Mobile DJ Gig log ( advise)

0:00 You're probably wondering now, well where was the footage?

There you go folks, and another gig log for you. You're probably wondering now, well where was the footage? Well, here's the deal. I started doing a bit of footage before the event. I got there, and here's the scenario. And I'm not going to mention names, places, anything. But, got to the venue, and the people had been drinking probably all day. And, you know... I could sense that there was a little bit of, let's say, hostility in the air. That's all I'm going to say. Well, they wanted me to start relatively early and I got there at 6.30ish, started at 7 o'clock and I actually started at 7 o'clock, full stop. Now here's the scenario, let me just move that back a bit, no we're going forward, moving back, that's it. So I started at 7 and at about...

11.30, I was booked to 1, but at about 11.30 they started chucking food at each other, the few people that were left. And, you know, all of a sudden the lights come on and I see this, you know, someone doing that, and it's like, right, okay, fair enough. And everyone starts hoovering, tidying up, moving chairs, tables and packing away and it's like, okay, so, gotta stop. So, I start packing up. Then... I get half my kit in the van and the groom comes out. What's going on? What's happened? What's going on? We booked you till one o'clock. Why aren't you playing? And I said, well, you know, someone told me to stop. Who was it? Who was it? Well, I didn't really want to say, you know, oh, it was him or it was her. So I said, well, look, you know, someone told me to stop. And they agreed. Yeah, fair enough. You know, you don't have to say who it was, but this is the situation I was in.

2:01 The one guy says, we'll give you a hundred quid

Two big blokes outside and they were like, right, you know, we're not paying you the full amount. And my first thought is, well, you know, normal function, you don't really do anything until about half past eight, nine o'clock anyway. And I've been playing since seven. So the one guy says, we'll give you a hundred quid. It's like, well, no, no, not doing that at all. You know, I agree. Fair enough. You know, it should have gone on till one. But, you know, I was told to stop. So, in a sense, it's partly my fault, but it's mainly the person's fault for telling me to stop. So I said, OK, I'll do it for £150 and they were adamant no hundred quid. I said, look, no, I'm doing it for 150 quid, full stop. And I said to them, look, if you want to, I'm quite happy to take all of the kit back out of the van, set it up, which will take me about half an hour, and I'll go on till one o'clock and just finish the night.

And then they looked at each other. They said, all right, we'll give you 120 quid. I said, no, 150 quid. That's the deal. Fair enough. I haven't gone till one o'clock. I am sticking my other guns. 150 quid. Well, do you know what? I got my 150 quid. All right. Now, admittedly, you know, while I was outside, sometimes you can sense if there's going to be a problem. And I sensed that there was no problem. But, I stuck to my guns. No, here's the deal. Now, you know, you've got to do this kind of thing. I'm just going to pause the camera because I'm by junction. Hold on. Okay, right, you've got to stick to what you say. Now, admittedly, I could not have asked for the full amount because I did not complete the contract. I did not go on until the said time of one o'clock. But, because...

4:48 The guy said, alright, I'll go inside, he came out, Thanks for watchin

Of these problems I presumed I had to finish but then of course the groom comes in and he has legitimately paid that amount till the set time so in a sense we have to come to a happy medium now there was one lady in there go give 100 quid and it's like well no you don't do that you can't do that so you have to try and think now again you've got to be a philosopher you've got to be a psychologist you've got to be almost everything But they're the ones who are slightly more happy, in other words. I mean, I stood by my guns and also I did say, well look, here's the deal guys, you know, there is a sound system in there, you know, they've got a PA system, some music behind the bar, all you've got to do is ask them to play that, that won't cost you a penny. And I also said, well look, at the end of the day, you've saved yourself 50 quid, you know, that's another two or three rounds of drinks. So the guy said, alright, I'll go inside, he came out,

Thanks for watching. Well, no, no. Most of the time it does happen. You know, you will have the stereotypical wedding. But occasionally you will have times when chaos sets in and anything can happen. And you can only go through these particular types of situations with experience. Now that's why I'm pleased to be able to do this. To give you my knowledge and like everyone else's, giving your knowledge. So here's the deal. Bunk in a comment underneath, maybe a sticky situation you've been in. Thank you for watching.

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