Good Gig, Bad Gig.

Last night was a very busy Christmas Party at my residency. Far too many people for the room really and I had to really squeeze my gear into limited space.

Good crowd though and up for it with 3 different companies. One of them were there last year and most of them recognised me which is good on one side but also not so good on another side as they seemed to think I was playing to just them!
Busy dancefloor all evening, too busy at times.
There was one drunk woman who had the tighest dress on ever and not the body for it who was a bit rude but that was the only real thing worth noting apart from when she backed into my deckstand during The Killers (which she requested). I was a bit sarcastic and clapped my hands which actually got her to apologise surprisingly. Despite me telling everybody to keep their drinks off the dancefloor, they still ignored me. No accidents luckily.


Just got back from an afternoon Christmas Party that I do every year for a local school for kids with learning difficulties. Always a pleasure and they really enjoy themselves and make me feel welcome. It's almost like Groundhog Day as at the end the Head Teacher comes over and says "That was amazing Gary, Same time next year!!".

Stinking cold at the moment and a bit of backache still but onwards and upwards and tonight's party at the residency is the penultimate one.

Guess it was my turn tonight

Golf club Christmas party with karaoke.
It was upstairs , the lift seemed to take forever , on my venue visit , I was show where to set up , but tonight there was a huge xmas tree where I was supposed to be , only space left was in front of a radiator , that you could fry eggs on , it was so hot , and no way or turning it down , still got set up , thats when the problems started.

the laptop could access the denon 4500 , but there was xero traffic back to the lappy , cue , start and every other button did nothing , so I had to use the mouse all night , the karaoke refused point blank to work.
The amount of times I re-booted the laptop was unreal , thank heaven for back up.....:D
Even did a system restore , still nothing , un-installed ultramixer , AISO drivers , denon software , re installed all of it , no avail :( , managed to limp through the night using the mouse.

no matter what I tried , no one wanted to dance . 50`s 60`s all the way up to modern chart , xmas songs.
Mercyfuly it finished at 23:15 , due to the place being empty.
Think I will re format the laptop and start again.
Having a well earned drink now...................:beer1: :D :D


Daryll

had a great christmas party last night with just over 200 people. Dancing from the first song to the last, and plenty requests.

only issue was a group of teachers. due to the large amount of people, it was taking longer than normal for the meals to be dealt with and the tables cleared, which meant a delay in us getting started. This group of teachers started moaning about being bored to me and the management.

They also expected me to play a cd of them all singing a few christmas carols, in a room filled with 190 other people not related to the teachers in any way. The manager and I both agreed that it wasnt a good idea, which upset the teachers even more. They sat looking bored all night while all around were enjoying the party.

Other than that, it was great. One more to go tonight.

Teachers generally make good audiences. I get a lot at the Xmas parties I do.

as we are getting closer to xmas the parties are getting better last night was for one company rather than a join a table party night and they also set up a wii on a projector and horse racing but it was based on the arcade type amusement where you stick a coin in and 6 horses glide along but this was controlled with a pogo type stick made to look like a horse that you get astride and shake your way to the finish which were wired in to the unit it caused a few laughs and people seemedd to enjoy it.

music wise a nice easy night had the usual im a dj bloke come up he would of had more credibilty if he actually got the artist right when choosing requests, but overall the best xmas party so far, best request of the night beastie boys girls they went absolutly mad for it and i have to admit its not a song that i would normally play but last night it worked really well so will try it again sometime although sods law the floor will empty.

My surprise success record last night was "No Limit" by 2 Unlimited. Hadnt played it for ages but got asked for it by the teachers and they went bersek!

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Originally Posted by theoloyla

Teachers generally make good audiences. I get a lot at the Xmas parties I do.

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done plenty gigs with teachers before without issue, they were just annoyed because i wouldnt play their cd

Fantastic wedding last night using the new DSB v2.
Alfriston which is very close to me, I can honestly say I had the dancefloor packed all night, It was so small that more than 6 people on it filled it up.

The bride danced all night and the 2 tunes that went down well were, Black velvet and Dirty, Played a bit of AC/DC and Led Zep, Skynard.
Had one girl that was a bit of a nutter that I videoed and am just uploading to you tube which with her permission given I can upload to show you all when its done.

It was an 11:30 finish and I was packed up by midnight and home for 00:30.

Keep your eyes peeled for the video, It may not be tonight as Im off to do an xmas party soon but its coming.

Here is an indication of the size of the dancefloor, I was behind the booth taking this

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...z/DSCF2299.jpg

Hammy,

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updated pic of dancefloor

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...DSCF2299-1.jpg