Now he gets a little upset. After he checked the book and didn't find anything he really wanted to "WOW" the audience with. Big deal he can sing some rap songs without looking at some of the words. I told him I didn't do "F***" shows.
So he comes back up and puts in a "normal" song. Then he proceeds to tell me his cute stage name. Which I won't use here to protect his "IMAGE." Something like DJ Grand Master ....blab yak. You get the idea. He wants my entire audience to know he's a KJ/DJ whatever.
He also wants to know if he brings in his own songs and "edits" them if I'll play them. I told him yeah. So I know his entire repertoire contains nothing but swearing rap crap. I guess he can help me and my show out with his talent.
Then it hits me that his show is all about him. Cutesy name, rap songs he knows by heart. Yadda yadda. ALL Show off stuff. Probably in bars I wouldn't go to unless I was packin'.
I personally never even cared if anyone ever knew my name just as long as they remembered the company name. There are other DJs in the hood here that have fancy DJ names. They aren't working as much as me either. HMMMMM
Maybe if they put more effort in to the "business" and less on themselves they might be on to something. That might work in LA for a regular big club spinner, but I highly doubt a local shmocal KJ is going "big tyme" around here with a fancy DJ word play name.
There have been other flash in the pans come and go with cutesy names. Why don't they ever last?They never knew what it was all about. I promote high quality karaoke about singers that sound good because of the sound system and my mixing skills. Not on making sure every single person knew my name and how to spell it. I don't care what they call me as long as they come out every week. And they can hear a difference in my show.
There was another new singer tonight. She was supposedly "shy" and wanted to hear my system before she sang. I can guarantee she probably regularly frequents a show with a crap sound system. Because I know what crap's around and I have never seen her before.
Her friend told me she likes me and she will be back. Who cares if she knows my name. What is important is she wants to come back to my show. Must have been something that made her like whatever she heard. And it wasn't my cutesy name.
Karaoke is the priority, not my name. The Ting Tings would love it.
