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Hmmmm, now that's interesting. I have, with literally one or two exceptions, everything listed above, but I would still turn down a 21st party on the basis that I don't think I would be able to do it justice. Y'see, I would imagine these young'uns would expect a load of unknown she-ite (unknown to me that is) rather than them thar bits listed above, which I would consider to be broadly mainstream since they get (got) radio airplay. I am very principled, and will not just try to grab any business just because its offered. I feel I need to be absolutely conversant with the genres

Ah well, just goes to show, one man's meat is another man's poison

nahhh, he needs hazard warning tape on his vehicle when he's driving it on a serious note . . . I always try to arrange it so I can tuck the legs tight into my subs. So that takes care of two of them and leaves one leg sticking out, projecting back towards my rig. But c'mon guys, which of you ever objected to the principle of showing a bit of leg, eh?

OOoooooohh so cutting but I like it :bouncy: OK, its probably old and well worn, but it was new to me anyway there again, I am old and well worn, but who cares?

Hmmm, King of Bahrain huh? Hope he doesn't cause any trouble because I hear he's always well-oiled

Well, if I was a betting man, I'd probably say . . . "What d'ya fancy in the 2:30 at Newmarket on Saturday?" :joe:

I build my own with a bargepole. You just have to watch out for the splinters. :joe: But I don't use a laptop, for all sorts of technical reasons.

I agree with comment - lights will never be a USP. Only other DJs are interested in lights, nobody else gives a damn. So, ask yourself, do you build your lighting rig to please other DJs? One thing I use is a data projector which synchs to the music, running AVs, and it can obviously project pictures/images/video or written messages etc around the room. Though I don't consider this a USP, its just something I use.

Yup, I noticed how blasé the Greeks were about it, as the restaurant bounced up and down a bit. Only the Brit contingent were looking like a bunch of Meerkats saying "wtf is going on here?"

Agree with all the above except that I'd ask him to stump up a breakage/damage deposit too, but how much could be tricky. How far would £20/£50 go to repairs? But, when there's a wad of cash on the table to be lost, it tends to focus the mind a bit.

Off topic, I know, but I didn't bring it here. Where is it Matt? I stayed in Kalamaki for 2 weeks, year before last, and it was 1-derfull (apart from the earthquake :fear: )

Just adding my 2 penn'rth Dell used to make good computers, then they started to go down market and filling them with cr@p. So with the word Dell comes the words 10ft and bargepole.

Unfortunately, the smoke didn't catch on to this rule, and it kept creeping over at every opportunity. So smokers still had their way, and polluted everyone else's environment with filth and nasty carcinogens. And so it forced a change in the law, albeit 50 years after it was first considered. I think the story about the "house" finding a loophole in the law is utter bull :poo: , though I'm sure many will still try it, till they get caught and fined enough times. Now for the good news. Since the smoking ban nearly 235,000 people have quit smoking. (source) So that's 235,000 who w

Are you advocating that every law in the land should be broken, in fact or in spirit, or do we all just choose individually which ones we'd like to obey.

I have to agree with Andy there, what he said was spot on. The DJ prices his/her gig (probably) on a cost + basis. The punter does not take into account the time, expertise, equipment, licences, tax or whatever. Its is more a simple question of how much are we prepared to stump up for a party and what can we get for that? And if it is beyond our budget we'll forget the whole idea. Andy's sixty quid Sid (do I hear a seventy quid Susan?) never took any work of anyone with his low prices. You were never going to get it anyway. And I agree there maybe a fair bit of truth in the sug

What a stupid Farquhar. This is one of the most widely publicised laws around. She knows the law. She was given every opportunity to comply, two warning letters, and three further visits, so it wasn't just someone trying to catch her out on a spot check. Deserves to have the book thrown at her for gross stupidity and utter belligerence.

Does that make you a hooker now too?

Well, that's blown my illusions that record labels are all warm, kind-hearted, benevolent corporations which exist to nurture and produce the kind of music the world wants to enjoy, and that bands want to make for their fans, for a fair return. :damn:

Hmmmph! Well, since Lonestar's - Amazed (1999) is a rip off from Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me (1993) maybe BA is an all round winner. The only thing that I'm "Amazed" about is that Adam's lawyers haven't dragged Lonestar through the courts.

I wasn't referring to the generic stuff. How much of this lot makes the chart then? MC Flipside & Saint Pete - Land of Electro (Tune Bros. Remix) Infernal - Downtown Boys (Andycap Remix) Electrojuice - Pof Pof Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor (LA Riots vs. Villains Remix) Dinka - Disco Is Back Stereoboys - I Won't Hold You Back (Sunloverz & Michael Mind Big Room Electro Mix) Skepta - Rolex Sweep (Vandalism Remix) Michael Mind - Ride Like The Wind (Klaas 2008 Mix) Nari + Milani present DEK33 - Real Thing Dada Life - Your Favourite Flu (Dabruck & Klein Remix

Just for your information, but you probably know already mp3gain adjustments are always reversible, now and in the future. Its just a setting, it doesn't re-encode the file or anything.

Car: Bruce Springsteen - Magic Avoid at all costs: Moloko - Sing It Back. This song has grated on my nerves ever since I first heard it. Listen to Over and Over - (quite a few actually) - OK, I'll go for: Jimmy Eat World - The Middle. This song has such a feel-good factor I find it really lifts my spirits.

Woah! If only life was so predictable. I'm not saying you wouldn't have a good case, but when it comes to the courts, don't ever, EVER go in believing it is quite so cut and dried. Just by way of a little example: What if the court took the view that your terms and conditions were not reasonable?

The word "professional" is very subjective.

But only for those who actually like that stuff, which is still very much a minority group If it really was as mass-market as is claimed, why does so little of it ever make the charts? (OK, I know the charts are open to criticism, but what better barometer have we got?)