I am still (actaully AGAIN) in my horrible slow-ass club in Indianna, as I have not yet managed to find a new gig and I missed the stage.
The rules in the club have recently changed so that now the girls are not supposed to select their own music or make requests, just tell the DJ what KIND of music they want. I am really having a problem with the DJ. He is about 19 years old, interested ONLY in rap/hip-hop, and spectacularly un-creative. He does not know any classic rock, as in, if I tell him, please play me a hair-metal set, he has no idea what to give me. He plays these bizarre sets, one song really fast, one so slow that it has no discernable beat, and so on.
I have permission from the manager to tip (i.e. bribe) him to play what I want, but he just takes the tips and can't even find the music in the MP3 system. I know for a fact that the club has certain songs I have asked for, because I have used them before, but he claims we don't have them.
I have tried to win him over by praise, tipping, begging, asking for his porfessional expertise, and any other thing I can think of, but the basic issue is, he just does not give a damn! He is unprofessional in other ways, too (won't anounce the dancers or call them to the stage, leaves the music on auto-play and then leaves the booth, leaving the same girl up on stage for an eternity, puts one or two dancers on stage all the time, leaving the rest of us sitting around with our thumbs in our ears, and so on...) but I don't forsee him leaving any time soon. I know I am in the wrong damn club, no big surprise there, but until I find another place, how should I handle this?
I have thought of burning my own CD's, one set per CD, and giving him those to play for me. But we have new club rules again (I missed the big meeting last night) and I don't know if this will be alowed.
Help? Please?![]()



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