not inform it’s attendants of what kind of music would be played, the fault lies in the promoters. By the way, no matter how great the DJ, sometimes crowds just don’t dance. It is in my opinion due to this new fascination with people thinking that it’s cooler to stand on the sidelines talking about how bad the people dancing are at dancing. Good luck at your future events @Meleika. By the way, great top 10 list, I will make sure never to commit any of these sins again
Reply to Mr. Tasty
Maleika: you asked who created techno and who listens to it and blah blah blah. here. educate yourself:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_techno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgPJOOPvmb4
http://ghostly.com/
answer: technological geniuses… with soul.
Reply to kelzey
@Ollie, Mr. Tasty, and Kelzey – This particular party was in someone’s home in the Hills – no promoter. But believe, the host was given referrals for DJs as guests were leaving who couldn’t take the techno ALL night. Yes, many people love that shit. True. But a Dj is there to set the atmosphere with his music and/or move the crowd. A DJ is only feelin’ himself and on some sort of ego trip when he cares less about whether the crowd is feelin’ his music. When that DJ saw that the crowd was moving OUTDOORS away from the music, that should have told him something…STOP FEELIN’ YOURSELF AND MOVE THE CROWD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I went to a Convention recently in Vegas and they had an after party at Pure in Caeser’s Palace. The DJ, at first, was playin’ the techno bullshit. I asked the bouncer if we were going to hear techno all night. He said,” Yep!” I started making plans with my business partners where we were going next because nobody was feelin’ the music. But this was a professional DJ who took his craft seriously. When he saw the crowd from this Convention was not feelin’ the techno music (only 5 people on the dance floor while a hundred plus stood away from the dance floor), he, WITH A QUICKNESS, changed it up and started playin’ hip hop mixed with some real “HOUSE” music. THE FLOOR WAS PACKED ALL NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!! People couldn’t even get on the dance floor because it was jammed packed with people dancing and sweating and having a GREAT time. Now that’s a talented DJ!!!!!! He didn’t ego trip only playin’ what he wanted. He felt the crowd and everyone left the party drenched in sweat lovin’ him. I’m sure the following night he went back to his techno music. But on this particular night, he changed it up for his audience moved the crowd! That’s a DJ.
Reply to Meleika
@Meleika -
Maybe it was the host’s request that the DJ play techno all night. It looks to me like you’re creating a whole story with half the facts (and half may be generous). I say this as someone who is in the early stages of opening a sunset bar – I will not be spinning Young Money just because a small faction of patrons want to hear that. That’s not the intent of the business and I don’t plan to market it as such.
For what it’s worth, there won’t be any techno either.
Reply to Danchrism
@Danchrism – The host just hired a DJ from a referral. Music wasn’t her “intent of the party and she didn’t market it that way”. And so her party therefore suffered as people couldn’t wait for the shuttle to take them back down the hill so they could go where they enjoyed the atmosphere. I am actually into all kinds of music. Techno and heavy metal happen to be my two least favorites because they hang on my nerves when I hear ‘em. All I am saying is, the role of the DJ is HUGE. If he or she is on an ego trip about what they feel like playin’ and not what the majority of the crowd is feelin’, then it hurts the event. If the crowd isn’t feelin’ hip hop, then he/she needs to change it up and find what moves the crowd. If techno is clearing the floor and someone approaches the DJ making a suggestion. then that DJ needs to get off the ego train because no one else is on it! When the DJ isn’t in tune with the majority of the crowd, it hurts the club or event and the host in the end. Bottom line…
Reply to Meleika