What type of gig did you do this week?

[Corabar Steve]

Just out of curiosity, I was wondering how the types of gigs we do break down between weddings, birthdays & other events.

I thought it might be interesting to dedicate a thread to what was done each weekend (if it takes off I'll make it a sticky thread so it's east yo find each week)

To avoid the same thing being posted twice, please only post what you've done on the previous (& not what you are going to do on the next) weekend

I'll start.

I had a bit of a break from the norm this week in as much as I didn't do either a wedding or a birthday. What I did was a 2 Day Steampunk festival in New Malden, Surrey. (if you have no idea what this is stick Steampunk in the search box, & all will (possibly) become clear) Background music on & off during the day & filling in between the bands, as well as judging some of the events that were happening over the course of the weekend.

[Excalibur]

Previous weekend, Wine Tasting.

[Ryu]

Last Friday - 60th
Last Saturday - Wedding

[surround sounds]

I did a wedding with LED Walkway and led Dancefloor last Friday
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Wedding Saturday with Balloons and Chair covers

[Excalibur]

Previous weekend, Wine Tasting.

Just to elucidate, when I say "Wine Tasting ", these lads (http://www.ffn-lincoln.co.uk/) do the tasting in the style of a Bier Keller. I provide the kit, they play their music through it, and lead guests through the actions/dances. When they've finished that, I get to play around an hour of music to a load of " merry " punters. Usually good nights.

[paulg]

Friday: Disco Golden Wedding
Saturday: Disco Wedding
Tuesday: Disco and karaoke joint 17th and 13th Birthday

[ppentertainments]

4 Race Nights - one with karaoke and one with a high energy disco to finish.

[Jim - Scotland's Party DJ]

Weddings.

Tonight is an engagement party for someone who has booked me for their wedding.

[musicology]

Last Fri. Wedding
Last Sat. 60th

[Excalibur]

Friday was an " interesting " 50th birthday. Saturday , another wine tasting, this is probably the biggest and best of the year, crowd of party animals, they pay extra up front for the overtime.

[Corabar Steve]

Friday Staff party at one of our regular hotels

Saturday Wedding 52 guests. God that was hard work!

[Excalibur]

Friday, 35th Birthday, Saturday would have been another Wine Tasting, but cancelled due to poor ticket sales.

[Daryll]

Last night , an engagement party at Burgess hill

[Shakermaker Promotions]

Last night - A wedding for 150 guests on my birthday.

[Corabar Steve]

Friday 40th anniversary, very 60s & 70s orientated.

Saturday 40th birthday, the usual suspects for that age group & a couple of forgotten nuggets.

[chrisj]

Last night a Golden Anniversary that went extremely well although only around 70 of the 130 guests invited actually turned up.

[musicology]

Friday 21st b'day and Saturday another 21st!

[DazzyD]

Last night a ruby wedding anniversary for a the parents of a couple who's wedding I did for my first ever wedding disco working for myself. I also did the other set of parents' ruby anniversary last year.

This afternoon I've done a christening for my cousin. Lots of family there but we kind of lost out to the football that was on tv in the bar at the same time (and a terrible result for us Sunderland fans so the resulting atmosphere could've been better!).

[Daryll]

Last night.

70th birthday at a local pub

[musicology]

Sat: Social group party for 40+ age (mainly) professionals. Over 200 attendees. Absolute blinder!

[Corabar Steve]

Didn't. Yesterday was 6 Nations & Beer day. I try not to work it whenever possible.

[Excalibur]

Didn't. Yesterday was 6 Nations & Beer day.
What sort of beer were you drinking then? Southern dross? Can't have been much cop if you're posting on here before noon. :p:p


Wedding for me. Did I mention it was at the Hilton? :whistle: My van looked a tad incongruous parked between a Range Rover Sport, and a Bentley. :D:D:D

[Shakermaker Promotions]

Friday - 80s Night at my local and it was packed. Lots of obscure requests too which was a nice change.
Tonight (I know it hasn't happened as yet) - Providing stage lighting for our gig.

[soundmaster mobile disco]

just an ordinary 40th birthday party for me

family ;party mixed ages, music for kids to begin with, then on to the 70s and 80s

[Corabar Steve]

What sort of beer were you drinking then? Southern dross? Can't have been much cop if you're posting on here before noon. :p:p

Old Golden Hen.

[Excalibur]

Old Golden Hen.

Then Sir, I both admire and admonish you. Admiration for your early rising after quaffing ( probably ) copious amounts of Strong Ale, and admonishment due cos if it's anything like Speckled Hen, it's ( insert derogatory term of choice here )

[Excalibur]

50th Birthday.

[Daryll]

Friday. Children's party in Horsham.
Last night , 40th birthday party

[yourdj]

Wedding Fri
Wedding party Sat (they got married elsewhere) and our photo booth.

[soundmaster mobile disco]

had a 21st birthday party last night.(rave night)I was covering this gig for alan

[Corabar Steve]

Steampunk ball

[dj foureyes]

50th Birthday Party in Dorking.

[ppentertainments]

Race Nights Thursday and Friday, Wedding Saturday and a University Ball for 400 last night.

[Shakermaker Promotions]

Wedding last night which was a great one.

[Daryll]

Friday 28th..........joint 40th and 50th birthday at local club
Saturday 29th............Golden wedding anniversary at Worthing

[Corabar Steve]

Wedding. (evening only)

[musicology]

40th birthday party near Sheringham. Top night!

[surround sounds]

Led Dance floor - Thurs
Led Dance floor with Disco for birthday - Friday
2 Meeting Saturday
1 Large Balloon Job - Saturday
16 Uplighters for Wedding - Saturday
Clean all Dance Floors - Sunday

[Shakermaker Promotions]

Friday - Request Fest at my local
Saturday - Race Night in Surrey

[Spirits High]

James Bond theme night. Venue styling only

Pics to follow in gallery soon

[Excalibur]

Wine tasting. Young crowd. Their behaviour was not impeccable.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Wedding with some of the greatest requests so far this year...Specials - Gangsters, Harry J Allstars - Liquidator and The Piranhas - Tom Hark.

[funkymook]

Two all-day weddings over Saturday and Sunday - very tired today!

[ukpartydj]

One of those annoying 21st Birthday parties Saturday where there is half family who want Motown & Northern Soul and half Birthday Girls mates who want anything Hip Hop.

[SamV]

This weekend I did a 40th birthday party, a town hall social, a rollerderby bout and a comedy night. The latter two were setup and leave :)

[Daryll]

Friday....Children`s party
Saturday.....Wedding at Worthing
Today (Sunday)....Wedding fair at Worthing
Monday...back to the day job for a rest...............

Daryll

[surround sounds]

Thursday - Dance floor In Birmingham
Friday Morning - Customer meeting
Friday Afternoon - 2 Balloon Jobs
Friday Evening - Birthday Disco In Solihull
Saturday - Clean Dancefloor ready for the Evening
Saturday Evening - Disco In a pub (which is rare for me)
Sunday -Collect and Clean Dance floor and 2 Customer meeting and meeting with a hotel Manager to supply them with a number of different services
Monday - Down unit to tidy up etc

[musicology]

Wedding Saturday

[chrisj]

Wedding Saturday where I arrived to assist staff and the boss of a brand new venue to unpack and fit the new dancefloor. The venue does not officially open until the 28th of this month.
It was a great night with a beautiful scene out of fully glazed south facing side.

1 hour children's party today where 3 twin sockets had no power so had to run a 20m cable to far end of the hall. Went really well after we got started.

[funktions]

not exactly a gig, but first outing setting the sound up and seeing if the pc would fail on dex. all went well including the roof of the building happily vibrating and joining in with some nice heavy bass.
it was a total success the pc sound system worked flawlessly.
did get a broken mirror on one of the 812's due to the roadie rushing a bit, only other issue was the excessive amount of donuts we have left..

[Chris G]

Did a 70's Themed 40th Birthday Party for a lovely couple in Cirencester

[Jim - Scotland's Party DJ]

A small wedding with 2 hours of singing and guitaring as well as the disco.

It was a great night. They had under 30 people there all staying in this palatial house on a loch. It felt more like a gig in a large living room as it was all chesterfields and lounge chairs instead of function suite type furniture.

It's the first gig I've done where I've thought "if me and the girlfriend were to tie the knot, THIS is how I'd want to do it"

This was what i got to look at from my booth :)

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[Excalibur]

Local College fundraiser for McMillan, in Hull. Lovely crowd, lovely band and sound engineer, unbelievably bad dancefloor. I got seasick watching the dancers bob about on it! :eek:

[fullcontact68]

Kids 6th birthday party.

Was only given 30 minutes to setup, so did not use the booth, speaker stands etc.

Quick setup on a table. Luckily everything worked well, including the microphone this time :)
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[musicology]

Kids party pm followed by a wedding in evening. Knackered, but my back pocket is a lot fatter!

[Daryll]

Friday.....Children's party.
Saturday.....Last minute children's party

[Spirits High]

Wedding

[Shakermaker Promotions]

Friday - Request Fest night at my local
Saturday - 18th Birthday with Photo Projection
Today - Sound for acoustic event for landlords birthday

[Imagine]

God I can't wait until I'm more established to get the grown up doo's like weddings (my first wedding back as a DJ in 15 years isn't until July)
I did a 6 year old's birthday party...bloody hard work but they loved the snow :) (BTW - I only had a 30 minute set up as well....was sweating gallons by the time the party started!)

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And now my mixing desk's gone South....horrible buzz on the mic :(

[DJ Jules]

Friday afternoon - 10th Birthday party for a couple of hours - great fun and she had a surprise appearance from 5 men with bagpipes and a drummer (she has special needs and a real thing about bagpipes). Only negative was that the timings for the party ended up shot as the pipers turned up 20mins late so I didn't get to play as many games as I hoped, but she had a great night apparently so that's fine.

Saturday evening - I was supposed to be working in a club that I do every couple of weeks, but the "other DJ" who works there sent me a txt as I was leaving to ask if she could work instead. I've been trying to shake a headcold since Feb so I decided to have an early night and just went along to swap out a underpowered Peavey 900 Amp for a 2kw Crown, sort out some of their kit (hence the question (http://www.forum.mobilediscodirectory.co.uk/showthread.php?41678-Drive-belts-for-a-Kam-Starcluster-3D-laser) about the Kam laser) and practice some low light photography (see my timeline on facebook for the results).

[Corabar Steve]

Wedding with uplighting, chair covers, lighting for the band & background music during the meal etc.

[mattydj50]

A non gig wedding after 9.10pm. Major power cut in the vicinity meant that we were plunged into total darkness and silence. First estimate of reinstatement wa 11.15pm but this was revised to 6am (It eventually came back on at midday on Sunday).

Staff managed to keep the bar open as best they could, with 50% discount. I had my laptop and we hooked up some battery speakers to give some music and torches were in evidence.

At 11pm thoughm the manager decided to call a halt and closed down, moving everyone from the annexe back to the main hotel for safety and security.

We moved 3 cars round to the side and shone the lights through the door & windows and had to strip the room and pack up in the relative dark!

Still, the venue will pay me, so I'm OK. Fell sorry for the bride and groom though.

[DazzyD]

"Titanic Survivor's Theme Night".

Which was really a karaoke disco with some (not many!) attendee's in fancy dress/period costume. They had decked the venue with life belts/rings (No idea where they got these from!), a big rusty chain, make-shift anchors (of course, the real thing would been a bit too big and heavy!!) and the front of karaoke area built up to resemble the front of RMS Titanic (which was the cherry on the cake - the venue had excelled themselves here!). Best of all, for me, was that they were well up for the karaoke and it made my job as "Dazzy D, Captain of Karaoke" very easy indeed. I did spend a fair bit on "Titanic" music which wasn't particularly needed but the few tracks I did play got a good reception.

I was informed that their next theme night is going to be Rocky Horror Show. That should be a good 'un! :)

[chrisj]

Friday was a brilliant 18th in a social club. Saturday a 50th for a guy with learning difficulties. I did his 40th and many others from his learning difficulties club were there Sat night and remembered me as I remembered them.
Today was a 5th birthday which went very well especially with the magic show I did.

Nothing at all next week at the mo, and I will be watching a local cricket match. Now that makes a change.

[DJColsie]

60th party last Friday, 21st this Friday. From one extreme to the other!

[Excalibur]

Friday, 50th Anniversary. Sunday, christening.

[musicology]

Sat. Country House Wedding

[HeartandSoul]

Did a 50th, which turned out to be a function for local Travellers which I was unaware of. Bar closed at 10.30 with mandatory fisticuffs in tha car park TrAveller style. Yikes. Made my escape at 11. Then a brilliant 18th, 80 teenagers dancing all night, then a 50th 80s party I was so looking forward to, but most hadn't seen eachother in ages so talked rather than danced. What a mixed bag.

[funkymook]

Thursday - All-day wedding
Friday - All-day wedding
Saturday - All-day rest

[DazzyD]

80th birthday karaoke disco. Went down a storm! I got to watch the second half of the triumphant Sunderland over Chelsea match before I started. Good times!! :)

[DJ Jules]

Thursday - Walk in at a local club
Saturday - Walk in at a local club
Both nights a roaring success for this club, keeping people in the club until the end both nights.

Friday, Sunday and Monday, recovering from 24hr days with 5am finishes on Thur and Sat :D

Both nights spent battling with a Pioneer DDJ SX and Virtual DJ that refuse to play nicely together (resulting in frequent stuttering and slowing of the music. It's looking like Virtual DJ and my laptop don't have the horsepower to deal with the avalanche of MIDI info that the DDJ is sending so I have a new laptop on order.

[Spirits High]

Saturday - Wedding
Sunday - Wedding

[Imagine]

Absolute stonker of a 50th :)

Was going to be a night off as tonight's anniversary gig got cancelled yesterday.

Got a call an hour before this one was due to start....they'd been let down by the DJ that was supposed to be there that close to the event.
Nice little walk in - only needed the laptop and mixing desk....everything else was there :)

150 happy guests, a very, very happy host and the back pocket's a little fatter for the effort.

[DazzyD]

Engagement party in a local WMC.

[musicology]

Fancy dress party in a pub (public event).

[Excalibur]

Lovely wedding in a local village hall. The bride selected the venue cos it has a stage, the bar and kitchen are both in the room, and the access is good. Wish more were like her.

Evening marred only by the fact that apparently I'm not a " Proper DJ ". :o:o Apparently Proper DJs always play at least one smoochie number at the end. Forty years, and I still don't know what I'm doing. I'm ashamed.

Can I perhaps feel a thread coming on? :whistle:

[Pe7e]

Apparently Proper DJs always play at least one smoochie number at the end. Forty years, and I still don't know what I'm doing. I'm ashamed.

Can I perhaps feel a thread coming on? :whistle:

I think you can, proper DJs back in the good old days, always finished off with 15 mins of smoochies, a.k.a. grab a granny time

[fullcontact68]

Friday - Kids football presentation (Under 12's), great night 250+ guests.

Saturday, Adult football presentation (17-22), only about 40 guests, not the best of nights for a DJ

[Corabar Steve]

A very rock & indie orientated wedding

[Excalibur]

A combined 18th and 87th birthday.

[DazzyD]

Last night was a 50th birthday party at Sunderland's Stadium Of Light. It was a fun night with casino tables and lots of disco music. Got some good feedback, too! :)

Today was a christening party for my sister's two daughter's. A simple set up thrown together for quickness as I had to be at the venue at 7am this morning (I didn't get to bed until 4am!) where I greeted with the site of a fully setup disco rig as last night's DJ left it there and didn't bother to dismantle it or anything. Grrrr. All's well that ends well, though!

Tonight, kids taken back home, I've come back to my house and just chill! :beer1:

[musicology]

Sat- Twins 18th b'day. Sun- All day wedding. Getting the bbq out tomorrow. Sorted!

[fullcontact68]

Saturday - Hen party 8pm - 12. ended of finishing at 3AM. Wicked night, but knackered. Mixture of disco / Karaoke.

[ian8limelight]

I was doing a Wedding Party at St Albans Town Hall last night for a lovely middle aged couple. Very nice venue except for the lift which was slower than slow :confused: but the staff were so helpful and even helped carry in some of the equipment for me :)

They were due to sit down at 7.30pm but ended up being 8.40pm. By the time the speeches had finished I started at 10.50pm, and finished at 12midnight! They had a really good jazz guitarist (John A Fordham) as background for the drinks reception and part of the meal.

We did have one uninvited guest .... A pigeon who spent the evening flying around the room. However, he couldn't stop as he wasn't wearing a dinner suit ;)

[Daryll]

60th birthday at localish pub.

[Corabar Steve]

Wedding (again)

[Excalibur]

60th birthday at localish pub.

60th birthday at a distant village hall. :D

[Spirits High]

Wedding

[musicology]

Yep. Wedding also. Really feeble actually. Only 12 there!! Finished early at 10pm!

[Corabar Steve]

Weddings. Wishing well & postbox hire, chair covers & uplighting.

A long couple of days, but very happy clients.

[Imagine]

Surprise 30th in a not so local pub function room. Actually turned out to be more of a kids party with the number of nippers in attendance, but the client was happy for me to amuse them all until 11pm! (that's the latest I've ever played musical chairs!)

[Excalibur]

Friday, the wedding with the confused management, and Sunday a 40th with an absolutely splendid singer, who was very good, and a pleasure to deal with.

[funkymook]

Saturday wedding - Egyptian groom, background of Egyptian easy listening! He also did a fantastic dance routine to a tabla and percussion track.
Sunday 80's night (with a bit of 90's) at my local. Mainly alternative/Indie/Rock with a bit of early house and acid chucked in for good measure.

[DJIanScott]

Saturday night - 30th wedding anniversary in a swish underground bar. All sorts of genres covered, but 70's pop seemed the most popular on the night.
Sunday night - Wedding in a posh golf club barn setting. Uplit the room in yellow, pumped out mainly new dance stuff and a thumping 30min set of old skool garage. Hardly any music pre-1980 played. Good feedback too, one of those more pleasurable nights!

[musicology]

Thurs. Wedding.
Sat. Wedding.
Mon. Wedding

[DJColsie]

Thurs. Wedding.
Sat. Wedding.
Mon. Wedding

80's themed 30th at very local golf club. 120 people in fancy dress. Home and unpacked 35 mins after last record! :)

[mattydj50]

LAst Friday was a school 6th form dinner dance for 70. Booked from 7pm until 1am, word was that taxis were being booked for trips to town at 11pm. Surely enough as soon as the clock struck 11, the room emptied and the organiser said I could shut down! I had to a reposition of the gear for Saturday and Sunday night and, thanks to the hotel staf, we managed to lift and carry everything whilst still in situ.

Home and in bed well before the 1am shut down. Being paid to kip is wonderful!!

[musicology]

I thought this was just a thread to list the types of functions we are doing. Not gig blogs?

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

I thought this was just a thread to list the types of functions we are doing. Not gig blogs?

I can't see any gig logs?

A few extra details perhaps, so not a problem.

Back on topic please. :)

[HeartandSoul]

A lovely local wedding on Sunday, which was great fun - small setup, and 90's were most of the requests.
Received a round of applause, having had a request for Laidback Luke, Pogo, never played it before! they went berzerk.

[Excalibur]

Thursday, wedding.

[Imagine]

Friday - Leaving party (absolute belter :) )

[Corabar Steve]

Graduation Ball

[musicology]

40th birthday

[DazzyD]

Last night was a presentation night karaoke disco for Sunderland RFC U16s. Booked until 11pm. Kind of played on a bit longer! :o

[surround sounds]

Friday - led dancefloor in Birmingham
Saturday - Dancefloor and uplighters
Saturday - Birthday party
Sunday - balloons
Sunday evening - Wedding with Uplighters

[Imagine]

Saturday - teen disco (13 yr olds)....remind me to stop quoting on those ones :(

[fullcontact68]

Kids 6th birthday party. (3 hrs)

Tip, never let the birthday boy (or girl) control Simon Says, even if they beg :zip:

Examples. (From the 6yr old birthday boy)

Simon says..... Destroy this place
Simon says..... beat up (insert name here)
Simon says..... grab a chair

Went much better when I eventually wrestled the mic of him.

I started with, Simon says, buy the DJ a drink :beer1: lol

Big mistake, won't be doing that again. :daft:

[Imagine]

I started with, Simon says, buy the DJ a drink :beer1: lol

Big mistake, won't be doing that again. :daft:

Nothing wrong with that :)

TBH though....I've stopped doing kids parties if I can possibly help it. It's hard work for not a lot of money (and as a Scout Leader....I work with kids from 6-16 years old every week). I'm actually now considering after tonight not doing discos for anyone under the age of 18, and only then when there's alcohol involved (it sort of gets rid of the inhibitions they've got and makes them dance...and that's what I'm paid for)

[Daryll]

Last night.
40th Birthday at Winchester

[Corabar Steve]

Weddengs.

1 Basic evening DJ package
1 evening DJ, chair covers & postbox

[musicology]

Friday - Silver Wedding
Sat - Retirement party

That's it for a couple of weeks...Off to Greece on holiday!!!

[Imagine]

Saturday: American High School graduation party....something a little bit different (and I got fed too :) )

[Shakermaker Promotions]

Friday - I provided stage lighting for a local gig. This seems to be a regular occurrence which is cool.
Sunday - I provided Disco + Uplighting for a really good wedding in Basingstoke.

[theoloyla]

Western themed party with linedancing on Friday and a social
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night dance for linedancers on Saturday

[Corabar Steve]

2 weddings. One Rock / Metal, one not.

Friday was just the evening & a postbox hire.

Saturday was an all day affair with me also doubling as MC for the day, along with chair covers & sashes, table centrepieces (lily vases, mirror plates & light bases etc), table plan easel & frame, top table backdrop, top table skirt, cake table skirt, uplighting, photobooth & dancefloor.

[Imagine]

Renewal of wedding vows reception, so sort of wedding reception in that we had the repeat of the first dance etc, but none the speeches.

[funkymook]

Friday - 11th Birthday party, Grease theme - I wore a rather fetching Elvis wig. Blow up guitars and saxophones were used as weapons. Give all the kids credit though, they all dressed up and danced to rock'n'roll all night.

Saturday - All day wedding.

[DJColsie]

40th party for 120 with St Trinians/old scool theme. Free ice cream bicycle, photographer and hog roast. Great night. In the middle of nowhere and no TV, so football not an option. Photographer given me password to download from his website, so photos to follow later in the week.

[Shakermaker Promotions]

Friday - 60s, 70s, 80s night.
Saturday - I provided big screen, projector and small PA system outside for a football party.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Friday - photo booth in Halifax.. (yes, Halifax!)
Saturday, photo booth for some dodgy company in Essex...also had 3 weddings with uplighting and table skirt.

[ukpartydj]

Friday - photo booth in Halifax.. (yes, Halifax!)
Saturday, photo booth for some dodgy company in Essex...also had 3 weddings with uplighting and table skirt.

Could have been worse ... could have been Santander!

[Excalibur]

Friday - photo booth in Halifax.. (yes, Halifax!)


Err Darren, you did realise where Halifax is, don't you? You should have said, I'd have done my best to act as translator. Funny old place, the West Riding. :D

Saturday, Young Farmers Summer Sizzle. ( Big summer party, with barbeque. )

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Err Darren, you did realise where Halifax is, don't you?

I checked in relation to where you are and it was still an hour away, which is why I didn't contact you, otherwise i would have.

[Creature]

all rock bookings for next 3 weeks and loads of milage :)

was at Farmyard party near helmsely in 2000 people rated marquee with loads outside as no room :)

next weekend in a barn playing to around 2-300 near skegness :)

following weekend - swallow falls hotel - betsycoed 2-250 people :)

[Corabar Steve]

Charity fund raiser on Friday
Surprise 40th birthday party for a couple whose wedding I did last year Saturday.

Next week, bugger all.
Black Sabbath, Faith No More, Soundgarden & Motorhead on Friday (£2.50) & East Barnet Festival Sat & Sun

[Excalibur]

A little late, but:
Saturday before last, Young Farmers Summer Barbeque. Saturday just gone, 60th birthday ( although I actually was told wrongly beforehand that it was a 40th! ) in a pub.

[Imagine]

Late here too :(

Last Saturday was a "surprise" 50th at the local golf club (she'd tumbled it a couple of weeks ago, but he didn't know she knew).
Next Saturday....nothing :( unless one of those needanemergencylastminutedjatarockbottomprice.com gigs comes along

[Corabar Steve]

A Steampunk festival.

Back to normality next week

[musicology]

Saturday. Brilliant 60th birthday!

[Imagine]

Early this week and doing a mid-week update.....it's going mad for me at the moment with at least three gigs a week for the next month! :confused:

Tuesday - primary school disco
Wednesday - primary school disco (different school)
Thursday - local Cub group end of year disco.

Still to come: Saturday - wedding (and although I've met the client and spoken on email.....I haven't got a bloody clue what I'm supposed to be doing! Don't even know if there's a first dance...she hasn't decided). When I first met this one, we shook hands and I asked her what sort of thing she was looking for for her wedding reception entertainment. She gave me a one word answer (music), and hasn't really made any decisions from there, so it's going to be playing it very much by ear methinks.....could be fun ;)

[Corabar Steve]

No gigs, just chair covers.

[Daryll]

Friday...non gig ( I will tell all soon)
Saturday ...Wedding

[DJColsie]

No gig Friday or Saturday as in Majorca. Get back tomorrow lunch time (with Daryll on standbye) for wedding in marque in Southsea Castle in the evening.

[David Crane]

Last weekend i did 2 Motown/Soul gigs. Saturday was a 60th birthday at a pub in Huddersfield, went well and may have secured a regular gig there. Then Sunday was my monthly booking at a pub in Knaresborough which was a bit quiet due to it being the World Cup Final on the same night. All good fun though!

[funkymook]

Friday - wedding
Saturday - wedding

[Excalibur]

Really really late, but here goes:
4th July 13th Birthday
5th July, 50th Birthday
17th July School Disco
19th July Engagenent
24th July Pub Quiz ( Yes, I've gone over to the dark side, taking over from Justin, who's had this for three years or so )
Last night Wedding ( Lovely people )
Tonight 30th Birthday
Tomorrow Christening.

[Imagine]

Wednesday - One Direction themed kids party - high adrenaline from start to finish
Friday - a belter of a wedding
Tonight - surprise 30th

[musicology]

Weddings Weddings Weddings!

[chrisj]

After local hernia op last Sunday I did a 4yr nursery party on Tuesday, annual booking, have a wedding tonight and PA at a fun day 11 -5pm tomorrow. My son is driving for me and humping the gear.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Really really late, but here goes:
4th July 13th Birthday
5th July, 50th Birthday
17th July School Disco
19th July Engagenent
24th July Pub Quiz ( Yes, I've gone over to the dark side, taking over from Justin, who's had this for three years or so )
Last night Wedding ( Lovely people )
Tonight 30th Birthday
Tomorrow Christening.

Well alright then...

1st July School Prom
3rd July Photo booth for 18th
4th July Dinner/dance
5th July photo booth for 18th
6th July Wedding disco and photo booth
12th July 6 x 3m starlit backdrop for wedding
12th July Charity photo booth school fayre
12th July photo booth for wedding reception
14th July photo booth for prom
16th July Sports day commentary
19th July House warming party
21st July Sports day commentary
22nd July Sports day commentary
23rd July Fun day
23rd July Disco and photo booth for 12th birthday
25th July wedding reception
26th July photo booth for wedding reception

.....and relax. :beer1:

[Benny Smyth]

18th Birthday party tonight, and I will be playing house music. The venue, which is predominantly used for weddings, has their own sound and lighting.

The client phoned me earlier this week to ask if I minded if one of his mates set his kit up and DJ'd for the first part of the night. So he'll be playing 7pm-9pm, and I'll play from 9pm until midnight (but still fully paid for the whole night!).

All I'll need is my laptop, Traktor S4 MkII and my headphones. Leave mine at 8pm, will take me five minutes to set up and I'll be home for 12:30.

Such a hard life...

[Imagine]

Such a hard life...

Alright for some - my 30th tonight was hard work.
Heat got the better of the party, and with a bouncy castle and BBQ outside on the patio, I was asked to turn the decibels up in the hall so that they could here it outside.

Did manage to get a couple of decent sets going later in the evening with Old Skool 90's stuff, but they couldn't keep it up for long between them.

I did get a lot of praise at the end though, and the customer himself acknowledged the heat problem and was more than happy with what I'd done so not all bad.

Call me old fashioned though....I'd much rather have them throwing shapes on the floor rather than drinking pints on the terrace :beer1:

[Jim - Scotland's Party DJ]

I'm doing a surprise wedding this week where the groom doesn't even know he's getting married!!!

It's not quite as mental as it sounds (he IS meant to marry her abroad in September) but I can't say much more about it just yet.

If nothing else I'm pretty sure it'll be a no stonewaller for the good gig bad gig thread :D

[fullcontact68]

Got a phone call from a pub Friday night wanting a DJ for Saturday.

Said all I needed was a laptop, and plug into their existing system.

Since I've only ever used my own kit, I decided to have a visit after work Friday to see what they had....


Turns out their resident DJ decided to retire at short notice after 16 years...


They showed me a small white box under a windowsill containing two 1/4 inch jack sockets.

They did not really know what signal I needed to put into those, i.e. Mixer outputs, or amplified outputs etc

So, went again Saturday morning with my laptop/mixer/microphones & amp to find out.

Turns out that I just needed my mixer and laptop. (When we figured out the various zone settings behind the bar). They did not want any lighting, so nothing to worry about there.

Brief was just to play 60-80's music, not too loud, they want the clients to be able to talk. Also I was running a music quiz and prize raffle.

Never done a pub event before so this was totally new to me, so a little apprehensive, normally used to having a dance floor, louder music, flashing lights, own kit etc


Turns out I actually enjoyed this event, busy pub, kids banned, Plenty of microphone use, with the quiz and raffle, light banter etc. Not what I'm used to, but still made a nice change, and the time went quickly too.



Only had one complaint, and that was that a certain area could not hear me for the quiz, turned up the volume and that was sorted.


Told them I'll help them out again if they need cover, and I don't have a booking.


The main benefit was not having to hump my full setup around. First event I've done where I've not been knackered when I've got home :)

[Imagine]

Got a phone call from a pub Friday night wanting a DJ for Saturday.

Said all I needed was a laptop, and plug into their existing system.:)

I've done one of those in the past - their resident DJ had been arrested for domestic abuse an hour before a big 50th so I didn't even get chance to check out the kit. Luckily I got hold of someone at the venue before leaving home and they had an old Numark CD desk wired into the system.....so just a phono lead from my desk to theirs into the right input and Bob's your uncle.....t'was a brilliant night too :)

Anyways - back to the thread.
Wednesday: (Not so) surprise 21st birthday party during which my mixer went :Censored: up - still a good night though
Saturday: Fancy dress 30th.....too hot for too much dancing but was told by the client I'd done a good job
Sunday: 14th birthday party....absolute belter with a full dance-floor from start to finish (rare for one of those).

Nothing now until next Saturday when I hit the wedding trail again.

[Corabar Steve]

Corporate talent show with backdrops, stage lighting & PA (short disco at the end) on Friday

All day wedding & wishing well on Saturday.

[Jim - Scotland's Party DJ]

I'm doing a surprise wedding this week where the groom doesn't even know he's getting married!!!

It's not quite as mental as it sounds (he IS meant to marry her abroad in September) but I can't say much more about it just yet.

If nothing else I'm pretty sure it'll be a no stonewaller for the good gig bad gig thread :D

THIS :)

Turned out to be a really good night.

As one of the few people in on the surprise (and having quite a big roll to play in the reveal as I was MCing and making all of the announcements) I was shaking like a leaf when the surprise was unveiled so I can't imagine what the girl was feeling like never mind the groom realising that this was going to be his wedding.

Was a great night.

[atlanticdisco]

29/11/14 hot rod club Xmas party. Brilliant but also strange. Usual tracks for this crowd, copperhead road, stray cats etc but then Barry manilow-Mandy then wham-club tropicana. I nearly fell over laughing. Not expected tracks for this crowd lol

[djrikki]

This weekend we've had a Ladies Night on Friday, a Children's Disco yesterday afternoon, almost a last minute cover yesterday evening and today we have a mascot out this afternoon one of them being a family outing. Quiet weekend really to be fair.

[Chris G]

16th Birthday party in a Church hall.

[Imagine]

Oooh this one's been resurrected :)

OK

Wedding Saturday
Kids party today

[dj foureyes]

Can I play too ? :)

Friday- wedding
Saturday-wedding.

[musicology]

Fri 13th Bday
Sat Wedding

[djrikki]

Sat Wedding
Sat Bar/Club

Can only speak about the bar/club myself, quiet night really the highlight being some 40+ drunk guy dressed as a female pirate... the rest of the evening was just arrr-rite.

[Excalibur]

No boys and girls, not a competition to see who can find the most humorously shaped gherkin! :eek:

HMS Pickle, Battle of Trafalgar. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Pickle_(1800)#Battle_of_Trafalgar)

Heading off shortly for RAF Digby, in deepest, darkest Lincolnshire. Early setup, late start ( 10.30pm ) 1am finish. Report in Good Gig, Bad Gig tomorrow. ( If the border guards let me back in to Yorkshire ) :)

[musicology]

Sat Wedding
Mon 13th b'day
Fri Wedding
Sat Halloween Pub night