any tips for tonight

[mark karaoke]

i'm after picking the brains on offer for my gig tonight
a very large factory is closing today(made the national news-management turned down £50m off the welsh assembly to keep it open) anglesey aluminium --and the pub i have a residency in is on the doorstep so the landlady has booked me to do a disco/karaoke from 7 o'clock to "entertain" the 500 staff,who have just lost their jobs:eek: :eek: :eek: -- i'm thinking this could easily go one of two ways,and any tips and guidence would be most appreciated!!!!!
thanks

[mike8863]

just do what you normally do if the client hasn't asked for anything special. Just be flexible with requests, and expect some emotions when the beer flows.

[Vectis]

:attn: I wouldn't play any UB40 :attn:

[Pe7e]

:attn: I wouldn't play any UB40 :attn:
You beat me to it! I would avoid any Morrisey as well.

[Penfold42]

I imagine this will be a good do....everyone up for a good fairwell.

Should be a good gig.

[DJMaxG]

You should be Celebrating their Happy ending, not feeling sad and pity for unfortunate circumstances.

They'll all have sad feelings probably in the back of their minds :(

[DeckstarDeluxe]

Yeah I'd think about each song carefully because people will be sensitive but should be a good gig I'd imagine.

[djsteve10]

You should be Celebrating their Happy ending, not feeling sad and pity for unfortunate circumstances.

They'll all have sad feelings probably in the back of their minds :(

Losing your job isn't exactly a celebration is it?

[rob1963]

Losing your job isn't exactly a celebration is it?

That depends on the circumstances.

I only wish I'd lost MY job several years before I decided to resign, because I've been so much more relaxed & happy since I did so (apart from earning a lot more money but only working a quarter of the hours!).

[DeckstarDeluxe]

That depends on the circumstances.

I only wish I'd lost MY job several years before I decided to resign, because I've been so much more relaxed & happy since I did so (apart from earning a lot more money but only working a quarter of the hours!).

Yes but at the time Rob were you happy that you lost your job?

[rob1963]

Yes but at the time Rob were you happy that you lost your job?

To be honest, on one hand I was excited about going self employed & running my own business, but I was also a bit worried at first, as I didn't know whether I'd be able to get enough extra work to earn enough to live on.

[DeckstarDeluxe]

To be honest, on one hand I was excited about going self employed & running my own business, but I was also a bit worried at first, as I didn't know whether I'd be able to get enough extra work to earn enough to live on.


Right and I bet most if not all of them dont have that to "fall" back on. Not everyone is the same Rob. Some will have families etc... and they've just lost their main/only income.

[rob1963]

Not everyone is the same Rob. Some will have families etc... and they've just lost their main/only income.

I might not have had a family, but I still had a mortgage & all the usual bills & living costs...and I'd ALSO lost my main income.

As it happened, things worked out very well for me, but I had no idea whether they would beforehand.

[Excalibur]

I've lost my job twice. Each time it's been for the best, though it may not always appear so when the whole factory does.

[rob1963]

I've lost my job twice. Each time it's been for the best, though it may not always appear so when the whole factory does.

Exactly.

That confirms my point that that losing your job is NOT something you should automatically be negative about, as it can often lead to better things which wouldn't have happened if you'd NOT lost your job.

That was the case with you, myself & probably a lot of others too.

:)

[Vectis]

I bailed out of a high-paying corporate job last December rather than relocate back oop north.

There have been some adjustments, and at times money has been very tight, but I can honestly say that so far this has been the best year of my working life. Long may it continue :o

[rob1963]

I bailed out of a high-paying corporate job last December rather than relocate back oop north.

There have been some adjustments, and at times money has been very tight, but I can honestly say that so far this has been the best year of my working life. Long may it continue :o

There you go, that's positives from THREE people about leaving/losing their job already...and I'm sure there are also many more out there.

[Mark Wild]

I was laid of last year from a well paid job as a Media Advertising Consultant with a blue chip and used the pay off to setup my business, although financially at the moment things are tight, I'm definitely ALOT happier within myself.

[Dynamic Entertainment]

I get where Neil is coming from with this guys. We're all capable of looking at this through rose-tinted glasses, because of the DJing.

Martin, Rob & Mark...you all had the djing to keep some income coming in. Granted there was worries about finance/bills/living style etc as you would get with anyone. BUT whats the chance off all of these workers having a fall back such as DJing compared to them ending up on £40 a week from the government.

Would you guys be saying that loosing your job wasnt necisarrily a bad thing if you lost it then ended up on the dole for 12 months without the DJing to keep you going/sane? :)

Theres two sides to every coin ;)

[rob1963]

I was laid of last year from a well paid job as a Media Advertising Consultant with a blue chip and used the pay off to setup my business, although financially at the moment things are tight, I'm definitely ALOT happier within myself.

Yet another positive story.

Nice one Mark.

Respect!

:beerchug:

[Vectis]

Would you guys be saying that loosing your job wasnt necisarrily a bad thing if you lost it then ended up on the dole for 12 months without the DJing to keep you going/sane? :)

Theres two sides to every coin ;)

There's plenty of work out there, and not just in specialist niches like DJing.

Here on the island (you may have heard - it went national) a wind turbine blade manufacturer just threw 650 people on the dole at the end of July. Now that's a LOT of people for such a small place. There was lots of moaning and groaning going on, with demonstrations and even government getting involved, but at the end of the day the factory closed anyway.

2 months on, and I was out shopping on Saturday last for my son's birthday. I lost count of the number of shops I went into who had 'vacancies' displayed in the front window. And we're talking about typical high street shops, not major supermarkets. One small shop even had 3 full-time positions advertised. A peek through the local rag shows 20 pages of jobs - ok, the majority are care homes, hotel work and such like but they're jobs. They pay more than benefits. And there's shedloads of them.

So I don't understand how folks can sit back and take the 'poor me' attitude when all they have to do 'slum it' for a while until something more meaningful comes along. Even I did some painting & decorating work earlier in the year to plug a cash gap!!

Those with the skills/aptitude/drive to make it self-employed - great. Those who haven't - slum it.


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[rob1963]

IMartin, Rob & Mark...you all had the djing to keep some income coming in.

In my case, that was a paltry income, because before I left the day job, the discos & quiz nights were VERY part time.

From memory, I'd been doing one or possibly a couple of weekly quiz nights & about one disco a month (usually for £140 for a friend who ran an agency).

Fortunately, within a few months of leaving the day job, my firend got me up to 4 or 5 weekly quiz nights & also started giving me more disco work. While this was happening, I got the website, began advertising & started getting more & more of my own decent priced discos as things started building up.

[mark karaoke]

was a cracking night ---- a real rollercoaster of emotions there ---but done my best and i think a good time was had----i think reallity will set in today for a lot of them

[rob1963]

was a cracking night ---- a real rollercoaster of emotions there ---but done my best and i think a good time was had----i think reallity will set in today for a lot of them

Nice one Mark!

Glad to hear it went well.

:thumbsup:

[Excalibur]

I bailed out of a high-paying corporate job last December rather than relocate back oop north.

There have been some adjustments, and at times money has been very tight, but I can honestly say that so far this has been the best year of my working life. Long may it continue :o
I take that as an insult young man. Name your weapons. :boxer2:


I was laid of last year from a well paid job as a Media Advertising Consultant with a blue chip and used the pay off to setup my business, although financially at the moment things are tight, I'm definitely ALOT happier within myself.
Amen Brother.

I get where Neil is coming from with this guys. We're all capable of looking at this through rose-tinted glasses, because of the DJing.

Martin, Rob & Mark...you all had the djing to keep some income coming in. Granted there was worries about finance/bills/living style etc as you would get with anyone. BUT whats the chance off all of these workers having a fall back such as DJing compared to them ending up on £40 a week from the government.
Would you guys be saying that loosing your job wasnt necisarrily a bad thing if you lost it then ended up on the dole for 12 months without the DJing to keep you going/sane? :)

Theres two sides to every coin ;)
Not a lot, but they may decide to go out and become Landscape Gardeners, Window Cleaners, or Sandwich Vendors. Often it's an ill wind that blows no good. ;)

When I was first made redundant, it was grim, so I completely understand how it can send you loopy if you don't have any success work wise, believe me. ;) :(

[Penfold42]

was a cracking night ---- a real rollercoaster of emotions there ---but done my best and i think a good time was had----i think reallity will set in today for a lot of them


Nice one Mark!

Glad to hear it went well.

:thumbsup:

What he said...:cool: