Okay so for some background, I am a techno and house head through and through. I do enjoy listening to other music, but when I play out my sets are always house/tech oriented, and the deeper the better. I'm usually the guy who gets booked for like 4 am at the more "underground" party venues in my city. Now I'm not a huge audio quality snob, but obviously I can hear the difference in a low bitrate .mp3 vs 320kbps, especially on some of the nicer systems I get to play on.
Anyways, about a month ago I semi-reluctantly agreed as a favour to DJ a close friend of a friends wedding, without really knowing what I was getting myself into. Now the date is fast approaching and I've been sent a list of over 200 songs to source for the playlist. Of course I'm perfectly okay with setting aside my late-night techno tunes in lieu of whatever the bride & groom want to hear, but I guess I am hesitant to shell out the schmeckles for hundreds of top 40 radio tunes, slow dance songs, classic rock, and whatever else they are asking for that I will seriously never listen to ever again. However, I don't want to half ass it either and resort to ripping the tunes from youtube or something like that.
Any input/advice from former/current wedding DJs? Perhaps a convenient option I don't know about, or do you think anyone would even notice if they are <320kbps from experience? I obviously want to do a good job, but the amount of music they expect me to personally source is a bit of a pain in the ass, especially with everything else i've got going on in life right now.
Edit: I should mention this will just be on a community hall's PA system, not a fancy club system. So audio quality is less of a factor but I still don't wanna half ass it.
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