The Feeling Knackered Bank Holiday Thread

[ChrisPointon 0]

Okay, the Forum has had its usual weekend slump, so I'm guessing that we've all been out, entertaining the masses and earning lots of dosh for the Taxman! http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/tongue.gif

 

So what have you been upto, and how did it go??.

 

Saturday Night - I was at our usual fortnightly venue - the residency at the local club. Quite a good atmosphere, and quite busy considering a lot of people are on holiday.

 

Tonight, saw our monthly crew meeting to discuss May's bookings, followed by a trip to the pub, followed by a curry, followed by a DVD (I can recommend "One Hour Photo" with Robin Williams, its Weird but gets you thinking!). Now I'm off to bed!.

[The Spindoctor 0]

I do hate this when you feel 'obliged' to tell the truth!! Ok so Friday I took it easy cos i was still suffering from alcohol. Saturday I actually went back to the pub I worked at Thursday to buy the barstaff a drink for putting up with my inebriated, last out the pub, I'm p****d who gives a f:cense:K mentality. Then Sunday night was back to work as normal!

 

Actually the girls (barstaff) said I was highly amusing and the presentation was fabulous if very slurred!

[Peteee 0]

Hello everybody http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/042.gif

Steady weekend with two weddings Sat night & two Sunday night

One was at a Stately home where American bride did not want any flashing lights whatsoever and the Dj must not speak.

We get this from time to time

They have had some sort of bad experience with a so called personality DJ in the past

We put a Latino band in for the reception.Bit of a toffs do.. http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/dry.gif

My gig Sat was a busy wedding 200 at one of my regular hotels

Busy dance floor but a 1am finish instead of 12mn booked I find on arrival http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/nono.gif

Sorted that out with an extra £2.35 http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif

God I wished we worked in London http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/laugh.gif

Did run em into the ground by 12 md but then they got their second breath .. Dratt my plan for an early finished failed again http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/fear.gif

Did another two wedding gigs this Sunday evening and they went fine

I never like Sunday gigs normally people tend to drift off too early because of work but we were ok tonite with the band hols http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif

Actually did a karaoke spot tonite on my not kit for some of the grooms uni mates http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif

I have a karaoke capability but I try to avoid it at all costs too many drunks who can't sing.

Thats my news

Does'nt anybody sleep on these forums

 

 

 

 

[ChrisPointon 0]

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Does'nt anybody sleep on these forums

 

No I find a bed is more comfortable http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/363.gif

 

[jeff wood 0]

i've just got home from my third gig this weekend, tonight was a wedding, the type that makes you wanna give up dj ing !! sat night was a football club dinner dance that went well, fri night another wedding, not too bad !!! but tomorrow i'm dredding, 2pm till 7pm, mostly americans, they always ask for ********* like john cougar mellancamp or the eagles !! still cant complain, 4 gigs in the one place, left the gear up and £600 in the back burner !!!

[mobile_dj_crooks 0]

Went to SLAM CITY JAM! http://www.slamcityjam.com/ Don't worry, its a skateboarding website! It marks the beginning of the VANS triple crown series for skateboadring. Pretty dope (cool, if you don't know what i mean). Then went to a nice BBQ! Not much work over weekend http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif anyone have any good deals on DMC DvDs?

[DJTREV 0]

Interesting Jeff.

Do you mean the first wedding they didnt get off their arses.I thought I was the only one who had those.

As for the Americans-I wouldnt have got the gig.John cougar mellancamp or the eagles Who do they think you are ;the owner of HMV.Or are you!!

It never ceases to surprise me at the range of artists,tracks that some of you take on gigs. Mikeee sent me a copy of his library not long ago.A lot of tracks were duplicated but it still amounted to a hell of a lot of tracks.

[DJGAVT 0]

Took the weekend off. But worked on Sunday night trying to turn an R'n'B Bar into a cheese bar. Went really well http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[jeff wood 0]

americans certainly have a different taste in music, but you get to know what to play for them with experience !! as for the gig, it went well !! lots of dean martin, frank sinatra etc.

[Rick 0]

http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/dj.gif Umm well friday got called in at Tescos to work on my deliveries!!

 

Saturday spent chilling and running my petrol r/c cars and doing some promotion for my discos

 

Sunday was some more promotion bits, chilling and more r/c cars and seeing some m8s

 

Monday ended up doing some work to my real car and seeing a m8 and thats it so far!! And obviously coming on here and writing this lol http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif

 

 

Cheers

 

Rick

[FrankieJ 0]

DJgavt how was your night trying to change an RnB night into a cheesy night I remember you telling us about it let us know how it ended up??? http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/thumbup.gif

[Ian Stewart 0]

Well I had a busy week,

 

Friday night my wife was in cabaret, and I was booke to support her

Saturday an 80's night with my wife again (she perform a Madonn & Annie Lennox tributes) good gig

Sunday my wife had a lunch time gig, and we went to a comedy club in the evening

[YourBigEvent 0]

Beat this then.

 

Friday Up at 6am, to work until 6pm, then delivery of wedding cake (do that as well !!) Home at 2am

Saturday Up at 5am to set up at 7am for powerboat racing day at seafront, finished powerboats at 7pm to get to next gig for 8pm, finished at 2am and started to breakdown, home at 5am

Sunday Up at 7am to set up for powerboats again, finished at 6pm, to get to next gig at 8pm, finished at 1am to breakdown again, home for 6am again.

Monday didn't get up until 11.00am !! Out for a meal with wife, home and started the paperwork until 1am

Tuesday Back to work main again

 

Before you ask, had two set ups and each evening we had to breakdown only some of the gear on the first night and all the gear on the last night

 

I'm off now zzzzzzzz

[mikeee 0]

Nothing wrong with American weddings, besides they pay more, a lot more.

[CK`s 0]

Last weekend was hectic,

 

Worked Friday covering a Karaoke in our local pub for the landlord as he was out for the eveing, he then cvame back at midnight with a load of his P******d friends karaoke then went of till 3am.........deep joy.

 

Then a gig on Saturday afternoon/night went on till 2am, with an hours drive afterwards

 

and a family Christening on the Sunday too.......

 

Good job we are not working this weekend!

[mikeee 0]

Get up Friday 8.00pm, do the paperwork, late A.M. go and install outside PA for Saturday, come home load up disco, go and do Disco, get to bed 3.45am, up at 7.00am (saturday), Hitch up PA, install marquee "internal" PA, Introduce Richard Keys from Sky Sports, run a gardening question time, intro dupty mayor and Right Honorable Virgina Bottemley (MP Surrey south west), pack up the two PA systems get home 5.30pm unload one kit, load up disco, dash off to wedding, set up for 8.30pm, finsh 12.00, pack up get home and come on to the boards.

 

NOW THATS KNACKED

 

( Chris, the sound lab mixer worked great, 7 radio mics and 2 cabled, gets a bit warm on the bottom right hand side - PSU????)

[ChrisPointon 0]

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gets a bit warm on the bottom right hand side - PSU????)

 

Yes, spot on. Nothing to be concerned about. The Soundlab have a PSU which has a large metal plate screwed to the case - just heatsinking for the regs.

 

[mikeee 0]

Thank gawd for that