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What songs to people immediately get on the floor to at weddings, birthdays etc?
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As a wedding and party DJ of considerable experience, I can agree with most of the observations on here. There are three kinds of DJ's - the kind who plays what he wants to hear, the kind who plays what he'd like the crowd to like, and the kind who plays what the crowd do like. I am firmly in the third category! The DJ's job is to read his audience on the night, and go with...
20:04 Sat 18th Jul 2020
Another Summer song was I got you Babe
Four of us aged about 16/17 went for a week in a caravan up to Amble , it was one of my friends parents caravan, we thought we were so sophisticated getting ready to go to the dance at the Miners Welfare Hall, first and only time I got a love bite , I was mortified and wore a scarf for a week in the summer of '64
Four of us aged about 16/17 went for a week in a caravan up to Amble , it was one of my friends parents caravan, we thought we were so sophisticated getting ready to go to the dance at the Miners Welfare Hall, first and only time I got a love bite , I was mortified and wore a scarf for a week in the summer of '64
As a wedding and party DJ of considerable experience, I can agree with most of the observations on here.
There are three kinds of DJ's - the kind who plays what he wants to hear, the kind who plays what he'd like the crowd to like, and the kind who plays what the crowd do like.
I am firmly in the third category!
The DJ's job is to read his audience on the night, and go with what is working - that starts with a little trial and error, and then following a line of musical style and experimenting a little as the night wears on.
The other important thing to remember is not to fire all your guns at once, as the song has it - you have to pace your guaranteed certs so you have plenty in reserve, and ready for a full on blast for the last forty-five minutes or so.
I have played to crowds where the dancers crowded onto the floor for anything from Northern Soul - a big deal where I live - the more obscure the better, to heavy metal, ACDC, Deep Purple and so on.
But pretty much the surefire ones to try along the way are -
Any Abba, Michael Jackson, Bee Gees, Shania Twain, Robbie Williams, Lionel Ritchie, Tina Turner.
For the final song, I usually go for New York New York, You'll Never Walk Alone, or We Are The Champions - always a fave when people are a bit tipsy and emotional.
My 'playout' music is Image by the Alan Haven Orchestra - a great memory-jerker for the Radio Luxemburg generation.
There are three kinds of DJ's - the kind who plays what he wants to hear, the kind who plays what he'd like the crowd to like, and the kind who plays what the crowd do like.
I am firmly in the third category!
The DJ's job is to read his audience on the night, and go with what is working - that starts with a little trial and error, and then following a line of musical style and experimenting a little as the night wears on.
The other important thing to remember is not to fire all your guns at once, as the song has it - you have to pace your guaranteed certs so you have plenty in reserve, and ready for a full on blast for the last forty-five minutes or so.
I have played to crowds where the dancers crowded onto the floor for anything from Northern Soul - a big deal where I live - the more obscure the better, to heavy metal, ACDC, Deep Purple and so on.
But pretty much the surefire ones to try along the way are -
Any Abba, Michael Jackson, Bee Gees, Shania Twain, Robbie Williams, Lionel Ritchie, Tina Turner.
For the final song, I usually go for New York New York, You'll Never Walk Alone, or We Are The Champions - always a fave when people are a bit tipsy and emotional.
My 'playout' music is Image by the Alan Haven Orchestra - a great memory-jerker for the Radio Luxemburg generation.
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