Gig Log Dec 2010 Aberystwyth

0:00 I'd put bass cabs together, but I've put them either side

Alright guys, first gig log in quite a while and today we're in Park Lodge in Aberystwyth doing a ball for some students. And we've got that lot today. We've got the Polka Dot screen, the speakers of the GVX series from Gemini, there's a couple of 15-inch ones and some bass cabs as well. Lighting is... that's interesting.

1:23 I'll be honest with you, I haven't done that many recently

I'd put bass cabs together, but I've put them either side. Just didn't bring a correct cable, so long story, but never mind. I haven't got anything down the front here. Hold on, let me show you. Looks a bit naff like that, but it's not bad. The polka dot screen makes up for everything. OK. Need to tidy the cables up. But a bit of background, few people arriving, but it's still very quiet. I'll be honest with you, I haven't done that many recently. One is because I haven't... Banged my finger on there. I did bang my finger on there and it bloody hurt. Well, on the dashboard. Right. I haven't done many gig logs recently because I haven't really felt like it to be quite honest. Going through a load of shit at the moment, but there you go. Plus...

In November it's been very quiet, so there you go, come December now it's starting to pick up again. So, you know, can't complain. But tonight was good fun, part of our jabberist with great place, great management, great crowd, good atmosphere. The people that wanted to dance, danced and the ones that wanted to drink, drunk. The ones that wanted to smoke, smoked. And the ones that wanted to go home just went home. So, you know. That's it, C'est la vie. You know, it's Christmas time, it's the party time of year and what you do find is people want to just have party music. But again, it depends where you are. If you're in the middle of a nightclub and you start playing, I don't know, Dexys Midnight Runners or Billy Joel, they'll probably throw bottles at you. The opposite will probably apply actually if you start playing some banging techno. They'll say, Oi! What you doing you stupid arsehole?

4:37 I'll tell you what, it's hard graft

So, there you go. Mobile DJing. I'll tell you what, it's hard graft. It is seriously hard graft. I mean, I've said this a couple of times. You've seen the kit I've got and I take sometimes more, sometimes less. But when it's just yourself, you have to take every item out of the house into the vehicle. Out of the vehicle into the venue. Set up. Do the gig. Then dismantle. Out of the venue, into the car, the transport, whatever. Out of there, back into the house. So, it's not easy. Oh my God, it's not easy. It's hard work. Anyone who says, Fah! How much do you earn for two hours' work? No, not at all. You've got to drive there as well. You know? And he's clanging in the back. And I mean, you know, sometimes it's alright. Today it's not bad. It's like...

You know, an hour or so, it doesn't matter. But, you know, sometimes you've got a two, three hour journey. Next Saturday I'm doing the 40th birthday party. It's going to be a lot of fun. Seriously, I'm really looking forward to that. I'm going to take the video mixer and just going to have some fun there. I'm going to just relax that night. I'm going to have a few beers. And if you're watching Chapman doing his 40th birthday party, mate, I intend to stop over or something, I don't know. Well, we'll see what happens anyway. But there you go. Tip for tonight is quite simply this. If you want to become a mobile DJ, yeah, it's great to play the music, get the crowd rocking, but you know what? That's not even the half of it. It's hard work. The kind in, the kind out, the setting up, but, this is the but, at the end of the night when people clap and smile and look at you and congratulate you and just...

Thank you. Practice and enjoy.

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