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sneaker pimps - spin spin sugar (armand van helden remix)
run dmc vs jason nevins - It's like that
This thread will come in handy for me no doubt...
I wish I had a thread like this when I played at that frat. Ended up playing a bunch of digweed/sasha type stuff. It went alright but people weren't really familiar with quality 
You know I'm not black, but there's been a whole lotta times I wish I could say I'm not white. - FZ
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| Originally posted by denys envy in fact i will start the night off with: Stimming - Una Pena (Original Mix) |
faces from all those ignorant people at that party.
So, how did it go Denys?
it's this saturday nigga. i'll update when it's over.
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| Originally posted by denys envy it's this saturday nigga. i'll update when it's over. |
alright i'm basically ready. if anyone got a couple more tunes to throw my way, basically something electro, don't hesitate.
i packed away about 130 tunes. though i'm sure i'll only play half that. my only hesitation is that about 75% of them are from 2007, but i'm sure these people don't care about such things.
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| Originally posted by denys envy alright i'm basically ready. if anyone got a couple more tunes to throw my way, basically something electro, don't hesitate. i packed away about 130 tunes. though i'm sure i'll only play half that. my only hesitation is that about 75% of them are from 2007, but i'm sure these people don't care about such things. |
Bob Sinclar - World Hold On
Stonebridge, Ian Carey
Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha (Kaskade Mix)
Pretty decent house tune actually.
Oh, and definately:
Some Random Punk - Wonderbra >It's a breaks remake of Wonderwall.
ascension - someone remix is the only vocal track i can say i truely enjoy all the time
some other ones rarely from time to time
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| Originally posted by DuBam Armand, Junior und der Discoboys. F�r ein start! |
Yes yes, simple statement, lotta typo's.
I never claimed to know German.
Danke Herr Tranzmeister
@ Denys.. Sharam Jey, yay.
Also Coburn - We Interrupt. (The version with the rap vocals)
I actually really bloody like it.
Works hectic.
Holy fuck.
ears are bleeding. but i got paid.
off to bed. i'll update fully tomorrow.
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| Originally posted by denys envy Holy fuck. ears are bleeding. but i got paid. off to bed. i'll update fully tomorrow. |
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| Originally posted by denys envy Holy fuck. ears are bleeding. but i got paid. off to bed. i'll update fully tomorrow. |
w0rd!
We're waiting Denys...
alright alright.
the owner had me come in @ 9 (originally planned 10) to attempt and retain the dinner crowd (there's a restaurant downstairs - same owner). i started with some vocal deep house for a good hour, people grooved but no one really danced. although they stuck around and drank, so that's good.
i moved into the more mainstream house. shit like Tom Novy's remix of "Sexy Back" (Justin Timberlake). Some older Kaskade. Miguel Migs. and the like. a lot of the OM label stuff actually.
As people started shuffling in around midnight I started dropping the harder electro and top 40 remixes. Played a lot of Thomas Gold and Chriss Ortega stuff. The Lady Gaga remix mentioned in here worked really well with them. Along with a few more "top 40" electro remixes that i found. Deadmau5 worked well too. Basically anything electro, without too much going on, and recognizable vocals works for them. i remember dropping Royal Kinks - Borrowed Time (Michael Cassette Remix) and was happy to see that worked over well.
Towards the end of the night (2:30-3 am - that's right I played for almost 7 hours straight - until 4 am, with three or four cigarrette breaks, it was rough) I played some tunes twice, especially those that I remembered the crowd liked. And for the last hour or so I started bumping a lot of russian music, like the Soyuz (the russians in here will know what i'm talking about) mixes that I have - over 50% of the people that show up are either russian or ukrainian.
overall about 200 people showed up throughout the night (estimates based on what we made at the door). most of the time they were receptive to the music. I just had to build and build throughout the night, but always keep it vocal and especially recognizable vocals. between three or four vocal tracks i'd drop something recognizable, like a Daniel Portman Remix of Greece 2000, shit like that.
a couple of times through the night, maybe a good 5 even, random ppl would come up and ask me if i'd play any hip hop/rap in the night - one girl even offered me drugs if i played rap - i told them i forgot it at home. lol. it worked tho, i was like "come next time, i'll have it" though i won't. and those people settled down and danced anyway.
overall i could see the attraction to this type of music in the crowd tho. a lot of them get confidence to dance when it's stuff they recognize. and once you get the girls moving, the guys come after - every time. so the main thing was to focus on the girls, even if they're by the bar, see what type of tracks make them start bopping their heads, or wiggling their hips. play a couple more of that and they'll be dragging the guy they're with to the dancefloor.
i feel like i "sold out" lol. but it's good money, especially in this economy. and i still get to play a little of the stuff that i like, keeping mostly to vocals for now. after a while, after establishing myself as a DJ they like, i hope i can start sneaking in good stuff that they'll trust me with and that i also enjoy playing.
we'll see though.
Seems like you had a little too much fun playing shit records... j/k 
Seems like you did had a lot of fun, and that your crowd was having a good time as well. I hope this works out for you and that you get to do your thing soon enough 
When are you playing there again?
this saturday.
i think i enjoy making people dance, regardless of what i'm playing. yeah it'd be nice if they moved to the deep groovy shit that i love to play. but i think in this day and age you have to produce it and get brought in specifically to play it by clubs. so that the crowd that enjoys it - recognizes you (on the flyer or whatever) and comes in to specifically check you out. if you're gonna be an "every weekend" DJ, without much of a production background, and for an every day average crowd (clueless white ppl) - you will have to play top 40 stuff to keep their interest in you. at least for a while. after some name recognition comes in, then you can slowly build up to do your own thing.
there's places all over the town that let me do the deep stuff. but most of them play crap and sometimes almost nobody comes. this allows me to play in front of bigger crowds, and get decent money for it. i guess it's "selling out" in a way... it is what it is.
there's a niche for everything i suppose. just gotta find it.
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