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Gig log with Radio One DJ's Shropshire young farmers June 2013

DJ business Stage 8: The DJ Business November 2013

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0:00 I haven't got much room

Alright guys, all set out. I haven't got much room. I'm going to try this out today. It's the KAM KHM800HZ machine and I've got a bunch of lights. Good to go. I do like that. This will show, mate. Band picks. They do the colour band picks but this one, as you can see, moves. Marvellous. Stale monitors. Titan. I'm at Active 12, and I have a couple of rather nice amps down there. They are the MP2800s. One of them is running four Wolfdale Pro 15 in horn, and the other one's running two twin sub-18s. Those are rather loud, aren't they? I've got another gig log for you, hope you enjoyed that. Little bits, and I... Play it on, oh God. Played at the beginning, there was a band on as well. A little bit in between.

3:10 Yeah, great fun and crazy amount of people

The other DJs and then the last, you're over there now, the last DJ did the end of the night so really I just sort of hung around and twiddled my thumbs but it was very entertaining to watch. It's always good to watch other DJs work that's why gig logs are good because you can hear the music that they play. Alright my gig logs are very random you don't see me doing much because I'm the one filming so it's quite awkward but If you can watch other DJs do gig logs, then you'll get tips and tricks from them, of course. So, yeah, great fun and crazy amount of people. And I was very pleased actually that I was on quite a high stage area. It was a couple of trailers put together because the crowds were just absolutely mental. They were like loving it. They just wanted it. Oh, my God.

5:18 Different things and, you know, random

I don't really care of monkeys. There's another, there's two cars coming behind me and hopefully one isn't a policeman because if it is he may ask me why have I stopped here at night? Am I a really strange person? Possibly. But I don't really know and the cars are going to go past now and the one is going past and the one is going my direction. So what's he doing? It's going to turn. Yeah, it's going to turn. Good. So, back to the job at hand. Yeah, it was a very good night and it is now some godforsaken hour in the morning and I'm going to go to bed but not for a while yet because I've got to drive home which is a bit of a trek but there you go, it's all good fun. I always talk about different things and, you know, random stuff sometimes, most of the time about gigs. But I want to talk a little bit about driving and speed. Now, as you know in the UK, and I want you to comment on this if you feel the same way I do. In the UK, of course, you're only allowed to drive a certain speed for certain different roads, of course. Same around the world. And in towns...

And cities, some places at 20 miles an hour. Generally it's 30 or 40 miles an hour. But, right, why is it that wherever you drive in the UK, no matter what road it is, you seem to get stuck behind traffic and everyone is doing 40 bloody miles an hour? It absolutely pisses me off. Especially when you've got a van full of kit because you can't pass anyone. So you're stuck there behind these muppets in top of the range bloody BMWs doing 40 bloody miles an hour. It's like, grow up. Either do things. One, buy a very slow car so we can overtake you. Or the other one is just don't drive. I mean, have you been in that position or that situation where you're sat behind like a line of vehicles? All you want to do is you want to get on with your journey.

And because you've got a van full of kit, you can't really overtake or you can if you're on a dual carriageway or you can sit about five years ahead of you. Otherwise, you're stuck and you've just got to sit there. So anyone watching this who does like to go 40 miles an hour, please be a pullover and don't let the jumpers take over. Oh, you like that? See a pullover as in a pullover and a jumper because... This could be fact, I'm not sure if there are any police officers watching this. A lot of people think that a lot of accidents are caused because of speeding. Well, I suppose they are. But I reckon, I hope I'm going in the right direction, I reckon a lot of accidents are actually caused, seriously, by people who are going too slow so that other people try and overtake them. And of course, if you try to overtake them, then you're going to have an accident, aren't you? Or you've got more chance of having an accident.

Because you're taking chances. So please, pretty please, with cherries on the top, if you are going slow, either pull over or the right foot is a fantastic thing. Your right foot is amazing. Please can you, on the odd occasion, press it down slightly a little bit more. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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