help, i'm playing tonight and my panties are in a bunch

[Mercedez Ben]

this might seem downright [insert your own word here] to some but i've just had a fuck of a time getting my thoughts straight and an even fuckier (?) of a time playing my records in the last week. i usually go in to these dj things on the fly, drunk and stoned and people seem to feel me. look, i'll just cut to the chase: this is just a cheap ploy for some words of support. my job is pretty depressing and totally fucks up my creative energy flow and shit. i'm really just trying to battle my way through the day and come out on top with a little juice left over if oyu know what i mean.

thanks so freakin' much!!!!!

[gunjack]

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[pille'ocheoni]

bitching makes us human,thanks for your humaness.i suck as a dj now,back a couple of years ago i was preety good,recently i got asked to play at an outdoor event and played for 30 minutes or so,and sucked,but towards the end,i had a moment of remebering and just said fuck it slamed a beer and played the last 5 recs beautifully,i guess the only advice from a amatuer"not a professinal"is have a nice meal,galss of wine,some jazz,dont think!feel,its like a finger pointing away from the moon,dont!focus on the finger,or you'll miss all that heavenly growry.[i hoped this helped][pece]

[Mercedez Ben]

thanks brother, you're story has already helped me relax a little.

[jerm]

if you're still on, tell me what you like to play or what y9ou think you'll be playing

[Django]

:)

[jerm]

pick a subject

cambodia
science
world peace
art
music

[Sheridan]

see the thing that works for me is just going in there with the attitude that you belong there. you obviously have something to say. you don't like your job, your creativity has been stifled, etc. take those feelings and speak with the records you play. but go freestyle. that way the set will evolve as your mood changes. that is the best way to take the crowd "on a journey". I don't know, my moto is "fuck it". play what you want and HAVE FUN! in the end it will work out. if not imagine everyone is in their underware.

[Lady E]

i think its brilliant you can ask for support...although we all have a reasonably good deal on this board and there are millions of worse off people it doesnt mean hat life isnt still tough sometimes. its an appealing personality trait and also a sign of a healthy mind if you can be open about feeling anxious or not good enough, and put upon by the world. so i think you will be just fine. keep at it.

[ischo]

my very first live-act, at the time in the "Kunstraum FFM".
i remember me and my mate packin' all that stuff ya need for the show, like, a car full of equipment....
at arrival, we noticed we forgot the amp-supply for our mixer. great.
so back home, get that thing, back to the show (i think it was 01:30 allready) and, oops, where's the power-cord? k.
so, yepp, back home again, .....

so after some millions of kilometers back and forth we managed to get everythin rollin'...the air was steamy, sweat runnin down the pipes n shit, y'all know, clubbing-atmosphere.

in the end we played 4 tunes, then the sweat dripped into our mixer (which caused us enough probs allready) and, well, that was it for the night...

so you just keep calm and kick some good tunes.
Cheers

[Mercedez Ben]

thank you to everyone for all the kind words of support. often it makes the difference to hear/read someone else's point of view, no matter how many times you try to tell yourself the same things. the last few weeks have been plagued with feelings of self-doubt due in large part to a post-surgery recovery process that i'm going through. yeah, the job sucks (i'm leaving soon after 2 years) but without sports and sex, well, stress relief just isn't the same for me. i didn't imagine just how much a physical impairment can effect one's mental state. i'm through the worst of it, though, and on to brighter days, albeit slowly.

so last night was fun. the last time i played at this spot i let it rip and had a great set which lead to a lot of good things. last night i started with some deeper stuff; background, andy vaz, cynosure etc., and the crowd got restless, so for the last hour and a half i played probably the most random set i've ever laid down in public. random in a good way. lots of good feedback despite the fact that i wasn't totally comfortable with my mixing. another good example of interesting track selection compensating for average mixing.

so thanks again y'all. much love and respect!!!!!!!

[pille'ocheoni]

once again im sorry to hear things are so tough for you,but i think i speak for all of us and say,keep your head up ,because this too will pass.[/p]

[aleks]

yeah man... keep your head up even if your neck is dirty!!!

[Mercedez Ben]

word.