So I think I might share the details of my gig last night, as there were a few lessons there on what and not what to do.
The gig was at a local bar which masquerades as a nightclub on Fridays, and usually attracts an 18-22yo student crowd, and usually books up-and-coming local DJs.
So was the unlucky one and scored the opening slot (which apparently was decided by the promoter by pulling names out of a hat - he didnt even listen to my soundcloud!). So I played a fairly upbeat indie pop set, which the few people in the bar seemed to enjoy, then switched to pop and stated getting people dancing as the venue filled up.
By then, my slot was over, and the next DJ came on. He play a fairly solid set for the first hour (which I quite liked), but in the last 20mins of his set, the contents of his bar card kicked in, and he then played nothing but solid back-to-back Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites for 20 mins!
He promoter at this point got the last DJ in the booth quick smart, who then put in his first CD only to find that 80% of his music wouldnt play! Turns out that he buys everything from iTunes, and that CDJ1000 Mk1s cant play .aac formats. So he ran back to his car, pulled out his Mac, and burned CDs for his set in the booth while DJing with what music he did have!
So overall a fairly messy night
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