Essentially DJs are being hypocritical when they complain about the patrons in the VIP, indulging in bottle service and who knows what else.
Kill Paris was kicked off the decks in Hawaii and said in an interview with ElevateEDM,
The problem lies within poor judgement and poor execution of an event. The only place these well established performers are getting kicked off is the “bottle service” clubs. Here’s the problem. At these clubs, people are paying stupid ridiculous amounts of money for private seating and bottles of alcohol.
There’s a lot of hypocrisy in this statement. DJs aren’t required to come and play at “bottle service” clubs. The truth is that the amount of money that they stand to earn from a bottle service club is obscene compared to almost any other place. Why wouldn’t you book a few of these events?
It’s understandable that the crowd may not always like what a DJ is playing, but they should be able to read the audience and deliver an experience regardless of who’s there. Perhaps Kill Paris was the wrong booking in the event and DJ Shadow should have never been at Mansion, but where do we draw the line between refusing to innovate and artist sacrificing their credibility?
Avicii, Tiesto or even Kaskade may be a lot more mainstream friendly, but you will never see them complaining about this part of dance music and nightlife. You don’t bite the hand that feeds.
Kill Paris went on to say,
Now, when someone who is foolish enough to pay this kind of money to feel “superior” to the rest in the room, they feel like they have a say in what kind of music is being played at the club. “I just payed $10,000 to be in this club, play “Levels”!! ” (Sorry Avicii)
Are people who pay ridiculous amounts of money entitled to certain privileges? Arguably yes. The pareto principle teaches us that 80% of the results come from 20% of the inputs. Do 20% of VIP bottle service and table sales make up 80% of revenue for the club at night? It’s probably more than that in some places. It would be suicide for a business owner not to make this segment of his customer base happy.
Sure some of the blame should be passed to the promoters for booking the wrong artist, but DJs complaining about bottle service when it’s directly contributing their paychecks is wrong.
Yeah bottle service is douchey and a giant way to stroke your ego, but who doesn’t like that every once and a while?
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