Heyaa Guys and Gals,

Seems like there are quite a number of budding DJ's here. Anyone of you interested in becoming a DJ?

We're currently looking for 1 or 2 more DJ to assist us in the club. Currently there are 2 of us, but I have a full time career in the day, so I can only come in on weekends.

We are not the owner of the club, but we have taken over the contract to provide DJs to this club.

Here's a brief run down of the job and what we're looking for. I'll not divulge too much details here, so feel free to PM me if you are interested.

Job Description and Responsibilities :-

- The club is a feng tau cheong (underground dance club) in the Klang Valley area. You must have an open mind for the music. Genre's played are usually feng-taoish english and chinese remixes. Though at times we drop some hardstyle,hard techno or hard house to spice things up. But those genres aren't the focal point of the night.

- Operating hours are from 1am- 7am Mon-Sat. 2 DJ's per night, on an hourly shift. You have a break for 1 hour between each set.

- You will be entitled to a salary, plus a Point System (you get a certain percentage from the service charge), payable on month end. Amount of salary will depend on how many nights you have worked in a month. Points will be totalled up by club management at the end of the month.

- This is not Zouk,Aloha or other mainstream club. No EPF, No socso, no employment letter, no payslip. If the club closes, you better have a back up plan for youself. Though we shall commit to pay you for the nights you have worked, even if it has to come out from our own pockets.

- Payment will be paid by us directly, banked in directly to your bank account.

- In the event of a raid on any night you have worked, you will still be paid in full for that night, even if the club closes early. However, if you are caught taking illegal subtances, you are on your own, and we will NOT bail you out. We highly advice that you stay CLEAN.

- Work will commence in July. You do not have to commit the duration you will work, if you leave halfway thru, we will pay you what you have worked, and we shall find a replacement. It's ok if you wanna give it a go for one month.


Here's what we're looking for :-

- No club experience neccesary, but you should know the basics of mixing. You must be able to hold a mix, no trainwrecks (lari kuda), no dead air and you should be able to improvise in certain situations (e.g. CD taking too long to eject and the end of the track is apporaching). We do not have the budget if you're an experienced DJ, so we're specifically looking for new DJ's who are looking to play out.

- We will guide you. If you're unemployed, studying, on holiday, term breaks, active at night and itching to play out after playing in the bedroom for so long with only your cat or dog as your audience, then this is the job for you.

- MUST be 21 and Above.

- Ability to talk on the mic. We're not expecting an MC, but you should not be mic-shy. Know when and when NOT to rock the mic. No language preference, you can
rock the mic in English, Chinese or Malay.

- *Important* You must show your own iniative in sourcing for your own tracks. We will NOT provide you with any tracks at the start. Over time, we might share some with you.

- You will use only the equipment the club provides. You are expected to be familiar with the CDJ's and mixers. You have to adapt to different models, as the models change over time due to raids (sometimes they confiscate the equipment). So no excuses like "Oh, Im not familiar with this CMX3000 because i only use a CDJ800" and stuff like that.

- Strictly no bringing your own equipment. No Laptops, no SSL, No VDJ. Though you can bring your own headphones. Those club headphones can be smelly at times.

- There will be a soundman to handle the amps, compressors and other sound system, so no need to worry about that.

- Good PR skills will be a plus. It would be good if you can mingle with the regulars between your sets. If you can drink, all the better.

- IF you have sensitive hearing, please be cautioned that the noise levels at the club may damage your hearing.

If you're interested, PM me and I'll provide you with more details. Please prepare a recorded mix of half an hour, if you do not have the equipment, we can work on getting you an audition.

Only serious applicants please.

Thanks you. Hope i didn't miss anything out.

This post has been edited by afrodeity: May 30 2008, 01:11 PM

This is for a club in the Klang Valley area. We are still working on getting more contracts, but i feel that wouldn't happen so soon. We're taking baby steps.

You won't be going to any lock up unless you are tested positive during the on-the-spot urine test. Those "herd everyone into the lorry and bring to the police station" are over a few years back. They have portable test kits now.

This post has been edited by afrodeity: May 30 2008, 01:09 PM

@westokan

Lol, I understand man. But there aren't many clubs that specifically plays techno and trance now in KL. Gone are the Movement, Backroom and Atmosphere days

Feng feng is a good starting point if anyone's looking for club exposure, physically gruelling and you have learn to deal with all sorts of customers. Good experience and stepping stone to move on to other genres.

Fuuuh...saw it d. Nice vid man.

Yo, thanks for your interest bro.

But playing hard trance the whole night will not go down well with the patrons.

This is a true blue feng tau club, you know all those goyang kepala clubs? The music is similiar to what they blast in the pasar malam, to be frank.

Like someone mentioned, the source of the music are mostly MP3's, but we convert them to standard audio format while burning them to CDs to play in the club.

It's true to a certain extent that they probaly won't care what's being played, however you have to be careful of the overall flow of the music. If the hard house or trance track sounds good at 175- 180 bpm, then by all means, mix it in.

But bear in mind, the music policy of the club is feng tau, the patrons go there to listen to feng tau, anything else is secondary. It's alright if you wanna layan sendiri and syiok yourself a bit by dropping your favourite tracks of other genres now and then, but dont ruin the flow and dont do it for the sake of pushing your musical opinion or trying to 'educate' them.