Advice on how to be a good disc jockey
What differentiates a good dj from a terrible quality one?
One example of the characteristics of useless disc jockeys is them not viewing the party guest reaction to the audio being output. Another thing for the entertainer to avoid is too frequent playing of audio they either like or a frequent set over the clubbers' musical taste which is often combined with failing play of requested music. Additionly though a entertainer can also be a bad one simply due to the collection of music they possess. This can cause the other examples of bad dj behaviour. A terribledj often cause a disco to be ruined. This will cuase the guests will dance less. If the event is a domestic one then the guests will stay a bit to be polite to the host but will eventually leave by up to two hours earlier than they would have done with a more experienced entertainer. This will contibute to the party being remembered as a failure and the entertainment too. The entertainer will seldom get a good reference or any spin off gigs as a result. If the event within a commercial context the club would also have detrimental impact on its reputation. In addition the terrible entertainer means that within the commercial situation less amounts of drink will have been purchased. A dancing patron will purchase more from the bar whilst at the venue and remain there longer to buy further alcohol. Only about a week ago I witnessed a situation where in a venue a couple were purchasing alcoholcocktails and made a request for a variety of records which the dj made excuses for not playing despite the fact the small crowd there were not paying much interest in the music anyway, which resulted in the couple leaving dissatisified, whom had they remained there would probably have purchased further .A awful will impact a venue money for that night in the form of takings for the party possible future ones due to reduced reputation and potentially new promotion to improve reputation. The entertainer may well lose further employement as a result. Tips of what the entertainer is recommended to do to be successful. They should to find out the type of records that their audience prefer hear.There is many strategies for acquiring this information. entertainer should ask the party organiser or venue owner their guests' taste in vinyl at least a week in advance of the night they are to be playing. If the scenario is a commercial one in a night club then it would be sensible that the entertainer visit the venue on a number of different nights of the week and it is essential to go there at least the day of the week that your debut is to be performed. On arrival as this is business related it is not recommended to be drinking heavily or being over familiar with others their. This is because the visit is for fact finding of the regulars for that day of the week. It is time to focus on senses keen in order to establish the tastes of those you wil likely to be disk jockeying to. The eyes should be watching movement of the clubbers to the music. Even when no one is dancing there are available other signals of people's musical preferences. For example foot movements, hand and head movements to the songs. The more gestures the more the clubbers are enjoying the tracks. It is useful to either make a mental note the reaction to certain music. If your memory is not so good this information could be written down in a note pad but it would be sensible to store such information in a mobile phone as its more subtle. Also it is important to establish who are the "trend setters" or those that the rest tend to join on the dance floor most, and what their favourite artists and music are. The reason for this is that once the goal of getting them dancing has been reached the others will follow. For a private party this opertunity does not exist so you can only rely on asking the questions two weeks in advance face to face, by email, letter or on the telephone. Once the musical tastes it is time to acquire as much of that type of music. As well as this though the current top 40 chart records should be included also. It will be bad for your reputation if someone requests something from the recent top 40 and you do not have it with you when performing on your night. Also it is reccommended to have some general party music too such as "The Time Warp", "Cha Cha Slide", "Amarillo" and some other general music that has been popular at some point. On the night of the party there is the opertunity to view the party goers reaction to the songs played also. In fact if the party is private and not in a commercial bar (context then this is the sole opertunity. On the date of the gig you should also look out for the "trend setters" that the rest follow. It is suggested that the music played is that they prefer, although of course requests are critical too, and if it is a private party the host's favourites must come first. The flow of the party is important too. In general the loudness, and style of music for different stages of the evening. The early part of the evening will usually be the regular's conversation time so it is sugegsted that the records are not too loud and are the gentler ones within the styles enjoyed by the revellers. I have seen a pub clear because loud,heavy fast records were performed too soon in the evening. An hour and a half later the environment will change as more people have had a few drinks and plenty of conversation so will begin to want to get on the floor, from then onwards the songs can get a harder and higher in bpm. Generally it can be said that the party vibe needs to be progressively wound up. This recognised flow of events can be different though if the party has a meal involved. In that context the party may need to be wound down with quieter and gentler songs again as people generally socialise again whilst eating. For birthday and wedding partys the winding down and up of the party may additionally be essential to fit round announcements. One very useful piece of advice though is if the dance floor has been killed for any reason which could be due to a speech, meal, shocking incident such as a fight or even a poor track being played, the situation can be saved with the use of a familiar party track such as "cha Cha Slide" or a cheesy popular Bee Gees disco track.
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