| Comment | There's a reason they all play that stuff. Nobody wants to go to a club that plays anything different. Well, maybe you and about 15 other people, but not enough people to pay the bills. People I know have tried, and failed, to run alternative queer nights around Glasgow. I can't even remember the names of half the events.
You think Polo and AXM haven't tried rock/metal nights, "alternative queer" music and a bunch of other stuff? Of course they have. No fucker ever comes to them. That's why they don't bother any more.
If you start playing alternative stuff that people don't recognise on a normal club night, people leave. And if a DJ is playing stuff that makes people leave, they get sacked. That's why Hayley Kiyoko and Rina Sawayama go on before midnight, not after.
It's frustrating, but that's the way it is.
I was a DJ in most of the gay venues in Glasgow for a long time, multiple nights a week. It's a much harder job than you think it is. If you want to give it a shot, drop the Polo Lounge a message on Facebook. Three DJs left during and just before Covid (including me) and they're looking for people. |
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