oh knowz !

[capo ultra]

I've played breakcore/techno sets after being booked for dubstep to break up the monotony.

That's a wasteman tactic. If you did that at a night I put on, I wouldn't pay you
If your record bag sounds the same as the last couple of DJs, and you think your set will be monotonous, don't play a different genre...buy better records!

you sound like a shite promoter, it is a DJ's duty to play whatever the fuck they want

Lol, this.

Not that I have any experience from either side but surely if you are booked to play dubstep then you should do that? A promoter is paying you to perform a service and if you want to get paid then you should go with the program. Promoters dont put nights on for dj's. Obviously there is a little leeway in this but it definitely is not the dj's right to play whatever they want to.

It is never a promoters duty to tell a DJ what genre to play under any circumstance, unless you are some snidey mobile disco guy or something

If a promoter ever told me what to play at any point I would leave immediately, not that it would ever happen mind

[pkay]

[NW_DUBAHOLIC]

I hate techno. It instantly makes me think of party boy.

Couldn't have said it any better. Thats exactly how I feel about it. Like that or some kandy raver haha

[Phigure]

i live by these.

i fucking love DJ Request

craig robinson is the man

[_boring]

I've played breakcore/techno sets after being booked for dubstep to break up the monotony.

There's no good reason to listen to 140bpm for 12 hours in a row regardless of the talent involved

[_boring]

I've played breakcore/techno sets after being booked for dubstep to break up the monotony.

That's a wasteman tactic. If you did that at a night I put on, I wouldn't pay you
If your record bag sounds the same as the last couple of DJs, and you think your set will be monotonous, don't play a different genre...buy better records!

[_boring]

damn this thread went into a lot of topics.

as far as the word CHILL, there are a lot of tunes that have a way more relaxed energy than an explosive tune, i call that chill.

diversity is always key this thread was a JOKE

terrafonix-questions ... is a tune i call "chill" it still moves along but its on a more relaxed angle.

[LEQ]

Whenever I've booked people to play, no music policy has ever been discussed at any stage. They could turn up and play whatever they wanted unless you've actually specified what you want tbh. My knowledge on this is limited but you're booking a DJ, not a set list.

[pkay]

Whenever I've booked people to play, no music policy has ever been discussed at any stage. They could turn up and play whatever they wanted unless you've actually specified what you want tbh. My knowledge on this is limited but you're booking a DJ, not a set list.

amen

[ahier]

if there is people on the dancefloor then the dj is doing it right, what he is playing is not the issue.
Im sure that techno and breakcore stuff would fit in well at a dubstep night with the right selection of stuff, stop trying to use ridiculous examples to prove pkay wrong

also, what happened to the mala whatdowelike thread?

did it get deleted?

[64hz]

yeah it descended into arguing and got locked

[clifford_-]

if i turned up and n-type was playing motown/northern soul id be fucking stoked.

[icanicant]

It is never a promoters duty to tell a DJ what genre to play under any circumstance, unless you are some snidey mobile disco guy or something

If a promoter ever told me what to play at any point I would leave immediately, not that it would ever happen mind

I dunno, obviously its not an explcit thing because it shouldn't need to be but for an extreme example if you were putting a dubstep night on then one dj came in and played mainstream chart music I can't believe you would just accept it because it is the dj's right to play anything?

[amick]

Genre specific night - stick to the realm of that genre but not too random/crazy.

Booking a DJ because you like what they play - who gives a fuck what they play.

What is the argument here? DJ is paid to play tunes depending on what the promoter is promoting! That's why you're there in the first place douchebags.

[MidnightMassDubstep]

"Excuse me good sir, could you play some dubstep"
"This is DMZ. This is the nexus of dubstep. You cannot more dubstep.
"No, but I mean real dubstep. Play... er, Jahova."

I DON'T NORMALLY PUNCH WOMEN IN THE FACE OKAY

i'd rather be asked to play jahova than datsik

yeah this lol im a "better half of" dubstep guy but jahovas a tune. so...

"Excuse me good sir, could you play some dubstep"
"This is DMZ. This is the nexus of dubstep. You cannot more dubstep.
"No, but I mean real dubstep. Play... er, Scary Monsters by Skrillex."

I DON'T NORMALLY PUNCH WOMEN IN THE FACE OKAY

[wub]

Suppose i'm putting on a night. I have a load of dubstep DJs booked to play, fairly big names like Distance, Tunnidge, Kryptic etc etc. I also have a couple of other people, who have sent me mixes of this particular style of dubstep that I have enjoyed, and decided to book them as well.

If one of the lesser known DJs I have booked got up before Distance's set and suddenly started dropping brostep, I would have a quiet word with them and ask what the fucking tnuc weasel they thought they were playing at. If they persisted, they would be removed the decks and more than likely ejected from the club. I'd then either jump on myself or else let one of the guys that played earlier plug the gap.

Why should it be any different the other way round? If a brostep promoter booked someone to play at their event based on a promo mix that they thought fitted the bill, and that DJ then turned up and played something completely fucking different, why on gods green fucking Earth should that promoter not have every right to remove the DJ from the decks?

Speaking as a DJ myself, I'm fully aware of the balance that is required being education and entertainment when it comes to playing, but there is a limit. Just blatantly taking the piss and playing something that, as far as the promoter is thinking, you don't usually play is just being a tnuc for the sake of being a tnuc. By all means introduce a slightly different take on [insert sub genre tag here], but don't disregard it altogether and play something completely against the grain just for the craic.

[ashley]

PROVIDING IT'S GOOD.

IT'S OKAY.

[cosmic_surgeon]

I'm not a proper DJ, but I can mix okay with my mate's gear. At a friend's little sister's 18th I got a chance to do a few tunes - they're only young, and most of them are into rock and metal so they respond to more tearout stuff. But they were digging Disco Rekah and Stagger, tunes like that - wasn't going down the ultra-stripped-back KM route by any means. Played 768 and it went dead rofl.

[Pada]

if i turned up and n-type was playing motown/northern soul id be fucking stoked.

THIS!

[capo ultra]

PROVIDING IT'S GOOD.

IT'S OKAY.

It really is as simple as this