No Charlie. Lucky guess on their part. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Brown
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No Charlie. Lucky guess on their part. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Brown
Martin has a general 'disco website' and then one dedicated to what he specialises in. I was wondering where the enquiry came from. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Excalibur
From IndieRetroDJ.com of course!Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Brown
Sorry Funky,winging it was obviously inappropriate.
Crikey it makes you wonder how on earth I have managed to keep going so long with such a blinkered outlook.
Back in those days I didn't know what Ska was.Punk and 2-Tone wouldn't have got a look in and Northern Soul probably hadn't been pigeon-holed at that time.
So for a couple of years in the early 80s when the entire population of the country aged between 10 & 25 was wearing black & white, 2Tone didn't get a look in????
Tell that to Jerry Dammers
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Wedding last night in a bowling club,its the first time in a while that i have worked till 1am.It was 7.30pm till 1.I arrived at 6.30 to set up,most of them were already there as the meal was served at the bowling club.
I hate having to squeeze past everyone when carrying my equipment in,the kids were running round out of control.I thought to myself of no its going to be one of these nights where the adults just leave the kids to do what they want while they sit drinking.
Turns out it was an excellent gig.Good selection of music.Played a few oasis tracks as they were into the indie rock as well as modern dance.
Hope tonights wedding is another good one
Well, after the soap opera / saga style thread dedicated to last nights booking has finally been and gone, here is the review.....get yourselves comfortable.
Firstly, to everyone that said "I'm sure it will be fine on the night" or words to that effect.....You are (kind of) correct. It was OK, nothing more, nothing less.....BUT....it WAS a bit of a strange one.
It was a 7.30pm - Midnight booking and due to the number of people attending in the day, I was unable to set up early so had to do it when they turned the room around. I was there at 6.45pm and was set up and ready to go by 7.15pm. Started off with some background music using a number of the slower requests that had come in.
Finally met the Bride after 9 months and as soon as we met, she gave me a massive cuddle. She said that I had been very helpful and understanding as she was very stressed during the build up to the big day but woke up at 6.00am yesterday morning and it was as if it had all disappeared from her. She certainly wasn't what I expected and she said herself "The Bridezilla has left the building".
Bizarre Thing Number 1: As I was playing the background music and people were coming into the room, a guest came up to me to ask for some requests. She actually said to me that they had all been told that no'one was allowed to dance until after the first dance! Very strange!
First dance was at 8.15pm and it was 'A Moment Like This' by Leona Lewis followed by 'Time Of Your Life' by Green Day (lots of cheers when this got played). Just before the first dance, the Bride asked me if I would invite the parents of the Bride & Groom on to the dancefloor halfway through the song. I did this and they seemed reluctant to join them but in the end they did. When the Green Day track started, the dancefloor was packed and it would have been a perfect opportunity to get the night started......
BUT........Just as the Green Day track was finishing and I asked everyone to congratulate the Bride & Groom, she came over and asked if I could announce that they were going to cut their cake and could I stop the music. I did this and some of the faces of the guests looked a bit confused. Once the cake had been cut and pictures had been taken etc etc....I kicked off with a current chart set and the dancefloor packed out instantly. It was more or less like that all night which was good.
What wasn't good was when a large chap who had apparently flown in from Australia yesterday morning (the excuse was jet lag and beer), started swaying from side to side on the dancefloor right infront of my set up. He had a stumble but just stopped himself from falling into my decks. The Groom was with him and I mentioned to the Groom to keep an eye on him. Within 2 minutes he had fallen over on the dancefloor. They got him to sit down and all was well for around 10 minutes but then he decided to get up again and as he made his way to the dancefloor and past me, he fell over again and this time banged straight into my speaker (JBL) which toppled over...(these are heavy speakers too). I wasn't happy as you could imagine and called the Groom over and told him to please keep the guy away from my equipment.
There was no damage to the speaker but I guess he must have knocked something else too as for most of the night from then on, I had just sound from one channel on the amp. I spent most of the night worrying about it and looking down at the LED's to see if it would kick in. I couldn't stop the music and no'one else noticed as there was plenty of volume anyway. The Groom came over and asked if all was ok and I explained. He said he would pay for any damage (too right he will....it's in my Terms & Conditions) and I said "Let's just get through the night and worry about that afterwards".
Dancefloor was busy all night with Chart / 70s / 80s and especially when I did an Indie / Rock set.
Bizarre Thing Number 2: The Bride was up dancing to a lot of the stuff during the night and looked very happy. I wondered at one point if she was an imposter :D as the person I had been dealing with in the run up to this wedding was, if I am honest...not very nice at all. Now, if she had made the effort to attend the pre-wedding meeting, I may have done a couple of things differently and I may have known the reaction that a certain track would've given. At the meeting, the Groom said that one song he definitely wanted to hear was 'Sex on Fire' by Kings of Leon. I didn't think anything other than "Ok".
I had played Reef, The Killers, Arctic Monkeys and Fratellis to a packed dancefloor (Bride included) and made the announcement "This is a special request from the Groom" as the intro to 'Sex on Fire' began. As soon as the Bride heard it, she legged it across the dancefloor and actually slapped the Groom! I could hear her say "Why did you ask for this, you know I hate it". He cuddled her and she wasn't interested. You could see the awkwardness on his face as everyone else on the dancefloor danced and sung along to it. She wasn't having any of it and I felt a tad embarassed for all of 3 minutes. As soon as it had finished and I went into Guns N Roses, Bon Jovi etc...she was like a different person! I think the Groom got what he deserved. I reckon he knew she wouldn't like it but wanted to wind her up....it worked.
As it got to around 10.30pm, the number of guests had halved and there were about 50 left. The Bride & Groom were going around the tables and letting people know that they were knackered and calling it a night. They eventually got to me and the Groom thanked me for a brilliant night. The Bride stood there and didn't say a word but just mouthed the words "Thank you" from afar. I made an announcement that they were off early and asked everyone to congratulate them, which they did.
As soon as they were gone, a few more people left and then it was just the hardcore that were left. Requests started flooding in and in the last hour I did possibly the cheesiest and most cringeworthy set I had ever done. That's just a personal opinion though because they all loved it and requested the tunes. One lady had asked me for 'YMCA' at 8.30pm and was a bit confused as to why I wouldn't play it at 8.30pm. It's not something I do to be honest. I usually wait until the latter part of the evening.
Steps, Rednex, Spice Girls, Black Lace etc were all played and they loved it. DJ Casper had the dancefloor going mental and when the Macarena was requested and played, it was as if they'd never ever heard it before. Girls were actually screaming :eek: :eek: and not in disgust either. They were mad for it....
Bizarre Thing Number 3 I mentioned that I had one channel on the amp for the majority of the night. As I said, no'one noticed apart from me and the Groom who I had told. In the last hour I started to see a faint flicker on the channel and then it came back....very weird! :confused:
Last song of the night was supposed to be 'Never Forget' for the Bride & Groom but as they weren't there, I had a request for 'Champagne Supernova' by Oasis. I played that, thanked everyone and that was it. The Bride's mum came over and hugged me and also said that she understood that I had a problem with the equipment due to the bloke (her cousin) falling into it. She said to let her know if there was any damage and she would pay for it which was a nice gesture.
As the last of the guests left the room, I decided to check everything out so took down most of the equipment but left the sound stuff until the end. I turned the amp off and then on again. There was no fault indicated on the LED's when switching it on. I tested a track and it seemed to be fine although one channel was showing slightly quieter than the other. I swapped leads around and it seemed like a channel had gone but after a bit more investigation and swapping, it all seemed ok? I am a bit confused as to what it could be so may get it looked at and the customer can pay for it. I think I am right in doing that eh? I will thoroughly test it this week too.
Once again, didn't sleep much last night as it was on my mind but today I have that feeling of "Well, thankfully that gig is now gone" and I don't like feeling like that. It wasn't just stressful for the Bride but for me too. They were happy, everyone else was happy so that's what matters really.
Apologies for the epic review once again.....I could've said it was a rubbish gig but it wasn't. It was OK.
did an 18th last night, 100 invited, 35 showed up, and many of them didnt arrive till 9pm.
despite the small numbers, there was plenty dancing and requests. a few cards went out and the girls dad couldnt thank me enough at the end.
Both the soundmaster djs were out last night.Alan had a 21st birthday,i had a wedding.Alans 21st was a joint celebration,one of the girls were greek,and she asked for zorbas dance,Alan said this filled the floor and everyone went crazy.The hotel manager was very impressed with our sound and lightshow.
At my wedding,it was arranged that around 11pm it would play a 30 minute old school rave set.This was brilliant,groups such as ttf,tom wilson,qfx,qtx,base generator,love decade,dream frequency.There was also a guy who used to mc at events such as the rez and the fubar,so he also joined in.
This was also my kind of tunes so i to enjoyed the 30 minute set.