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What would you recommend for a High School set?

I'm asking for a couple of opinions as to what I should play at a upcoming party for my HS's JROTC club. Apperantly they are planning to have a big bash soon, but until I hear from the main planners soon, I'm really not sure what genre they would want to hear. I'm probably going to have to play some Hip-Hop/Pop stuff, since this is basically a teen party... and I know for sure that I'll have to take a couple of requests.

Nothing is set in stone (the group is still working out a budget, so I don't even know if I'll have a decent deck to work with ). Any suggestions on what I should play between the hip-hop, or what would make a good transition to/from that genre, would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Mike

You're there to play what people want to hear, not introduce them to electronic music so I'd say stick with the Top 40/Hip-Hop garbage.

Garbage it is, but I know plenty of local DJs that can play that crap. If I didn't care about the quality of the set, then I would have recommended one of those DJs to my friend. As it stands I want to do an enjoyable set that won't turn everyone off, but that can just give a little nudge per se towards electronica.

I understand that all of my requests are going to be "Nelly this, Eminem that", but I want to also show them that there is decent Dance music out there as well. It's really sad that some of these persons' only exposure to Dance has been Zombie Nation "Kernkraft 400" (great song, but not for someone who's never heard anything of the like).

Here's what I'm thinking of right now:

Utada Hikaru - Simple and Clean (PlanetB Remix 9)
4 Strings - Take Me Away (Into The Night)
DJ Sammy - Sunlight
Room 5 - Make Luv (maybe...)
Tomcraft - Lonliness
The Chemical Brothers - Get Yourself High (would need some mixing, but it could work)
Kylie Minogue - anything would work

So the idea is to get songs that are not too hardcore, but just enough pop to get some interest, and hopefully make some people aware of what's off the beaten path. That's my delusion anyway

heheehe well when i get gigs like this i dont bother mixing, just press play and stop bak nd forth. if its not trance for the nite, no need for me to waste my time mixing garbage with garbage.

Get a few people to pass out pills and they'll dig whatever you play.

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Originally posted by IcedEmotion Get a few people to pass out pills and they'll dig whatever you play.

lol.......

i DJ'd all my high school dances. Well me & a mate... he was a hip hop DJ i was the dance DJ ... it worked out great. i didnt play the stuff i play at clubs now, but i mean get a good hook & a good vocal and they'll still dance.

So, any songs that you think would work well? I still haven't gotten word, but it seems that the party is going to end up being Top 40/Hip Hop. Here are a couple more songs that i think would work:

Daft Punk - One More Time
Basement Jaxx - Lucky Star, Red Alert
Darude - Sandstorm, Feel The Beat
Prodigy - Breathe, Smack My Bitch Up

just get all your anthems in there man from the 1998/99/00 period and your set should go down a treat.oh,and leave born slippy to last!

Paul Van Dyk - For an Angel
Verococha - Carte Blanche
Cafe del mar - energy 52

And if they dont appreciate any of them pack yer records up and fuck off

or you could scare the hell out of them and play some funky techno ya it is good ya!

Mauro Picotto - New time, new place
DK8 - Murder was the bass
Cohen V Deluxe - Just kick
Dead or Alive - us spin me round (jeff mills/techno mix)
Moguai - U know Y
Ferry Corsten - Punk (winner every time)

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Originally posted by jimmi_n_uk Paul Van Dyk - For an Angel Verococha - Carte Blanche Cafe del mar - energy 52 And if they dont appreciate any of them pack yer records up and fuck off

Yeah I'm sure THAT will be a surefire way to get them to like trance

As Conk said, you're probably going to be there to play top40, so I would stick to that, especially if the people in charge of planning/paying for the event want you to play that. I mean if I hired a DJ under the agreement that he would play jpop, and he played Hungarian Polka, I'd be pretty damn pissed.

Andain-Beautiful Things, i know its old news or whatever, but since it dosent have a really trancy/EDM feel to it to an untrained ear, i say use it somewhere...PLUS IT HAS VOCALs

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Originally posted by jimmi_n_uk or you could scare the hell out of them and play some funky techno ya it is good ya!

Ya it is! I would rather use some hard Drum n Bass for a good scare...

DJ Dara or Freaky Flow would bug everyone out at the place!

I just got a few more details as to what my set is going to be like. The set will be three hours long, and I have a (you'll get a laugh out of this) budget of $300.

You could imagine the look on my face

Still no word on what genre/s I'll be playing (they really need to let me know soon...). Right now my biggest concerns are finding the tunes that I will use to fill up my three hours, and managing to get a decent loan on equipment for under $300 (how the heck am I supposed to do that?!?)

Nice suggestions on the songs. I'll definately try Paul Van Dyk and Veracocha.

Tranc3: If you hired a DJ to do J-Pop, I would come into your club a day early, camp out at the entrance, and dance to that all night and morning. Bring on the Ayu!

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Originally posted by jimmi_n_uk Paul Van Dyk - For an Angel Verococha - Carte Blanche Cafe del mar - energy 52 And if they dont appreciate any of them pack yer records up and fuck off or you could scare the hell out of them and play some funky techno ya it is good ya! Mauro Picotto - New time, new place DK8 - Murder was the bass Cohen V Deluxe - Just kick Dead or Alive - us spin me round (jeff mills/techno mix) Moguai - U know Y Ferry Corsten - Punk (winner every time)

my thoughts exactly

If someone asks me to play hitparade music, I would friendly ask him to fuck off . As jimmi said, you can try the classics like cafe del mar, carte blanche, PvD, Gouryella, Out of the Blue, etc., but if they don't dig that, pack your stuff and leave. As a dance-music DJ, you should play your style.
As Conk said, you have to adjust to the audience, but there are limits to adjustment. By playing rubbish like hitparade-music, you are crossing that border m8...

Play vocal tracks and edm remixes of pop tunes.

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Originally posted by dj_moonshine heheehe well when i get gigs like this i dont bother mixing, just press play and stop bak nd forth. if its not trance for the nite, no need for me to waste my time mixing garbage with garbage.

hehe...You read my mind, well said.

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