Sorry, No Requests - Episode: 151

Before we get the episode started. I don't I don't think this is news, but I'm considering something. It's not official yet, but it's pretty damn close. It might happen. I might be getting a dog.

Oh yeah, he was talking about this off the mic. Yeah, you got a dog in mind.

I was, I'm gonna do a rescue, you know, for you. Well also it's it's you know, shouts out Buggie. It was always like an advocate for that.

It was.

And when the thought in my head was to get a dog, the first thing that came to mind.

My mind was to rescue one.

So it's still it's still in the process of me trying to find one because I want to find one that fits my personality.

It has to be calm.

It has to not be barking all the time. No, not no, man. My sister has one and.

He the most popular dog.

He whiles out, there's there's one I saw, No see that those bark a lot, But there's one.

There's like this pit mix at the rescue that I.

Saw, and that it would be that kind of dog where it's just calm.

They just lay there. Man, you got to get a laboratory triet or something.

Yeah, why why those are like good dogs, Like they're just they're super chill, they're good family dogs. Yeah.

A lot of hair though, Yeah.

That is the only thing about them. See then that they're bigger, that would cause me anxiety.

I've been around pities, you know, this past year, so I'm familiar with that breed. Especially this one's more medium sized, so it'll fit like my small apartment. But like I said, it's still it's it would be my first time owning a dog by myself.

I'm gonna tell you this, Pits they're not like the easiest dogs. They're not. They're they got a lot of energy. But I mean, if you want to try good like yourself out.

Yeah, I'm that's why I'm I gotta do my research.

I think it's like when you go you got to connect. You gotta feel that connection with that dog. You go down to the facility and you're just kind of walking around petting the dogs, and that one is just gonna connect with you. I think you'll just feel it.

Do you either of you guys? Have I do? I have a dog. He's actually a pit mixed pit and uh, what's the other part of them? Golly, I can't think right now. But are you the full? Are you taking care of it?

Yeah?

Yeah, okay. I've had him since he was a puppy, since he was what, uh, three months? I think it was three months, But I've had him. He's what he's going to be. Actually, his birthday's coming up in January. He's going to be four.

So Straws lives near near me. We live in downtown. If I need a dog sitter.

You damn I am not. No eating dogs around here, no eating dogs?

Is that the Trump thing? The Trump They're eating dogs Minnesota?

Yeah?

Colorado?

I mean Jizo.

You know you've known me, yeah, twenty plus years. Do you think a dog would be good for me? Do you think I'll be able to take care of it?

I don't know. I don't know. You're like not home that often?

Lay, I'm taking all this in consideration.

By what That's the only thing that I would say is that you're not really home often and there's no one there when you're not there, you know what I'm saying. So what are you going to be locking them up all the time? So are you going for a boy or a girl?

I don't know for sure.

They got to be spading, aren't they won their rescues. They Okay, that's good. That's good I think for you.

Wait, I'm familiar with like I've had friends where they own dogs and they just leave them for hours and.

Yeah, you can. I wouldn't say a pit because they get very very uh, their anxiety goes up.

Yeah, there's certain dogs that they almost need that company all the time and if they don't, they're just gonna like go crazy. So that is that's a good point.

Let me ask you this.

The shelter did offer me a foster where I could foster it for a couple of days to see how it goes.

Would you guys recommend that. Yeah, that's good. That's a good just to see. If you're like to jump into it, like completely into it. You gotta get them crate trained because that's going to teach him no, don't go you know, don't use bathroom inside the crate went to your outside. It'll help with their temperament. So that's definitely something to look just for me.

I mean, I understand what Jesus was saying about my schedule, but I don't know. I just feel like it's something I need in my life right now. I live by myself and I've had dogs my dad's dogs in the past, so I'm familiar with having dogs, but this would be my first, like by myself.

This is a commitment.

Yeah, man, but that's a little thing that I've been thinking about doing, and I might be doing it a cat.

I'm allergic. I'm allergic.

How you allergic to a cat but not a dog? Yeah, Like I was allergic like that too growing up. But it was just like all for.

I break out, like my whole body will break out.

In interesting Yeah, yeah, all right, wish me look.

But like I said, it's not for sure, but I'm I don't know. I'm really thinking about it seriously.

All right, Okay, this could give me for our podcast. What up? I'm gizo. That is John Magic and we are back.

You heard an extra voice on our beginning the pre show. He's been a guest in here before. He's one of one of my good friends. DJ's in town. Like I said, he's been on the episode. Look for his episode. DJ Straws.

Yeah. Yeah, the first episode, we was trying to just getting to know Straw's well, I mean, we know Straws, but we were trying to get his story out there. But now he's back for like a part two.

Well, here's the reason why I asked him to come do this episode is Straw's and I DJ on Mondays at Lucy's Lounge. This R and B night that we've created.

Well, how like this what this is gonna be? Two years? Yeah, two years already coming up.

Two years and it's just easy, man, just remembering how it all started to how it's been now.

People know about out it. Man, it's a thing on Monday and stuff like it now too. I'm like, wait a.

Minute, Oh, who you want to put it out there?

No?

Yeah, but I mean we add the live instruments to it, where Marcus plays the piano, Bobby sometimes comes in and plays the guitar.

No one's doing that. We had a saxophone. Yeah, I think a guy came and played the harmonica one time. That was like in the very very very beginning. The harmonica guy came and I haven't seen him. Oh that's right, And I remember that. It was actually pretty dope. I liked it. I mean, but yeah, we have a lot of special guests. Every once in a while, we have We've actually had an artists come through and sing. Yeah, record reps, bring some artists through and then they've came.

So yeah, yeah, Lucy's Lounge on Mondays and it's only from seven to eleven ish, seven to eleven ish, So yeah, if you guys want to come hang out with us on Mondays. No, But so, I I was with you on this past Monday and out of nowhere, you're all.

What you say, You're like, I hate requests, hate requests, man, stop.

And you were you were like really passionate about it. And I know it's a subject that we've talked about before in past episodes, but I.

Think it's a subject that DJ has always talk about. I mean, it's just like a thing. Are you getting like more than usual now? Or is it annoying?

It's more annoying?

Yeah? Why?

Oh man, I don't even know why. But it seems like a thing to just ask the DJ to play whatever.

Which it's been a norm for yeah, our lifetime.

Of DJing, But has it gotten more with like the new generations?

The phones?

Yeah, yeah, the.

Phones with the request that they typed out. Did did a certain something happen where you got put you over the top?

Yeah, actually yes. Actually I'm not going to say what club it was, but it was recently, probably about I want to say, about six or seven months ago. I was eating the club and I just got fed up. It was about ten thirty, I mean, we just opened thirty minutes ago, and say, hey, can you play this? Can you play this? Can you play this? Can you play this? I'm like, all right, look, I stopped the music now, well the music in the middle of the club.

Just yeah. So it's a long night. Like, oh, it's the worst.

I mean, I think it's because, you know, they they come in thinking like, oh, the club is about me and all that kind of stuff. No, it's not about you particularly. We're glad you're here to have fun, but it's for everybody. Man, We're out here trying to have a good time with everybody. It's not about you. And yeah, so I got on the mic. I was like, listen, listen, I'm not gonna play anything else that you guys asked for this whole night and I didn't get one more request.

I mean as DJ's like I said, we've dealt with it through our lifetime of DJing that we have our ways of here's mine.

Okay, I just say okay to everything, and.

Is eventually gonna play probably.

Well two things.

It'll eventually play probably, or if it doesn't play, they will.

It's it's not gonna change how they It's a.

Small percentage, but a percentage will won't even remember they asked for it because they were just having a good time. Regardless, there is a little percentage of people that come up like you didn't play very quest like oh, and then you just say, sorry.

What are they going to do?

We're about to leave, bye?

Can you play my song before we leave? Let's just yes, how about you leave and then you just play that song yourself.

Let's do some classic scenarios, the one that you just brought up.

People just got there.

Let's say the doors just open at nine thirty, ten o'clock, they get there at ten oh five, and they ask for the hottest song out.

Is that to me? Is that just like not common sense? Obviously on our end, we understand the formula, but for like the general public, is that just not common sense that Yo, later on in the night, when more people are here and it's the club is jumping, that's when the hot shit's gonna play. Like, that's not common sense.

I think.

I think that's the thing with the public is there's so many podcast episodes about this subject, but the club goers will never hear it. Yeah, this is not it's not a subject they'll understand. So it's always gonna happen. So to answer your question, yeah, it's it's not common.

I mean, but I feel like it's common sense when when people go to like a concert, right, like you know, you're not gonna hear the hottest song like as the first song. So why can't you just take that same mentality going to a club.

I think it's because they're driving up and they're listening to all this music, so they're thinking that their club is in the car at first. Yeah, so they're just gonna bring that.

Into it's just gonna like translate it.

I mean, it's it's annoying because it's like, Yo, we're not in your car. For one, we're not in your playlist, not have the same We're gonna play the songs that you guys want to hear. I mean, it's it's how we get our jobs, just how we get paid.

So well, also if we're if we're not gonna play the songs. To me, going to clubs should be about who you're with. I think, yes, the music will add experience and hopefully you go to a club where the DJ knows how to create this amazing experience, but just enjoy the company you're with. Yeah, I think that's what the public should concentrate on. These people asking for requests over and over, like yo, like, just enjoy your friends.

Yeah, just have some fun, go get a drinks.

I mean, but what about the people that are really there to try to dance, like girls specifically, like they really just do want to hear music and dance.

What about for that crowd, We're gonna play that music. I mean, that's the simple and easiest way to explain it. We're gonna play the music that you're gonna dance to. I guarantee it. Every time we're gonna play what you want to hear. You just have to give us time to get there, because obviously they don't know how we set up our nights. We want to play the hottest stuff at the peak times, and the peak times or later midnight twelve thirty one o'clock that's our peak times.

Do you ever do this? Do you ever try to educate them?

Ask your DJ? Yeh, I shut off the music and I said, I don't do that.

Well, you got to struggle it to you, he's not breaking points, so that's why he's doing it, you know what I mean.

I'm getting older. I'm just not patient anymore. I'm like, listen, I'm not gonna know. Yeah. I try to educate people as best I can.

Yes, to me, it has to be an energy. If they're rude about it, I just say yes, like yes. But if the energy is cool, if they're cool, I'll let them know like hey, it's still early.

Like trust me, I'm.

Gonna play this song and I tell them the reason why I'm saving it. Oh, because that's what they'll ask, how come you can't play it now? I'll be like because at eleven thirty twelve o'clock, everyone's gonna want to hear that song, so just hang time.

It's also a thing we don't like to repeat music, like, we don't like to play the song over again.

Side note, I've talked about this in the past. I don't mind that anymore either.

I mean, yeah, if you play it like way early, but if you play it like yeah.

You're not gonna play it within the same hour. But what were some of the other scenarios you were talking about. There's the people to say, hey, I need to leave, can you play this song?

I was just gonna say that, Like if you're gonna say I'm gonna leave, then like bye. And also okay, good, you'll get to hear that song in your car, like go.

It up right now.

That's not a jukebox, man, We're not a jukebox. We actually have, you know, things that we like to hear too, So.

I think sometimes people forget it's also supposed to be for the masses. You know what I'm saying. You're playing for the masses, not for specific people.

Another scenario is knowing well, sometimes they won't know the night they're going into because let's do it mondays. For example, it's an R and B so funk like good music night.

And you're not gonna hear a turn up song right and nobody's talking.

So people will get mad that, hey, how come you're not playing Little John.

Right ying Yang twins. I'm like what what?

Yeah? And then you tell them like, yo, can't you see can't you feel.

The energy of the night? Yea? Oh man?

But that's another scenario again, I'm not you know, Oh, how.

About when they asked for it, but then no one's dancing like they beg you for the song, and then you finally play and they're just chowing over there in the corner like yeah, grateful, Yeah.

I'm playing this for you. And nine times out of ten, it's one of those songs that nobody's gonna dance. Only them would dance to it, but they still don't dance to it. And it's one of those songs that's gonna kill your club, like it's gonna kleill the vibe, and it's just like how about the ones where.

You know I'll use this as an example because it's it's happened recently. A group of Indian guys will come up with their phone and show me a song that, you know, asking if I could play it, And it's a song that I've never heard of ever in life, but it's only like for them, Yeah, and they don't understand that, Like, you know, there's like hundreds of people in front of me.

And there's three of you guys, like.

They're not gonna know this song. And and yeah, they try to give you money, but I'm like, I don't know this.

I don't give me money. I'm not gonna play it.

Okay, let's talk about that for a second. How much money does it cost for you to actually play that song?

Okay?

I in my head, I just kid. Yeah, So if it's like a random song.

This is a wild thing.

I don't know if I should even say this, because well, the clubgoers are probably not listening, but sometimes they'll they'll pay me twenty bucks to play a song that I was gonna play anyways. Yeah, but I just say, I just say, yeah, yeah, I got you.

I was gonna play it anyways how soon, depending on the time, but the amount.

But I've gotten paid one hundred.

Yeah, you play it right then and there?

That wouldn't You'll get and again it's a song that I was eventually play. Anyways, you're not going to say that, but one hundred it'll be the next it'll be the next ten to fifteen minutes I got Yeah, yeah for sure. But I think the most I've gotten tipped for a song was three hundred bucks.

No ship. Do you remember the song?

It was an Indian song. Actually think about it.

It was.

Everybody has that, but everyone has that one, but he has it.

Yes, I'm like cool, but it was easy.

The scenario I was talking about was nobody had it. No, it was like an artist from India, like I have no idea what this song is.

What's his name mus Swallow or something like No, not p it's uh, there's a big artist that they all know. I can't think of his name. I think it's mo Swallow or Moosala something like that. But he's huge. He's dead real quick.

Since we're in this in this subject, you know, it's always wild to me is let's let's do the Punjabi MC, which is the.

Easy club that hit that when you could play songs.

Yeah for sure.

I love the energy that Yeah, they start dancing. Yeah, okay, so the people that requested you play it, they go wi they go wild because the song's playing, they're dancing, and us DJs will blend into a back to another hip hop song with the same bpm. Yeah, so you know it blends energy and the energy is the same in my head. Why don't you just have that energy with any song? Fun? Yeah, have fun, like how you were having fun with this song? Yeah, but just do that through every song.

And then it's like they want to continue down that path of like especially that the Indian culture. They want to continue down, like deeper into Indian music. Once you get into like once you start to play that song, they want to keep going, like play some more, play some more, play some more.

I'm like, by the way, have you ever I recently got to witness because there was a private party before I DJ, and it was an all Indian party.

Man, it was energy. Their weddings crazy.

I mean, as DJs, we want to be prepared. So you know, I wanted to talk to the DJ and be like, Yo, give me a couple of songs because I've never heard these before.

Changed contact with people all the time, doing that type of stuff, because I mean, it obviously broadens your horizon, broaden your perspective and it broadens your library.

So you ever get someone to threaten you for not playing their song?

Oh I think I have. I just man, I have.

I'm trying to remember the situation.

Oh yeah, because I've they've I've gotten the like you suck, Like they'll yell it.

Just for not playing their song. Yeah, but like the club is jumping, like.

Yeah, you're the only one not having fun. You don't see these hundreds of people out here dancing and having a fun time and you're over here mad.

Shoot, but I suck?

Okay, Yeah, I mean for the I mean for the bigger picture. I don't mind request because here's like I said, I have my ways of just diffusing it anyways, and just you know, they'll go away if you just say okay. And like I said, if you don't play it, oh well, like what's gonna happen?

I mean there's certain times where I do like requests, like I don't know what I'm going into, like a crazy night, like or just something that I've never done, Like I don't know a lot of country music. So I'll welcome stuff like that because it's helping me out for the night. But if it's something that we do consistently. We got this, we got this.

But I was just gonna say, that's exactly what I was gonna say, is request. When when people come up with request, I'll write it down and then for the next night, I'll play it. And there's been many songs that I did I've never heard of, I didn't know, but I'll check it out and then I'll play the next week and it's going to be part of my rotation.

So that's happening.

I appreciate these requests.

Because it's the streets talking.

Yeah, I would have not ever known about it. And sometimes I'll tell them that and percent of the time they take it well, where I say, what's like, what's the spelling of that song?

Again? What is it?

I'm gonna download, download it for next time, and they're like, okay, cool.

So what's what's more annoying than requesting a song that it's a hot record that you know you're eventually gonna play, or someone requesting a random song for me?

I think it's the one that we already know we're gonna play this, okay. I think that's the most annoying.

Because it's just obvious.

Obviously we're gonna come play this where that's why they hire us.

Just play that, play the hits. Yeah.

I told this story before. It's in one of the podcast episodes, but I'll retell it. I was at one of the nightclubs and it was just this one guy by himself, not dancing with anyone. He would put up a request and I don't know if I played it or not, but he was doing the phone thing. He was pulling up a phone. You can see what he wrote, but just let me know if you remember this story. Like throughout my set he kept saying different things, not

He was talking to me, so I stopped.

I did this, bro, go enjoy yourself.

I stopped the music, and I was like, are you just gonna stand there and like give me messages?

And everyone's all looking at him. You can come talk to me. Let's just do that. Let's get it out of the way, let's get your gripes out now.

But I mean towards the end of the night sometimes the club tells you, like, hey, start playing this stuff. I've got people have gotten mad, like, yo, why are you playing this.

Like, hey man, they paid the bills, Yeah, they pay us.

People still do the flash drive thing like, yall, I got the song on the flash.

Happened to me last week. That's very common, very common.

It be their own records or yeah.

And you know what's wild that they they'll say like a thousand bucks and I'm like.

I can't. I can't take that chance.

I can't because then you're gonna start having more people do it and think it's okay.

Side note, obviously we don't know what the song is, but with DJing for years and years, I could almost is guaranteed the crowd will just like get up and like stop dancing, and they're gonna get a reality check.

So maybe we should do it one day and be like, this is what your song?

Everyone just left, like did you see what?

We had?

People here, but they're gone now because you yeah, because you're a song.

Yeah, so yeah, I'm I'm okay with requests, but you're you're an I'm.

Okay to an extent, But once you start getting real pushy, especially the drunk ones they're the worst, and they come out start spilling stuff. Oh man, has that happened to you? You got stuff spilled on you.

Yeah, and I've spilled spilled some on friends computers.

Selling stuff.

Mine was like the New Year's Eve a few years ago.

Are you sure it wasn't your birthday? No?

They did that bodily sprayed the all over my computer.

Who that deal was that? Like, we're just gonna spray champagne in the club. I mean it's cool if you know, in the music video, but in the club. Whose idea was that?

I I think if we would give uh, you know, like clubgoers advice advice? Yeah, what would you give club goers?

Like?

What would you tell them.

As far as requests?

Yeah, or just yeah, the club going experience? Yeah, how to just have our perspective? Sheesh, we're gonna play the music, enjoy yourself. I think I agree with that. You can be on your phone all all you want, Instagram, you know, Snapchat, all that stuff. We're gonna, you know, we're gonna make sure you're gonna have a good time. Don't get to what can I say, don't get to set in your ways where you're only gonna dance if you hear one specific song. Yeah, if you're only gonna be there for.

The club may not be for you. If that's your mindset, you know what I'm saying.

Like, know where you're at. If you're coming into a hip hop night, don't expect a whole bunch of Spanish music, or if you're coming into a Spanish night, don't expect a whole bunch of you know, off the wall other stuff. Just basically know where you're at and just expect that. I mean, that's probably like the best I can say.

Yeah, I mean, if you're a regular clubgoer at a certain spot, more than likely they know what to expect.

But I agree with you.

If it's your first time and kind of feel out the night first and like, oh it's that kind of night, then there's I mean, yeah, you could try to request, but just don't get mad if it doesn't happen because like, oh my song doesn't fit this night. No.

Yeah, understand your request and understand what the night is. That's probably the biggest one.

Yeah. Also if they may not know I mean peak peak times, you know bangers when they usually play exactly Like will why I'm asking, like when would they usually play?

Oh, between twelve thirty and the club closing.

Yes, DJ's we wanted to be twelve thirty. But sometimes let's just say from eleven thirty.

Yes, So don't be walking in at ten thirty asking for the hottest song out right now it's not going to.

Play, yeah, because I mean that takes our energy. Like we're we're looking forward to actually playing this song, to be honest with you.

We're looking forward just like a build up, right.

We know the reaction and we feed off that reaction. So if we play that too early, it's kind of like we got here and now we don't even any place else to go. So, I mean, we got up to the reaction we want. Now we're just like you know, tumbling off of it, So it takes our energy away. I think probably I wouldn't say there's so much of a time frame to play the music, just when we feel the energy is right in the crowd.

Yeah, because some comes crowds could be earlier or later.

Right, Like we'll get an early crowd and then we'll get a break, and then we'll get another crowd. Yeah, And sometimes we'll just have early crowd and people leave early, So you never know.

Now, do you guys have set lists a lot of the time, or you kind of freestyle or it depends on the night.

Me personally, I never go into a night with like a set list of I know what I want to play.

You have like ideas of what you want to do, but I don't.

I don't go into it like I'm going to play this, I have to play these songs. No, I don't go into a list.

So I personally we don't have a playlist. But I've been doing this for the past maybe five years, because I used to be before, you know, years ago, I was like, nah, you're supposed to go into it freestyle, kind of read the crowd. But as of late, especially with my anxiety, I don't have necessarily a playlist. I have a folder for that nightclub.

I want to get to those specific songs.

Things I know I want to get to. Am I going to play it in this order?

Never? I'm not going to play it in that order. I don't know when to.

But it releaves my anxiety because sometimes I'll block where I'm like, wait, where do I want to go? I'll just look at that list and pick a BPM, like, Okay, I know how to get to this little chunk of music, so I prepare. I don't have a play list but I prepare songs for that certain night, so that's it.

And then also different different clubs is also different vibes too, right, Yeah, yeah, like maybe you know, like you were saying, maybe one night you're leaning more Spanish because the type of crowd that comes, or maybe one night it's a little bit more you know as DJs. So I don't know, if you kind of got to know your environment.

I don't know if you do this Straws, but.

I could play the same nightclub every weekend, but depending on the people, you'll hear different vibes. So it's kind of like what Gizo just said. If I see heavy latinos in attendance, my Latin set is gonna be longer, Like I'm gonna pick more stuff. And then sometimes I don't know if you do this, you know, sometimes you're not there like oh it's a hip hop crowd, but I'll experiment and drop. I'll go a little upbeat and then get to like more of a housey edm stuff

A song like I need to go back to the hill.

Trust me, I'll get out of it, I'll get out of it. So yeah, I test as DJs, We test the crowd and then if they give us energy, we're gonna stay there for a few minutes.

Yeah, it's like when it's getting good, like you want to stay there, Like, yeah it's good, We're gonna stay in that zone for a little bit. Try something here, try something there. If it starts to work there, just you know, fill it out. That's the best way to do it.

Now, are there times where you got to like purposely kind of bring it down or notch because I know sometimes club owners are like, yo, no one's heading to the bar because it's just two cracking. So maybe you gotta like, you know, slow it down a little bit so people kind of leave the dance floor. Is anything you guys do or.

That one does happen. I tend to not listen to that.

Like I'm doing me right.

Well.

The other way of doing it is just saying it on the mic, like hit the bar, get some drinks.

That's my favorite thing to say. Let's go to the bar.

Let's go to the bar.

You know that's actually happened to me. Where this was years ago. I was in Maderra, a bar owner. He was like, man, there's nobody at my bar. I was like, yeah, they're out.

On the dance You're like, I'm doing my job.

Yeah. He said, can you switch everything right now? Was like a yeah, So I don't know what I put on, but I'm on some random stuff and they looked at me crazy.

I know.

So now you look bad right at the owner, like this is what you wanted. So but they went to the bar. So thankfully they didn't leave, but they went to the bar.

So you guys have club owners or managers or whatever they tell you guys what to play or what not to play.

I've had a what not to play scenario, but that's just more specifically like like if it's too too r rated or it's too like two raunchy, they won't want something like that because they want to keep the energy of the club up and that type of music brings it down a little bit. Got you, But I mean that's pretty much it. They they give us free reign because we've done this for so long that people understand we're going to bring this type of crowd, We're going

When that happens to me, I have to respect it. You know, their business, it's their business. So I'll listen to those requests from the club owners and also you'll I'll ask them like.

Is it okay to go here?

Those ye know, But I respect those things because it's their business, and like you said, they're the ones, they're the ones that hire me. There was a question I have and we've kind of went, I know, I'm trying to remember now.

What is oh shoot request scenarios?

Was that it?

No, it was I was going to go somewhere else with it. We saw you know that happens, pod Man, It's not a Q and a what what's a What do you got going on for the holidays?

And you have some gigs come up? Yeah?

Any you guys do like holiday parties?

I'm doing once tonight as the recording of this are really in a private holiday party.

You're gonna crash it, That's what I'm.

Those are tough sometimes because this parties that one you have to go into it. You can't go into it with a club mentality. Yeah, it's sometimes it can get tough, But if you go into it with the right mentality of don't try to make this into a night club, it's gonna be a lot of requests. It's not gonna be a lot of blending and mixing until it gets that, you.

Know, Like private parties, that's cool. Like the request, I understand, that's that's a little different.

It's little bit more intimate anyways.

Right, weddings, Actually, when I do weddings, I have a whole questionnaire like do you guys have a list of music that you would like to play?

Like, I have a full on question That's pretty standard though, right when you do weddings.

Yeah, so I know requests are gonna come, so I expect it. But when it's a club, don't listen, we're working for one, don't come doc talks and bother us.

Because the club is like it's more public. So it's just you know what I'm saying. Whereas like your private events is a private event, so requests makes sense.

Yeah, definitely. But I mean, yeah, private events, I'm cool with request for that because I mean it's expected. Yeah, yeah, it's expected in the club, but it's like it shouldn't have fun, got fun, leave me alone?

Yeah that I think that's the best way that you just said it is. Again advice to club goers, just go into it having fun. Yeah, and if you don't hear your song, guess what, you get to go in your car and you get play that song over many times as you want. But just enjoy the people that you're around, Enjoy the night. But Straws, man, I know you've in DJ around town. You're even the Fresno State men's basketball in stadium DJ.

Yeah.

Yeah, shouts out to them. Shouts out to them. As a matter of fact, they just hit me to do their water polo coming up next month. I was like, wow, they want to DJ for water polo? Cool?

Why not. I'll try to be the Fresno State sports.

DJ as well in the football stadium. Yeah, man, you there, but no, Yeah, it's it's fun and Fresno State's amazing. I love everybody there. Their energy is always great. They always take care of me. Man, anything I need they always They're always there for me. So I really appreciate them. But yeah, yeah, I got to Uh.

I was a Straws backup when he got busy with like multiple gigs.

Yeah, you did the basketball I did the basketball game. I left the gig to come over there and check on you too. I was like, you know what, I'm gonna go check I have a little bit of time right now. So I went over there and checked.

On That was fun. That was fun. I enjoyed myself. So yeah, whenever you need a backup, have.

You been DJing? I know you don't do it as much Magic, but straw it's like high schools or any schools.

I did do high schools. I haven't done a prom in years. I haven't done like a formal or something like that in years. What's that vibe like doing high schools? It's very clean, which is cool. I understand it because it's school. They don't they have to play clean music. A lot of requests with the high schools. Yeah, it's it's it's difficult because you want to have fun with the kids and all this stuff, but you still have to do your job, and you know, you got to please the principle.

And they want to hear the bad ship right and you can't.

So always it's the worst. The kids of the I like kids, but they can be some dicks.

Damn man, I've gotten some heat from DJ's because you brought up the clean version. Being in radio for years, that's all I would download is the clean versions of every fucking song. It's all clean because I would always have to be prepared for high schools, public events, and them on always had clean that's and as for me, I don't want to fill up my computer with four of the same songs and it's like two dirty to

Now with stems, we can take the words out. Just let them sing the whole song. Just let them be there. Right Oh man?

Yeah, New Year's Eve, you're doing New Year's New Year's Eve.

Actually, yes, I will be. I'll be at no we have a basketball game that day first, so i'll be a friends'll say basketball, we have a game that day, and then I'll be at Vibes that night, so I'm closing out the night. I'll get there just before midnight. So thankfully with that, So New Year's Eve was gonna be fun? What about you?

New Year's Eve is gonna be a wild one for me because I'm not where I'm I'm DJing at sunset, but I go on vacation the next day, January first. I haven't vacation in years. Just don't knows this. I haven't traveled in years. And my flight is on January first, nine am in LA.

That's harsh.

So after the club, which is around two here, I'm DJing New Year's two am. Two am, I'm already gonna be packed.

You know, you could have chose your flight time right like you had you wouldn't have to leave it nine o'clock in the morning.

Trust me, this was the best flight. I took, the best one I could find. So right after the club two am, I'm hoping that it's not foggy. If if you live in the five to five nine. You know the craziness of how dense the fog can be at night. But regardless either either way, I'm driving home at.

Two a m.

And then you're not gonna be able to arc rest. You're gonna have to get ready and go straight to the airport.

I don't mind, because then I'll knock out on X is huge. So it's gonna be a it's gonna be a wild New Year's Eve for me, and I think I'm gonna document it and kind of like make a blog of how that night goes.

So what did you fly? Do you have like t s a pre check?

No, I want to see I haven't flown. I would get it if this was me ten years ago when I flew.

Yeah, I mean, I'm telling you it's a life saver. Like I got to the airport in Denver, and you know how big Denvers are. Yeah, I got there thirty minutes before the flight, made it through all the checkpoints, and got to my flight on time.

I was like, oh my damn.

Normally it takes about an hour just to get from the gate to your flight, but I got there thirty minutes. It was the best experience I got lost in the airport once. But yeah, TSC pre checked. I appreciate the world.

Did you get to uh let out your rent for the request of Are you feeling better now?

You know what?

I can breathe, I'll get a shot. Just My suggestion is just just accept it. You know it's gonna happen.

It happens every freaking club we go to, So just accept it. Find ways to diffuse it. Like for me, I just say yes to everything.

And I don't say yes anymore. I shut the club down, shut the club down. To money with your requests. Bring money with your request, h yep, I like that.

Twenty dollars minimum, right minimum?

I take cash up, credit card?

Oh man, where was I going to go with this? I think we could just wrap it up with that.

Man.

Well, happy holidays and happy New Year.

Happy birthday again? Yes?

Oh burns Burns straws. His birthday's on Monday.

Oh or no, don't tell anybody that the twenty third. Happy birthday to you, bro.

And Dan those December birthdays is rough? Right, No, it's cool, really, I like it.

I mean I'm getting old.

Why do you say it's rough? Because of the whole combination.

Yeah, it was Christmas. Like, I just actually read the like on average people that guy December birthdays get like two less presents than like people outside of December and throughout throughout my I mean, it probably affects you guys more as kids, you know what I mean, But.

As kids, and mine's wild because mine's in the beginning of December as bad.

But as that's a little rough, bro.

I mean, I didn't know there was an average amount of gifts you got.

You get what you get, So as kids, we would always get money from the aunts and uncles, but since it came in December, the card would come in. Man, this this happens every year. The card would come in. I have two siblings and it would say twenty dollars for your brother, twenty dollars for your sister, and here's thirty dollars for Christmas and Birthday.

And in my head the math ain't mathing because how come they got twenty Yeah, every year that happened, So I agree with it with it's rough having it.

It's a little close. Yeah.

I mean I did get some birthday gifts on Christmas by accident, but I mean that it was just a gift to me. Man, yours is the twenty third, two days before Man, two days before? Was it always a did you?

Did you ever get to celebrate like a birthday party without being a combined with a Christmas party?

Actually, I've never had an official birthday party. Damn Lands on a Monday, Lucy's I'm not I'm not going to be there. Guy, drink now, I'm not gonna be there. You're You're lucky.

I'm gone for the holiday because I would have got you back from what you did to me on my birthday.

You know what, Let's let you want to talk about your birthday? No, because because fuck y'all.

Oh man, well, let's have a successful twenty twenty five. Here is twenty five, Here we go, and yeah, don't get mad at request anymore.