Backstory: Traveling in second-tier Russia. Made a couple of friends over the last couple of weeks and met said friends randomly at a bar/lounge tonight. One of them asked me to be their "headliner foreign DJ" at their lounge/disco/whatever the Friday after next (8 days from now). Anyway, I know almost next to nothing about Djing and I told them as much, however, they seem bent of having some American/foreign "DJ" that they can promote and draw crowds. Also, I went through this article and was able to gleam a few nuggets, but since it wasn't 100% applicable to my situation I wanted to throw it out to the rest of the forum. I told them I would think about it, but no promises, so here is my thought process:
Against:
(1) I am receiving nothing in compensation.
(2) I would slightly have to change my travel plans, but nothing that couldn't be accomplished.
(3) I know next to nothing about DJing, especially, since it, I would assume, be for about +/-8 hours (10pm-6am).
(4) I don't want to throw up an airball and embarrass people I kind of think of as quasi-friends.
For:
(1) They probably don't give a shit about what I play, just that they have a "foreign DJ" that they can promote and bring to their venue, also English isn't super prevalent, so I think they are just looking for any angle they can exploit regardless of how shitty the product is.
(2) A story/adventure, something I've never done before
(3) slutty Russians chicks doing slutty things to the "foreign DJ" (okay I really don't truly believe this, but I threw it in there anyway)
(4) Even if I airball, the odds of seeing anyone involved with the event are extremely slim.
Questions:
(1) Is this possible to pull off? I'm thinking there's no way I can learn how to be a real DJ in 8 days, but can I learn how to be a fake DJ in 8 days??
(2) I'm not looking at parlaying this into anything else. This would be a one-time thing. Show up, do...whatever and yeah. Not looking to set anything else up or make a career out of it.
(3) If you recommend doing it, what is the best course of action? Torrenting a bunch of shit? If so, what? Specific tracks, etc? I am not really smart when it comes to music so that is another strike in the "against" column, but in the clubs that I've been in, it has been mostly top-40 crowd pleaser type shit, so I have exactly been *mindblown* by the DJs in this town.
Like I said, I am leaning towards "no" at this point, but I would appreciate any comments/suggestions/questions/omissions/additions from the rest of you out there.
Against:
(1) I am receiving nothing in compensation.
(2) I would slightly have to change my travel plans, but nothing that couldn't be accomplished.
(3) I know next to nothing about DJing, especially, since it, I would assume, be for about +/-8 hours (10pm-6am).
(4) I don't want to throw up an airball and embarrass people I kind of think of as quasi-friends.
For:
(1) They probably don't give a shit about what I play, just that they have a "foreign DJ" that they can promote and bring to their venue, also English isn't super prevalent, so I think they are just looking for any angle they can exploit regardless of how shitty the product is.
(2) A story/adventure, something I've never done before
(3) slutty Russians chicks doing slutty things to the "foreign DJ" (okay I really don't truly believe this, but I threw it in there anyway)
(4) Even if I airball, the odds of seeing anyone involved with the event are extremely slim.
Questions:
(1) Is this possible to pull off? I'm thinking there's no way I can learn how to be a real DJ in 8 days, but can I learn how to be a fake DJ in 8 days??
(2) I'm not looking at parlaying this into anything else. This would be a one-time thing. Show up, do...whatever and yeah. Not looking to set anything else up or make a career out of it.
(3) If you recommend doing it, what is the best course of action? Torrenting a bunch of shit? If so, what? Specific tracks, etc? I am not really smart when it comes to music so that is another strike in the "against" column, but in the clubs that I've been in, it has been mostly top-40 crowd pleaser type shit, so I have exactly been *mindblown* by the DJs in this town.
Like I said, I am leaning towards "no" at this point, but I would appreciate any comments/suggestions/questions/omissions/additions from the rest of you out there.