something deffo needs done...

[Frank Dogshit]

'listen Mr Paap..I dont care what tunes youve been producing ready for tonights event,your NOT playing them!'

'If you dont put loudboxer on, your NOT playing here again'

Nice one.

[The Overfiend]

Krikc (live) or it's curtains!

I had one cat tell me to play 134 when I usually play 140 and up.
I agreed to it and needless to say played 142 and killed.
**** people telling you what to play, but in Kells situation I can totally agree with wanting someone to play what you payed for.

[RDR]

sorry to pick bones kells but why book a dj/pa without knowing what they were doing at present ? To turn round to your main player and basically tell them that the music they play isn't what the club wants seems a bit odd.

Not at all, they are being PAID by the promoter, and besides the club has a history of certain types of music - as a performer its also your responsibility to do your homework.

[Stella Boy]

it's also the promotor's responsibilty to do their homework prior to booking an act.

[...Dave...]

bit of both surely.

agree that asking a guy while he's on his way to the club is cutting it a bit fine, but its the promoters right to request what style he plays to some extent after all he's paying the guy.

loads of dj's get asked to play an oldskool set for example.

[Aratron]

Speedy J is garbage.

[...Dave...]

Speedy J is garbage.

dude. you talk some utter shite at times but that takes the biscuit.


you ever seen speedy j live? or even bothered your ass to listen to him?

[force]

Speedy J is garbage.

I must strongly disagree!

[...Dave...]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

*Dave* says:
speedy j garbage lmao
Aratron says:
who is he anyway
Aratron says:
sounds like some hardcore dj
*Dave* says:
lol.. hes a legend dude..he's awesome too..prob the best live pa ever
Aratron says:
of what
*Dave* says:
what u mean?
Aratron says:
techno?
*Dave* says:
yea
Aratron says:
never heard of himinnit

[Aratron]

I must strongly disagree!

well tbh i have never even heard of him b4. but his name looks like some pansy-ass Hardcore DJ from Doncaster. Crap name.

[RDR]

it's also the promotor's responsibilty to do their homework prior to booking an act.

:lol: Like Kells didnt know who they were booking?

They pay the act, they say what goes. I could unerstand if you think that speedy j wasnt capable of that music or had never played anything like the sort of techno that Kells et all were after, but thats not the case.

Now im not saying that promoters dont pay attention to the type of music that an artist is currently producing, but they have a bunch of puinters to make happy, not the blasted acts. Thats taken as read innit - they get paid, they're happy. If they do a 2hr appearance for 500 quid (probably more with SJ) then they can bloody well do as they're told (within reason of course and set by negotiation)

Superstar attitude? Not when your paying their 4-5star hotel room, providing transport, flight costs and paying them.

[Stella Boy]

:lol: Like Kells didnt know who they were booking?

where did I say he didn't know who he was booking :xconfused:

[Aratron]

its 2007 now, not 1991. some folk have moved on. hence why 20 people went to watch him play.

[RDR]

where did I say he didn't know who he was booking :xconfused:

You didnt...

sorry to pick bones kells but why book a dj/pa without knowing what they were doing at presen

oh... you did. in a way.

[markandrew]

its 2007 now, not 1991. some folk have moved on. hence why 20 people went to watch him play.

you need to go an see him mate total respect for speedy j don t need to say anymore and i think everyone will agree even if he does play alot of minimal now

[Kells]

sorry to pick bones kells but why book a dj/pa without knowing what they were doing at present ? To turn round to your main player and basically tell them that the music they play isn't what the club wants seems a bit odd.

firstly... nobody told anybody what to play dude

he asked what type of night it was, and as i said before, i told him Joy wss no minimal night

we did book him for what he plays at present, as i said, it was just a certain mix i heard that bothered me, the booking was made months and months before the date of the event and the mix in question was very recent, (do u understand where im going with this) and i had not heard him play anything like that before and if i thought thats what he was pushing now i would not have booked him in nthe first place!!.

Cisco did most the talking with speedy regarding music etc..

the music that night, for me at least was perfect, i loved it, speedy was very very good

[Kells]

also, id like to add, if speedy wants to push minimal, thats up to him and its fine, we just didnt want a set like the one i heard been played at JOY, as said in this post by RDR, we have customers to please and at the price Speedy was (very expensive) we wanted him to perform the way we know he can

we booked him for a certain style, im sorry if i comke accross arsey here, im really not been but really, do u not think i dont do my homework on who we want at joy and what styles they play, his agent agreed to all my requests when we made the booking.

obviously when he askes what type of night it is whilst we are in the car, im gonna tell him... which wasnt in a funny way.

just think if he had played a minimal as hell set, that wouldnt have been good, speedy came prepared which is also obvious so all is cool

hope this clears it up for you, thanx to RDR too for making some very good points here

[Stella Boy]

obviously when he askes what type of night it is whilst we are in the car, im gonna tell him... which wasnt in a funny way.

anyhow i told speedy in the car that Joy is NOT a minimal event

You didn't mention speedy asking you in your initial post. The way the post was written implied you simply told him. This was my interpretation so apologies for the misunderstanding

Anywho, thanks for your comments dude

[Kells]

You didn't mention speedy asking you in your initial post. The way the post was written implied you simply told him. This was my interpretation so apologies for the misunderstanding

Anywho, thanks for your comments dude

i kind of thought i may have not explained properly, i was just really talking about speedy in genral and not how i make bookings for joy so didnt go in depth with it.... no need to apologies tony, was easy to miss-understand.. :)

Speedy was a reserved character, you can tell he plays alot of gigs all over the world.

he mentioned he is doing alot over in the states, im not sure what they are into over their but as i said before we booked him for his good stuff, although we did have to deal with 3 booking agents in total do im not sure what info he was told..

As i said before he delivered what i wanted, Cisco was pretty shocked, he didnt expect speedy to play how he did, and even comented on this to speedy, whom i think really fed off the crowd, was good, i enjoyed it alot and the crowd were really spot on and knew exactly what they wanted/were listening to, i like that, alot of the club nights in leeds now are just full of un educated crowds who are their just to look good in their new clothes...
but i guess you already know this..

anyhow, speak soon :)

[The Overfiend]

Keep doing your thing Kells, people around here have a knack to want to take stabs at peoplein the mix from outside of the mix.