NYE tips and Tricks
I am putting together a post on wed for our NYE gigs and it would be great to have your input.
Do you:
have any mp3s built to make the countdown epic?
have any tips for your fellow djs on NYE?
have one must play NYE song
thanks guys!
well i can say a type of music good for the countdown might be some intense orchestra music… similar to this kind:
im not sure what the type of music is called (if there is a genre).
I thought it would be criminal not to drop Daft Punk on NYE, lol jks.
These probably are not all for the club dj, but if your doing a house party and want to have fun and not be looking at your computer all night, check these out.
this is if you play electro-ish, blog stuff, or hiphop/rap REMIXES!! and stuff. good for any occasion though. cough hypem.com
Sisters Of Transistors - The Don (sick synth track, guy from 808 state drumming)
Sta vs. Gerry Raffery - Baker’s Dozen
The Bloody Beetroots - Dimmakmmunication (I don’t need to talk this up)
Rick Ross - Hustlin’ (XXXChange remix) (mellow)
The Nextmen - Tom’s Version Ah Yeah (hiphop w/ reggae beat)
N.E.R.D. - Run To The Sun (hiphop)
Kanye West & Common - Get 'Em High (A-Trak Remix)
Lil Wayne - LIL WAYNE - A MILLIE (NADASTROM REMIX) (favourite track at the moment)
Advise…don’t get trollied before your finish your set, or start for that matter.
slip this into the mix and make some memories…Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
this is my new years song…The Ronettes - Be My Baby…it should be yours too!
If your mixing drum and bass drop konflict-messiah_(noisia_remix) from 1 min-29seconds onwards right after the countdown - everyone will go absolutely nuts.
For all the New Wave Freaks or U2 fans. You can never go wrong with…
U2 - New Years Day!
I tried making a lead up to midnight some years ago, I think for the millennium, but it didn’t work, or rather, wouldn’t have worked - I knew it wouldn’t work and din’t use it.
I prefer to plan my lead up to midnight as I go. I still think it is important to plan it though as this moment is all-important and by putting it in the fore-front of you mind during the evening will mean that you can get those all-important timings right.
I will be Djing a black tie and posh frocks do (and that’s just what I’ll be wearing 
). The music will be very pop and oldie oriented, but I will have to plan the midnight crescendo to include the chimes of big ben (dead on time) some auld lang syne, a couple of smoochies for the couples and bar staff (who get 10 minutes off to grab someone that they may have had their eye on).
It’s all in the plan, but the plan needs flexibilty as I have learned.
What say you??
Usually, in Belgium, clubs are empty at midnight, if they are open at all…
I’ll still be playing top40 cheese around the count down . But with enough drinks I’ll be inspired even by Britney lol . Oh wait I just got some new heat off of White Folks Get Crunk Blogg !
You could always throw in:
Jupiter One - Countdown (LA Riots Remix - Radio Edit)
http://hypem.com/track/637901/Jupiter+One-Countdown+(LA+Riots+Remix+-+Radio+Edit)
or
Sergio Matina - The Final Countdown (Electronic Drums Project Club Remix)
http://www.imeem.com/groups/OiJPcHf6/music/3fZdcRTg/sergio_matina_the_final_countdown_electronic_drums_project/
Does anyone have an MP3 of a good countdown voice? I need something for a NYE show I’m producing.
we are going to post some on wed morning!
So looks like I’ll be playing U2 New Years Day (Nova Dream Dub) at midnight
there is also another remix of New Years Day its in electro, U2 - New Years Day (2007 Electro Mix)
Yeah King Brit just posted a link for this one so I gotta show the Philly love and then mix into some cheese like Cold Play Viva La Vida lol .
If you want something truly original you could try this site : www.voiceovers.co.uk
You can listen to voices, email them, get a quote and they will mp3 you what you need!
A few seconds before midnight fade the music out and put on Justice - Genesis, be sure to time it right so it drops on 0:00 for ultimate dramatic effect.
BTW 2008 has 1 extra second this year, so dont miss your cue!
NYE
i was like, whatehell with New York???
I dunno, maybe bc i am not english native speaker i did not get what those 3 letters stand for. Is “NYE” shortcut for new years eve realy that common? never heard of it. or is it some kind of internetz leet speak?
i would recommend moby - in my heart (album= 18). it´s a nice and epic song! i would like to hear this song a nye-party
How about some NYE Countdown videos? Anybody got one of those?