Can I Have A Look At Your CDs?

[Welsh Audio Man 21 0]

QUOTE (iany @ Aug 9 2006, 12:52 PM)

"I only live down the road mate. Can I borrow some cd's to copy them?" "I'll bring 'em back - honest!" http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/wacko.gif

oh, ive had that....

 

DJ'ing in newport (bearing in mind i live in Cardiff)....

 

"Oh mate, i cant get that CD anywhere, can i borrow it, will drop it back tomorrow, i only live round the corner from you, remember we chatted in our local...."

 

how do they work that out? didnt know a local pub in newport was just round the corner from me... http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/tongue.gif

[djbzentertainment 0]

Or the classic, "Have you got The Now 51 album, its on there and its in the middle of cd2 but i don't know what its called or who sings it, so you just carry on and i'll have a look through and see if i can remember it." Errr, no i don't think so.

[Gary 0]

QUOTE (partychris @ Aug 8 2006, 03:10 PM)

well if people ever put drinks on speakers we just move them to behind us under the table When they look around to find their drink goneand aska us have we seen it we just say no ! We get quite a stash by the end of the night....

Cocktails 'r' us. http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/pepsi.gif http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/beer.gif

 

Depending on venue, I generally set up in such a way that people cant get to the CD's. I've an 2ft high L-shaped piece of clear perspex that I place under the record boxes too, which acts as a barrier for little browsing hands from that direction.

 

If anyone asks if they can look through I usually say that the records/CDs aren't in any kind of order, and proffer the suggestion that its better to ask me what they'd like to hear, and that I'll probably be able to find it quicker than they can.

 

 

[Andy Westcott 0]

Gary, you must learn to say 'no'!

 

"Can I have a look to see if you've got any decent music??"

 

"No you bloody well can't"

[davemoody 0]

I have 1 side blocked off so I tend to have my CD's on a table behind me to the left or in the corner and then people can come around the right side for requests. I think it's nice to be approachable and there are ways of warning people off without being rude or nasty.

 

One funny story is about 5 years ago I was at a friends wedding and the DJ wasn't that good at reading the crowd music wise and one young lad was pestering him to have a go so the DJ tried to embaress him over the mike, saying' shall I let him have a go Ladies and Gentlemen' etc etc. Problem was that he grabbed the mike got the banter going and half way through the 1st song the floor filled up. I have to admit for a young lad his mixing was fantastic and the DJ looked a right idiot.

[durbanite 0]

QUOTE (Andy Westcott @ Aug 9 2006, 07:15 PM)

Gary, you must learn to say 'no'! "Can I have a look to see if you've got any decent music??" "No you bloody well can't"

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[Gyro 0]

QUOTE (iany @ Aug 9 2006, 11:52 AM)

"I only live down the road mate. Can I borrow some cd's to copy them?" "I'll bring 'em back - honest!"

Urgh! Don't remind me!

 

I copped on to this little trick very quickly when after my very first gig, the CDJ that had been on after me asked if he could borrow an album off me. Only being about 16, and naive, I said fair enough, because I was likely to gig with him again in the same venue.

However, the venue I was playing at - sort of like a youth club, was unable to renew its music licence again or something to that effect, meaning they had to stop all live bands and DJ nights.

 

I never seen the guy again, and he got away with my favourite CD! http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/wallbash.gif

 

Thankfully, I don't trust people as easily as I used to! lol

[djbzentertainment 0]

What it wants is an enterprising company like Martin Lighting to make a front screen with a laser beam proximity sensor on it that activates a sub machine gun when the beam is broken. After one or two attempts at getting to your cd's they will probably get the message.

 

 

Was that a bit harsh?

 

 

Nah!

 

 

 

Bob

 

 

 

 

 

[Gary 0]

...or simply move the CDs.

 

 

 

...or have a small printed sign (greeting card sized) that only those standing near the CD's can see, with "Sorry, No browsing - Just the DJ ask for the tune you're after".

[djbzentertainment 0]

Thats not as much fun as the sub machine gun! No seriously, the answer has to be, move the cd's and make it as difficult as possible for the punters to gain access to your side of things.

 

 

Bob

[Corabar Steve 0]

A SM58 across the bidge of the nose usually gets the point across http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif

[superstardeejay 0]

QUOTE

What it wants is an enterprising company like Martin Lighting to make a front screen with a laser beam proximity sensor on it that activates a sub machine gun when the beam is broken

 

They do! The soldiers in James Cameron's 'Aliens' used them to defend the laboratory.

[superstardeejay 0]

QUOTE

What it wants is an enterprising company like Martin Lighting to make a front screen with a laser beam proximity sensor on it that activates a sub machine gun when the beam is broken

 

They do! The soldiers in James Cameron's 'Aliens' used them to defend the laboratory.

[Corabar Steve 0]

Echo, echo, echo, echo, echo, echo, echo, echo, echo, echo, echo http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif

[spinner 0]

QUOTE (Gary @ Aug 17 2006, 03:59 PM)

...or simply move the CDs.

Not always possible and it's in those circumstances that the problem can arise.

[Andy Westcott 0]

Quote:

"or simply move the CDs."

 

Where too?

I don't usually have much spare space, most of it is covered with CD boxes and empty jewel cases....

[ross@rds 0]

Had an 18th last weekend and had the case open and the laptop going. Put a tune on then went over to the bar for a can of irn bru come back and some guy was standing searching my music database for a tune cds out the cd case and everything i said what you doing got the usall just looking for a tune mate i said you need to fill a request slip out and dont just start looking up my laptop and stuff mind you he has some manners and said sorry so i put the tune on for him.

 

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[shakermaker 0]

Sorry but you are all far too polite (joke).

I really don't take any rubbish from anyone. If someone comes up and says "Can I have a look at your cd's mate?" I simply reply "No, sorry"..then you get "Why?" and I just say "Because they are not toys, they are my living" and they usually walk off with a strop on.

 

I am good at reading people so before anyone says anything, I am not always that harsh. Saying that though sometimes you have to be a bit harder than that don't you.

 

Last week I nipped to the loo in my local and as I was going for a wee and left the music playing...I heard someone on my mic so when I came out of the loos I asked my mate who it was, he pointed him out to me and I went straight over to him. I had a word in his ear more or less telling him to stay the :cense:k away from my equipment. He got a bit stroppy as expected but it was soon sorted and he apologised a bit later on.

 

The way I look at it is this - We do this for a living just like other people go to work and earn their money, I would never think of going into my mates place of work (the hospital) and start disrupting him when he's trying to work. People forget that and when you explain it in those terms (if you can be bothered) then some of them agree and apologise.....most of the time though a blatant F-Off will do the trick but as I said, it's reading people. If it's a drunk guy in his 50's then you can usually have a laugh with them and get them away politely..if it's some 20 year old who can't handle his beer then I go down to their level and tell them how it is.

[BigBen 0]

I carry four cases and one wallet of CD's. The wallet remains zipped and out of sight until it is required. Case four is full of artist albums only, not your typical party stuff...so this gets left with its lid on under the table.

 

Cases 1-3 are the main cd's. Depending on the crowd, I may leave the lids on all cases. If they are really dodgy then I will probably leave at least one of these cases under the table. In rare circumstances I have even stacked all the cases on top of each other so that only the top case is accessible...and that has its lid on.

 

That said...I rarely leave the room at a gig. I take my own drink and food, I don't smoke and I go to the loo before the gig starts (room empty) and don't need to go again until I get home. Like most, I also like to 'fence myself in' as ideally and subtly as possible.

 

What a sad state of affairs, eh?

[shakermaker 0]

Yeh it is sad that you feel that you have to do that but I don't blame you at all mate. As I said, it's our living, they are our tools and in some cases, if the tunes get stolen then they are hard to replace.

 

Why should anyone think that they can come up and start going through our stuff as if it doesn't matter.

[ross@rds 0]

Spot on guys i put new software on my laptop by hitting number 9 on the keyboard it locks the keypad so if i go to the loo i do that and no one can try and put tunes on etc like most i box my self in. You feel like you have to some times and also i dont know why people want to come in to your space and ask for requests etc when they can just hand you a request slip from the front of your set-up. Next we will be putting cages up around us lol.

[RobbieD 0]

QUOTE (BigBen @ Sep 3 2006, 10:16 PM)

I rarely leave the room at a gig.  I take my own drink and food, I don't smoke and I go to the loo before the gig starts (room empty) and don't need to go again until I get home.

Same here. I have developed a large bladder since I started DJ'ing! On a night out with mates I can down more than twice as many pints before I need the loo!

 

QUOTE (shakermaker @ Sep 3 2006, 08:29 PM)

as I was going for a wee and left the music playing...I heard someone on my mic

For this very reason, if I do ever need to step away from my gear, I physically unplug the mic from the mixer.

[bigMCben 0]

If your are using Windows, just hold down the windows key and then L. This locks the computer. Also, pull the microphone jack half out of the mixer. This gives the impression that's it plugged in but if someone does try and use it when you're at the bar/toilet/outside with a young lady, they shout into it like a fa http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/censored2.gif ny, but nothing comes out.

 

Alternatively, plug the jack into the live pin of a plug socket, http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/Protest_emoticon.gif although do remember to unplug it when you return and before you go to announce " That was the latest single from aaaarrrrggghh........................why is my hair smoking?????" http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/scared.gif

 

The above should only be carried by a suitably qualified person

[Jason v G 0]

On saturday I had to nip to the loo and when I got back there was some bird behind the decks with my headphones on pretending to operate the controls. http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/188.gif

 

She and her mates found this pose very amusing untill i managed to get at the CD controller and stop the current track with around 70 odd people dancing. They of course immediately turned round to see this person stood there with the phones on and her hand over the controlls and naturally assumed it was her. http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/whistling.gif http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/blush.gif

Didn't see her or her mates again that night.

 

[bigMCben 0]

Nothing worse than having "some bird" twisting your knobs http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/fright.gif