name that tune for a free ride on santa's lap. this contest open to ladies only. just messin.

when my gigs start requiring me to play games, that's when i know i need to look for something else to do.

its not opening its just they have a raffle for 30 minutes and they have alot of extra stuff she said they dont want to raffle for an hour so they figure maybe i could think of a game to give away prizes to make it more fun than just calling out numbers to see if you won. anyways doesnt matter to me im going to charge them the same to dj or to play musical chairs maybe even a little extra since i may have to be on the mike for a little while. but no big deal to me i think it is a good idea if i could just think of some good games that i can watch and maybe get a laugh out of. a swift so your telling me you would turn down 600.00 because a company asked you if you could do one or 2 games to get ride of some prizes as it is im going to be getting paid while they are doing a raffle on my dj time

Company parties sound like weddings to me, a bunch of old and young people forced together to party for no reason and none of them are fully happy with the music because the old people dont like new stuff and the young people dont like elvis ha ha.

i just need games not music haha please help me figure out some fun games taht will be entertaining and maybe get a laugh

honestly man, if they asked me last minute after it was already booked, i'd do it since i couldnt book something else that quick. but if they came to me a month in advance and said, we need you to do this party, play some music and come up with some fun games, i'd say 'you'd be better off with someone who specializes in that kind of thing',.. and i guarantee i'd book that date for a gig that did not require any hokey pokey or chicken dance skills.

dude you should be getting more if youre doing a party for mattel and castrol. seriously

yeah they called me today the job is for the 16 i already turned a possible job down because i was booked so i didnt really want to risk loosing this one. and honestly the way i look at it if im going to get paid the same if not even more than sure i come up with a game or 2 not like there asking me to be in it i just get to watch and maybe play some background music if the games dont require musice and hopefully get a few laughs no harm no foul no reason i can see myself turning down a gig. if anything games may come in hand to kill time or for a future gig or event like halloween or something. but i can understand if you just stricktly into playing music for 5 or 6 hours i just look at the raffle and games as a paid break. and as a dj that is very rare. unless ur playing pre mixed cd's

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Check out djchat.com and their forums. Mad info there.

I hear that raffling off a night with the boss's daughter goes over really well.

naked twister!

YEAH i was thinking maybe all the supervisors could play butt darts and the supervisor who gets the most bulls eyes wind a free bottle of k-y but than again i remembered i would have to be present and so would family members so anyone have good advice

I'm with a-Swift on this one. I no longer do gigs that want me to "play games", doesn't matter how much they're willing to pay. I got into djing because it was a hobby. The second it starts feeling like work (and playing those wacky games is work to me)I'm done.

** Anyone interested booking a Christmas Party next Thurs. Night PM me & I'll give you the details. It's for an escrow company here SoCal ***

maybe later on down the future i can turn down gigs i wont really have fun at but i have 2 daughters 18 months and 3 months also have a wife to support and looking to move to texas that combined with the holidays means i will most jobs and not be pickey. i dont like doing quincerias or however you spell them its boring for me and work but no way am i in the position to turn down 500.00 for 4 -6 hours of work the way i look at it some people work 40 to 50 hours a week to make that kinda money i will gladly take it even if i am going to be playing music or games that im not really looking foward to. i got into djing because i love music and i love money. so i have plenty of time to play the music i want to here while im at home or here at work(dad owns a gym i spin at when i feel like it) but to each his own everyone does things for there own raeson but i know that the parties that usually want me to play the music i like such as hip hop freestyle flash back oldschool dont really pay 400-500 a night they usually want budget dj's/bedroom microwave dj's.but made props to u and a-swift for sticking to your guns and not doing anything you dont want to. some day i hope to be in that kinda financial position were i can turn down any gig i please.

Play Patron Game...

Whom ever finish the bottle with out throwing up... Wins...

make them play SSL Pong

^^^^^^^^^ lol.....

and don't forget to play christmas in hollis

Amen to that, However they can still be fun. We did a Corp Christmas Party for the Federal Reserves Bank this past weekend. At the beginning of the night no-one danced. The only thing that worked during the early hour was line dancing.. Once the alcohol kicked in it was a different story.. At the end of the night the lady in charge of the party came to us and said we kicked a$$. On previous years the place was usually empty by 11:00pm this Year we had to tell them to leave at 12:30am. Needless to say we are booked for next year's party. Oh, no games just music and raffles. I’d post pics, but being the FRB no cameras were allowed.

I do "Levi's" corporate xmas party every year, where they rent out a well known club spot in San Fran on a thurs or fri nite. Never been asked to come up with games for people to win presents, etc.

Your a DJ, not a Gameshow host!!! The raffle can be done by throwing on some instrumental track and having you or some drunk CEO at the party play MC to call out the winning numbers.

If your the one on the mic, add in this: next raffle tix winner gets a free ride on the DJ's MIC.....

Just kidding

Word, you're the DJ playing the music, not their nanny or nurse.

Unless you are playing those games - but then... are you the DJ? Are you getting paid to DJ or to play games? You cant play those games if you want people to take you seriously about DJing.


Absolutely.

If you're going to do mobile then you'll end up MC'ing at some point....

Charge accordingly is all I have to say...

Yea...it's unrealistic to want to be a mobile DJ and not have to do these types of things. If you want to just be a club DJ, fine, just play clubs and you'll never have to worry about it...but if you want to get into the kind of money you get for doing weddings and company parties etc...you have to accept the fact that you aren't just there to play music. You have to be able to do all sorts of things that aren't required of the average club dj.

Personally... I dont think there is anything wrong with it. You want to play games - yeah, why not. If that helps paying your bills its all fine. But obviously you are taking those game-gigs cause you aint getting others. Thats what you said earlier.

Well then, dont run around call others weak asses, dont say that they aint getting no gigs, when its you who is trading being a game-host against a dj gig where its only about you and your djing skills.

(I dont mean you, Michael Basic)

If you are asked to play games and you have games that are fitting for the situation and people are willing to play... The definiton of a game is to pass time and be fun.. DJ'ing in it's own right is sorta fun or you wouldn't be doing it. Those that are gunshy or feel that they do not have a public announcement voice on the mic may immediantly assume games suck and the vocal interaction is just not their strong point. In company of adults I do just fine, but the little kid scrutiny really rattles me for some reason. (I feel the little rat bastards would rather be pantsing the fat kid down the street while listening to their ipod). It's in those times when speaking on the mic, when you feel yourself failing that you really would like to go and hide or just pack up your shit and bail. There is an expectation that you have a mic as a mobile dj and that also means that if you upacked it, you best have it plugged in and be ready to annouce 'the red car licaense plate number "UFUGN8IT" is about to be towed by the cops', you get on that, atleast that dude will be grateful to you.

nik39 maybe if you booked mobile gigs you would understand the point of games and interacting with the client and there guest its were the money is at. sorry wish you had more free time to get gigs but seeing as how your a fulltime forum cop and on you free time your busy riding matt g i can understand you wouldnt have a clue as to how to pass time and keep a customer happy

If you dont have a problem with reading then you might have understood that I dont see a problem with games and DJing.

i read i understand

Dont run around saying I dont get gigs, when YOU are the apologizing for taking that games-gig cause you dont get other gigs. That was what it was about. :) Now have a nice day.

well does how bout this you have a corp party willing to pay 650 for 5 hours but you have to play 30 minutes of games and raffle or you have the choice of dj for a house party for 400.00 or you can dj for a club for 200.00 what choice are u going to make????? ill take the 650 and play 30 minutes of games over playing at a club for 200 and you probably wont even get asked for a buisness card

Yeah, thats life. You gotta sacrifice. You made your choice. Its up to you.

thanks nik39 much appriciated good day

I do that all the time, even when there isn't a raffle, i just point to chicks in the crowd and scream "YOU'RE THE WIIIIIIINER!"



In regards to this post, screw that. You're the DJ at a corporate event, not the daddy a kids B-day party (yes I know you're banned but I'm talking to anyone who's seeing this guys point) Announcing raffle's, fine...but it's not up to you to invent games and shit. Talk to the event planner (I'm assuming that's who your liason is for this gig) It's up to them to come up with all that crapyou're just there to spin music and announce a few stupid things during the night.

I think I'd even try to draw the line at a large corporate event as being the GAME MEISTER, let the HR group handle the games (surely on of those big mouthed bossy broards would love to get spot light time and make as ass of herself) and if they need a mic and want to run the clock out, while you stand there playing background tunes... I say - LET'M DO IT !!!!

Always.

haha well i did the event on sat and of course the hr lady was a loud fat girl who though she was the shit. funny u say that. but as far as games go they were asking if i knew any good ones maybe ones that other companies had done or ones that i might know about. not meaning that im going to be in charge but basically looking for ideas. out of the 5 hours i played 2 hours was dinner music and 45 minutes was using my mic not having to play any music and than the rest was all me spinning. so hey if there gonna call me a game show host or a dj i dont care give me my 650 for really only playing about 1 and a half hours of music. shit if they want they can even call me the janitor

Just dont freaking call others "you dont get gigs" when its obviously you dont getting better gigs so you *have* to take those where you gotta put the red hat on your head to play the game show host. You sacrificed yourself. You said you making enough money on the other thread. Then you say in this thread you need the money. Hustle. Blabla. You are contradicting yourself, just in case nobody has told you before.

And please, dont take it back to that name-calling level. Thanks.

dont call others you dont get gigs??? i make enough money for my bills but enough money is never enough money any buisness man will tell you. you never have enough money. and yeah ill wear a red hat and paint my face but there gonna pay me extra
ima hustler as long as im making the money and getting what i want out of life i dont care nik39 you think you to good but when it comes down to it its about the money fuck the bs. nik you m ay think you to good to get on a mic for a few minutes or maybe use your brain to be creative and come up with some ideas but hey you the one that sits here all day never BOOKING GIGS HAHA so get over it how much does rane pay you for being the cop? i dont think its 650.00 ever 5 hours big balla

id wear a clown otfit do dj but id charge an outragious amount like 3,000 and if they were going to pay me than shit id do it im sure alot of people would do it.

Well, its just another indicator that you have any kind of self respect. But dont let anyone stop you "big balla".

Seriously, reading from your posts and your noobish questions you dont seem to be the guy worth the 650 for a month. But hey, after all, its all about marketing. I dont have a clue how you know anything about it, I even cant imagine you have a business card anyway (how would it look like?

DJ QB
CALL ME HOLLA WHNE YOU NED A GOD DJ
DIAL 1-900-REDHATDJ.COM.
VISIT MY WEBSITE AT DJ_QB@AOLS.COM
HOLLLLLA! BALLLLLA! WILL PLAY GAMES FOR GIGS)

:-)

Signing off...

nik39-dont dare to ask-i will get you banned-moron-cop.

nik is great

yes nik is great just wish he would lay off some people some times he knows alot but sometimes nit picks things that can just be over looked or left alone

and by the way just because you like the 900 numbers doesnt mean mines needs to start with it.

Well, I thought you're a business man? Hustle dolla dolla bill.

WELL I THOUGH U SIGNED OFF sually mean done as in over and out. u know haha i new u would come back in and at least read what i have to say. so easy haha nik seeeing how your on here so much reading, logging and reporting every post i can see as to how you would even know were to begin in booking gigs. stop knocking my hustle. im in the buisness because i love music and am here to make money so just drop it if your gonna sign off than end it.

done its over no need to get the panties all in a bunch "throwing up a peace sign to nik"

LOL... that was actually funny nik!

I "THOUGH" you were "BANDED"? "BANDED" "sually" means "your" gone but "than" I see "u" "were"? Here. "im" here "to".

baned or banned hahanik sogned back on and i only got banned cuz ur doing favors for mat g

*mouse hovering over the report link*
"Its my duty".

yeah your good at that nothing new nik you can report all you want is doing favors a bad thing unless what you are doing isnt exceptable than it shouldnt bother you any. hmm now u got me thinking

bla bla bla.

You are saying I am doing favors for Matt and expect I let you go away with this kind of crap? Grow up. Take your childish "he is gay" comments to your kindergarten.

Sorry, not kidnergarten. You're doing grown-man business and hustle and stuff. Do your thang.

This is slightly tragic
Even more so that it keeps going on and on in public.

QB, whatever. No one really cares about this shit. You startet some pointless threads just for calling names on me (and Matt). You made a fool of yourself. People are intelligent enough to realize.

If you need to discuss further issues send me a PM, like I did, and reply to that PM. And dont take that crap to the public. No one really cares that I am a cop and you are a party-playing-games-clown. Seriously, no one gives a f*ck.

*unsubscribing*

Another thread bites the dust!

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