Another really annoying thing, both on radio and in venues, is when people request something totally out of whack with what you are currently playing. On the radio, I could be doing a country set and get a call for hip hop. At a dance club, someone will want the Buzzcocks. (If I never hear the Buzzcocks again, it’ll be too soon… one bar I worked at practically demanded that band hourly). I will usually try to get to a request, in a smooth fashion if it is possible, but that is often not good enough.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Reminds me of a thing. One night I’m spinning at a party. I open with an hour or so of recognizable dancey stuff. People love it. The evening deepens and alcohol minimizes the need for familiarity and now I’m settling into a Deep House groove, a place I love to be. I’m right in the middle of a transition when a girl comes up to me and grabs me and shouts something through the headphones at me. I complete the transition and push the phones down around my neck.<\/p>\n
“Say that again?”<\/p>\n
She says, “Can you please, please please play ‘I Will Always Love You’ by Whitney Houston??”<\/p>\n
Mother Pus Bucket.<\/p>\n
“I don’t have it,” I say. And that’s the truth. I didn’t think it was going to be that kind of evening.<\/p>\n
She jumps. “I do!”<\/p>\n
Oh, crap. She’s one of the organizers. This is her house. And I just responded as if there would be nothing more perfect for the moment than Whitney Houston but that tragically, I had forgotten to bring her. And now… aw, hell. The girl’s off hurrying to find her cd’s.<\/p>\n
Reluctantly, I start planning the musical route. I can’t just make the jump, you see. It would shock people out of their conversations and have them wondering what part of the movie they just missed. A DJ set can be something like the game of Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon. How do I get from Trainspotting<\/strong> to The Bodyguard<\/strong> in as few steps as possible? So I begin the slow transition from Deep House to Schmaltz Pop and imagine a day when I rule supreme, when I stand behind the decks and say, “No! You may not hear Pantera, you fool! I run these shiny machines! You will listen to The Kingston Trio and you will love it! Now dance!”<\/p>\n“Ha ha ha ha ha!!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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