a time and a place for everything

see previous post for background on this one.

so i figured i'd save time and show up in a bad mood and hope things would get better. people-wise things were better, but of course things went sour later in the evening. drama, and then fights during the after party.

this has been bugging for weeks now - if we have idiots that fight when we're playing dance music and you make me switch to slow country because they're fighting, then shouldnt we start playing dance music when they start fighting when there is country playing? what school of logic is that again? punish the rest of the building, just absolutly destroy the party mood, because a group gets stupid?

somebody explain? before i lose whats left of my mind...

you don't get to judge unless you do my job

there's two people that can tell me i do a good job. me, and the collective individual known as the customers. if they're dancing and having a good time - i'm doin something right. if they're leaving, if they're just sitting there drinking, if they're yelling at me because the music isnt what they like, then i need to do something else with the music while still keeping to the club's format.
i understand when it's slow, and i understand during those times of the month when they arent going to come out. but everytime someone higher than my paygrade gets a compliment or comment about the music from people that DO NOT spend enough time or money in the bar to make a difference, wants to say "good job" i get really nervous.

good job means people stay in the club and have a party. not leave in groups because they dont like whats playing and are not going to wait for it to change.

stick to what you're supposed to do - glad hand the customers, ride herd on the waitstaff and try to keep them sober and your idiot floormen who are too busy chasing tail and joking around with their friends to pay attention and do their damn jobs.

Just seeing if this works... and it does

so. how ya been? i've been a little weird, a little stressed. nothing new there tho. last post was in april, and it wasnt what i would call a good time fun feelin post. more like - dear dr. phil: things suck, and so does your advice.
well, guess what? things got better. straightened out some stuff, got my head almost right for awhile (personal issues... it's all good) and havent had to put up with as much B.S. as i used too. that and being voted number 1 nightclub for 2008 was nice too.
we've had a couple concerts since, and the last one was this past thursday - Randy Rogers Band with Wade Bowen for an opener - i have to say i was impressed. plenty of Bowen fans in front of the stage singin' along with his songs, and they played for a quite awhile for an opening act. in-between acts tho i didn't have to do much except play with the lights. instead they had Rogers IPOD plugged in to their sound system running a playlist. imagine my surprise when the first song out was "jump around" by House of Pain? Rogers gets up on that stage finally and just blew the doors off. an artist on stage feeds off the energy in a crowd. if the crowd doesnt feel it - it's gonna be a short concert. Rogers played for almost 2 hours with the crowd loving every damn minute, singin' along and having a great time. you could just tell he was on the stage just plain having FUN.



got some more i wanna get in here, but we'll wait till later.

it's nap time.