I got a gig for a 35 year old celebration, need some help with tracks!

[lethal_pizzle]

There’s plenty of bootleg breaks of classic funk/80s/90s stuff in the Juno Download charts at the moment, some of that might go down well.

[MaxOne]

All good tunes on this CD. If you can’t get the CD download tunes individually

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kisstory-Urban-Classics-Rewind-Early/dp/tracks/B0000C0XP3/ref=dp_tracks_all_1#disc_1

Disc: 1

1. Back To Life - Soul II Soul
2. Got To Have Your Love - Mantronix
3. Now That We’ve Found Love - Heavy D & The Boyz feat. Aaron Hall
4. Apparently Nothin’ - Young Disciples
5. Dream On Dreamer - The Brand New Heavies
6. Let The Beat Hit 'Em - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
7. I Can’t Get No Sleep - Masters At Work
8. Respect - Adeva
9. Ghetto Heaven - Family Stand
10. Always There - Incognito
11. There’s Nothing Like This - Omar
12. I Should’ve Known Better - Mica Paris
13. Bust A Move - Young MC
14. Paid In Full - Eric B & Rakim
15. Don’t Believe The Hype - Public Enemy
16. Gonna Make You Sweat - C+C Music Factory
17. Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out - Freakpower
18. Space Cowboy - Jamiroquai
    Disc: 2
19. Right Here - SWV
20. I Got 5 On It - Luniz
21. Around The Way Girl - LL Cool J
22. Mr Wendal - Arrested Development
23. Don’t Walk Away - Jade
24. Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number - Aaliyah
25. Let’s Talk About Sex - Salt N Pepa
26. Motownphilly - Boyz II Men
27. Poison - Bell Biv DeVoe
28. My Lovin’ - En Vogue
29. I Wanna Sex You Up - Color Me Badd
30. Waterfalls - TLC
31. Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
32. Mr Loverman - Shabba Ranks feat. Chevelle Franklin
33. Bonita Applebum - A Tribe Called Quest
34. Turn It Up - Busta Rhymes
35. Street Tuff - Double Trouble & The Rebel MC
36. My Definitioin Of A Boombastic - Dream Warriors
37. I Love Your Smile - Shanice
38. Rump Shaker - Wreckx-N-Effect

[PjAndreasson]

@thisisian

Just because they’re over 30, doesn’t mean they want to listen to chessy old 80’s crap all night!

I know this will sound patronising (& it really isn’t meant to), but you’re 15 years old. …everybody over 20 is going to seem like an old git to you!!

Start fairly safe, by all means. But I bet you’ll be cranking out the stuff you want to play to a rocking dancefloor before the end of the night.

(…said this 51 year old!!)

Haha I think the present dance music has a huge impact on people today. It’s all over the radio, the internet, commercials, tv, news and so on. So I think they’re pretty familiar with pop/dance music these days. But what I think I will do
is to mix classical old tracks with some modern tracks. But we will see

[jakeintox]

I am 35, and I approve of MaxOne’s list.

Fun stuff to mix, too!

I wouldn’t be surprised if some current top 40 went over well, too. Not To my personal tastes, but I do know a lot of people in my age group (especially girls!) who will get down to some Justin Timberlake or Rhianna.

Throw in some Michael Jackson, too.

[sarasin]

@jakeintox

Throw in some Michael Jackson, too.

Billy Jean!

You have to!

[PjAndreasson]

Michael Jackson will definitely be played

[synthet1c]

When did 30 become 50… all these tracks are way too inappropriate. The best thing to do is talk to the guy who’s birthday it is and ask them what they like by sending them a list of a few genres and ask them to pick out the ones they like the most, from there you can guess the rest.

[johney]

Check out GTA radio station playlists.

Seriously

[soundinmotiondj]

80's Music Videos

[johney]

I’d also say 90’s stuff is way more fitting for 35 year old, think about it, born in 1978

[D-Kem]

The biggest thing to remember with this gig is that you’re playing for the whole room, not just the birthday boy. He won’t want to hear tunes that only he likes and have a dead party.
This gig will take skill reading the room and understanding what will work when and with who.
Honestly you’d be better sidestepping it for now. No worse feeling than a bad gig.
If you do decide to go ahead I’d go in with loads of 90s (house r&b Pop etc)some indie classics from 80s to present, a selection of quality disco, some modern pop…in fact a multitude of genres.
These kind of gigs demand a huge library with an even bigger knowledge of music.

[Timbo21]

Play this.

It’s great for 45 y/o’s

https://soundcloud.com/justbebushwacka/live-at-shoom-december-2012

[PjAndreasson]

@johney

Check out GTA radio station playlists.

Seriously

1+. I loved those tracks on the GTA radio, I actually have a GTA playlist of nearly all tracks on the radio from the old GTA games in spotify. Very smooth music!

[guiltyblade]

Not everyone at the party will be 35 dude. Play around to all ages and groups. Don’t just stick to an 80’s party. Make sure you hit current stuff too, hes 35 not dead and out of music.

[djproben]

@Timbo21

Play this.

It’s great for 45 y/o’s

SoundCloud - Hear the world’s sounds

Acieeeeeed! This 46 year old would be cranking that mix loudly in my office right now but I’m concerned it would scare the 22 yr old in the next office.

[Tha_Gooch]

@D-Kem

He won’t want to hear tunes that only he likes and have a dead party.

Speaking of…

Always goes over well at birthdays when they’re getting up there in age, heh.

[mdcdesign]

Don’t forget it’s 2013 now; 35 year olds were the people who were out raving in the late 90s/early 2000s, so your best bet will be Trance/Techno from around that time period, not 70s/80s cheese.

[b1sh0p]

You want to play stuff from their prime, not when they were 6. Actually, 35 is still pretty contemporary. Just play good music.

[MaxOne]

[avery]

@b1sh0p

you want to play stuff from their prime, not when they were 6. Actually, 35 is still pretty contemporary. Just play good music.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That x1000.