Over running

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Daz, you didnt say why you were late starting?

CRAZY K

Well, I sort of did - the wedding over ran...

And I wasn't trying to blame anyone - just ascertain whether you would put in a smaller show to save time.

And no-one has actually answered that question at all - we've just had stories of functions that over ran etc...

[Thames Valley Discos]

If it was my fault i,d use smaller set up. If their fault i,d use normal set up, after all they know the time it takes to set up.

[Corabar Entertainment]

Usual procedure for our lot is to put on the same show, but get the sound side of things done first, so that you can at least get a 'background' CD on, then get the lights & tidying up done.

[Corabar Steve]

Did it last night.

Got to venue with half an hour more time than needed to set up to be told "You may as well go & have something to eat / drink , they've only just sat down.

By the time they're on speeches, both myself & the band have most of our kit actually set up outside the fire doors, ready to just carry it in, plug it in, soundcheck & go. (I was going to (& did) hang my lights while band were on their soundcheck)

All set, soundchecks over & background CD on (left to play on this occasion as nobody in room yet) Go to bar for drink go back & start first dance (well that was the plan :teeth: )

Get to bar, where is everyone? All outside.

Eventually get them all in & started (played Rock Swings in it's entirity except the live bonus tracks (maybe they were enjoying the album o much they wanted to hear it all before the first dance?))

DJed 15 mins, band on, DJed 15 mins, band on, DJed 20 mins "Thank you very much. Good night!"

Ho hum

[st1ngo]

That's got to be the best one so far. I can imagine your frustration.

why frustration ??

sounds to me like a doddle of a night !

money for nothing ...........and thats the best kind !

[+Scooby+]

why frustration ??

sounds to me like a doddle of a night !

money for nothing ...........and thats the best kind !

I agree, we are primarily wedding bashers and most of the seasoned campaigners on here know that this is par for the course. If your set becomes “More Compact” then you can loose the padding and give them all the quality tracks in one go so, “Long Live”:

• Speeches
• Pims on the lawn
• Fireworks
• Salsa workshops
• Close up magicians
• Photographers
• Videographers
• Live Bands
• Solo Artists
• Caricaturists
• Uncle Johns solo effort
• Belligerent hoteliers

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

I agree, we are primarily wedding bashers and most of the seasoned campaigners on here know that this is par for the course. If your set becomes “More Compact” then you can loose the padding and give them all the quality tracks in one go so, “Long Live”:

Really, there shouldn't any excuse to play 'padding' in a 4 hour gig.

There's more than enough quality or party tunes to play that long without the need for 'fillers'!

[Corabar Steve]

Really, there shouldn't any excuse to play 'padding' in a 4 hour gig.

There's more than enough quality or party tunes to play that long without the need for 'fillers'!

Unless you consider the party tunes as padding as opposed to the quality ones

[Alex - Cream Ents]

I would say as with anything - depends on the situation. If pushed for time I'd be inclined to perhaps scale down the lighting rig and get the sound up and running as quickly as possible.

At the end of the day - no-one's going to notice if you've got a couple less lights than you would have but people will notice if there's no music on!

[+Scooby+]

Really, there shouldn't any excuse to play 'padding' in a 4 hour gig.

There's more than enough quality or party tunes to play that long without the need for 'fillers'!

Poor choice of words, but dependant on the audience you are occasionally limited to quality songs. Therefore we have a grading system with 8-10 being high quality tunes, and I mean top tunes, with a steady fade off, being the padding, the padding still being quality songs across all genres.

We have a number of base play lists and although these are rarely adhered to they are a good framework for an evening’s entertainment and you delete and add tracks according to the mood of the dance floor.

This next statement will probably rattle a gage or two.

Social groups and level of education (In our catchment area and client base) are in general quite easy to read and can be associated with certain styles of music. I won’t go into breaking this down as it opens a can of worms but as an experienced DJ I am sure you know what I am talking about.

Working in specialist areas of music can be challenging and limit options but reinforces my original statement about using a degree of padding. An example would be “James – Sit Down” would be a must whereas “The Farm - Groovy Train” could be considered padding. Still two top tunes but in my experience have different floor filling abilities.

In short a four hour gig represents no problem, but some tunes are better than others.