what is the most annoying things about guests at gigs

[paul1404]

I get really anooyed when someone bugs you play a tune that is gonna clear the dancefloor

Last week I was bugged to play Leonna Lewis bleeding love

the women would not leave me alone - I only had the slow version - floor was packed and she wanted to sing to it - I told her to go away in the end

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

People who want a request "Next".

[Shakermaker Promotions]

Yep! "Can you play it next as I am off in a second....".

An hour later and you look about and that person is still there!

[Silver]

"You must play my tune next because we're leaving!"

[Ecstatic Events]

People who want a request "Next".

With Bar and Club work - My response to "play my song next, Im leaving soon" is

"But you are about to leave? I will play YOUR request at a suitable time. I'm sorry that you have decided to leave, stick around and you'll get to hear it" :D

You cant really do that at private functions, but "play my song next!" instantly gets my back up.

....and guests that say "can you play something with a beat I can dance to?" WTF is that all about... :daft: :daft: :daft:

[BossmanKaraokeDisco]

"You must play my tune next because we're leaving!"

That must be the most common line with a request and they are always there an hour later.

[Shakermaker Promotions]

The other one is "Play something decent...".

Ok, what do you class as 'decent'?

"Er......?...I dunno, anything but this"

But the dancefloor is busy and people seem to like it.

"But I don't!"

I'm sorry but that's not my fault. If you can think of a couple of tracks you like and I will see if I have them.

"No, it's ok....don't bother!"

They then go off in a strop because they haven't got what they wanted and although everyone else is having a great time, they aren't and they think it's rubbish.

You know what comes next.....They come back, request a tune and (sometimes, to keep them happy), you play it...It empties the dancefloor and because no'one else is dancing, they don't bother either so you cut it short to get everyone back. They then come over and ask why you've cut their tune and you explain the situation....

People who think that they know better than we do.

[Javlingames]

Jeez how long have you got??

1 - its 7.30pm and an anooying woman (its always women btw) comes up and says ''come on dj, get it going, look at the floor, nobodys is dancing''. Obviously nobody is dancing love, its 7.30pm, theres 20 people here that are chatting. Moron.

2 - ''Ive lost my friend, can you make an announcement please.''

3 - Can you play some Deep Purple?

4 - When someone does the cut throat sign to a record being played.

5 - Can you play ''insert song here'' and say its for jay who died last week.

6 - When women (its always women) look at the dj, put one hand on their ear to represent a headphone and make a scratching movement with their other hand.

Im sure i can think of more as the day goes on.

[2Groove]

Guest - "Have you got the one that goes da-da-de-dum-de dooooooo?? Oh come on, you must know it....."

I dont realsie I was in a Music quiz!

[yourdj]

When they do not react or shut up when your trying to introduce something - especially first dance.

I dont mind requests. I will tell them if it is awful and then play it but say their name as the dance floor disappears.
People are not silly they know that thier track is rubbish and affected the party.
Its the selfish people that annoy me and do not care about anyone else.

[funkymook]

People asking for songs/artists that are actually playing when they ask - if they aren't even listening what's the point of asking!

People holding up toddlers to ask for a song in the middle of a busy party - chances are the poor child isn't going to ask for a floor filler - and then you feel bad telling it NO!

People asking to go through your CD's (or worse, doing it without asking). People who ask 'what have you got?' Usually the same person when it's a no the previous. (going digital has put paid to that little game!)

Playing a request and then being told the person was out of the room and can you play it again. (even more annoying if you announced it).

Bedroom DJ's who keep telling you what to play next - buy some gear and get your own gigs!

Smug gits who ask for a really obvious tune that you were going to play anyway giving you a big thumbs up and nodding towards the dancefloor as if they are totally responsible for it's success.

[DeckstarDeluxe]

I had written a reply earlier but actually thought to myself it doesnt really annoy me just rather find it sad that people drink and treat myself like something off the bottom of their shoe.

Now seeing Toby's post I have to say it really does grind my gears when people can see you talking on the microphone and keep talking. How bloody rude is that! It really does make my blood boil and none of the other "cons" of the job do.

[funkymook]

But it only takes one thank you at the end of the night, or a genuine smile when you play a request for someone to make it all OK again.

[Shakermaker Promotions]

Oh Yes!!!!!!!!!...The 'Cut throat' sign....my personal hate. Not sure why but whenever I see someone doing that or shaking their head as if to say "Stop", I still get a tad embarassed as though I am doing some wrong when the majority of people are enjoying themselves. I hate it!

[paul1404]

People who want a request "Next".

yes yes how annoying is this espicially when you got 30 secs left of tune your playing your expected to find tune - cue it up etc - brilliant

[paul1404]

The drunk person who is doing the wobbly dance right in front of your stand - hes about 18stone and falling all over the place and is about to take your rig out

and the person that puts there drink on / near your equipment !!!!!!!!

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[yourdj]

Now seeing Toby's post I have to say it really does grind my gears when people can see you talking on the microphone and keep talking. How bloody rude is that! It really does make my blood boil and none of the other "cons" of the job do.

i get it probably one out of ten gigs if that.

I know it is not me. Its not as if i am stuck behind a booth and sluring my words. I do think its as clear as you can get now and I am out amongst them. i always ask twice for silience and tell them whats going to happen and even leave dead pauses.

I just end up getting on with it and they usually stop as first dance happens or what ever.
its probably the club culture and people are so used to uninterrupted music at events etc. Usually happens with lots of younger guests. :)

Its not my party or wedding - as long as they pay attention to who or what I am announcing then thats fine. Now that is rude when they dont! If your invited to a wedding you at least pay attention too the first dance or speeches, no matter how bored you are. I had a table in an indian restaurant wedding from up north. They were decent folk but had no idea about how to act at a formal event and carries on chatting during the speeches (loudly).

I just kept turning the speaker up on their side the more the talked. :D

Another one the other day (again northerners) (I have nothing against northerners by the way - we seem to do things a bit differently down here :D i bet your parties are much more fun). Anyway during the ceremony in a very nice hotel. the guy kept handing his baby his bunch of keys. what happens CRASH on the wooden floor, and again CRASH etc. etc. I could not believe it. Same thing with the speeches, talking and walking in and out all the time while everyone was sat their.

[Ajaysdisco]

Can I plug my iPod in?

I have even had someone wanting to plug a portable HDD in, who the hell takes a portable hard disc to a party?!! :eek:

Edit:
Thought of another one:
Can you help me set up and connect a laptop to your system so we can do a slide show/presentation in the next 5 minutes? (This was with no prior knowledge there was a slideshow).

[DJ Paulie]

I did a wedding about 5 years ago & the bride had told me what she wanted, father of groom keeps coming up asking for achy breaky heart saying they'll dance, told him bride didn't want that kind of music (wanted boybands mainly) Eventually to shut him up, I killed a song playing & announced the father of the groom said you'd all dance to this & played it. The floor emptied faster than :Censored::Censored::Censored::Censored:e through a goose ! Funny he didn't bother me after that & even told me at the end I was brilliant !

I always say you can plug your iPod in if you can 100% guarantee the sings are tagged, legal & checked for spyware & virus. If they ask if I can play a cd the answers no as a 00DJ doesn't have one ! (it does but I never use it)

[Excalibur]

What's the most annoying thing they do? Turn up. After that, it just goes steadily downhill. :(

[Mark Wild]

4 - When someone does the cut throat sign to a record being played.


Man ! I hate this too, especially the expression on their face when they do it ! :Censored: ers

[flatliners]

really hate this Can my mate mc he's really good he's mc'd with techno t ( my answer yes he can mc pause if he has a mic

[sweetie]

I've been asked for a request a few times recently where I was actually in the process of queuing up that particular song. Thats a nice coincidence.

[supersound]

People who lean on your deckstand and poke your screen.


mind you there is a solution..........................spring loaded gerka knives on a trigger on the front of the deckstand.

[Larry B Entertainment]

People who sit with their heads in the speaker cones then complain because its too loud.

Having that drunken :Censored: come up at the end of the night and ask for one more. Even though you have the speaker cables rolled up in your hands.



....and guests that say "can you play something with a beat I can dance to?" WTF is that all about... :daft: :daft: :daft:

Simple...........

I say "Yes, just give me a minute to check through the last 4 billion songs ever made to find something with a suitable beat for you" :D

[Silver]

And another ............. Somebody comes up and requests a song, something obscure or not fitting to the time and they give it the "Everybody loves this, they'll all dance to it". You're thinking what a load of old tosh, heard that before, never in a month of Sundays will I play that!

You leave it, the person returns asks again, you fob them off and so on. Eventually you surrender and play it .......... and yep everybody loves it and it fills the floor!

How that annoys me! http://planetsmilies.net/not-tagged-smiley-10097.gif

P.S. You stand there with a big cheesey grin on your chops with everybody looking at you, thinking what a great dj you are!

[STEVE HANLEY]

[....and guests that say "can you play something with a beat I can dance to?" WTF is that all about... :daft: :daft: :daft:]


Simple...........

I say "Yes, just give me a minute to check through the last 4 billion songs ever made to find something with a suitable beat for you" :D

Just point at your full dancefloor and say "They all think it's got a beat. What would you suggest I should play?:Censored: :Censored:

[djdave01]

most annoying thing, other DJ's who are drunk and try to tell you how to do your job

[Mark Wild]

And another ............. Somebody comes up and requests a song, something obscure or not fitting to the time and they give it the "Everybody loves this, they'll all dance to it". You're thinking what a load of old tosh, heard that before, never in a month of Sundays will I play that!

You leave it, the person returns asks again, you fob them off and so on. Eventually you surrender and play it .......... and yep everybody loves it and it fills the floor!

How that annoys me!

P.S. You stand there with a big cheesey grin on your chops with everybody looking at you, thinking what a great dj you are!

:lol: Love that :beer1:

[JTRS]

In addition to all that I have read (and agree with).

The person who leaves it until 2 minutes before the end of the gig and then comes up with a request.

No chance, I've been here x hours taking requests, had you asked even 20 minutes ago then yes I would have but not now.

JTRS

[Dynamic Entertainment]

"Play my song next" does get on my wick...what's worse is when you have a halfcut girl all over you doing the eyelids and everything.....

[Megamix]

"This version is rubbish...you got one by...." ticks me off - so does "you gotta play THIS next"

[Booche]

Same as a few mentioned "i'm going now so play this""play something with a beat"(ok ill play swan lake) lol

I had one recently were a lady had literally walked in and demanded i play BEP - Dirty Bit.... when i said i will later as atm im in the middle of soul and northern soul and motown she had the biggest lip on and the dirty looks i got were wicked lol

I know just smile and take it on the chin, i used to worrie and try and play them asap but now bugger it heard all the excuses and thats all they are.

but i still like the "I'm going soon", to which i reply (similar to whats been said) if your going then you will miss it as its in 5/6 more songs (i make the amount up) and hell's bell's there still there in 8/9 more songs waiting lol

[Nexus]

Drunk guests (Seems to be more drunk women these days and they're more difficult to deal with)

Drink on the dancefloor

Drink left on my equipment

People making requests whilest waving drink around

People drinking while I'm not

You get the theme

[simonp]

People :D

[Nexus]

People :D

:D :beerchug:

[Jason]

People using my subs as storage for their drinks... I remove them straight away. I rarely use the subs, but its a common problem when I do.
Tonights gig will see this :(

"play it now!" requests/demands.
I try to establish who the guest is... I attempt to be polite to everyone, but are more polite to some than others ;)


That's really it. I don't mind drunk people (providing they are not aggressive), and don't mind not drinking when working (I'm more than capable of having a few pints when not working!)

I'm also not that worried if a guest gets upset with my choice of music. They are very welcome to hire their own gear and spend each weekend DJing...
(yes... I told one guest this! She decided I was right, and you can't please everyone -but I guess I was lucky that night! lol)

When someone comes to see me, I make the effort to smile, and ask them to come to the side (so they are not waving their drink over the front of my booth). This way, I don't have tell them to take their drink away, and it shows me as being friendly. I normally say thank-you, so do try to come across as being friendly - these people can often be your future business..

[sleah]

Oh Yes!!!!!!!!!...The 'Cut throat' sign....my personal hate. Not sure why but whenever I see someone doing that or shaking their head as if to say "Stop", I still get a tad embarassed as though I am doing some wrong when the majority of people are enjoying themselves. I hate it!

Has anyone tried this........ just hit stop/pause and stand there looking confused.
When the crowd start shouting and asking why the music has stopped, just reply "so-and-so over there indicated that I cut the music so I assumed there was a problem":D
Then let him explain that in his opinion the music you were playing was unsuitable and you should cut the track immediately;)

[JTRS]

Has anyone tried this........ just hit stop/pause and stand there looking confused.
When the crowd start shouting and asking why the music has stopped, just reply "so-and-so over there indicated that I cut the music so I assumed there was a problem":D
Then let him explain that in his opinion the music you were playing was unsuitable and you should cut the track immediately;)

Excellent!

JTRS

[MikeW]

Guests asking for known football songs.
You end up getting in to a no win situation. If you don't play it, the guest gets annoyed. If you do play it, which I very rarely do, you end up getting someone from an opposing team saying, if you played their track, you need to play mine.
(hope that made sense):)

[hammy]

Has anyone tried this........ just hit stop/pause and stand there looking confused.
When the crowd start shouting and asking why the music has stopped, just reply "so-and-so over there indicated that I cut the music so I assumed there was a problem":D
Then let him explain that in his opinion the music you were playing was unsuitable and you should cut the track immediately;)

Geez i wish I saw this before last night, I Had some girl every 2 mins giving me the cut throat sign then coming up saying "your the best dj I have ever heard" then the cut throat sign, And then the cheek to say " got anything to make them all dance" whilst there was 30 odd dancing away.

[djtrev]

Smart arses who come up when you are in the middle of a party set and ask for something obscure and say 'You haven't got it,call yourself a dj'.

[Corabar Steve]

What, like Ghost Town you mean? :sj:

[MORGEY]

Has anyone tried this........ just hit stop/pause and stand there looking confused.
When the crowd start shouting and asking why the music has stopped, just reply "so-and-so over there indicated that I cut the music so I assumed there was a problem":D
Then let him explain that in his opinion the music you were playing was unsuitable and you should cut the track immediately;)

I have put this one in my memory bank, great way to deal with this situation.:beer1:

[funkymook]

Has anyone tried this........ just hit stop/pause and stand there looking confused.
When the crowd start shouting and asking why the music has stopped, just reply "so-and-so over there indicated that I cut the music so I assumed there was a problem":D
Then let him explain that in his opinion the music you were playing was unsuitable and you should cut the track immediately;)


I have put this one in my memory bank, great way to deal with this situation.:beer1:

Seriously - you'd cut the music and publicly ridicule someone like that? Good luck - in some places that gesture isn't solely used for the music!

I prefer ignoring that sort of behaviour and getting on with playing for the 99.99% of the other guests rather than trying to score points off an idiot!

[Jason]

Seriously - you'd cut the music and publicly ridicule someone like that? Good luck - in some places that gesture isn't solely used for the music!

I prefer ignoring that sort of behaviour and getting on with playing for the 99.99% of the other guests rather than trying to score points off an idiot!

Spot on! As soon as you get to ignore the idiots, the night is so much stress free :)
For the obscure requests can come with the "what! you don't have it?" people, I offer to provide my contact details so they can buy it for me... :devil:

[JTRS]

Seriously - you'd cut the music and publicly ridicule someone like that? Good luck - in some places that gesture isn't solely used for the music!

I prefer ignoring that sort of behaviour and getting on with playing for the 99.99% of the other guests rather than trying to score points off an idiot!

Damn right I would

Once you've done that neither that person or anyone else at that function is going to do that again, so you won't have to ignore anything because they won't be doing it again.

It's a no brainer win win solution

And what makes it perfect is that everyone there will quite understand why you cut the music when someone gave you the sign to cut the music.

I love it

JTRS

[funkymook]

Damn right I would

Once you've done that neither that person or anyone else at that function is going to do that again, so you won't have to ignore anything because they won't be doing it again.

It's a no brainer win win solution

And what makes it perfect is that everyone there will quite understand why you cut the music when someone gave you the sign to cut the music.

I love it

JTRS

I think the 'no brainer' bit is correct - the rest I would have to disagree with. :D

[DazzyD]

Had these last night! :


really hate this Can my mate mc he's really good he's mc'd with techno t ( my answer yes he can mc pause if he has a mic I simply told him "No". Several times!


I've been asked for a request a few times recently where I was actually in the process of queuing up that particular song. Thats a nice coincidence. It's like we're pyschic, sometimes!!


...

Having that drunken :Censored: come up at the end of the night and ask for one more. Even though you have the speaker cables rolled up in your hands.

... I had everything packed up, the house lights were on and I heard one woman say to her other half "Go and ask the DJ if he'll play...". His response was along the lines of "You stupid {so and so}. He's been finished fifteen minutes!". I was then heard to chuckle!! :D


Has anyone tried this........ just hit stop/pause and stand there looking confused.
When the crowd start shouting and asking why the music has stopped, just reply "so-and-so over there indicated that I cut the music so I assumed there was a problem":D
Then let him explain that in his opinion the music you were playing was unsuitable and you should cut the track immediately;)

Sounds good in theory. Could get you your head kicked in in practise! :eek:

[sleah]

Sounds good in theory. Could get you your head kicked in in practise! :eek:

Which is why I would probably never dare to do it, I'm too big a wimp:D

[yourdj]

Smart arses who come up when you are in the middle of a party set and ask for something obscure and say 'You haven't got it,call yourself a dj'.

I had someone come up and ask for the JB's on Sat.

I assumed he meant James Brown but this is apparently his band.
I said I could play some James Brown and he we mental so I ignored him.

I asked his girlfriend who said

"He is a Jazz musician so do not even listen to him, he is a prat" :p,
while he was throwing himself all over the floor like a monkey,
(ironically he looked like one too).

I played James Brown at the end but not for him.
He was a proper plonker. :p

[Pazz]

I get really anooyed when someone bugs you play a tune that is gonna clear the dancefloor

Last week I was bugged to play Leonna Lewis bleeding love

the women would not leave me alone - I only had the slow version - floor was packed and she wanted to sing to it - I told her to go away in the end

Has to be the 2 things that happened at my last wedding disco. One old geezer came up to me and asked any chance of some heavy metal harder music than this crap i think his words were "proper stuff".

Then at the end of the night a few groans at my choice of the last song for the evening Take That's Greatest Day. There were still dancers on the floor so you can't win them all over IMO!

[Mark Wild]

And what makes it perfect is that everyone there will quite understand why you cut the music when someone gave you the sign to cut the music.

I love it

JTRS

Be great if a slightly inebriated crowd, decided it would be fun, to do the 'cut throat' sign to you for the rest of the night, just because they cottoned on to the fact it got a reaction from the DJ huh? :daft:

[Nightowl Discotheques]

"play something good"..... i allways smile and reply like what ? and keep smiling while they blankly stare back at me...

[funkymook]

I had someone come up and ask for the JB's on Sat.

I assumed he meant James Brown but this is apparently his band.
I said I could play some James Brown and he we mental so I ignored him.

I asked his girlfriend who said

"He is a Jazz musician so do not even listen to him, he is a prat" :p,
while he was throwing himself all over the floor like a monkey,
(ironically he looked like one too).

I played James Brown at the end but not for him.
He was a proper plonker. :p

I'll take him off your hands if he ever wants a DJ - got loads of JB's, Maceo, Horny Horns and similar. OK might just be me and him left in the room but it's sure gonna be funky!

[Eski75]

The more I read on here the more I worry that I may not have the right temprament for what seems like an army of t:Censored: :Censored: ts hell bent on making my life difficult?????!!

[mike_fozzie]

Guests being rude really galls me. Please and Thank yous dont cost a thing as my nan would say!

Saturday night i had a woman bellowing "Judas" at me from the other end of the dancefloor. (I assume she meant the Lady Gaga track!)! Worrying thing was i could hear her over the music and over the track i was sampling :o

[sleah]

an army of t:Censored: :Censored: ts hell bent on making my life difficult

Pretty good and accurate description of punters/guests:whistle:

[yourdj]

Be great if a slightly inebriated crowd, decided it would be fun, to do the 'cut throat' sign to you for the rest of the night, just because they cottoned on to the fact it got a reaction from the DJ huh? :daft:

ignoring them is the best thing. I suppose they are like children when they are that drunk. parise them when they are good and say please and thank you and ignore/humour them when they are rude. Thats my philosophy.

[weekender45]

ignoring them is the best thing. I suppose they are like children when they are that drunk. parise them when they are good and say please and thank you and ignore/humour them when they are rude. Thats my philosophy.

These annoying things will always happen
"nowt as queer as folk"

but perhaps to help we should also discuss how we overcome these negatives!
That would benefit many of us.

[DJ Sammy]

As happened at one of last weeks weddings, women came up at 12:55am as I'm winding it down and playing the last couple of tracks, can you play some old school dance. I said if you had aked me half hour ago I could have got some in no problem, but as it's now 5 to I'm afriad I'm not going to be able to. To which I got a mouthful of abuse.

Same venue(Mitton Hall), different wedding. Bunch of guys realise that if they sing loud they can trip the sound limiter, and thought it was funny to keep doing it. Bride and myself got a little fed up with that and the Bride sorted them out! Not a problem at this venue anymore, the function manager has got that fed up of the sound limiter he has virtually disabled it by putting tape over the sound limiter mic!!!

End of night, great night full floor all night. Not a single word of thanks from, Bride and Groom or any other guests. Does not happen very often to me, but annoys me when it does.

Sam

[Shippers]

End of night, great night full floor all night. Not a single word of thanks from, Bride and Groom or any other guests. Does not happen very often to me, but annoys me when it does.

Sam

This I cannot stand...I think I say thanks to the DJ/performer at any gig/party I go to.
It makes everything seem worthwhile just for someone to say thanks for a great night.
We did a Rugby Club end of season do the other night, and they were fantastic at the end, telling us what a great night they had had, and gave us a hand down the 2 flights of stairs with all the gear at the end. The ones that never offer and almost sneer at you as you are packing up do my nut in.