June 17, 2024 • 25 mins
Ever faced an aggressive guest demanding their song be played on the spot? Discover how to handle these high-pressure moments with grace in our latest episode of Clever DJ with Ilya and Nino. We'll share our experiences of navigating song requests in the post-COVID era, where crowd dynamics have shifted dramatically. From dodging physical threats to tactfully declining unsuitable suggestions, we provide you with practical insights and strategies to maintain control while keeping the crowd on their feet. Learn the art of never outright refusing a request unless it clashes with the event's theme and how to use diplomacy to handle even the most insistent patrons.
Join us as we recount memorable gigs where song requests have both saved and sabotaged the night. We'll explore how elevated DJ booths can be a game-changer, the different approaches needed for various music genres, and personal anecdotes about the impact of generous tips on our setlists. Whether you're spinning tracks at weddings, proms, or clubs, we offer phrases and techniques to help you manage requests professionally. Tune in for a deep dive into the joys and challenges of DJing in today's unpredictable world, and learn how to master the art of crowd dynamics while preserving your artistic integrity.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
If you bum them out, everyone's going to get off the
dance floor.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
I got a request for just this past, again last week,
from one of my proms and herequested for an anime song, a
specific anime song.
I listened to it.
I was like, and I asked himstraight up is this going to
clear the dance floor?
And I don't know, I think somepeople will like it'm like, are
(00:25):
you sure?
Because if it clears the dancefloor it's not gonna make me
look good and and it's not, I'mnot gonna like you too much, man
, if I have to.
And he's like, okay, walkedaway.
He understood, I guess.
I guess I kind of just like Iwas straightforward with him.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Welcome back to another episode of Clever DJ
with Ilya and Nino.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
This is episode number 25.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Yeah, number 25.
What do we have today?
I think we spoke about thisbefore, but we're going to go in
depth today.
We promised we would do that.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
We always go in depth eventually.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Yes, so some topics you can't you can't talk enough
about it, yeah, for sure,especially this one, especially
with the stuff we're goingthrough, especially during some
gigs.
So today we have um takingrequests and dealing with a
crowd properly.
Has people's sense ofentitlement gotten worse over
the years, especially duringcovid, the covid era since 2020?
(01:47):
Yeah, that's when it started.
That's when it all started, man, yeah, but really the results
of that era started in 2021,2022, once people lived like
that for a couple years, right,yeah, especially yeah secluded
yeah, let's, let's start.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
You take it okay, so we're gonna start off with uh,
so we're gonna start withticking requests, right?
Never say no to an actualrequest.
Always try to veer it, veer itin another direction, but never
actually say no, unless it's um,for a specific genre or a
nightclub party, that they havea theme that's there going for
(02:25):
right.
You don't want to say no, it'sjust not, not, it's frowned upon
, agree.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Yes, I don't think I ever tried to say no because, as
somebody who you know juststarted off, it was really easy
for me to do a gig when thereare a lot of requests.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
And you want to take the requests right.
I want the requests because Iknow likely most people like it.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
There were the one-offs.
That was a weird request andeven I knew that I shouldn't
take it, but most of them aregood.
Most of the requests are good.
In certain events.
You want to take them If you'renot 100% sure on what to play.
It's going to make your life somuch easier.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Exactly, and we have some phrases here that you can
tell certain guests what you cansay to them, just not saying no
, right?
There's some things that youcan say to kind of veer away
from not saying no.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Yeah, or buy yourself some time, right, exactly yeah
we'll go over those uh towardsthe end, but uh, yeah, what else
do we have here?
So that's what we spoke about.
We actually find people gettingmore aggressive and angry if
the request isn't met, if therequest isn't played not always,
(03:45):
but a lot more than in the pastI've experienced this.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Have you guys experienced this in your gigs?
Just wondering, right, because,um, a lot, of, a lot of uh,
clients will will come up andrequest songs and then they'll
literally stand there like overyour head, over over, watching
you like are you gonna play itnow, sort of thing.
Or or else, right, sometimesthey won't stand there, they'll
(04:10):
stand behind you.
So they think that usually notin the way, but you know they're
behind you, right.
But I'm like, yeah, some ofthem get very, very physical,
right.
I know this dj in the states.
I got into an argument with aguest that was adamant I think
she was trying to impress his,his, his, um, girlfriend or
(04:32):
something and he started he'slike you won't play my request
and he started throwing fists.
I'm like what, yeah, yeah it's,it's pretty bad it was pretty
bad.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
This has to be a one-off, though it it it's not
normal right, it's not normal italso depends where and what
setting it it.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
It like, honestly, he was for sure he had to be drunk
the wedding, though.
Right, it was no, no, no, itwas a bar.
Yeah, it was a bar, I heard.
I heard he came back the nextday with a gun and it was a
different dj too and he was likeplaying my request I don't know
.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
For those who are watching this podcast and you're
not djs, here is a very goodtechnique on how to get your
song played right away.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Uh, just so you know, you likely will get your song
played, but you are also goingto go to prison and then you'll
definitely go get taken, gettaken away by the cops for sure
and that's what happened in thisinstance, unless you're very
quick play my song okay, gottago.
But for real, he got kicked out, he got beat.
I think he got beaten up too,just by that and, as it was a
(05:40):
bar in the states, like he wasdrunk, intoxicated, mentally
challenged for sure, yeah, whowould?
Speaker 1 (05:47):
do that like in the right mind, the right mind,
somebody who, whose brain worksproperly.
It's crazy, it's just insane.
So you either have some sort oflike, some sort of issue in
your brain, maybe you you havereal serious anger management,
uh, related problems.
(06:07):
But yeah, that's not a normalthing to deal with as what I'm
trying to say, but it couldhappen even here.
There's a bar where I was justrecently asked to DJ at.
I was happy cause, you know, Idon't have a lot of, like you
know, back to back gigs.
I still have to work for myclientele cause I'm just
starting out.
Um, whereas you have too many,too many man, yeah, you can give
(06:27):
me a few if you want.
The problem is yours are mostlyweddings and I just don't do
weddings yet.
But, um, they, the the dj whowas giving me that opportunity
was saying how, hey, you knowit's a great bar, but fights are
up there it's not it's not rareeither.
It could happen weekly, everyother week um.
(06:50):
Normally it won't be to donothing to do with the djs it's
mostly the actual ambience andthe people that that come there
yes, but the thing is somebodygot hurt because he tried to
intervene and he was either a DJor on the crew, yeah, and so
likely nothing will happen tothe DJ unless they intervene, or
(07:12):
somebody's asking for a request, or you're really bombing the
night yeah because the regulardj day is pretty good, yeah, but
the other thing that couldreally happen, even if it has
nothing to do with you your gearcan get knocked down because
they're all over the place andthere's like a brawl or whatever
right, yeah, that's dangerous,yeah, very, very dangerous
Speaker 2 (07:33):
I feel can happen anywhere.
It can happen anywhere.
I think I feel like these days,like like now, because of COVID
and just the sense of thepeople can get everything at
their fingertips.
Right, they can downloadanything on the spot.
They feel like that we'reSpotify, right, so we can play
anything.
Why can't you just play my song?
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Yeah, they don't think about the fact that it's
not about how accessible and howeasy it is to get it.
Song yeah, they don't thinkabout the fact that it's not
about how accessible and howeasy it is to get it.
They don't understand the logicof playing a set or where
you're playing, where you'replaying it and and just keeping
people on the dance floor.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Our job is to make people dance and they don't
understand that when theyrequest a song, it's.
It's mostly a song that arequest that's selfish, that
they like personally and itdoesn't like.
It's not necessarily whateverybody would like or would
dance to, right.
They don't notice it until itactually happens and you play it
and I've.
(08:28):
I've come across this many,many times that I've played a
song, especially at thebeginning of my career.
I played a song and then itclears the dance floor and then
what?
You have to start all overagain.
You look at the person thatrequested and they're not even
dancing because nobody's on thedance floor.
They're probably at the bardrinking.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
They're like, oh, shoot.
And then they come hey, did youplay my song?
Yet I'm like, yes, I did.
Yes, I did.
That's when everyone joined youat the bar and like they'll
come to you like this, like here, I found it for you.
Okay, what do you want me to do?
That's the worst.
Right, let me take your phone,I'll unhook everything and I'll
hook up your phone for you.
(09:06):
Yeah, yeah, that's, you know,it's just um, even if you have,
like on the fly, you have a wayto hook their phone up like you
don't want.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
What are they?
Speaker 1 (09:11):
expecting yeah they're expecting.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
I found it for you.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Yeah, terrible, it's terrible once, I think, somebody
um how did he?
Yeah, he said, he said he willsend it to me.
I'm like like through emailsomehow whatsapp I think.
I think they want my phonenumber.
Oh god right.
So very rarely will I give myphone number to like random
people, um, during a gig, uh,but yeah it's.
(09:35):
Um, the fact that's so readilyavailable does not mean we're
gonna play it.
Yeah, it's not about that.
You know what, coming from mealso, I used to be one of those
people who would come up to a djand ask to play something.
I was always respectful.
I was always one of those peoplebecause I'm one of my song
played right.
I'm one of the people who makerequests.
I was always respectful.
(09:57):
I always tried to figure outwhen is the best time to
approach them.
But I didn't really understand.
Even me, being a musician, Iwasn't sure what they're doing,
right?
Yeah, so when is the good timeto approach?
Right?
But I tried.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
I always love the requests that tailor to what
you're playing at the moment.
So if it kind of fits the vibeand if it was something that I
was going to play anyway, I love, I welcome that because, okay,
I was going to play it anyway.
Thank you, I literally readyour mind right there and you
build rapport with them, yeah,and they're like oh you know,
(10:32):
you know what we're thinkingright.
And they're like yes, yes, Ilove those.
Yes, yes, I love those.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
I love those, and that especially comes from
fellow DJs, bartenders, peoplein the industry, people who
party a lot and kind of have agood sense of music right.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
But it's different when people just like no, play
my song now.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
Yeah, and then they start giving you looks and
whisper something.
Whisper something to theirfriends like, oh, that guy, that
guy not going to play more.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
And then sometimes they give you an excuse oh,
we're leaving now, so, uh, weneed you to play this song.
Meanwhile they don't leave.
I thought you were leaving, andthen they come back like 10
minutes later.
Uh, can you play my song now?
I thought you left.
You can play it in the car onthe way home right, don't you
have it on spotify?
Speaker 1 (11:17):
yeah exactly right uh , do everyone that thinks we're
a-holes.
I love playing requests, I yeah, but sometimes it just doesn't
make sense.
It doesn't make sense for thethe moment, a lot less for you.
You have, like, your musicalknowledge is far more advanced
and you never really need helpwith anything.
(11:39):
For me, some gigs I'm likeshoot, what is up with this
crowd?
Nothing works.
Like I'm getting 30% of thepeople on the dance floor.
I want at least 60%.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
And suddenly somebody comes, yo play the song.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Hell, mary, let's see I play the song you have to.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
Everyone comes on the dance floor sometimes they know
, they know what everybody likes.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
It's like an insider tip, then I'm like you know what
.
I know how to proceed from here, exactly, exactly so sometimes
we welcome requests that way,for sure.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Okay, that's enough for that.
We can go on for that.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
On that point right there but um, you actually
mentioned the the dj booth beingelevated.
I wish everywhere every setupwas like that, where the dj
booth is like separated from thecrowd and there's a spot where
you can go and speak to them or,like your helper, could like,
hang around there and takerequests.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
It's I tell you well, no, no, actually, if it was
totally secluded and you can'teven find a way.
But then it's completely likeanti-social.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
I feel as a dj you should be approachable it
depends it depends.
So you should have the option.
If you want to, yeah, but youdon't have to go down, but you
don't have to, but it depends onthe night too.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
If you're just playing hip-hop all night and
everybody knows like that's,that's what you're gonna play,
so you don't need nobody needsto request anything, especially
if everybody's dancing yeah,when it comes to hip-hop, that's
when you'll see me accepting asmany requests as possible.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
He's got a hip-hop head, so I, I, you know there's
some hip-hop tracks out there.
Like I listen to rap here andthere too.
Like you know, it's not yourforte, I know no and it was
maybe for a couple years I was.
Like you know, it's not yourforte, I know no, and it was
maybe for a couple of years.
I was really, like you know,listening to it a lot, but for
most of my life I listened moreto like EDM, uh rock, mostly
like soft rock, some metal likenot hip hop, right, only like
(13:30):
the really mainstream stuff.
So if I go to an event and theywant hip hop, first of all I'll
be practicing like crazy.
Before that I'll be doing lotsof research, but then on top, of
that you'll be getting a bunchof text messages and requests
for songs, but then if therequests come, I'm blessed
because for that gig I need themyou need them.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
Yeah, yeah and um, yeah, I actually I did.
I never really knew why DJslike especially veteran DJs
didn't like requests, takingrequests at all.
But now, working for a fewyears, now doing it for a while,
like 15 years, I understandexactly what they're saying Like
(14:14):
, and sometimes, in certainsituations, in certain venues, I
like to be away from the crowdand just kind of playing what I
like.
Just as long as they're dancing, I'm doing my job right.
So you can't tell me what to do.
A lot of people, some guests,will come up to you.
Can you please play somethingwe can dance to?
But then you look at the dancefloor, look at the crowd, um,
(14:37):
you can see that the dance flooris full, everybody's dancing.
What do you mean?
And then, and then they'resaying, yeah, but she plays
something good, it's becausetheir group of people isn't
dancing exactly.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
So there is like, remember that one wedding?
It was, yeah, it was a wedding,I forget where.
I'm sure if I gave you a betterdescription, you need to
remember you always.
I don't know how you remember,but, um, it was.
It was something Latin andyou're playing and more, more of
the younger people were dancing.
It was Italian.
(15:08):
I know for sure it was Italian.
You'll play the Latin music.
They were dancing, the youngerpeople, okay.
And then some guy asked.
And then some guy asked he wasolder, he was in his 70s, he was
asking for a specific Italiansong.
Oh, yes, and it was very slow.
And then suddenly, like withinhalf an hour to an hour, that
(15:29):
entire crowd of people justdisappeared from the venue.
It was already their bedtime, Iknow, but sometimes when you
played it, they all got on, someof the younger people stayed,
and then you see the shift.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
You see the shift Every time.
Yeah, and you need that,especially in bars and clubs.
You need that shift, that waveto interchange from people
getting drinks getting on thedance floor.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
You're working with a venue, you're working with all
the contractors, pretty much bymaking sure.
Hey, you know, I know theyhaven't checked the photo booth
yet or they need to drink.
They need a break, so I canbring it up later.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Yeah, exactly, Exactly so same thing goes for
weddings or bars, right?
You want to make sure that theyhave a downtime to take a break
, not just dancing the wholetime really hard, Otherwise
you're going to burn them out.
Right?
There's no way of them keepingthat up unless they're like
teenagers.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
I think you remember that gig I told you about that
really opened up my eyes, was itin december?
the gig you gave me because youreally couldn't do it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, and I waslike, are you sure, how am I
gonna?
Okay, fine, I'll do this,because I really wanted to and
that was probably my absolutelybest gig.
I killed it at some point.
I was getting killed by it likefor like half an hour to an
hour and then just somethingclicked.
(16:43):
I'm like you know what?
Just chill, you got this.
You know all this music andthey would not get off the dance
for like two hours.
It was just two hours, likestraight.
You know, the only break thegut is go to the table quickly
get their drink and then comeback to the dance floor.
And they were dancing nicely,man, they were all over the
place.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
Those are the gigs.
Those are the gigs we live for.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
So much fun.
Honestly, we keep saying thisIf money wasn't so important in?
Speaker 2 (17:17):
this day and age, or ever really.
If money wasn't this important,I would do this for free.
If prices weren't so high, wewould do things for free.
We got to survive, but this isfun.
It's fun.
It doesn't feel like a job.
Honestly, DJing is one of thebest jobs in the world, I think.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
By far Anything to do with music, in my opinion,
right?
Yes, I'm sure non-musicianswould say what are?
No, what are you talking about?
I love being an engineer, orsomething.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
DJs, you agree with us Best job in the world?
Yeah, by far, by far, all right.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
We're going to move on to the next one.
You actually have a bunch ofquotes.
You would say which ones do youguys use?
So we have the what did youwrite here?
Which ones do you do you guysuse?
So we have the.
Um, what did you write here?
I will try to work it in, but Ihave a list that you need to
get through too.
I did that.
Yep, I did this, this one.
I was like, listen, I have iton my list.
(18:07):
I'll play it later.
I'm not going to lie.
A couple of times I forgot,yeah, but that was a good one.
That definitely helps, becausethen you kind of they give you
the nod like, oh, okay, cool,and then walk away for at least
two or three tracks before theycome back and bug you again.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
I'll see if I have it and if I do, I'll make sure to
play it right.
And if it's a good request andmaybe I was going to play it
anyway then I'll definitely playit.
But if it was a really badrequest and I think it was gonna
clear the dance floor, I'lljust forget about.
Oh yeah, that's right if hecomes back to me and ask where's
my quest?
Oh, sorry man, I don't have it.
The wi-fi is really spotty heretoo.
(18:46):
So and that's the end of it,right, if you want to, uh, if
you want to request another song, feel free, I might have it or
you would offer them somethingsimilar.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Yes, how about this?
About this?
Would you like this songinstead?
Yeah, right, that's why, whenthey come up for a request, if I
, if I see that a song is not agood request, I tell them listen
, I can't play this right now.
Give me two other requests,I'll try to play one of them.
Yeah, that's also a really goodone, like I'm.
(19:18):
And what's the other good thingyou wrote here?
Sorry, I can't downloadanything.
The Wi-Fi sucks.
You already said that.
That's really funny.
It's actually true.
Some places it's really yeah,it's terrible Hotspot nothing
worked Because there's no.
This we're like In the middle ofnowhere, three, four hours up
north, and the infrastructurethere is just not up to par,
yeah, north, and theinfrastructure there is just not
(19:41):
up to par, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
So there's no way, so we're telling the truth.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
That way, right, do you?
Yeah, go ahead.
No, no, no, go ahead.
I'm sorry, sir you finishedyour sentence did you have
anything important to say?
Uh, I forgot what I said.
Okay, so it wasn't important.
So I'll say something.
Yes, um, did you ever get paidfor a request?
I know you did.
I'm just trying to makeconversation.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
Yes, yes, and I have certain tiers for when I get
certain tips.
If it's like $50 and above,I'll play it right now.
Whenever I'm playing right now,I'm going to stop it and then
play Sell out.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
Sell out.
Sell out.
No, I'm joking, it depends play.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
You know, sometimes if you're, if you're playing at
a bar and you're playing, you'regetting paid like uh, 250
dollars and somebody tips youlike 100, 100, 150 dollars.
It's like almost more than halfof what you're getting paid.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
Man, I'm gonna play their request yeah, so actually
one of the only times I got paidworking with Nino was when I
got a request and he liked itand he just like dropped me a 20
.
I was like I'm keeping this,that is mine, I earned it, it's
yours, man.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
You earned it, right.
If it's a 20 or something, I'mgoing to play.
Ok, probably play it in thenext 10 minutes or so.
Ok, it's a good request.
And if it's a good request,right.
Okay, it's a good request.
And if it's a good request,right.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
If it's a totally bad request, there's no way I'd
actually give the money back tothem sorry, buddy, sorry, not
even for 100, no, but um, yeah,I, I think I got a 20 at least
once, maybe twice, when I was,um, just when you were mentoring
me when we were on, you know,on the on the wedding tour thing
that we're doing Wedding tourLike back to back, friday,
(21:23):
saturday, sunday, friday,saturday, sunday, every week.
Right, I did like dozens ofgigs with you, dj, life and um,
and then also, I believe, yeah,yeah, I got paid, I forget how
much, probably a 20.
I would, I would haveremembered if it was 50 or 100
yeah but I got.
I got a 20 also when I was uhdjing myself and they asked for
a request but I either didn'thave the song or didn't want to
(21:46):
play it and I offered somethingelse and then, based on that, I
also started playing other musicthat they really enjoyed.
I got.
I got their vibe and it alsowas good for the night yeah, so
sometimes it's a win-win.
Speaker 2 (21:56):
So I got a vibe and it also was good for the night.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
Yeah, so sometimes it's a win-win.
So I got a 20 and I got anothertip on top of that, yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
It's great that sometimes they request something
that you're going to playanyway and they tip you.
Oh man, Life is good, Life isgood.
And just recently I got tipped$500 at my bar gig.
It was more than I got paid formy bar gig, so that really made
my day.
I was playing all the musicthat they loved and it was just
(22:22):
that the guy just came up to meafter and like yo, fire, fire
set and dropped money.
I was like wow, wow, wow, Areyou going to stop?
No, he's still going.
I'm like thank you so much.
I wanted to like kiss him.
I actually hugged him.
Thank you so much.
I wanted to like kiss him.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
I actually hugged him Right.
So, yeah, that's awesome.
Yeah, Um.
Last one on the list drunkrequests.
It says parentheses.
Example at my wedding this pastweekend I don't think I heard
that.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
Oh man, yeah, the, I think it was.
Yeah, that's just this pastweekend.
Um, I had a, a request thatthat the one guy from the
wedding party he was like play,play some edm.
And the dance was packed playsome edm.
I know you can do it.
I'm like, yeah, I, I can do it.
(23:10):
Yeah, I can definitely do it.
And um, but it gave me aninsider like a tip of like what
they really really wanted.
I was playing stuff that theyliked, but once I started
playing like the edm stuff, itwas did it help?
Wow, yeah, they went crazy.
I was like, wow, okay, okay,this is what I asked about that
(23:33):
I didn't know about that crowdat all and sometimes it's good
to to take requests from peoplefrom the bridal party, from the
bride and groom.
Sometimes it's not.
It works against you becausethey're going to say, oh, this
is from the bride or the groom,but meanwhile it's not, it's
just from them.
But in this instance it reallyworked out.
It was a fire dance floor Bestwedding so far for this year.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
how long was that set ?
Speaker 2 (23:58):
ever since they asked for it and then you that edm
set lasted probably an hour oh,so that was like long midway
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it wasmidway I saw it.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
I love when requests go so well, it was.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Yeah, it was a fire, fire.
Uh request, I was like yes,thank you.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
Thank you so much, bro, so one of the toughest
places to get requests, in myopinion, is proms.
That's where I don't likerequests, but the kids I mean.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
If you bum them out, man, get off the dance floor I
got a request for a like justjust this past again last week,
um from my one of my proms andhe requested like for an anime
song, a specific anime song.
I listened to it.
I was like um, and I asked himstraight up is this gonna clear
the dance floor?
(24:47):
And that I don't know.
I I think some people will likeit.
I'm like are you sure?
Because if it clears the dancefloor, it's not gonna make me
look good and and it's not, I'mnot gonna like you too much, man
, if I have to.
And he's like, okay, walkedaway.
(25:09):
He understood, I guess.
I guess I kind of just like Iwas straightforward with him,
like, yeah, our job is tough,right, and a lot of requests are
selfish, 90 percent of requestsare all selfish.
So, yeah, they don't thinkabout that all right.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
Well, there we go.
I think I think we covered.
We covered a nice list all ofit.
That was a very in-depthepisode about requests and how
to deal with them.
Yes, sir, well, thank you verymuch for joining another episode
of the clever dj.
You guys, we're gonna see you,sir.
Well, thank you very much forjoining another episode of the
Clever DJ.
Speaker 2 (25:40):
Thank you, guys.
We're going to see you in thenext one.
Thank you for joining us, yes.
If you bum them out, everyone's going to get off the
dance floor.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
I got a request for just this past, again last week,
from one of my proms and herequested for an anime song, a
specific anime song.
I listened to it.
I was like, and I asked himstraight up is this going to
clear the dance floor?
And I don't know, I think somepeople will like it'm like, are
(00:25):
you sure?
Because if it clears the dancefloor it's not gonna make me
look good and and it's not, I'mnot gonna like you too much, man
, if I have to.
And he's like, okay, walkedaway.
He understood, I guess.
I guess I kind of just like Iwas straightforward with him.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Welcome back to another episode of Clever DJ
with Ilya and Nino.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
This is episode number 25.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Yeah, number 25.
What do we have today?
I think we spoke about thisbefore, but we're going to go in
depth today.
We promised we would do that.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
We always go in depth eventually.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Yes, so some topics you can't you can't talk enough
about it, yeah, for sure,especially this one, especially
with the stuff we're goingthrough, especially during some
gigs.
So today we have um takingrequests and dealing with a
crowd properly.
Has people's sense ofentitlement gotten worse over
the years, especially duringcovid, the covid era since 2020?
(01:47):
Yeah, that's when it started.
That's when it all started, man, yeah, but really the results
of that era started in 2021,2022, once people lived like
that for a couple years, right,yeah, especially yeah secluded
yeah, let's, let's start.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
You take it okay, so we're gonna start off with uh,
so we're gonna start withticking requests, right?
Never say no to an actualrequest.
Always try to veer it, veer itin another direction, but never
actually say no, unless it's um,for a specific genre or a
nightclub party, that they havea theme that's there going for
(02:25):
right.
You don't want to say no, it'sjust not, not, it's frowned upon
, agree.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Yes, I don't think I ever tried to say no because, as
somebody who you know juststarted off, it was really easy
for me to do a gig when thereare a lot of requests.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
And you want to take the requests right.
I want the requests because Iknow likely most people like it.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
There were the one-offs.
That was a weird request andeven I knew that I shouldn't
take it, but most of them aregood.
Most of the requests are good.
In certain events.
You want to take them If you'renot 100% sure on what to play.
It's going to make your life somuch easier.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Exactly, and we have some phrases here that you can
tell certain guests what you cansay to them, just not saying no
, right?
There's some things that youcan say to kind of veer away
from not saying no.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Yeah, or buy yourself some time, right, exactly yeah
we'll go over those uh towardsthe end, but uh, yeah, what else
do we have here?
So that's what we spoke about.
We actually find people gettingmore aggressive and angry if
the request isn't met, if therequest isn't played not always,
(03:45):
but a lot more than in the pastI've experienced this.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Have you guys experienced this in your gigs?
Just wondering, right, because,um, a lot, of, a lot of uh,
clients will will come up andrequest songs and then they'll
literally stand there like overyour head, over over, watching
you like are you gonna play itnow, sort of thing.
Or or else, right, sometimesthey won't stand there, they'll
(04:10):
stand behind you.
So they think that usually notin the way, but you know they're
behind you, right.
But I'm like, yeah, some ofthem get very, very physical,
right.
I know this dj in the states.
I got into an argument with aguest that was adamant I think
she was trying to impress his,his, his, um, girlfriend or
(04:32):
something and he started he'slike you won't play my request
and he started throwing fists.
I'm like what, yeah, yeah it's,it's pretty bad it was pretty
bad.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
This has to be a one-off, though it it it's not
normal right, it's not normal italso depends where and what
setting it it.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
It like, honestly, he was for sure he had to be drunk
the wedding, though.
Right, it was no, no, no, itwas a bar.
Yeah, it was a bar, I heard.
I heard he came back the nextday with a gun and it was a
different dj too and he was likeplaying my request I don't know
.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
For those who are watching this podcast and you're
not djs, here is a very goodtechnique on how to get your
song played right away.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Uh, just so you know, you likely will get your song
played, but you are also goingto go to prison and then you'll
definitely go get taken, gettaken away by the cops for sure
and that's what happened in thisinstance, unless you're very
quick play my song okay, gottago.
But for real, he got kicked out, he got beat.
I think he got beaten up too,just by that and, as it was a
(05:40):
bar in the states, like he wasdrunk, intoxicated, mentally
challenged for sure, yeah, whowould?
Speaker 1 (05:47):
do that like in the right mind, the right mind,
somebody who, whose brain worksproperly.
It's crazy, it's just insane.
So you either have some sort oflike, some sort of issue in
your brain, maybe you you havereal serious anger management,
uh, related problems.
(06:07):
But yeah, that's not a normalthing to deal with as what I'm
trying to say, but it couldhappen even here.
There's a bar where I was justrecently asked to DJ at.
I was happy cause, you know, Idon't have a lot of, like you
know, back to back gigs.
I still have to work for myclientele cause I'm just
starting out.
Um, whereas you have too many,too many man, yeah, you can give
(06:27):
me a few if you want.
The problem is yours are mostlyweddings and I just don't do
weddings yet.
But, um, they, the the dj whowas giving me that opportunity
was saying how, hey, you knowit's a great bar, but fights are
up there it's not it's not rareeither.
It could happen weekly, everyother week um.
(06:50):
Normally it won't be to donothing to do with the djs it's
mostly the actual ambience andthe people that that come there
yes, but the thing is somebodygot hurt because he tried to
intervene and he was either a DJor on the crew, yeah, and so
likely nothing will happen tothe DJ unless they intervene, or
(07:12):
somebody's asking for a request, or you're really bombing the
night yeah because the regulardj day is pretty good, yeah, but
the other thing that couldreally happen, even if it has
nothing to do with you your gearcan get knocked down because
they're all over the place andthere's like a brawl or whatever
right, yeah, that's dangerous,yeah, very, very dangerous
Speaker 2 (07:33):
I feel can happen anywhere.
It can happen anywhere.
I think I feel like these days,like like now, because of COVID
and just the sense of thepeople can get everything at
their fingertips.
Right, they can downloadanything on the spot.
They feel like that we'reSpotify, right, so we can play
anything.
Why can't you just play my song?
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Yeah, they don't think about the fact that it's
not about how accessible and howeasy it is to get it.
Song yeah, they don't thinkabout the fact that it's not
about how accessible and howeasy it is to get it.
They don't understand the logicof playing a set or where
you're playing, where you'replaying it and and just keeping
people on the dance floor.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Our job is to make people dance and they don't
understand that when theyrequest a song, it's.
It's mostly a song that arequest that's selfish, that
they like personally and itdoesn't like.
It's not necessarily whateverybody would like or would
dance to, right.
They don't notice it until itactually happens and you play it
and I've.
(08:28):
I've come across this many,many times that I've played a
song, especially at thebeginning of my career.
I played a song and then itclears the dance floor and then
what?
You have to start all overagain.
You look at the person thatrequested and they're not even
dancing because nobody's on thedance floor.
They're probably at the bardrinking.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
They're like, oh, shoot.
And then they come hey, did youplay my song?
Yet I'm like, yes, I did.
Yes, I did.
That's when everyone joined youat the bar and like they'll
come to you like this, like here, I found it for you.
Okay, what do you want me to do?
That's the worst.
Right, let me take your phone,I'll unhook everything and I'll
hook up your phone for you.
(09:06):
Yeah, yeah, that's, you know,it's just um, even if you have,
like on the fly, you have a wayto hook their phone up like you
don't want.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
What are they?
Speaker 1 (09:11):
expecting yeah they're expecting.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
I found it for you.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Yeah, terrible, it's terrible once, I think, somebody
um how did he?
Yeah, he said, he said he willsend it to me.
I'm like like through emailsomehow whatsapp I think.
I think they want my phonenumber.
Oh god right.
So very rarely will I give myphone number to like random
people, um, during a gig, uh,but yeah it's.
(09:35):
Um, the fact that's so readilyavailable does not mean we're
gonna play it.
Yeah, it's not about that.
You know what, coming from mealso, I used to be one of those
people who would come up to a djand ask to play something.
I was always respectful.
I was always one of those peoplebecause I'm one of my song
played right.
I'm one of the people who makerequests.
I was always respectful.
(09:57):
I always tried to figure outwhen is the best time to
approach them.
But I didn't really understand.
Even me, being a musician, Iwasn't sure what they're doing,
right?
Yeah, so when is the good timeto approach?
Right?
But I tried.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
I always love the requests that tailor to what
you're playing at the moment.
So if it kind of fits the vibeand if it was something that I
was going to play anyway, I love, I welcome that because, okay,
I was going to play it anyway.
Thank you, I literally readyour mind right there and you
build rapport with them, yeah,and they're like oh you know,
(10:32):
you know what we're thinkingright.
And they're like yes, yes, Ilove those.
Yes, yes, I love those.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
I love those, and that especially comes from
fellow DJs, bartenders, peoplein the industry, people who
party a lot and kind of have agood sense of music right.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
But it's different when people just like no, play
my song now.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
Yeah, and then they start giving you looks and
whisper something.
Whisper something to theirfriends like, oh, that guy, that
guy not going to play more.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
And then sometimes they give you an excuse oh,
we're leaving now, so, uh, weneed you to play this song.
Meanwhile they don't leave.
I thought you were leaving, andthen they come back like 10
minutes later.
Uh, can you play my song now?
I thought you left.
You can play it in the car onthe way home right, don't you
have it on spotify?
Speaker 1 (11:17):
yeah exactly right uh , do everyone that thinks we're
a-holes.
I love playing requests, I yeah, but sometimes it just doesn't
make sense.
It doesn't make sense for thethe moment, a lot less for you.
You have, like, your musicalknowledge is far more advanced
and you never really need helpwith anything.
(11:39):
For me, some gigs I'm likeshoot, what is up with this
crowd?
Nothing works.
Like I'm getting 30% of thepeople on the dance floor.
I want at least 60%.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
And suddenly somebody comes, yo play the song.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Hell, mary, let's see I play the song you have to.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
Everyone comes on the dance floor sometimes they know
, they know what everybody likes.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
It's like an insider tip, then I'm like you know what
.
I know how to proceed from here, exactly, exactly so sometimes
we welcome requests that way,for sure.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Okay, that's enough for that.
We can go on for that.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
On that point right there but um, you actually
mentioned the the dj booth beingelevated.
I wish everywhere every setupwas like that, where the dj
booth is like separated from thecrowd and there's a spot where
you can go and speak to them or,like your helper, could like,
hang around there and takerequests.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
It's I tell you well, no, no, actually, if it was
totally secluded and you can'teven find a way.
But then it's completely likeanti-social.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
I feel as a dj you should be approachable it
depends it depends.
So you should have the option.
If you want to, yeah, but youdon't have to go down, but you
don't have to, but it depends onthe night too.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
If you're just playing hip-hop all night and
everybody knows like that's,that's what you're gonna play,
so you don't need nobody needsto request anything, especially
if everybody's dancing yeah,when it comes to hip-hop, that's
when you'll see me accepting asmany requests as possible.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
He's got a hip-hop head, so I, I, you know there's
some hip-hop tracks out there.
Like I listen to rap here andthere too.
Like you know, it's not yourforte, I know no and it was
maybe for a couple years I was.
Like you know, it's not yourforte, I know no, and it was
maybe for a couple of years.
I was really, like you know,listening to it a lot, but for
most of my life I listened moreto like EDM, uh rock, mostly
like soft rock, some metal likenot hip hop, right, only like
(13:30):
the really mainstream stuff.
So if I go to an event and theywant hip hop, first of all I'll
be practicing like crazy.
Before that I'll be doing lotsof research, but then on top, of
that you'll be getting a bunchof text messages and requests
for songs, but then if therequests come, I'm blessed
because for that gig I need themyou need them.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
Yeah, yeah and um, yeah, I actually I did.
I never really knew why DJslike especially veteran DJs
didn't like requests, takingrequests at all.
But now, working for a fewyears, now doing it for a while,
like 15 years, I understandexactly what they're saying Like
(14:14):
, and sometimes, in certainsituations, in certain venues, I
like to be away from the crowdand just kind of playing what I
like.
Just as long as they're dancing, I'm doing my job right.
So you can't tell me what to do.
A lot of people, some guests,will come up to you.
Can you please play somethingwe can dance to?
But then you look at the dancefloor, look at the crowd, um,
(14:37):
you can see that the dance flooris full, everybody's dancing.
What do you mean?
And then, and then they'resaying, yeah, but she plays
something good, it's becausetheir group of people isn't
dancing exactly.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
So there is like, remember that one wedding?
It was, yeah, it was a wedding,I forget where.
I'm sure if I gave you a betterdescription, you need to
remember you always.
I don't know how you remember,but, um, it was.
It was something Latin andyou're playing and more, more of
the younger people were dancing.
It was Italian.
(15:08):
I know for sure it was Italian.
You'll play the Latin music.
They were dancing, the youngerpeople, okay.
And then some guy asked.
And then some guy asked he wasolder, he was in his 70s, he was
asking for a specific Italiansong.
Oh, yes, and it was very slow.
And then suddenly, like withinhalf an hour to an hour, that
(15:29):
entire crowd of people justdisappeared from the venue.
It was already their bedtime, Iknow, but sometimes when you
played it, they all got on, someof the younger people stayed,
and then you see the shift.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
You see the shift Every time.
Yeah, and you need that,especially in bars and clubs.
You need that shift, that waveto interchange from people
getting drinks getting on thedance floor.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
You're working with a venue, you're working with all
the contractors, pretty much bymaking sure.
Hey, you know, I know theyhaven't checked the photo booth
yet or they need to drink.
They need a break, so I canbring it up later.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Yeah, exactly, Exactly so same thing goes for
weddings or bars, right?
You want to make sure that theyhave a downtime to take a break
, not just dancing the wholetime really hard, Otherwise
you're going to burn them out.
Right?
There's no way of them keepingthat up unless they're like
teenagers.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
I think you remember that gig I told you about that
really opened up my eyes, was itin december?
the gig you gave me because youreally couldn't do it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, and I waslike, are you sure, how am I
gonna?
Okay, fine, I'll do this,because I really wanted to and
that was probably my absolutelybest gig.
I killed it at some point.
I was getting killed by it likefor like half an hour to an
hour and then just somethingclicked.
(16:43):
I'm like you know what?
Just chill, you got this.
You know all this music andthey would not get off the dance
for like two hours.
It was just two hours, likestraight.
You know, the only break thegut is go to the table quickly
get their drink and then comeback to the dance floor.
And they were dancing nicely,man, they were all over the
place.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
Those are the gigs.
Those are the gigs we live for.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
So much fun.
Honestly, we keep saying thisIf money wasn't so important in?
Speaker 2 (17:17):
this day and age, or ever really.
If money wasn't this important,I would do this for free.
If prices weren't so high, wewould do things for free.
We got to survive, but this isfun.
It's fun.
It doesn't feel like a job.
Honestly, DJing is one of thebest jobs in the world, I think.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
By far Anything to do with music, in my opinion,
right?
Yes, I'm sure non-musicianswould say what are?
No, what are you talking about?
I love being an engineer, orsomething.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
DJs, you agree with us Best job in the world?
Yeah, by far, by far, all right.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
We're going to move on to the next one.
You actually have a bunch ofquotes.
You would say which ones do youguys use?
So we have the what did youwrite here?
Which ones do you do you guysuse?
So we have the.
Um, what did you write here?
I will try to work it in, but Ihave a list that you need to
get through too.
I did that.
Yep, I did this, this one.
I was like, listen, I have iton my list.
(18:07):
I'll play it later.
I'm not going to lie.
A couple of times I forgot,yeah, but that was a good one.
That definitely helps, becausethen you kind of they give you
the nod like, oh, okay, cool,and then walk away for at least
two or three tracks before theycome back and bug you again.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
I'll see if I have it and if I do, I'll make sure to
play it right.
And if it's a good request andmaybe I was going to play it
anyway then I'll definitely playit.
But if it was a really badrequest and I think it was gonna
clear the dance floor, I'lljust forget about.
Oh yeah, that's right if hecomes back to me and ask where's
my quest?
Oh, sorry man, I don't have it.
The wi-fi is really spotty heretoo.
(18:46):
So and that's the end of it,right, if you want to, uh, if
you want to request another song, feel free, I might have it or
you would offer them somethingsimilar.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Yes, how about this?
About this?
Would you like this songinstead?
Yeah, right, that's why, whenthey come up for a request, if I
, if I see that a song is not agood request, I tell them listen
, I can't play this right now.
Give me two other requests,I'll try to play one of them.
Yeah, that's also a really goodone, like I'm.
(19:18):
And what's the other good thingyou wrote here?
Sorry, I can't downloadanything.
The Wi-Fi sucks.
You already said that.
That's really funny.
It's actually true.
Some places it's really yeah,it's terrible Hotspot nothing
worked Because there's no.
This we're like In the middle ofnowhere, three, four hours up
north, and the infrastructurethere is just not up to par,
yeah, north, and theinfrastructure there is just not
(19:41):
up to par, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
So there's no way, so we're telling the truth.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
That way, right, do you?
Yeah, go ahead.
No, no, no, go ahead.
I'm sorry, sir you finishedyour sentence did you have
anything important to say?
Uh, I forgot what I said.
Okay, so it wasn't important.
So I'll say something.
Yes, um, did you ever get paidfor a request?
I know you did.
I'm just trying to makeconversation.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
Yes, yes, and I have certain tiers for when I get
certain tips.
If it's like $50 and above,I'll play it right now.
Whenever I'm playing right now,I'm going to stop it and then
play Sell out.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
Sell out.
Sell out.
No, I'm joking, it depends play.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
You know, sometimes if you're, if you're playing at
a bar and you're playing, you'regetting paid like uh, 250
dollars and somebody tips youlike 100, 100, 150 dollars.
It's like almost more than halfof what you're getting paid.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
Man, I'm gonna play their request yeah, so actually
one of the only times I got paidworking with Nino was when I
got a request and he liked itand he just like dropped me a 20
.
I was like I'm keeping this,that is mine, I earned it, it's
yours, man.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
You earned it, right.
If it's a 20 or something, I'mgoing to play.
Ok, probably play it in thenext 10 minutes or so.
Ok, it's a good request.
And if it's a good request,right.
Okay, it's a good request.
And if it's a good request,right.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
If it's a totally bad request, there's no way I'd
actually give the money back tothem sorry, buddy, sorry, not
even for 100, no, but um, yeah,I, I think I got a 20 at least
once, maybe twice, when I was,um, just when you were mentoring
me when we were on, you know,on the on the wedding tour thing
that we're doing Wedding tourLike back to back, friday,
(21:23):
saturday, sunday, friday,saturday, sunday, every week.
Right, I did like dozens ofgigs with you, dj, life and um,
and then also, I believe, yeah,yeah, I got paid, I forget how
much, probably a 20.
I would, I would haveremembered if it was 50 or 100
yeah but I got.
I got a 20 also when I was uhdjing myself and they asked for
a request but I either didn'thave the song or didn't want to
(21:46):
play it and I offered somethingelse and then, based on that, I
also started playing other musicthat they really enjoyed.
I got.
I got their vibe and it alsowas good for the night yeah, so
sometimes it's a win-win.
Speaker 2 (21:56):
So I got a vibe and it also was good for the night.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
Yeah, so sometimes it's a win-win.
So I got a 20 and I got anothertip on top of that, yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
It's great that sometimes they request something
that you're going to playanyway and they tip you.
Oh man, Life is good, Life isgood.
And just recently I got tipped$500 at my bar gig.
It was more than I got paid formy bar gig, so that really made
my day.
I was playing all the musicthat they loved and it was just
(22:22):
that the guy just came up to meafter and like yo, fire, fire
set and dropped money.
I was like wow, wow, wow, Areyou going to stop?
No, he's still going.
I'm like thank you so much.
I wanted to like kiss him.
I actually hugged him.
Thank you so much.
I wanted to like kiss him.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
I actually hugged him Right.
So, yeah, that's awesome.
Yeah, Um.
Last one on the list drunkrequests.
It says parentheses.
Example at my wedding this pastweekend I don't think I heard
that.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
Oh man, yeah, the, I think it was.
Yeah, that's just this pastweekend.
Um, I had a, a request thatthat the one guy from the
wedding party he was like play,play some edm.
And the dance was packed playsome edm.
I know you can do it.
I'm like, yeah, I, I can do it.
(23:10):
Yeah, I can definitely do it.
And um, but it gave me aninsider like a tip of like what
they really really wanted.
I was playing stuff that theyliked, but once I started
playing like the edm stuff, itwas did it help?
Wow, yeah, they went crazy.
I was like, wow, okay, okay,this is what I asked about that
(23:33):
I didn't know about that crowdat all and sometimes it's good
to to take requests from peoplefrom the bridal party, from the
bride and groom.
Sometimes it's not.
It works against you becausethey're going to say, oh, this
is from the bride or the groom,but meanwhile it's not, it's
just from them.
But in this instance it reallyworked out.
It was a fire dance floor Bestwedding so far for this year.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
how long was that set ?
Speaker 2 (23:58):
ever since they asked for it and then you that edm
set lasted probably an hour oh,so that was like long midway
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it wasmidway I saw it.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
I love when requests go so well, it was.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Yeah, it was a fire, fire.
Uh request, I was like yes,thank you.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
Thank you so much, bro, so one of the toughest
places to get requests, in myopinion, is proms.
That's where I don't likerequests, but the kids I mean.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
If you bum them out, man, get off the dance floor I
got a request for a like justjust this past again last week,
um from my one of my proms andhe requested like for an anime
song, a specific anime song.
I listened to it.
I was like um, and I asked himstraight up is this gonna clear
the dance floor?
(24:47):
And that I don't know.
I I think some people will likeit.
I'm like are you sure?
Because if it clears the dancefloor, it's not gonna make me
look good and and it's not, I'mnot gonna like you too much, man
, if I have to.
And he's like, okay, walkedaway.
(25:09):
He understood, I guess.
I guess I kind of just like Iwas straightforward with him,
like, yeah, our job is tough,right, and a lot of requests are
selfish, 90 percent of requestsare all selfish.
So, yeah, they don't thinkabout that all right.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
Well, there we go.
I think I think we covered.
We covered a nice list all ofit.
That was a very in-depthepisode about requests and how
to deal with them.
Yes, sir, well, thank you verymuch for joining another episode
of the clever dj.
You guys, we're gonna see you,sir.
Well, thank you very much forjoining another episode of the
Clever DJ.
Speaker 2 (25:40):
Thank you, guys.
We're going to see you in thenext one.
Thank you for joining us, yes.
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