SolDios Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 for my final track i through down the Pedulum Voodoo People remix from Prodigy and they just went fuckin MENTAL,I would to, freaking amazing track, one of pendulums best!And great work man! looks like everyone had a great night yeah it is good isnt it, its even better when its an ALL VINYL gig and you've got that track, even spitfire has offered me $80 for that piece of wax........sorry dude, NO SALE Show him this?http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Prodigy-Vood ... _534wt_905 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughn Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 That moment when a bitch starts goin through ur record case, fuckin whale wants to die Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughn Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 That moment when some old whale starts goin through ur CD case and calls you a Dickhead because you dont have blown eyed girl? fuckin whale wants to die Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yizzle Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 nice def, def nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ill_spector Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 for my final track i through down the Pedulum Voodoo People remix from Prodigy and they just went fuckin MENTAL,I would to, freaking amazing track, one of pendulums best!And great work man! looks like everyone had a great night yeah it is good isnt it, its even better when its an ALL VINYL gig and you've got that track, even spitfire has offered me $80 for that piece of wax........sorry dude, NO SALE ive got it on wax too mwahahahahhaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opticon Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Bit of a long post, but just my experience from my first gig last night (18th house party) which might help a few of the newbies on here. After the first hour or so of being there I had the birthday girl say to me that her friend's have asked how much I charge so I could do their 18th's. Should hopefully be a few more gigs coming my way now \:D/ I think all went very well last overall, I got there about 7.45 and was set up in 10 mins. I love my coffin case now, just roll it in and put it on a table then run cables for power and speakers As it was a last minute gig I just used my M-Audio CX5 studio monitors which worked quite well (small backyard with a patio over the whole thing so kept the sound in nicely) but man did they get a workout lol I started playing straight away as a people started rocking up shortly after, 10 mins after starting my left CDJ dropped it's USB connection to traktor (nfi why, never done it before) so I had to restart my macbook and turned all the gear off\on again. 2 mins later I was playing again. I put a notepad + pen on the table next to me for requests and 20mins later I had 10-20 tracks which was great as it gave me a good idea of what they wanted to hear (wasn't quite sure if they wanted Top 40 or if they liked old 80\90's classics etc).For the first hour there wasn't much dancing, few random’ s here and there but mostly just people talking to each other but they were still tapping their feet etc. I played almost everyone's requests during this time to try and get them in the mood. Once I dropped Knife Party - Internet Friends and then Flo Rida - Good Feeling everyone really started to get into it. I've mostly got club style remixes of T40 songs and they all loved it. Kept it going with T40 like Taio Cruz, LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, Example etc (anything T40 from the last 5 years they liked, they were 17/18 so couldn't expect to go back too far) and for what seemed like a good hour or so 80% of them were dancing in front of me (50-60 people at the party).I started getting more requests but with people leaning over my gear with their drinks, which I quickly told them to hold it away from everything and so I started leaning over my gear (without my drink of course) or just stepping to the side to keep them away from it, Skrillex - Bangarang and Knife Party - Internet Friends were constantly requested and I think I played them 4-5 times each last night, no one cared and everyone went off with the same energy each time it was played. As people got more drunk I started to get the 1-2 people constantly bugging me for songs and then another 1-2 asking 'have you got this song, why not? youtube it' (had 1 guy ask multiple times for the same song?) which I just replied each time sorry but youtube is too slow for decent quality but I'll check itunes to see if I can download it, that seemed to keep them happy and I never checked itunes The guy who was actually supposed to DJ who pulled out the night before (from what I was told) came up to me and asked if him and his mate to have a go? I thought wtf? you cancel being the DJ and then ask to mix some tracks. I wanted a quick break anyway and let them spin a few tracks (def wont be doing that all the time though). He then had a quick whinge about hating taking requests etc. I can understand this when playing at pubs\clubs but at a 18th house party, your specifically there to entertain them, not yourself so play the damn requests.Around 11-11.30 when it seemed like everyone was drunk, people were starting to want to stand behind the decks with me, stumbling around a bit, few knocks to the table etc. I told the birthday girl\her mum that I'll be finishing after a few more songs as neither of us could afford to replace my gear. They were happy with that, finished around 11.45pm, packed up, got given a bottle of JD's for playing the party and went home I only had to turn the music down once and ask everyone politely to take 2 steps back because they were getting too close and everyone did with no fuss, as soon as they took 1 step I turned the music back up.Few personal notes for future gigs:Having the requests book is great for getting an idea of what people want for house parties (provided it's not just 1-2 people writing down 20 songs).Get\Hire some proper speakers and lighting.When I practise at home I try to keep the next song within the same BPM\key range as the current track. People at parties dont care about this, they just want to hear music they like and have asked for so it was a quick learning curve to mix in songs with different BPM and keys together as I'd never really thought about doing it.I had 5-6 bourbon's over the 4 hours which kept me nicely buzzed to dance a bit and sing with the crowd but sober enough not to get slopy on the decksThe crowd would randomly throw me stares and unless my head was down getting the next track ready they would give me a weird look if I wasn't singing or boping my head to the music, so from this: make it look like I'm enjoying myself and they will probably enjoy themselves that little bit more (even if I'm playing Bangarang for the 5th time!).Having a small closed in area probably helped get everyone up and dancing, if it was a big open backyard people would be spread apart more etc so dont expect the same thing everytime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughn Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Opticon sounds like you had a bit of fun man Good stuff, good experience. A chick wanted a dj for her party tonight and i took the job, its saint Patric's day theme...... might be tricky but i just gotta get some irish tunes, feel free to message me if you have anything in mind. My head is rattled from lastnight and so hung over and saw haha, hopefully i can warm into the night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addi Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Nice one bro! Great read, will definitely use the request book idea thats awesome. Never even thought about that haha. Good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yizzle Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 nice feedback opti, it does sound like a pretty successful night over all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 nice work dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichoKidd Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Gigging tonight for a birthday. Will post up a summary tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 that happens. when i did mobiles, i usually played the more chilled out jjj hottest 100 style shit til after speeches, or til someone comes up and requests a dance song, then you know they are ready to dance. When you drop a request as for first dance track, that person grabs all their friends and gets them to the d-floor, and kind of gives you a kick start. You don't 'waste' floor fillers early when people aren't ready to dance then too.However, also had gigs where nothing I play works, it happens. Just so unpredictable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 .Good stuff opticon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughn Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Yo, So did a 21'st lastnight,Got the gig like 5 hours before i was meant to be there and i was at work at the time(hungover). Though It was pretty decent not hectic haha. I was feeling like dirt but pulled threw. Their was parents there and i was just trying to get a mix between new and old stuff just to try and keep eveyone at a mutual vibe. Was kinda hard but everyone could sorta bop along to underground house and deep house so played that for a bit.... and of course some irish tunes(got sick of them after a while ) Its my 2nd 21st i have done and i have found with both no one really wants to dance till they are really smashed haha, which in this case was when i was about to leave. Had a fair few requests of music that i didnt have/Ive never even hear of before...........Need some more random music haha. All in all fairly decent Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobberz Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Good work boys =D> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREMM1S Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Played my first house party in like a year last night, pretty wild 21st in a hall, took a sweat light and sound set up so was pretty cool up on the stage.Played commercially/chilled dance till after speeches at 10 then pumped it hard for the last two hours, was good as it was all my mates who love all the hard stuff so could play cool stuff.Overall good evening (Bar my 900s freezing when connected to rekordbox every now and then, lucky i had cds there too). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 nice one bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughn Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Looks like you had some fun man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yizzle Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 ^that pic is rad gremm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobberz Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Looks wicked man. Good stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxyKon Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 nice goin gremmis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legunner Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 Nice grem also good idea to take the cds as well.My last gig was last weekend at a mates girlfriend's surprise party that my mate threw at his house.Pretty much all around 17-19 year olds dressed in cocktail theme and sloshy as fuck by the end of the night.My cousin played before me from 8-10 then my mate had a run for an hour then i finished the night off from around 11-12 it was crazy hey everyone was like naked by the end of it.Had an S4/Macbook Setup + Ableton/Macbook setup + SCS4DJ all connected to a djm800.My mates house is huge to and it was in his pool room, perfect setup. It cost him 1500 for drinks for everyone and it was free I finished the night with my own version of november rain and it went off i have a video ill try upload.Great night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREMM1S Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Cheers gents, should have also said it was toga too, so you dont think we are a bunch of weirdos haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crundyy Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Cheers gents, should have also said it was toga too, so you dont think we are a bunch of weirdos haha.lol toga party or not id still have no shirt on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughn Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Cheers gents, should have also said it was toga too, so you dont think we are a bunch of weirdos haha.lol toga party or not id still have no shirt onCock on the decks and all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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