Help for a new DJ

[MaxOne]

I secretly love playing weddings... They're always for mates or mates of mates so generally everyone is into decent music and it's about skating that line between cheese and just quality classics.

Truth is when you're drunk at a wedding you want to hear guilty pleasures.

here are a few mixes that go well together:

indeep - last night a dj saved my life
into...
hall and oates - I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)

eurythmics - sweet dreams (i use the beat masher on this and peeps go mad for it)
into...
new order - blue monday

Daft Punk - Around The World
into...
Stardust - Music sounds Better with you


Some other big tunes:
Opps Up Side Your Head - The Gap Band
Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier (this surprisingly smashes it for a reggae tune)
Kim Wilde - Kids in America
Chaka Khan - I feel for you
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama


End with these, and you will kill it

Prince - Raspberry Beret
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
Lionel Richie - All Night Long

[Shane]

i would pray that they have wifi access or if you have an iphone you can tether it to your laptop for free.. then just run the line out on your laptop to your mixer and youtube songs you don't have.. you're bound to get requests for things you don't have at a wedding especially if you're an edm dj..

[photojojo]

or if you have an iphone you can tether it to your laptop for free.

You can't tether an iPhone silly. At least not one that hasn't been jail broken.

[Nosferatu]

in my area Journey's Don't Stop Believin' is a huge wedding track.

For the last wedding I did, it coincided with a great deal on a Turbosound rig... I decided to bring it to the gig.... best sounding reception this city's ever heard that's for sure!

If you're going to go the mobile wedding DJ route, you should invest in a Power Trakks set.

http://www.multimusic.ca/

Not sure if you can get something similar in your area, but this set will have you covered. I was fortunate enough to pick up a used set then I ripped and tagged the entire binder. I don't do many weddings anymore, but it's nice to have the gig covered with a set like that.

To be honest, I used to hate on wedding gigs, but at $900 a night.... there isn't much to hate.

[photojojo]

The dj never works quite as hard as the photographer that's for sure , but I can pull in double that shooting a good wedding. I hate them with a passion though and don't do very many.

[djmoonie]

And sadly,

at traditional weddings, no one is going to give a stuff whether your mixing is spot on or shite. Many ppl just don't dance to what they don't know, and weddings are often a classic case of this.

That said, when you do get one where they are up for something more, then it can be great, mainly because you aren't expecting it.

One of my best trance sets came at the end of a wedding!

[korona]

You can't tether an iPhone silly. At least not one that hasn't been jail broken.

Umm... what? I'm typing this now via a connection from a tethered, non-jailbroken iPhone 3G.

[korona]

That is bullshit. Make the bride and groom happy. It's their day !
Especially the bride.

The 1950's called, they want their gender stereotypes back!

[Karlos Santos]

You should announce that this one is dedicated to the Groom whilst hes chugging beer at the bar with his best man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7TWLxCIgwE

[BradCee]

You should announce that this one is dedicated to the Groom whilst hes chugging beer at the bar with his best man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7TWLxCIgwE

should've been mine wedding song, wasn't too drunk to get a taxi to kebab shop though

(let's leave the obvious/easy jokes alone shall we? )