Not my normal type of gig really.
Due to a cancellation, and another DJ/Agent who is always keen to have me earning a crust for him, I ended up with minimal information ( 80s, Halloween ) in a bar in Wakefield city centre. With the aid of much googling, and a reconnaissance expedition by my native guides, I had a good idea of the plan of campaign. Access was fairly grim, unless you parked on the pavement outside, then moved the van round the one way system to get it back where it started. ;)
Plan B however, involved my trusty Rock'n'Roller at almost full stretch, The wheeled Micromax from the shed coming out of retirement, and young Mattysounds filling the role of Roadie, DJ, and native guide. What a star that lad is, thanks Matthew. :bowdown: Matthew was unexpectedly available, due to His Saturday night function taking place on Friday. :daft: ( Don't ask, I don't care where or how the mix up occurred, I'm just grateful for it ).
So, there was a free car park about a hundred yards from our venue and a pair of fully loaded vehicles ( cart and deckstand ) trundled up to the front door. While we were debating how to unload because of the steps, a couple of patrons grabbed the front end of the R'n'R and hauled it inside! Thanks lads, nice one. The kit was Micromax, two LD12s on tripods, playout, and lighting was the trusty Teutonic Powerbar with two Crossfire XPs bolted onto it. They actually fitted beautifully, and worked very well.
So, our start time arrived, and we kicked off with Thriller, as a high impact opener. The venue had been thrashing their in house rig which appeared to be not all of the Citronic cabs hung from the walls. :confused: Loud, but not sweet. We were both. :) With a bit of bass added from the mixer, we sounded lovely. It's a long time since I did a public bar, and it was curious seeing clients rotate on a couple of drink basis. One minute a table was full of punters, next minute they had put coats on and moved on to the next bar. Initially, we had only a couple of fancy dress costumes in, but more entered during the night. We were visited by The Village People at one point, resplendent in dark bushy moustaches. How those young ladies grew them for the event, I don't know. :confused::confused::):)
We rotated the music through 80s anthems and the odd Halloween track, ending up with a bit of a Metalfest, and two or three chart songs. All in all, a very enjoyable night. We must have done something right, because the moment the music ended, the bar manager rushed across, and said what a good job we'd done. His female counterpart said we had fitted in perfectly with the style they were looking for, and offered us the residency on the spot!! :o
We packed up happy little bunnies.