give us your latest thoughts what runs through your head when the dance floors full, and hey presto an imbecile comes straight out of the seating area and asks for the worst follow up tune wots urs because my worst showstopper was macy gray but i did the right thing and showed him a clean set of heels lets have em bring it on

Kylie on, dancefloor full, requests came in


Fringing in the rigging !!!

Ive noticed that alot of people will hold on to a request slip (all filled out) until they were going to come up and dance anyway.

Its not uncommon therefore, for requests to come in for
a style/genre of music thats very different to what youre playing at the time.

As for floor killers, as opposed to floor fillers, I dont think that theres any tune which is 100% guaranteed NEVER to clear a floor, even when the tune has been requested. Ive had nights where Kylie: cant get you outta my head, or Outkast: hey ya, Black box: ride on time, or even The Mavericks: Dance the night away...has cleared the floor.

If a dancefloor killer (emptier) isnt a particularly "classic" tune, and we've got alot of other requests to get thru, I'll usually announce my "30 second rule"...eg: I'll mention on-air that this was someones request, but obviously isnt proving to be that easy to dance to, so we'll be moving on to the next track in 30 seconds unless we get some people dancing to it.

The only exception to this is if theres alot of toe-tapping, finger strumming and/or singing along amongst "the seated ones", in which case, its a crowd pleaser so go with the flow.

I always say " I am really sorry but this track doesnt really fit in with what we are doing here so eventhough its a good track i cant play it ,so is there anything else you would like to hear that might fit ?" If this fails get them thrown out!

Its only the very selfish few who EXPECT their request to go on immediately they give it to you... I just say "sorry I havent got that one" - if I know its a real killer and wont go down at all well with the crowd... or I just say that I will put it in when I am doing that particular style of music...... Its always better to tell these people that you will play it.... but just not yet....(if you cant get out of it by saying you dont have it)!

Try my excuse. If its a song that I think won't fit in, and unless is a special request and means something special to a wedding couple then I will come up with the following ::
Firstly I will say I'm not sure If I've got that track with me but I shall have a look for you, and if they come back and ask again I will apologise and say that i cant find it and offer to play an alternative track. And hope they dont ask for another ridiculous request, but most people tend to request songs at the most 2-3times a night.
Am I being out of order or is it a good idea ??
What you guys and Gals think ?? [I](notice I included the gals, noticed theres a few forum babes lol)

done a gig last night and you said most people only come up 3 times a night and request tunes ,this young girl must of come up and asked for p diddy mario winnans 4 times when i just played it so been polite i said sing the chorous back to me and she said i dont want to know and i said neither do i hope you like that chaps and chappetes.

..far simpler just to say you dont have it in the first place..... you wont get the person p'd off because they have had to come back to you 2 or 3 more times!

I have some request slips i give out to people. by the time they have rememberd the Song and Artist name and also there name its too late to play it and im packing up !

Also if the person whos requesting the song is atractive ask them to put there phone number on the request too, you would be suprised at how many people do with out thinking !



cheeky i know but makes me smile.

ooh! Good idea shall try that one! If its a young women could say "if you write ya number down i'll play it" !!