Ha! Clearly! She’d definitely have more fun!
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Now I’m imagining David Beckham at one of your gigs. Holding Victoria’s purse.
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He’s a class geezer, he’d be welcome at any gig I’m playing at. He’d probably be super nice and encouraging regardless of how dreadful I am.
But if he starts requesting fucking Three Lions mid-set he’ll be wearing that fucking purse up his arse.
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…yep…this and the “little” , but never to underestimate fact, that playing the fame game full on, but no one recognizes u when u buy a croissant in the morning means nothing but truu luxury and private qualitytime where ever u may roam…
to have a global celebrity face/brand and at the same time ur able to stay always safe underneath any public radar is nothing but priceless…
the bansky factor…managing an undercover identety is another artform for itself…
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My experience suggests that establishing the right context for the performance is everything, but it’s not an easy problem to solve. There’s a gap between concert and club that needs to be creatively addressed, IMHO. The live crew I play with has been focused on creating a more suitable setup for live performance that helps align expectations, where the physical configuration of the environment (among other things) is reconsidered. An extreme solution looks something like Stoor, but there’s lots of opportunity to tweak how this stuff is experienced by a crowd that helps condition the expectations and enhances appreciation and enjoyment.
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Not far off to be fair.
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Could you just give a thumbs up to say you’ll queue up the requested track but then write out a sign on a scrap of paper if they come back and be a nuisance that says “I’m playing that right now, are you ok?”.
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F me! I had the exact same thing happening once!!!
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Don’t get me started 
I’ve been DJing for over 30 years, and imho it’s very much depending on the venue/setting. If you play at a bar/restaurant kind of thing, it’s typical some people expect you to also play requests.
These days I mostly play at concert/club venues, in the bar area, to create “the mood/vibe” and people there seem to be much more open for what I’m playing. But if you play a more regular bar/pub setting, they sometimes approach it more as a jukebox. It also depends a lot on the type of audience, do they value a good DJ or do they simply see you as a glorified Spotify playlist.
I’m still wondering why 9 out of 10 times its a woman being all grumpy
or agressive and demanding their favorite song being played. Guys
seem to be much more relaxed. I’ve actually had apologies from guys when their girlfriends/wifes became
pissed off and forced them to leave, lol.
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I would say there’s probably plenty of stuff outside of their control going on in the real world that lead to the phenomena.
I’d love to read a more nuanced article about it (more than “omg Karens everywhere!”) from DJ experiences tbh.
It’s mostly women for me also but on the flip women also seem to be the ones who enjoy my music the most and fill the dance floor. Maybe girls care more about the music in these types of settings? I think girls just love to sing and dance and guys aren’t quiet so expressive.
Males tend to act differently when annoying, they stare and chat with each other commenting trying to judge but then when they see you can mix etc they go away.
I’m talking about pub and smaller gigs btw. Warming up for an established act people have paid to see means those there are for that music.
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Yeah, makes sense- “more likely to ask a DJ for something danceable (to them) because they came there to dance over being seen in the scene.”
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I’ve been DJing and doing Live PA for a loooong time
I primarily play in a college town so my “profitable” nights I get all sorts of random Top40 requests from drunk people, most of which I can quickly download and play a few songs later.
That being said, If I’m DJ’n or performing at an “underground” electronic event, I’ve rarely been asked for requests because the people want to hear new/fresh beats. Anyone asking for another Genre or whatever bullship they were blasting in their Uber ride into town on their phone can Eff right Off. “It’s not that kind of night (for requests)”
Bacherlorette parties and Weddings are the worst entitled trash on the planet. Avoid at all costs. Or if youre into that charge appropriately to spin the Chicken Dance and the Cupid Shuffle. I personally never want to hear those songs ever again.
Finally the main point I want to stress, is NO ONE cares you or I dragged Thou$and$ of (local currency) worth of gear out to the local dive bar to bleep and bloop. Beyond a curiosity, make DAMN sure your “live set” is on par with DJs before and after you, both in programming quality, song arrangement, and mastering/compression. At the end of the day we are only as good as what’s coming out of the speakers no matter how we bake the cake…
Always a good idea to record your set and see where you can improve it. I like to go to a further extreme and completely erase everything after a show. Then start from scratch a month before the next gig and compose a whole NEW set. So I don’t bore myself, and so I flex the “learn how to write” fast muscle!
Best of luck at the next show, don’t sweat the sloppy punters.
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I don’t live in a huge city, but there is enough of an underground scene that most events are held in places known for dance music, so most people know what they’re getting into.
I do my best to make my hardware tracks sound as clean as possible and I do build my live sets sort of like a DJ set. But I’ve also been to places where someone is making screeching noises with their modular synth for an hour, and people are into it.
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(whether or not I completely see it this way, I do see it.) This rates as one of my all-time favourite comments!
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