Saturday i had mouseAT doing a forces open day. we got setup a 5.15 and took over from the biggest set of hifi speakers i have ever seen with clubland 16 rettling out at full volume (highlt distorted). Andy ended up doing a 7 hour set at full throttle.
hope he will post a playlist soon.
I had a small wedding and had to fight my way through 60 people to get the gear in, who then sat and watched me setup. I was asked to play a lot of motown and was also at full throttle by 8pm playing some of my top drawer tunes. the hogroast started at 8.45 so i lost the floor totally and it was hard getting them back.
a good ammount of 70's disco got them going with the usual easy party classics form amy winehouse and scissor sisters etc. with a bit of chart stuff for the younger ones
Then
10.33 - Virtual DJ crashed. Arrghhhh. total audio dropout. Fortunately i had chealsea dagger cued up in a cd drawer and that led into a 1 hour indie/rock/punk slot. Hard work cd djing after using virtual dj for so long.
the rock & punk went down a storm but unfortunately left the bride a bit unhappy as she wanted a motown night. Sadly motown peaked before the hog roast and i couldnt get them up again with anymore.
One bloke came and shook my hand stating i was the best dj he had see in along tim, he was obvioulsy a jam/buzzcocks/undertones man
but within earshot some bloke was very unhappy "that was
it was supposed to be a motown night and hes been playng a load of fluffing . id be asking for a refund"he sat and tapped his feet to some motown tracks, what can you do?
all in all a fun weekend.
Backup gear - never leave home without it!