This past Saturday, I had the opportunity to play a really fun gig at the request of a friend. She works at a Salon and they were having a grand opening at a new location, and her fiance (one of my closest friends) planned their party. He asked me to provide the tunage. Of course, being a salon, I'd need to bring my own sound and equipment. (Got a chance to try out my QSC K-12s somewhere other than my garage.)

At first I hesitated, because I know what it's like to play to a non-EDM crowd in Ohio. I am not a top-40 DJ, but my friend is very aware of this and just told me to do my thing. I also didn't want to bore or confuse a room full of 100 - 150 (mostly smoking hot females) people with deep tech and prog house. I wanted to throw in recognizable tracks without playing complete shit that I was embarrassed to play. Finding recognizable pop songs in a "respectable" (?) dance music format is rather difficult.

Part one is more along the lines of my normal sound. What I ended up doing is kind of going back and forth, because most of the recognizable tracks were also in a much "harder" direction than I wanted to go. (This isn't a night club, after all.) The result is either disjointed or varied/eclectic, depending on your point of view, but I think I made it work pretty well. I ended up getting a lot of compliments and everyone really had a great time, so I'm pretty happy with it overall, even if I did play songs like "Good Voodoo" in the same set as Kelly Rowland.

tl;dr / COR version: This is just some fun and fairly random music in a set that doesn't take itself too seriously, played live in a hair salon off-hours. Enjoy.




Tracklist:
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01. Nikola Gala - When I Listen 2 This Sound feat. Zm
02. Soul Clap - Rock The Boat
03. 2020 Soundsystem - Falling (Will Saul & Tam Cooper Remix)
04. Hatikvah - Love Bells (Kris Wadsworth Remix)
05. George Andrews - The Get Down
06. Corrugated Tunnel - Two Nights in Berlin (Francesco Bonora and Mirko Remix)
07. Oscar P - Crispified (Karol XVII & MB Valence Remix)
08. Chymera - These Jagged Shards
09. Maya Jane Coles - No Sympathy (Francesco Bonora Mix)
10. Form & Function - Wonderland
11. Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River (Bill Hamel Justinough Vocal Mix)
12. Will Saul & Tam Cooper - Room In Your Heart

Part 2 |Download|
12. Will Saul & Tam Cooper - Room In Your Heart (cont'd)
13. Greed - Strange World (Van Bellen Mix)
14. Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body (Sander Kleinenberg's Just In The Club Mix)
15. Tovar - Take Me There
16. Chromeo - Needy Girl (Lifelike Remix)
17. Mood II Swing - Closer feat. Carol Sylvan (Fred Everything & Oliver Desmet Remix)
18. Kiki - Good Voodoo (Visionquest Remix)
19. Peggy Lee - Fever (Jetee Bootleg)
20. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. (Stanton Warriors Unreleased Remix)
21. Fred Everything - St-Viateur
22. David Morales, Lea-Lorien - How Would You Feel (Extended Mix)
23. Freestylers - Push Up
24. Eric Prydz - Call On Me (Main Mix)

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24. Eric Prydz - Call On Me (Man Mix) (cont'd)
25. Kelis - Bossy (Scumfrog Mix)
26. Solan - Gotta Use It (Gorge Remix)
27. Andomat 3000 & Jan - Entr'acte Music
28. Hatiras - Your Love
29. Kelly Rowland - Work (Freemasons Club Mix)
30. Christian Burkhardt - Chanel
31. Missy Elliott - We Run This (X-Press 2's Rave 'N' Bleep Mix)
32. Oxia - Whole Life
33. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Angello & Ingrosso Mix)
34. Alphawezen - Days (The Timewriter Remix)
35. Death On The Balcony - Cruel Banana
36. Beyonce - Ring The Alarm (Freemasons Club Mix)

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36. Beyonce - Ring The Alarm (Freemasons Club Mix) (cont'd)
37. Jon Rundell - Thugs
38. Marco Demark - Tiny Dancer (Moto Blanco Dub Mix)
39. Bang Bang - Frisky Lack Infection (Tovar Mix)
40. The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone