Our most recent DJ has been with us for several months. We have had enough of him. He punishes us for not giving him a ton of $ at tip-out. Minimum tip out is $10. If the DJ gets more, he should just be grateful. Especially these days. The other two DJ's at our club are great.
There are girls that tip him $30-$40 bucks so he won't punish them. Even if one of these girls has a bad night and can only tip him out $15 or so, he will punish her the next time.
How does he punish us? He will play an AWFUL song for us to dance to. I mean these songs should not even be ALLOWED to be played in the club. It doesn't do us dancers any good. Customers hate the songs, they don't tip, dancers don't get $, and they look really stupid dancing to things like to bands called The Travelling Wilburys and Talking Heads, and to dance to Janies Got a Gun by Aerosmith is just plain sick. He also punishes girls by giving them less stage time, or denying them a feature on stage when they always do that feature at that time on that day of the week.
When one dancer complained to management, the manager just told her not to tip him that night. But that won't help her. She will just get screwed by this DJ even more.
I tested him out once, and I gave him some $ at the beginning of the shift, explaining I meant to give him more $ the last time at tip out and I forgot, so I wanted to give it to him early, so I don't forget. Well, he didn't punish me that night! But I "only" gave him $15 that night at tip out. He punished me the next time.
So recently if he plays me a song on my set that is inappropriate, I just stay at the back of the stage, close to the stairs we walk down on, and I don't move very much. If he plays a decent song, or even half way decent, I do my thing. But is that bad to do?
I would love to get those girls that are getting pimped by him to stop paying him those outrageous tips.
A few months ago, there were apparently signs posted up by management in our dressing room about the DJ/music. The sign posted was that we couldn't request certain songs, and it was the DJ's responsibility to make us look good. Also that our club was a TOP 40 club, so that's the music the DJ's would play. These signs are no longer posted.
I'm sorry this is such a long rant. I am just sooo fed up and I'd love some advice. It's not just me but for all of us at our club. The DJ's tip should be based on how good he made you look on stage, and if he does a bad job, he shouldn't be rewarded. This is blackmail!!



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) but may give you some fun.

Not only would I get awesome tipps, but I'd get guys yelling, "DJ you suck!!!"

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