In the U.S. when ever I perform live people think I am a DJ. Sometimes they even make requests. Does anyone else have this problem?
you playinâ live with a computer as well?
anyway, if people think youâre a dj, then youâre doing the live so well, dont take it bad 
Iâm not a performer.
You canât blame people too much. I mean, to the average person, a desk of knobs, faders, gadgets and blinking lights is generally going to be mentally associated with seeing âDJsâ in clubs where theyâre dropping their favorite dance jams. The general public canât tell if youâre mixing tracks or actually performing a live set. It just looks like random hand movements to them.
Maybe a little sign that says âI am not a freakin DJ!â would help?
Or a t shirt with âfuck off Iâm NOT mixingâ on it.
Can you play some David Guetta mate?
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I played a house party we where rocking a futureretro 2jomoxes the octatrack A4 and a modular. Played all night. The next day " soo I heard you had some DJs over" I hate that.
I have been battling the very same thing since 1989.
I am not a DJ, I perform live electronic dance music with real hardware. There is no pre-recorded music as such.
Computers are so amazing, DJs also use them these days - amazing 
One day Iâm going to get me one of these computers, my mom has one already. I hear the internet is an amazing place.
May Guetta have mercy on their souls.
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i had a t-shirt made, works like a charm.
Worse than being called a DJ, having people saying âhey, nice MIX you did earlierâ 
Yes, I know that well! Most people just donât understand the difference. Last time, many were asking why we are 3 guys on stage, 1 DJ, 1 VJ, what is the 3rd doing there? 
When playing on the A4âs mini keyboard, it doesnât look that different to pushing a fog machine button. Use a MIDI keyboard to control the fog machine and people get really impressed by your live performance.
I think 80% of that live thing is just for ourselves.
Well there are no difference (Live performance vs DJ performance) if you donât play the instruments live and only throwing your gear on stage and hit âplayââŚwhile turning a few knobs like djs do on their mixer.
If you want people to see you as live performance, then you need elements, which convince your audience. You can do that by having a synthesizer with keys on stage and maybe singing with your songs.
Good luck and kind regards
TeeVee
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I canât imagine somebody asking for a request if you where booked and lined up in a propper gaff with promotion.
If your just playing a bar or something with no billing where djs usually play well why would the punter care what you where doing. Have you got that tune or not would probably be the response if you explained âIâm playing liveâ. But then that person is probably a Doctor rather than an idiot and I donât understand there jobâŚ
If the request was for something relevant to your style club or not, well I think thatâs pretty good there paying attention.
Not sure what all this âoh my god Iâm NOT a Djâ stuff is⌠I know lots of producers releasing tunes on vinyl on good labels, but only a handful of people that can actualy dj properly with good taste. Take it as a compliment.
Sorry for the rant there, i didnât mean to bite. Was jus sayin. 
Exactly- people mistaking your live play for professionally mastered songs being mixed together is a huge complimentâŚ
Eventually, youâll end up only in rooms and halls where everyone knows that youâre performing live with hardware.
I politely point out the error when it comes up. Since I usually use keyboard synths and guitar, itâs a bit more obvious itâs not a DJ set.
Conversely, when I DJ, I often point out that theyâre not actually âmy tunesâ.
To most people. Electronic Musician=DJ.
People donât distinguish between producers/performers and the guys who spin the completed work of producers/performers. Itâs an understandable error, but one that will probably be made less and less the more live electronic performances wind up on stages.
EDIT: Iâll also point out that 80-90% of people donât care WHAT is making them dance or vibe out- they just care that it is.
quoting wikipedia: âA disc jockey (abbreviated D.J. or DJ) is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, âdiscâ (sometimes spelled âdiskâ, although this is now uncommon) referred to phonograph records, not the later [url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_discâ]compact discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.â âŚ
a bit sad though because no matter what youâre playing, youâll be referred as a DJ, unless you are doing a live act with âreal instrumentsâ.
perhaps iâm a bit conservative, but being a DJ for me means spinning records and mostly: play and mix someone else music⌠if you are playing back your music it makes things different ⌠itâs a bit like saying: what sort of music do you play? electronic music. ah right, so itâs techno isnât it? ⌠
i agree with what you say RyanElektric
âPlay someone good!â
Back in 94 i went to see The Black Dog play a live set. I was up on stage dancing whilst they were setting up & after a little while i walked over & asked what time they were starting, one of them told me theyâd been playing for the last 20 mins. I casually shuffled off the stage trying not to look like the retard everybody probably thought i was.
LOL! 