Every day I need to go through hundreds of DJs’ photos and videos, obviously. And what regularly crosses my mind is that all the press photos of Techno DJs look like they really don’t give a flying fuck about whatever, enjoy not sleeping at all and come to the photo shoots wearing the same black clothes they were wearing last night, while the dancing crowd’s sweat was vaporizing and slowly laying down on their hair like the light 4 AM countryside fog. Or at least like they’ve been shot at their grandma’s funeral.
Today, while reading the latest features about electronic music online, I found that Thump has paid attention to the same matter except they are pointing to the ultimate boredom most DJs express while playing gigs. Yes, exactly, what is that?
there are also DJs at strip clubs, they also mix music from any sources, and do it faster than Kid Koala, because one song is one dance, and one dance is $100 when a stripper gives you a lap dance. These “DJs” sit in a hidden booth, and I really don’t care if he’s on a toilet reading latest news at the same time. But not a club, where we come to dance, please.
Reading the article, I see images running through my mind – one DJ, looking like he is just dreaming to finish this and go, another…
As Thump puts it, we are all human and DJs are too. But what is a DJ in the first place? Wikipedia says: “A disc jockey (abbreviated DJ, D.J. or deejay) is a person who mixes recorded music in real time. Originally, the “disc” in “disc jockey” referred to gramophone records, but now “DJ” is used as an all-encompassing term to describe someone who mixes music from any sources.”
Okay, if we put it this way, then this someone can look whatever, I don’t care. But in the world we live in, DJs are the special people, you pay money to see and listen to, and very often, the money is not 3 cents. I mean, there are also DJs at strip clubs, they also mix music from any sources, and do it faster than Kid Koala, because one song is one dance, and one dance is $100 when a stripper gives you a lap dance. These “DJs” sit in a hidden booth, and I really don’t care if he’s on a toilet reading latest news at the same time. But not a club, where we come to dance, please.
Then, what about this thing, that all the DJs say in every interview about the connection between the people, about the special bond and energy exchange, about the way you feel when you play at a festival, and a few thousands of people are tripping on your special track, that you have stacked exactly for a moment like this? Or if that’s a small club, you share an intimate moment with those who dance in front of you?
“A disc jockey (abbreviated DJ, D.J. or deejay) is a person who mixes recorded music in real time. Originally, the “disc” in “disc jockey” referred to gramophone records, but now “DJ” is used as an all-encompassing term to describe someone who mixes music from any sources.”
One of a DJ’s nightmare should probably be a crowd, which stands there looking bored out of their ass. Really. I wouldn’t want this. So why can a DJ stand there looking like he is looking through the bills he is running late to pay? Yes yes, we all are people, and a DJ is not an exception. But what I know is that if you’re standing there with this dead face, it means that you don’t LOVE music and don’t want to share nothing with those people who paid to dance with you. It’s ok if your cat just died. But probably, it is better for you to express your grief through an intestine-twisting tragic techno sonata, than to put one track after another without really caring.
Dj is an artist and an artist needs to go out there and act, and give the people what they want.
The audience doesn’t want THIS,
they want this
and this 
An artist is someone who can die inside, but he/she must go up the stage and act as if nothing happened. That’s what makes the greatest actors and musical performers great, not the bored-accountant face. A DJ must be involved. If he is not, he/she can go home, really. As well as the cardio surgeon, who is operating on an open heart with a bored face and is not half interested in what he is doing, can go home too, because he can miss a very important vein.
