When you put things into perspective
Now, iv always hated djs who are crying about their jobs, honestly, would you rather work in a storage knowing that the tomates goes into the number 347 in your system and that the spanish sallad always gets in on tuesday night so on wedensday you know you will spend half of the day aranging space for it in the storage ?
Sure, flying can be a hassle and it is very a lonely job (unless you are a top 10 dj so you can force the promoters to pay for your agent to come along…). But does it really matter ? You will be doing what you love and you have to sometimes understand that you are one of the lucky once out of the 28347834374637 other djs that tried to make it.
Im sitting hear in my hotel room in Seoul/Korea and im pretty fucked up by the jetlag and the night before. Iv managed to be in Copenhagen, Vienna, Bratislava, Miami, New York, Frankfurt, Beijing, Tampa & Seoul all within 5 days… Should i complain about my flight shedule ? Erhmm i dont think so, i just got paid for traveling the world and to drink a magnum bottle of champagne for free as “thanks” for coming to a club.
Beauty always comes with pain. Im sorry kids, but i only know 1 DJ who fly’s his own private jet around the world (yeah, he just got it and it took hom about 10 years to get it after being nr. 1 x 3 and playing at the Olympics opening). Iv seen superstar djs crying that they have to fly with Ryan Air and then they make a 5000 euro at the gig. Common, does it matter, you will arrive there at the same time anyway? Its not like Brittish Airwaves gives you a blowjob just becuase ur in business class ? I just flew Brittish Airwaves business class and i got eggs & bacon as breakfeats, the economy class got a sandwhich… Big change ? I dont think so. I had 5 centimeters more leg space and the toilet had a small ugly painting from the 80s with.. And this is why you wanted to be business class just becuase you are a fancy DJ ?
When i started to get international gigs 2 years ago i was living in Michalovce (Slovakia). A place god forgot and where the closest airport is Ukraine where the boarding ticket gets written in hand and you can easily see a dog running around on the run way. So, i was always flying out of kosice, which had 3 places it flew to, Bratislava, Vienna or Prague and that was it. So a normal gig in, lets say Dublin, would take me about 16 hours to get to if i was lucky….. Im gonna admit i cursed the F*CK out of the situation i was put into… but hey ? What could i do ? Tell my girlfriend to fuck off just becuase i had some bad flights ? Nopes, im not that kind of guy. I just made sure to work harder to get the chance the get the fuck out of there as fast as i possibly could.
So later we moved to a little town close to Bratislava called “Galanta”, about 1 hour away from Vienna Airport and 30 minutes away from Bratislava Airport. Now, Bratislava airport is not Heathrow connection wise, but it does its job (unless you were flying with welovetofuckitupskyeeurope….). Iv normally take the flight out of vienna and i love that airport, free wifi, fast staff and iv even managed to get a jumbo jet to Dubai to wait for me 20 minutes after i called the airport management… Vienna airport is lovely.
But would i ever think it would been lovely if i was put into the shit before ? Nopes. Would i ever enjoyd getting paid very well for playing records around the world if i was born a millionere ? Nopes. Iv been eating pasta with Mr. Sagstad for half a year, living like a homeless student just trying to make it as a producer/DJ and hey i made it, but it didnt came from nothing.
If you ever seen the interview with Tiesto for KLM he says “You are married to your work and you have to give up everything for it”. Very very true. If you want to succed in something you have to focus to 110% to it. Im sorry to say, but its impossible to have a fulltime job and then also try to become a full time DJ AND having a relation, its mission impossible.
I know alot of you people have the same dream, so my point is: If you get there, dont come and cry about flights, long days, being alone or that your misses is complaining. Instead, enjoy that you made it and for a moment appreciate that your taking a flight to the job and not a local bus full of school kids. Enjoy the fact that you got 15 angry emails to read and respond to becuase you are busy trying Korean food. Enjoy that the kids hate you on the forums becuase you didnt make a uplift trancer they would love back in 1999, before they didnt even have a clue who you were and now they spend time on hating you. LOVELY ! Do i care ? Not really 
Remember, always do what you feel is right and when you one day will get there, look back and say “damn, i made it and im gonna enjoy this situation im put into even though it sucks to spend 3 hours in a ryan air flight with a millwall fan next to me smelling like a old pub fired up in bacon on his way for his first vacation in 3 years”. And always always always be greatful to your fans and belivers, becuase without them you wouldnt be anything, not even a hated figur on the forums 
Anyway, i think you get my point ! Sometimes when you put things into perspective, things are not as bad as they seem even though it might look like that just for that moment.
Good night from seoul and see you next week !
Cheers,
Marcus Schossow
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Word up bun! Life can always be worse than a 5 hour layover in Brussels
I loved it! I Love your view about being a DJ. Really good written!!
Haven’t forgotten those tomatoes ehhhh…?
Keep flying and playing !!
This is an interesting point of view u gave us Marcus, and I can say that u’r absolutely right.If u made it, don’t complain about it, u’r the lucky one.:) Keep up the good job and good luck man!
You are totally right marcus
Its also cool to realise that i am not alone
i honestly feel sometimes that i am the only one putting in about eight hundred percent effort into my music..lol
You are a good person dude respect
I hope someday to be able to see you live
I’ve always wanted to know how a DJ felt about the whole flying situation and everything outside the club. Thanks Marcus.
Could you write something about the stuff DJs have to deal with inside the club next time?
I see the bangbus has been treating you well Uncle Marcus! Keep it up, and get your white ass to the states sometime (preferably the west coast).
Great post.
…I thought that Ferry had a jet also, lol.
Thanks for this, Marcus… always good to read about real-life DJ work experiences, and not just about how massive every party is and stuff like that. People seem to forget that it’s still a job, just a very peculiar one.
I guess every dream job turns into a JOB sooner or later, but it’s good to notice that there are successful DJ’s out there who still appreciate their success, and don’t bitch about the downsides of their craft.
Best,
Toni / Syna & Deck Jagger
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