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Shakermaker Promotions
20-01-2008, 10:24 AM
Hi all,

As I have said before, I do a regular night at my local called 'Request Fest' which is a night where the punters pick the playlist by writing down songs that they want to hear throughout the night. There are so many different tracks that get asked for and it's always a good night. I thought that I would write down the tunes that I played for the middle part of the evening (9.30pm - 10.30pm) so you could see how eclectic it is. Looking back on it now I find it amazing that the tracks I played had everyone interested because if you were to do it at a 'normal' function (haha) then switching from one genre to another genre so randomly would definitely not work in my opinion but hey!...take a look at this lot and tell me what you think.

Every one of the following tunes was played in this order :

Sublime - Santeria
The Who - Won't get fooled again
Tubeway Army - Are 'friends' electric?
Dizzee Rascal - Old Skool
Chemical Brothers - The Test
Serge Taniken - Lie Lie Lie
Journey - Don't stop believin'
Erasure - A little respect
Suede - The Drowners
Liquid - Sweet Harmony
The Wombats - Moving to New York
ACDC - Back in black
Prodigy vs Kylie - (Mash Up) Slow my 'B' up
Chas & Dave - Aint no pleasing you
Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
David Bowie - Star Man
Soulja Boy - Krank that
Sheryl Crow - Everyday is a winding road
The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
Moby - Go
Linkin Park vs Britney Spears (Mash Up) - Faint Toxic
Otis Redding - Hard to handle

I stopped writing them down after that but if I remember rightly, the track to follow that was.... Johnny Cash - Ring of fire

That gives you some idea of what the night is like and that's just a small section of the set. Yes, there have been comments in the past that I am a living jukebox but I think that's wrong. I interract with the crowd with banter etc and...well, you have to be there to see how it works so well. When I turn up to set up, people can't wait for me to get the request slips out so that they can start thinking of tunes. Some people have even said to me that they have thought about tracks during the week so that they can hear them played in a mashed up set.

BeerFunk
20-01-2008, 10:29 AM
Great concept, the variety looks good! Some cracking tunes in there (some duff ones too, but that was inevitable!)


The Wombats - Moving to New York
I played the Paul van Dyk edit on Friday night, I was surprised at how well it went down, despite not being in the usual 'full on' club style

Andy Westcott
20-01-2008, 10:31 AM
Looking at the list, I'd say what an amazing night!

Not what the average DJ would risk doing, but with a suitable announcement why not? Most, with the notable exception of one, are great tracks - keep up the good work. :)

Shakermaker Promotions
20-01-2008, 10:37 AM
So, what is "the one" you mention?
Let me guess....

Dizzee Rascal??

Corabar Steve
20-01-2008, 10:59 AM
Our regular Friday gig can get like that. You start the night trying to do mini sets of various genres, but by the end it's play them in the order they come in.

Some of Friday's tunes.........

Prodigy - Firestarter
G 'N' R - Sweet child O mine
Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie
Elvis Presley - Burnin love
Jools Holland & Prince Buster - Enjoy yourself
Lionel Richie - All night long
Scissor Sisters - Filthy/Gorgeous
Stone Roses - Fools Gold
Hot Rod 55 - Fat bottom girls (Check out their MySpace, if you like Rock 'n' Roll)
Calvin Harris - The girls
Mika - Grace Kelly
Kaiser Chiefs - The Angry mob
Killers - Mr Brightside
Madness - One step beyond
Blondie vs the Doors - Rapture riders
War - Lowrider
the Offpring - Pretty fly for a white guy
Basemant Jaxx - Where's your head at
Sugababes - Overload
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Love - My little red book
the Rolling Stones - Paint it black
the Beach Boys - Barbara Ann
the Miracles - Love machine

Shakermaker Promotions
20-01-2008, 11:40 AM
Good set list mate!
A nice list of tunes that I would be more than happy to play too.

cara
20-01-2008, 02:47 PM
i'd love to do more gigs like shakermakers & steve's, that's the type of stuff i'm into

BeerFunk
20-01-2008, 02:49 PM
i'd love to do more gigs like shakermakers & steve's, that's the type of stuff i'm intoWhat, all of it? :D

PropellerHeadCase
20-01-2008, 05:29 PM
Oooh, Steve, I LOVE War... great band!

Shakermaker Promotions
20-01-2008, 09:46 PM
Yep, 'Me & Baby Brother' is one of their best tracks!

Tony Scott
20-01-2008, 09:58 PM
So, what is "the one" you mention?
Let me guess....

Dizzee Rascal??

Love that 'Dizzy' tune! & 'Ring Of Fire'. Great doing gigs like that, I like to use these kind of nights to try out unusual mixes, mess things up a bit.

Sounds like you had a great night. :)

BeerFunk
20-01-2008, 10:33 PM
mess things up a bit.
I do that most nights :o :D

JAMdisco
21-01-2008, 07:06 AM
I had an interesting night at my residency on Sat. I also do "mini genre" sets and it also gets messy at the end. Bearing in mind the landlord (who wasn't there on Sat) asked me not to play modern stuff as he doesn't want to "attract" the wrong types, I played Blood,Sugar by Pendulum. Although most had never heard it it went down a storm, never seen so many people dance in that pub. People were even coming over and asking who it was and putting it into there mobiles...
I took a risk and it paid off, didn't know the 30-40 year olds would dance to D&B.
After that I played Sugababes - this is how randon the nights get in there.