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Djoser
02-11-2006, 01:53 AM
Oh shit! I am so sorry, I thought I had fixed it! It was a funny story and I had a similar one, and wanted to quote part of yours--I must have deleted the middle--I think I need to sleep more if I am screwing up that badly.
I've been having a lot of trouble with stupid mistakes, typos, etc.--but this was just fucking dumb. I'll try to be more careful--and get more sleep, lol...
DJ Xan
02-11-2006, 07:47 AM
Hey guy's This is my first post But I think it'll be good.
One of the night shift DJs made a little recording and it has been copied to almost all of the clubs in Pensacola. it goes like this: (in a voice like the marine Drill instructor from Full Metal Jacket)
I wanna tell you boys that it is time for you to go,
You will leave now, If one of these dancers told you they'ed meet you somewhere,
They Lied
Now Get Up, Leave,
You've been Bushwacked, Bamboozeled, Bubble-fucked,
Now Get The Hell Out.
Sounds much better than It reads.
Some Lines that I use are:
C'mon boys, she's looking for something about 6" long, it's got a head on it, and it's green.
(pause) it's called money, cause if your shit is green, or 6" I suggest you see a doctor cause we can't help you here. -Only used when no tippers are at stage.
I personally don't like to be on the mic during a set. Unless the girl likes to joke around or she does a really cool pole trick, and then there is always the need to call guys to stage. but I don't have as much in my repetoir as I need because business has been slow, so hopefully we have some more posters out there.
-DJ Xan
CrazySassyCassy
03-12-2006, 06:10 PM
"If you're not tipping, then you must be jerking off!"
My personal fav for a drooling, cheap crowd.
Djoser
03-14-2006, 01:56 AM
Hey Cassy, that would work quite well if 'The Whacker' was in the club, wouldn't it?
Except he does tip...
Haven't seen him in a while, though--maybe all the bikers scared him away.
DeeJayOz
03-14-2006, 04:40 PM
"If you're not tipping, then you must be jerking off!"
My personal fav for a drooling, cheap crowd.
another one that I heard (and sometimes use) "If you're not clappin', you're jackin'!"
Oh, and one more, (said under breath to an unresponsive crowd when asked for a round of applause) “It’s like mongoloids at a magic show.” The educated ones normally chuckle at this one... dancers and customers.
Guenevere
03-18-2006, 10:21 AM
This one is more for when a girl is missing her stage show...
My husband plays the X- Files theme song and announces, "Gentlemen, one of our showgirls has gone missing so I'm going to need your help to find her. On the count of three everyone yell (name of dancer)".
It usually works and it's hell-a funny, everyone gets a kick and the girls usually don't miss their stage again.
Guenevere
03-18-2006, 10:34 AM
Third....In order to keep "up-to-date" with the music, you'll have to subscribe to a monthly CD service. Every month, these companies will send you all the latest music. It usually costs $15-25 per CD, each month.
http://www.promoonly.com/
http://www.ergmusic.com/
http://www.x-mix.com/
In addition, may I suggest...
CMJ New Music Monthly magazine, they send a CD with each issue of great new music before it's released.
http://www.cmj.com
Djoser
03-20-2006, 01:55 AM
Thanks for the great suggestions about CDs and missing dancers, lol...
The latter issue is sometimes a serious one in my club--since we have probably the most unprofessional group of dancers working there as I have seen (the SW members there being quite pleasant exceptions to the rule). Quite often getting them to go onstage is like pulling teeth, and occasionally they will simply not show, or just walk off stage whenever they get tired (no matter whether the song playing is one of their favorites).
I have in this case announced that "the invisible dancer onstage is the one-and-only Becky (or whoever)...", which usually elicits the proper reaction from the dancer out of embarassment, but does little good in getting them onstage in the first place.
Your husband's trick is perhaps the single most helpful bit of DJ advice I have yet to see from this entire forum, where working in my club is concerned.
Guenevere
03-20-2006, 04:58 PM
^^^
It's not just your club, He has the same problem with the stage!!!
Sometimes the men working with him aren't very quick to let him know if a girl is in VIP (they're too busy doing nothing). He doesn't find out until he has already announced her a couple times and started her song, when this happens he just reintroduces her as the beautifull "Invisabella", The hardest working girl in the business.
MrChristopher
03-20-2006, 07:53 PM
Heh, I know a few guys around here who use the "Invisibella" line, too.
Djoser
03-21-2006, 05:38 AM
That is good, too.
Better even than what I thought was my oh-so-clever way of letting everyone know, customers and managers alike, that I was at least doing what I was supposed to be.
Invisibella is way better than "The invisible dancer".
Thanks again...
Guenevere
03-21-2006, 06:30 AM
^^^Glad to hear I could help!
I think it's important for the DJ to try and keep things light-hearted by using phrases like that instead of getting upset right away, the DJ is the heart of the club without him everyone would be running around like a chicken with it's head cut off. Some people just don't realize how hard it is to keep everything running smooth when girls are missing or yelling at you from the stage and stomping off and then your management is saying "why isn't there a girl up there?" but they're not helping you to find her. It can be chaos sometimes.
:juggle:
Dj Captain Rob
06-11-2006, 05:27 PM
Well Said..... :)
The Mersh
09-13-2006, 05:37 PM
I like to use AtomMix on our system at the club. That, mixed with two CD players. And we also have a lot of lights to manipulate. I just started a month or two ago, and I already have the hang of it, so don't worry man. You'll get the hang of it. It's just memorizing all the "claimed" songs. I also had it kind of easy because I have experience hosting my own radio show on the #2 station in our market. A strip club was a breeze.
D.J.Zapp
09-16-2006, 07:27 PM
Right, you gotta save gettin' upset for once in a blue moon. That way they actually notice!
Thing is if you keep your cool in the most stressfull of situations, you'll do best. after 12 years of it, I had been through about every possible situation one could imagine. Truth is, all the guys that come into the clubs seem to think D.J.ing has got to be the greatest job. (if they only had a clue) I even kept a sign in the booth that said
"Stressful?
20 psychotic women pulling in separate directions,
No, D.j.ing isn't Stressful"
But your absolutely right, the D.J.'s rotation (and his ability to run that rotation) is truly the only thing thats holds the chaos together all night.
DeeJayOz
12-28-2006, 03:17 PM
If you know your music, and you have a good voice - that's all you need, male or female.
...well said.
The Wiz of OZ
02-05-2007, 09:18 PM
Inspired by BigGreenMnM's : This topic should focus on positive work habits that DJ's use.
Maybe one day, people will check here daily to know the latest DJ phrase.
Im sure BigGreenMnM,if he were here today,right now,right here, would take it as a compliment that you refferred to one of his old posts as "Inspiring"
}:D
The Wiz of OZ
02-05-2007, 09:25 PM
Aha...THAT is who is behind this whole thing ::)
Ok im jus guessin,but if that fat ole bastid was here,right now,right here,he would plead innocent to any charges against him that might be leveled!!!!::)
The Wiz of OZ
02-05-2007, 11:01 PM
To sum this thread all up,you cant be told what to say as a scdj,because it hasnt been said yet,or done yet.
Read a paper,watch the news,stay current and topical!!!
Identify with your current crowd!!!
If your a scdj working in a club where money is to be had,you better be on top of your game,or someone else will be,like me,or the guys i will replace you with.
I quit my job last night,over the microphone,during the superbowl!
I said fuck the club,fuck the custies,double fuck the owner and the ho he rode in on,im giving myself the Donald Trump!!!!
I retire!!!
Im Fired!!!!!
Fuck alla ya all,cept this next girl comming to stage,after her set,im freeeeeeeeekin outta here!!!!!!
On the mic i said"im fucking outta here after this next girls set!"
"I wanna watch her set,without the bitchin dancers,without the penisless owners complaining,and without wanna be custies input on what they think the perfect song is".
This next song is for me,fuck everything else,im outta here after this next song!
I packed my shit,left the booth,and sat in perv alley with my cd cases to watch the show of one of my stars before i left.
she fuckin rocked,and played into it!!!
She played me more attention then if her hubby was sitting there instead of me!!!
(I almost broke fantasy and blushed!!!lol)
Man,she fuckin rocked and played along with the controlled insanity!!
ok ok ok,after the song was over,and dead silence drifted over the club for a sec or 3,and managers were shitting thier pants in assorted colors,I ran back to the booth,pleaded insanity and a flashback from an old drug habbit,and started her second song.
I punked the whole club,staff and custies alike(and a manager who almost had a stroke).
Yes,silence can be golden!!!!
And perv alley filled back up for her second song.
Its not always in what you say,and how witty it is,its in how you bitch the rotation and those viewing it.
Control your rotation and your crowd.
A pre planned "say list"works as well as a pre planned "play list"in strip clubs.
Think outside of the box.
Dont be afraid to offend,or your just going to give the same ole same ole,and someone better will take your job.
Maybe not me,but for sure one of the young jedi's I trained will,I promise.
Last monday night,I sold/auctioned off a sharpie marker/pen to a custie for 100 bucks,then sold a VIP to him with a redheaded dancer with alot of freakles for 1500 bucks.
He spent 3 mins connecting the dots in the lapdance room.
After the song was over,i put her on stage for the crowd to rate his "artwork".
It sucked bad,everyone said they could do a better job,cause i asked them over the mic.
And they all wanted to prove it!
She was in VIP all night!!(granted she was cussing me the whole time!LOL)
I made an extra bennie that night,she made 1100 after the clubs cut,and at least that much more from custies who said they could do a better job,then bought a VIP from her to prove it.
ok ok ok,I shouldnt have used a permanent marker for this stunt;) ,by the end of the night she looked like hell and a handbasket and it tooks days to wash off..
But she also walked with her highest nightly tipout of over 3500 bucks,which she tipped me waaaaaaaayyyyyyyy over the standard 10%.
I banked,she banked,and the owner got a bigger then usual cut for a monday night.8)
The only downside is that im not allowed to have pens in the dj booth anymore and can only use #2 pencils or crayons to fill out my rotation paperwork:-\ ....
But yea,it was worth it,my valentines will be getting what they deserve this year thanks to it!
I took an asschewin from the owner,but the whole time he had a smile on his face!
Be the ringleader at the circus,dont be afraid to knock a dancing bear off the big rubber ball and think outside of the box!
Be a scdj.
Doesnt matter what you do or say,invent shit as you go along,its the only way.
If the girls make money,its all good,cause the club and yes YOU make money,and the custies freeekin love it and come back for more KAOS!
Dont be afraid to mount a speaker,dont be afraid to do a stage dive or swing like a chimp from your Martin 812's.,dont be afraid to make yourself look like an ass or a retard.
We sell the proximity to pussy,thats like trying to sell bottled water in the desert to thirsty travelers.
You dont gotta try to sell it,its already sold,before you even open the doors..
You just gotta figure out how to sell more then the next guy with a leamonade stand.
One liners isnt the answer,its the overall show,and keeping them wondering "what could possibly happen next?!!!????"
The Wiz of OZ
02-05-2007, 11:09 PM
ok on an unrelated topic,that greaful dead corset is givin me a chubby!!!;D
Where can i get my better half one,so i can chew it offa her??
Here are a few of my sayings that catch everyones attention:
"Dont forget about getting a private dance, guaranteed to make the cream rise to the top"
"take care of all the hot girls, working HARD to get you HARD"
"I want all you guys with BIG dicks to get dances, small dick men, just stay where you are"
"whip it out guys and put it on that stage! no, not that!, I am talking about my favorite 4 letter word C A S H !
starstrip
03-21-2007, 04:20 AM
I'm a dj for three years. I mostly do weddings and corporate parties. Now I'm trying to break into the strip club dj scene. Any advice is appreciated.