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Excalibur
01-02-2009, 01:01 AM
You lot may laugh, but there's a case for extra kit.
Pull up a chair, and a stiff cocoa, it's a long tale. :D
Local gig, at a regular venue Social Club attached to a Village Hall. I had a
21st in the club, while there was an 18th in the Hall. ( One of the last, they're sick of the cleaning afterwards). The Hall often allows earlier access, so while I was rigging the lights, I heard the disco next door soundcheck. I replied shorty afterwards with the same tracks. ;) :D Sadly I hadn't enough time to have a nosey at the team next door, so contented myself with pushing the sliders up. ;) Willy Waving? Surely not. :D :D
Two hours in and a chap comes up and says hello. Not a punter, but next door's DJ! Can he rent a pair of cabs, as his have died. :( We unplug my tops, as I've got the big full range cabs as subs, and carry them next door. Now how can I put this tactfully? :confused: Suffice to say, I don't think he's a member on here, if you get my drift. ;) ;) The stage looks like a speaker repair mans nightmare. I saw Carlsbro, Wharfedale, and something else. Heaven knows what he was driving them with, so we plug my C*****-*'s in, and voila, we have noise. :D :D :D Huge cheer, and back I go, to rousing applause. Midnight arrives, and I know he'll be packing next door, as that's cast in stone. Turns out he's actually ended early, due to cropwd trouble, so 12.15 sees him struggling in with my cabs. :D :D Quick chat, and he gives me £20. :D :D :D I plug 'em in, and they're fine.

Just another episode in the life of a DJ who is thankful to be the giver of help, not the recipient. ;) ;)

ppentertainments
01-02-2009, 01:09 AM
Good on you. I think its great when dj's help one another instead of competing all the time. I have gained some good contacts (and some work) by taking the friendly approach. I would not hesitate to help a fellow DJ unless I thought there was great risk to my equipment. I always say 'there is enough work out there to go round'.

Excalibur
01-02-2009, 01:14 AM
Good on you. I think its great when dj's help one another instead of competing all the time. I have gained some good contacts (and some work) by taking the friendly approach. I would not hesitate to help a fellow DJ unless I thought there was great risk to my equipment. I always say 'there is enough work out there to go round'.

There wasn't time to consider, and also it wasn't entirely altruistic. If next door had folded, all their punters would have wanted to be in with us, not a good idea, if only for reasons of space.

Tom
01-02-2009, 01:14 AM
Well done Peter. :beer1: I know if I had something that another dj needed then I would share it.

I had aanother dj upstairs from where I was working. He came over and asked If I had a usb to mini usb lead as his one had packed. Sadly I was using mine for my downloads on the hard drive so was unable to help. Nice chap though. Just felt bad for him.

Still, should always check your equipment before you go out and carry spares. :)

Excalibur
01-02-2009, 01:16 AM
Still, should always check your equipment before you go out and carry spares. :)

He was. They were littered all over the stage! :eek: :eek:

Bouncy Dancefloor
01-02-2009, 03:04 AM
He came over and asked If I had a usb to mini usb lead as his one had packed. Sadly I was using mine for my downloads on the hard drive so was unable to help. Nice chap though. Just felt bad for him.

Still, should always check your equipment before you go out and carry spares.

....you didnt have a spare usb to mini usb, so it could have happened to you!

DeckstarDeluxe
01-02-2009, 03:06 AM
your a bigger man that i was

If i thought the guy was a sixty quid sid i'd of told him to do one.
Plus i get funny when people use my equipment, go near it or even look at it sometimes.

Saying that if i felt it was genuine then i may of helped...

Tony Scott
01-02-2009, 07:37 AM
Nice one Peter....that £20 paid for the Kebabs then? :D

Excalibur
01-02-2009, 10:03 AM
your a bigger man that i was

If i thought the guy was a sixty quid sid i'd of told him to do one.
Plus i get funny when people use my equipment, go near it or even look at it sometimes.

Saying that if i felt it was genuine then i may of helped...
We've had this one before. Age has a lot to do with it. It's the Dunkirk spirit us old 'uns have, from when we expected gear to fail regularly, as in the good old days. ;) :D Plus, as I said, if his gig had gone mammaries skywards, I'd have had all his punters in mine. ;) I'd only have been overcrowded by a factor of four! :eek: :eek: :eek:


Nice one Peter....that £20 paid for the Kebabs then? :D
Now now Tony. You know this is a Kebab free zone. :no:
Between gig and home , I have a choice of Kebab or other food emporia, around shall we say in round terms approximately zero. :p :D :D

Solitaire Events Ltd
01-02-2009, 10:47 AM
Nice one Peter....that £20 paid for the Kebabs then? :D

Or for another pair of Class Ds. :sj:

soundtracker
01-02-2009, 11:23 AM
Must admit when I saw the £20 mentioned I assumed he must have bought them!!:D

Excalibur
01-02-2009, 11:25 AM
Or for another pair of Class Ds. :sj:


Must admit when I saw the £20 mentioned I assumed he must have bought them!!:D

Bog off, you jealous oiks! :p Anyway, don't you know they're now
" Reassuringly expensive" ;) :D :D