Good Gig, Bad Gig.

I'll cut this one short.
Last night, very intimate wedding at my hotel residency (40 people). Booked from 7.00pm - Midnight. It looked like there were less than 40 there to be honest. Very nice couple in their 30's (Bride was lovely).
Mediocre reaction to anything I played all night. I did a classic wedding set as the B&G said beforehand that they wanted to leave it up to me and the only requests that they had were their first dances. It was very laid back.

It was one of those gigs where I kept looking at the clock and what seemed like an hour was actually about 10 minutes. The B&G came over at 11.05pm and said that they were leaving so I made an announcement. I asked if they wanted me to carry on until midnight and they said to play it by ear. After they left, so did the majority and at around 11.15pm there were 8 people left (I counted them) so I decided to play a couple of slow songs and finish the night. 8 people applauded me which was weird.

Simply put "one of those nights!".

And...pretty much like Darren, even though I had around 40 people, there was one idiot (there always is). I clocked him early on, as did the staff. When the B&G were doing their first dance, all you could hear was "OI! OI!" from the back from...yes..Mr Idiot! I went to the bar to have a word with one of the staff and Mr Idiot tapped me on the shoulder. He was absolutely wrecked and said "Oi DJ! When you going to play some decent :Censored: music?".. I turned to him and said "Don't swear at me!" and walked away. I didn't see him again until around an hour later when he was jumping up and down on the dancefloor on his own and then he fell over just infront of my decks.

A member of staff told him to get up and he sat down and stayed put for the rest of the night. Every now and then you'd hear "OI! OI!" which was annoying. Just before the B&G left, his wife came over and apologised on his behalf which I appreciated.

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Originally Posted by Nexus

Then the awkward moment arrived. A young lass of about 18 - 20, I think thats how many drinks she'd had as well, decided it would be a laugh to push down all the faders on my mixer and flick over loads of control switches! She did this while I was searching for a track requested by her boyfriend. My eyes were off the unit for a few seconds. Result = total silence for 15 seconds while I reset everything.

The culprit made no apology!

Weird thing is that she later sent her boyfriend up to request a track for her! Some hope!

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That young lady would have lost her :Censored: hands for doing that to my gear !!!!
And I would have asked the organiser to eject her !!!!

"That young lady would have lost her hands for doing that to my gear !!!!
And I would have asked the organiser to eject her !!!!"


Normally I would totally agree with you. However, one of those difficult situations where the delightful young lady is the daughter of a very close friend of the organiser. These people are good customers and I'm happy to leave it in their hands. Relying on diplomacy and I think my verbal admonishment sufficed.

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Originally Posted by livewire

That young lady would have lost her :Censored: hands for doing that to my gear !!!!
And I would have asked the organiser to eject her !!!!

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I concur, I had somebody do that to my kit a few years ago and I had him removed from the pub. Nobody but nobody touches my equipment .... comedy pause .....

Totally agree!
It happened to me once when I was DJing in my local. Now, I know 99.9% of the people in my local and it's very rarely that someone of the (let's say) 'Chav' description makes an appearence. I'm sure I don't have to explain (but I will) that when I DJ at my local (as I am sure a lot of you do the same in your areas?), it's almost not like working. It's a very relaxed and chilled atmosphere and it's almost like playing for a load of mates.....and getting paid for it. The landlord will pop up every now and then and say "Gary, can you play....?". It's totally different to corporate and private work.

Well, on this particular occasion, I needed the loo (I'd had a couple of beers). The loo is literally 20ft away from where I set up. I was having a tinkle and I was sure that I could hear someone on my microphone. As I came out of the loo I saw one of the Chav guys run back to his table. One of the punters came over and pointed to the Chav table (3 blokes) and told me that he'd been on my microphone. Without any hesitation I went over to the table and CALMLY told him to leave my equipment alone. He got lippy as you'd expect and within minutes was 'ejected' from the pub by some of the locals.

They know that I do what I do for a living and that equipment costs a lot of money. They appreciate the fact that I am there to play for them and so they back me up whenever and it's cool. I had no problem trying to sort it myself as I knew I had the back up but I didn't need to.

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Originally Posted by Ajaysdisco

Milcombe Village Hall

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Hiya Ajays, how are you guys doing,

Milcombe village hall :eek: there is a blast from the past I did not even know it was still going.

Is it still a death mission to unload/load the vehicle mate on that main road?

I have only ever done 2 parties ever in there buddy

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Originally Posted by Mayhem 1

Hiya Ajays, how are you guys doing,

Milcombe village hall :eek: there is a blast from the past I did not even know it was still going.

Is it still a death mission to unload/load the vehicle mate on that main road?

I have only ever done 2 parties ever in there buddy

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Not too bad, work wise it’s about average.
You must be doing well if you thinking of getting a booth! I better get one as I don’t want to let the Banbury side down. :p ;)

Milcombe is still going strong, it’s even been a Tour de Trigs checkpoint!!!

Tell me about the main road, I don’t think people like doing 30mph.
I had to park half on the road and half on the path. I even put a couple of fluorescent jackets on the dashboard so that the van could be seen better.

I've really enjoyed this weekend. Worked hard..played hard.

Friday was a cracking night for some teens that I've done loads of stuff for in the past. Plenty of club tunes, smoke, hokey cokey and lasers. :sj:

Saturday was a little jem. It was in a garden centre http://www.floralmedia.co.uk/ - they have built a lovely function room. It was twee and oozed Laura Ashley. It felt like being in a posh lounge! It had a big open plan kitchen with a arga.

It was a children's party - 4 years old.

I played some quiet background music whilst people settled. I made sure I was near the door so I could welcome the children in.

15 minutes in I asked the children to come and take a seat...introducing myself (Cheeky Charlie) and asked the birthday boy to come up and tell us what his best presents were. I did a boy vs girls screaming competition and asked them all to shout out their name.

We then did the hokey cokey which I always join in. After that we played musical statues. Half way in I explain but that if anybody laughs or smiles they're are out. I walk around with a stern face before turning into a dog, cat & weird things. It always makes them laugh. I didn't get people out but gave a prize for the best dancer.

Bit of music before I join them for a dance. I tell them to copy me...I ran around the room pretending to fly a plane, cook a pancake, drive a car, have a shower and be a red Indian. We were running around the parents who were in stitches.

Musical bumps next...they had to clap their hands in the air and shout POO before sitting down. Again, this made them laugh.

Next we visited a zoo. All the boys were dogs and the girls were cats. The dogs chased the cats. I ripped my trousers whilst being a dog!

Crazy frog...pretty much copied the music video. I thought my hopping skills were ace. ;)

Nearly dinner time so we did the can can to the dinner table which was a laugh.

Some classy Christmas background music whilst they ate their dinner. I sat at the table with them and had a cuppa.

You get the idea....:D

Lovely tip & 7 parents asking for a card!!!

What on earth is going on in the second pic?

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Originally Posted by Corabar Steve

What on earth is going on in the second pic?

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Huh?