Not Losing It
Many people look at DJs and think that it’s all just about standing there pressing a few buttons and doing your best to not look bothered. That’s not true. As well as doing that you have to feel the music, feel what the crowd is liking and loathing, and always have a back-up plan in case one record you thought was awesome is actually bombing the place hard.
This was one of my most feared things when I first started Djing, and it was all because of the very first time I played and how well the whole evening went…
I was really nervous before, but once I got started, the music just flowed. The set I’d lined up went amazingly, and people loved it. Things stayed like that for a couple of hours – long enough for me. Then, as I put my last record on and expected to hear screaming and cheering, there was nothing. People were leaving the dance-floor, and some people were even booing me.
I couldn’t work it out. All I kept thinking was access internet worldwide right now and find a new track! But I didn’t have anything left to play, and in seconds I was in a massive panic.
Until the owner of the club appeared behind me and smiled. “Play something obscure and that’ll get em moving,” he said. “Don’t worry, this happens to the best of us”.
So I did. I pulled out the record that I loved, but had never considered playing in a club – I always thought it was just too out there.
But guess what? The guy was right, and now, thanks to him, I haven’t lost my bottle. In fact, I’m just getting started.
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