bedroom dj's

[dj phillip esparza]

there are a lot of them here in hollywood.always hovering around the booth talking your ear off about nothing with little facts about every track you play.then they say there are a dj.you ask them where the spin.they so nowhere.but they tell you how to do your job. :evil:

anybody here have a story to tell?

[QUINNY]

They're nothing new. In every venue I ever played there were always guys who'd watch my every move and once they gained confidence, tell me what I should be playing.
It was a fact of DJ life.
I only ever got really upset by one of these guys (I've told the story before, so won't bother again), which ended up with him being evicted. In the early days, it was much more easy to get a job as a DJ in some ways (but of course there weren't the number of Discos to play in) 'cos the job of DJ was relatively new. Nowadays, it must be incredibly frustrating to actually get work, especially if you're almost good. That's when the real catch 22 scenario would really kick in.

[mixtape]

I am a bedroom dj. But I guess its acceptable considering I am still in high school and do not plan on looking for a job as a dj right now. I buy records all the time. I mix every day. My day probably could not go on if I didn't spend at least 30 minutes just mixing records. I have been doing this for 6 years believe it or not and I know I am 20 times better than half of the wedding dj's I heard. My bird could mix better than some of these guy's. I never go up to a dj and say he's mixing bad or he should be playing this track because it's disrespectful. Therefore, I guess this would make me a wannabe dj :lol:

[Nano]

In my disco years, I was always near the DJ booth trying to collect song titles and labels. I mean, radio didn't play that wonderful stuff and I had not enough money to buy records any week. So, when I heard something new I liked, I made my way to the booth to get the info. I actually asked the DJ only a few times -I didn't want to disturb-; what I did was to look directly on the record as it was still spinning (I kinda developed a "gyrating eyes look" to get the names! something like this :roll: ). Still, I remember a couple of guys blocking the view of the turntables with record sleeves so you couldn't see the disc! :evil: Elitist bastards.
Anyway, when I collected enough names I went to a "friendly" record store where they would make me a tape with all the songs. That's the way I got to know better the songs... and mix some in my bedroom, absolutely! :lol:

[Keith RS]

I have always had respect for DJs. I love music and have been collecting it since my Big Sister gave me the 45 "Baby Don't Leave Me" by The Supremes in 1964! I was only 5.

A lot of folks think I am a DJ, but I'm not. I mix at home for fun and make my own cds. One time I did spin at a Latin Club in Philly(Brazil's) in '97. I did it as a favor for the owner of the club. It was fun but I couldn't do it as a profession. People complain too much and don't appreciate how hard Djs work. Many of my friends are DJs and it seems that whenever they have trouble with someone, the bouncers are nowhere around!

Kudos to you guys and girls who are DJs!!! 8)

[efunk_adelic]

Originally Posted by mixtape

I am a bedroom dj. But I guess its acceptable considering I am still in high school and do not plan on looking for a job as a dj right now. I buy records all the time. I mix every day. My day probably could not go on if I didn't spend at least 30 minutes just mixing records. I have been doing this for 6 years believe it or not and I know I am 20 times better than half of the wedding dj's I heard. My bird could mix better than some of these guy's. I never go up to a dj and say he's mixing bad or he should be playing this track because it's disrespectful. Therefore, I guess this would make me a wannabe dj :lol:

mixtape... I don't think that makes you a wannabe dj at all... :-? when i went out on my own after the club scene... everything changed... doing weddings, high school shows, etc. etc. the mixing skills didn't matter... boy did i get a reality check. while doing weddings as an example... variety is the way to go. but let me tell ya the mixing skills is a plus. As time went on... I had to learn the hard way that I didn't have to mix everything... I just had to learn how to play the music. Then when I got the big fat check... all was good. :D