Good Gig, Bad Gig.

It ended horriblly.

First dance was good - 'Chuck Berry - You never can tell' - nice and lively which got everyone involved.

I played simular tunes to keep them on the foor, Dark Clark Five, Beatles, Stones, Jackie Wilson, Manfred Man etc

Then everyone went out for a smoke. Thirty people returned and danced for a couple of hours. At 10.15/30ish a mini bus came and took 20 people away which ruined it.

People started to dribble off and the B&G were no where to be seen. At 10.45pm (I've got 15 minutes left) they come over and ask me to call it a night. They say thank you and I apologise for people leaving...they had been drinking since 11.00am. I said, 'let's be honest, what you did in the Church at 10.00am this morning is the morst important thing. I wish you both the very best.'

I feel like I've cheated them and I certainly wasn't worth 400 squid. £60 sid could have done my job...play some tunes for three hours and then go home for a beer.

I'm tempted to send them some money back but obviously I won't.

I knew this morning it would be a difficult one and I was right.

Hey ho...

Tomorrow night isn't going to be much better...rough part of Nottingham, no requests apart from 'don't mention the Bride's Dad because he doesn't want to come'

It was also my first chance to try out virtual DJ (I used a werid make before) which I loved. Worked effortlessly on the new laptop.

Well thought id make a post :)

Firstly it was a brilliant night, not a full dancefloor as there wasnt much of a floor to start with :eek:

Wedding for a lovely young couple who had only been together 4months but decided that they were meant for each other,

Anyway 5pm start so decided to do a "Minimal" rig comprising of a T bar with 2 Littleds and 2 Colourbursts which i must say looked fantastic :)

First dance was meant to be at 7pm after the speechs BUT the actual first dance was at 8:45 as the brides mum read a poem she had wrote herself which was quite touching as she and the bride had recently lost there Partner/Father :(
After the first dance (Marry Me - Train), it was a flawless night of chart music which went downan absolute treat :)

Finished on Shania Twain - From this moment on and Micheal Buble - The way you look tonight

Overall very very happy with it and really happy with the lighting.

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Originally Posted by Charlie Brown

I feel like I've cheated them and I certainly wasn't worth 400 squid. £60 sid could have done my job...play some tunes for three hours and then go home for a beer.

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Perceived value Charlie.

Look in to it.

You felt that you didn't give value. I bet they did.

Wedding last night. The couple did not really give much of a clue on what music they wanted played, just cheesy with no Take That.
Could not persuade them to do their 1st dance until over halfway through the night which is a big no no in my opinion as people do not tend to want to dance until after this.
Not much of an atmosphere really with guest's legs firmly rooted under the tables despite my best efforts at encouragement!
Only really came alive in the last 30 minutes and as expected they wanted to carry on after my paid finish time - so frustrating.
Groom asked for the 'Hokey Cokey' to be played even though I had started to turn equipment off and I did this to avoid confrontation and to at least end on a bit of high.
Not a vintage night really!

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Originally Posted by Chris G

[Groom asked for the 'Hokey Cokey' to be played even though I had started to turn equipment off and I did this to avoid confrontation and to at least end on a bit of high.
Not a vintage night really!]

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Stuff that. Once I've switched off . I need a damn good reason to boot it all back up again

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Originally Posted by Jonathan Ford

A £1500 bar tab that was demolished in under 25 minutes, a playlist that requests no disco, no cheese, no ABBA, no dance music (but has the word "Keane" thereon), a 1am finish, and being 3/4 of the way through an hour of Andrea Bocelli leaves me somewhat apprehensive...

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My apprehension was misplaced. Turned into a really good night for an amazing couple, both really friendly and up for it (because they live in London, there was no opportunity for a pre-event meeting). Played loads of 80's...songs of the night were Nik Kershaw and Kings of Leon. After the 1am finish, the bride and groom went off to this pretty cool indie type bar in Derby, still in her wedding dress....brilliant!

I did feel massively inadequate at one point however, and I could probably cross post this in the "too many songs" thread. The groom's brother in law is an ex DJ, and he fired probably 8-9 requests at me, a couple of which I'll admit I'd never heard of (and can't remember this morning), but some I should certainly have, such as Jocelyn Brown. When I went digital, I trimmed the fat, so to speak, and got rid of stuff I hadn't played in ages, and couldn't see me ever playing again out of choice. Mistake. Felt really bad for the guy, that I'd let him down, and pretty self concious that, on this occasion, my music collection was lacking.

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Originally Posted by Jonathan Ford

When I went digital, I trimmed the fat, so to speak, and got rid of stuff I hadn't played in ages, and couldn't see me ever playing again out of choice. Mistake. Felt really bad for the guy, that I'd let him down, and pretty self concious that, on this occasion, my music collection was lacking.

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A point that I made about when I trimmed my vinyl collection and Excalibre said was the same for him. The biggest advantage of being digital surely has to be that you dont have to limit yourself !

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Originally Posted by katman

A point that I made about when I trimmed my vinyl collection and Excalibur said was the same for him. The biggest advantage of being digital surely has to be that you dont have to limit yourself !

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Only if you have deep pockets. :( The cost of your initial Produb licence escalates as your track count increases.

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Originally Posted by katman

and Excalibre

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