Think i said this on the last thread BUT at The Orwell, we are a 'One spin a night' venue!
If a DJ had brought a specific tune to play and someone else played it before they got on, he/she would be expected to 'find another un'. This works at smaller events like ours, especially because all the DJ's tend to be there all night and listen to everything being played! It's not rocket science is it?
All credit to ALL soul events that have this policy, of which there are lots!
As a word of advice for the huge corporate oldies events that have been blighted by this problem (i.e. DJ's turning up minutes before their set and repeating tunes played only minutes earlier), i'd have a system of at least jotting down what you'd played on a pad next to the decks, so the next DJ can see what not to play!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's not rocket science either!
Only my opinion of course!
Cheers
Steve