The DJ's worst nightmare!

[soundlad]

What is your wors't nightmare when you are at a gig???

[soundlad]

Mine would probably be forgetting the 1/8 jack to 1/4 jack converter for the head phones! :mad:

[Paul James Promotions]

Stairs and no lift :(

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Unpleasant guests.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Actually, I've got a few...

Toilets miles away
Bar miles away
Nearest socket 50 feet away
Drunk people knocking into gear
People who don't realise that I can't make time last longer
Buildings that aren't air conditioned in the summer
Spaces that are too small to set up in
Clients who 'insist' they know what will get people dancing
Small spaces to reverse a trailor into

[soundlad]

I suppose you have got to have a bar a arms lenglth ! You like you drink then Daz?

[Have a disco]

vehicles always parked in the space allocated for us to unload Grrrr

[soundlad]

well there is one good thing about being too young to drive. You don't have to reverse trailers i hate that!

[Have a disco]

JUST YOU WAIT road rage will come

[soundlad]

lol :teeth:

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

I suppose you have got to have a bar a arms lenglth ! You like you drink then Daz?

I love a beer or five, but not when I'm working. I've got nothing against it, and don't think there's anything wrong it.

I normally take bottles of water with me, and ask the venue permission to drink them, which they are fine with, but I do require ice from time to time, and if the bar is too far away I end up drinking warm water by the end of the night...

[DMX Will]

lol :teeth:
its not a good thing...trust me

[DMX Will]

but on topic:
- venue staff who either want to help pack up
or
- who start carrying your equipment out and leaving it outside so they can lock up (this happened to us before I was driving!)

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

but on topic:
- venue staff who either want to help pack up


That's your worst nightmare?????????? :omg:

I actively encourage that..(in venues where I know people anyway) :teeth:

[soundtracker]

Power cut! It happened to me once years ago- about 200 people moaning at me coz of the local power company fupping-up!- and what do you expect me to do exactly? It was off for about an hour- we started up and then an hour later we had to pack up as a fight had broken out in the bar downstairs, and the police insisted on clearing the building!! Money for old rope - probably about £40 at that time!!!

[pagan_flame]

Decent Music.

I never seem to have any, judging by the number of people who come up and tell me to stop playing the stuff that is filling the dancefloor and Play Some Decent Music Instead... :sad:

[sparc]

Getting a case of the runs when I did not have a roadie with me. Happened once, I started feeling very ill during the gig. Luckily, I had a friend who was able to come and take over for half an hour whilst I got myself back together.

I live in fear of this happening again!!!!:eek:

[funkymike]

phone numbers from ladies and tops being lifted, oh terrible, well it is when the wife is doing her roadie bit.

[Shaun]

My worst nightmare would be to realise I've left something vital at home.

I once forgot my headphones. I used the spare mic plugged into the headphone socket and put the mic head to my ear. Worked perfect!!. I ducked down out the view of the audience each time I needed to cue the song, I could imagine the funny looks from people if they saw the dj trying to 'talk out of his ear'. Luckily the "wife" got to the venue within an hour with the headphones.

[Corabar Entertainment]

Actually, I've got a few...

Toilets miles away
Bar miles away
Nearest socket 50 feet away
Drunk people knocking into gear
People who don't realise that I can't make time last longer
Buildings that aren't air conditioned in the summer
Spaces that are too small to set up in
Clients who 'insist' they know what will get people dancing
Small spaces to reverse a trailor intoAren't you describing a standard gig?! :omg: :eek: :teeth:

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Aren't you describing a standard gig?! :omg: :eek: :teeth:

You're quite right - in hindsite they aren't really nightmares.

My one real nightmare was a gig that I did when I started, when the deck broke down and I didn't have a backup... (this was pre-CD and it was a lot more difficult to carry another whole console with you)

[funkymike]

Being too drunk to work out the difference between the cue and play button
















only joking :teeth:

[Have a disco]

My worst nightmare would be to realise I've left something vital at home.

I once forgot my headphones. I used the spare mic plugged into the headphone socket and put the mic head to my ear. Worked perfect!!. I ducked down out the view of the audience each time I needed to cue the song, I could imagine the funny looks from people if they saw the dj trying to 'talk out of his ear'. Luckily the "wife" got to the venue within an hour with the headphones.

Worse than that forgetting the speaker wires. I did it one night after picking up wrong wires case never have I traveled 36 miles so blooming quickly

[DMX Will]

That's your worst nightmare?????????? :omg:

I actively encourage that..(in venues where I know people anyway) :teeth:

Yes. We have an extremely high standard of how equipment should be stored when not in use and in transit, and also how it should be kept, including

- cables MUST be coiled and taped properly, not coiled around your arm, and put in the correct case/box
- lanterns must be placed the correct way round in flightcases
- par cans and generic lighting must have the yoke w/clamp at the back of the lantern, with the lense side used as the base with cable wrapped around the yoke

:)

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Yes. We have an extremely high standard of how equipment should be stored when not in use and in transit, and also how it should be kept, including

- cables MUST be coiled and taped properly, not coiled around your arm, and put in the correct case/box
- lanterns must be placed the correct way round in flightcases
- par cans and generic lighting must have the yoke w/clamp at the back of the lantern, with the lense side used as the base with cable wrapped around the yoke

:)

Yeah, so do I, and probably most guys on here Will.

I was talking about carrying speakers in and out!

[edwin]

Haha - thats the trouble, they like to conviniantly leave the big stuff like speakers and amps to us :)

[DMX Will]

Yeah, so do I, and probably most guys on here Will.

I was talking about carrying speakers in and out!

I thought you said you encourage "packing" ?

[Shaun]

Worse than that forgetting the speaker wires. I did it one night after picking up wrong wires case never have I traveled 36 miles so blooming quickly


Yup...forgetting speaker wires could be problematic :D

[DMX Will]

Yup...forgetting speaker wires could be problematic :D Passive wireless speakers would be good...as would wireless electricity

[BeerFunk]

I once forgot my headphones. I used the spare mic plugged into the headphone socket and put the mic head to my ear. Worked perfect!!. I ducked down out the view of the audience each time I needed to cue the song, I could imagine the funny looks from people if they saw the dj trying to 'talk out of his ear'. Luckily the "wife" got to the venue within an hour with the headphones.
How on earth does that work then? A microphone converts sound to electricity, and headphones (speakers) convert electricity to sound!? :confused: :omg:

[Jiggles]

How on earth does that work then? A microphone converts sound to electricity, and headphones (speakers) convert electricity to sound!? :confused: :omg:


Ah but a microphone is buit exactly the same as headphones but more sensitive

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

I thought you said you encourage "packing" ?

Packing up or away to me includes carrying stuff... :)

[BeerFunk]

Ah but a microphone is buit exactly the same as headphones but more sensitive
So a mic works both ways?! Am I the only one that didn't know that? :embarasse

[Corabar Steve]

So a mic works both ways?! Am I the only one that didn't know that? :embarasse
It would appear so. :omg:

I've done it on a few occasions. Taking to a headphone dosen't work as well though :teeth:

[Sapphire Disco]

So a mic works both ways?! Am I the only one that didn't know that? :embarasse

YES.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

It would appear so. :omg:

I've done it on a few occasions. Taking to a headhone dosen't work as well though :teeth:

But it does work...

At least it used to with the old telephone type headphone thingys

[DMX Will]

So a mic works both ways?! Am I the only one that didn't know that? :embarasse

Like wise with your headphones. I once ran out of mics when doing a bit of PA in a church, and mic'd a keyboard up with a set of headphones.

Well, I was about 10 at the time, and didn't understand why the noise was so badly distorted when I DIed the headphones socket on the keyboard!

[BeerFunk]

...and on a crash research, it would appear that speakers can indeed be used as microphones aswell :omg:

You learn something new every day, as they say, and hallelujah for the internet ;)

[DMX Will]

Looks like we both covered that one :)

[Corabar Steve]

But it does work...

At least it used to with the old telephone type headphone thingys
Were you not just talking to the mouthpiece?? :teeth:

& I did say they don't work as well, as in as well as they could if they were a microphone

[musicinmotiondi]

Reversing trailers a thing a past - remember too many times when we were blocked in because a party goer went home p****d up and left their car behind and me and 5 others trying to drag the trailer out

Other than that the same oas has been said really

[Rattz]

did my worst one the other night, was working at Fiddlers (only 200yrds from my house) and had a load of stuff to carry up, got up there set the gear up, looked round for my laptop and realised i'd left it at home.

just a good job it was only up the street lol