I am really interested in becoming a party/pub dj. I often go out and see loads of pub/small clubs djs and i feel they are really taking the piss out of the crowd.
Im talking more commercial like 60s - 2000s etc but with a bit of orginality ie mixing in a few lesser known ones with the obvious ones.
Is anyone on here a pub dj. What is the best hardware for this king of thing?
I really decent laptop with all songs ripped as wavs?
Or are cds still the easiest.
I just want to do this for the fun of it and im not bothered about the money.
Any ideas or tips would be appreciated.
thanks
it rite what ur saying some of them in house club / pub djs take the piss
, me n lisa went to my mates sons 21st on saturday nite at a social club in Huyton and FFS the dj was playing shit like jive bunny n the mixmastes :| ,and the mixing well ffs it was good comedy at 1st just hearing him crashing everything together but by 11.30pm when he played frank sinatra "new york" last song (at a 21st:S )i felt so sorry for my mate who shelled out £140
for him as it was part of the deal for getting the place he HAD to have him , well id be fuming
as it was crap empty dancefloor most of the night , hardly anyone dancing for more than one song ,with very young kids skidding on the dancefloor (peter kay style
lol ) and the lads 18-25 clubbing mates wanting something they know and different , they was let down with crap records ,as most of the really older peeps dont care much and was happy with the buffet and chatting ,
i know it can be hard work playing to a very mixed crowd but it can be done if you think about it + not just play the same old shite ,ive played mates weddings , christenings ,18ths ,40ths , ect for favors mostly they just give me any exys for equipment ect and free beer obviously
You just gotta prepare , i did my mates daughters 18th in a marquee few years back on pair of cdjs + big PA , had a cd wallet of 700 tracks id burnt just for the gig so i had it well covered , i dropped everything from charty stuff at the time , funky house even scouse house (cause the birthday girl asked:$ lol ) but then realised theres older peeps so dropped in some well known cool stuff like toploader - dancing in the moonlight , van morrison - brown eyed girl here n there to break the nite up which worked dead well with peeps young + old all singing along ,
id say if your getting into it cdjs or a lap top is defo the way simply because its less stuff to lugg around and possibly get damaged , a girl i know wendy does loads of that type of dj work with just a lappy and big 250 watt PA system which all fits neatly in the back of a nissan micra, plus she takes an external hardrive so she has access to 10s of 1000s of songs on mp3 so she can play anything punters ask for , and theres defo money in it as shes never skint and she even turns down work sometimes as shes that busy and booked up months in advance, shes VERY good at it and word of mouth in her local area gets her the work
anyways good luck with it mate hope it works out for you
