No Breasts No Requests

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(2011-05-04 21:37:19)Santero Wrote:  

(2011-05-04 18:11:47)TempestDisco Wrote:  Small time DJs with a big ego genuinely grind my gears. 'NOT PLAYING REQUESTS, I HAVE A SUPERIOR KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC' and playing Johannes Heil tunes to an empty dancefloor.

In a dance music club where people go for dance music, by all means, stick to your guns and play what you like. But general DJs in generic bars with names like DJ Stevemax and DJ Heltaskelta, NO ONE is there to just see you, play what people want to hear.

I see what you are getting at, but at the same time fundamentally disagree. When a venue hires me, it is at least partially because I act as a taste filter for the venue; I listen to all the crap and filter it out so the venue doesn't have to. Of course, at some gigs that means having to get used to saying the word "No" to people, but thats just the way it is.

I will happily play some pop, and some R&B. But I'd rather kick myself repeatedly in the balls than put that new LMFAO on.

I wouldn't say that you were a 'small time' DJ though.
I've heard of you for a start ;)