Parade DJ Song Ideas
I was just booked to DJ a parade in Michigan for the Christmas season. I will be on a float while I spin holiday songs (which I will probably just loop ever 30 minutes). But what are some great holiday songs that I should play? They have to be clean, but it’ll be cool if there where some hot Christmas remixes out there. This will also be helpful for the christmas DJ gigs coming up
Not sure but I for one hate X-mas music. I get sick of songs really easily and hearing the same ones sense my childhood, i find its kind of annoying and cheezy…you guys can call me the grinch if you want.
Play some dubstep or hardtechno. That will make the parade memorizable for everyone.
Jazz and Swing versions of Xmas classics would be the way to go. A bit of downtempo Blue Note coolness would be the perfect antidote to the christmas fluff.
It’s the only way I would be able to cope. The (much harder) alternative is to go “alternative christmas” and trawl the downtempo, indie artists and soundtracks out there for a truly unique Xmas sound.
The Black Eyed Peas have a cover of Little Drummer Boy they performed on TV the other day. It wasn’t the full song, but might be worth checking out.
Blackeyed pee… barf
…Granma got run over by a reindeer /facepalm
Try the Trojan Xmas boxset - Yellowman / Breadfruit Roasting on an Open fire is bizarre but great
Here’s 2 albums of Christmas mashups
There’s some garbage on here, but some good ones, too.
Did the people that book you give you some kind of guidelines as to what type of Christmas music to play? There’s a pretty big range of from Mannheim Steamroller to Elvis to Jethro Tull to The Dickies.
No, they just said for me to make a Christmas mix and play it while riding on the float. But I got some really good stuff so far, will defiantly use it.
Where/when is this parade
rick roll
stereo love
we no speak americano
one more time
dubstep santa
skrillex
diesel
fortuna (alex kidd remix)
lol?
mariah carey’s new xmas album
It’s gonna be in Flint, MI on the 30th
How could I possibly resist
ah shit! thought everyone had been more sensible than me
I will try my damn hardest to play dubstep santa!!
Sorry, my momma still says I may not tell a lie.