"Want to see what NOT to do when attending a concert? From this weekend's show on the Jersey Shore here's just ONE of the clips I have of this group of girls screaming at and harassing me to play the ""Whip & Nae Nae"" then threatening to ""get the owner"" of the venue when I tried explaining (as nicely as I could while doing so quickly because you know... it's not like I was in the middle of DUB MIXING, or that there were speakers blaring about 2 feet away, or that it was clearly evident that this was a REGGAE show) that hell would freeze over first.
Over the past few years touring and performing live I've gotten used to this happening every one in a while at venues that don't traditionally host live music or where I know the crowd really doesn't know what dub is - people see a laptop and think... ""oh he's a DJ"" which apparently equates to ""I can just go scream requests at the top of my lungs and then act like a toddler when I don't get my way."" But just FYI (and I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir posting this to my fans)... acting this way is not ok.
Please don't be a jerk and act like this at music events. You're there to see people perform (aka put their entire energy and self into a performance... for your viewing and listening pleasure) - just because you paid doesn't mean you get to act like an entitled brat by screaming at the musicians how to do their job. I can't believe I have to actually explain to people why acting like this is not ok. Facepalm.