Did an 18th last night, for my cousins girlfriend.
I managed to build it up so that the majority of people were dancing and got to playing some awesome funky house remixes, and the got the pro house out
So all was going really well, I was mixing better than I ever have before. (I think this is because of the equipment we had, hired out a DJM800, and without a mixer at home so think it helped no-end!).
But then.....just dropped an absolute bomb (every teardrop is a waterfall - Swedish house mafia mix) and even got a cheer when It got dropped. Then the birthday girls dad came up and told me to put some rock on, and if I didn't then he was going to refuse to pay! I told my cousin and he said he's a nob so just do it for abit. So I did, and emptied the dance floor! HE DIDNT EVEN DANCE!!
So then after that I had to play a load of commercial top40 shizz, and struggled to get nearly anyone to dance. Got a fair few up, but never the amount I had before.
Then at 12 all the young ones went and I had to play arctic monkeys an the likes until 1. Was horrible! Not my kind of thing at all!
So overall, I was pleased with how I performed with the equipment, and it's given me a massive boost to continue and practise! But it just really pissed me off that I near enough had the crowd in the palm of my hand, and It just got ruined (mainly for te birthday girl!) by a stupid ass dad!
Anyways here's a couple of pictures of the setup and a video of when we were trying to get people dancing again.
Gear list:
2011 13" MBP
Traktor duo 2
Traktor audio-2
Traktor kontrol X1
Pioneer DJM800
AKG K518LE
KRK RP5 monitor
Speakers:
Funktion One Res4 mid highs x2
Funktion One 118 Subs x2
And a random lighting set up.
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