Last party of the year bar one for me last night. Well, me & my latest 'recruit' Paul. We had two discos at the hotel, or was it one? Or was it two? Whatever it was, nobody contacted me to confirm either way so I erred on the side of caution. It ended up being two, as booked.
So, with one rig already setup from the night before I set up the micron, Teutonic LED PAR system & Mackies for the Murder Mystery night. That took very little time indeed & I have to say I really love the micron booth bar the lycra covering which is a sod to backlight.
I asked Paul to play the bigger of the rooms & I watched him work while the murder players were doing their thing. I have much to learn & could do with shadowing more experienced hands. I don't care what other DJs say - even skills you might not think are relevant to your own field can be transferrable.
His crowd.. up for it & leery. My lot - not so much.
One table didn't request any songs & sat there during the disco completely po-faced. The other 2 tables were more animated & we partied hard til midnight. "Come on DJ, it's Christmas man. Get Slade on!" YESSIR, said I, and watched the room fill with tumbleweeds. With only 10 minutes of the night left I decided to deckstop it & play something good instead. I think it'll be going on the 'do not play, EVER' pile with the Poggles Fairly Dull Tale Of New York.
Come tearing down time I got talking to Paul proper & that I think was the reason it took me til 1.30am to get the van packed with all my gear.
Two rigs in the back of a Berlingo... Can it be done? Oh yeah. Just. No bin, no hazer. When I retire the Ultimax I won't need the folding screens anymore & that should free up some room. Mind, for a gig with 29 people I think 2 Mackies might just have been slight overkill.