DJ BOOTH ETIQUETTE

WHAT NOT TO SAY TO THE DJ

1. "Can you play something we can dance too?"
Meantime The dance Floor is packed. If you can’t dance to whats playing then you have a problem

2. "If you play this song I’ll get laid."
Then go home, listen to the whole album and have a marathon.

3. "Can you play it next cuz we’re leaving soon?"
The only person who gets away with that is the one who signs the DJ’s
check, and that person does not make very many requests.

4. "What are you playing next?"
I guess you’ll find out. Patience is a virtue

5. "Can you play Fuck You Like An Animal?"
The name of the song is "Closer" you moron.

6. "Everybody Wants To Hear It !"
Oh sure you polled everybody in the club, and you as their
spokesperson, are requesting the song.

7. "Hey man, nobody can dance to this."
It’s not advisable to say this when the floor is packed! However even
if there is only one person dancing it still contradicts the
statement.

8. "I don’t know who sings it and I don’t know the name of the song,
but it goes like this…."
Please don’t sing to the DJ, he does not want to hear a rendition of
your favorite song.

9. "Everyone will dance if you play it"
HE won’t, so I guess that blows a hole in that theory.

10. "I don’t know what I wanna hear, what do you have?"
The STUPIDEST question. It’s alot easier for you to have another drink
and figure it out than have him recite every album he has.

A FEW SIMPLE RULES

If the DJ has one hand on the mixer and the other on the turntables or
headphones, don’t bug them, he’s either mixing or cueing.

The floor in the booth is not an ashtray.

Don’t put your drinks near, or hold them over the DJ’s components or records.

You are only allowed to sing in the booth if you actually wrote the
song. So unless you are Taime and he’s playing "Bathroom Wall" or
Kenny and he’s playing "Paint You A Picture" don’t sing in the booth.

Don’t give him your lame ass demo cd and ask him to play a song that
probably sucks, he will just discard the cd and keep the cheap case
for one of his mix cd’s.

And above all always tip your DJ in some form whether it’s with
greenbacks, a PATRON SHOT or something else
he might enjoy. Please follow these simple guidelines and you and your
DJ will get along just fine, and remember

NO REQUEST TRICKS!!!