damn, funny this post pops up now, i am doing my first wedding this saturday. i just got serato, so i think i should be able to field pretty much all requests. but i was wondering where a good place to download all the cheesey songs i am going to have to play would be? i have actually never gone to a "mp3 share" site or whatever, so i am a little lost. help a (wedding)newbie out, please.
Goddamn that MOBILE DJ made my day...
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yo dogg, i dont fuckswit the SLAUS COUNTY 209. STRIKKLY NO-BRED 559 SUNNILINGUS!
anyways, i mentioned it earlier somewheres, i forget, but i was watching some movie [which i also forget] but anyways the dudes kept saying "dont borgnine the doobie"
Mesh, I've only done wax wedding for the most part (ouch), with a few Cd's thrown in to fill any necessary gaps. Somebody elese here will know tho'.
yeah, the last wedding I did was in a barn in the Modesto area (Shig, do they call it the "sto' out there?), also a positive experience. Really nice people, beautiful setting and was paid the most I've ever made in a single gig. Plus, I've never had people freak out to Gal Costa or Sharon Jones in that way before. *sigh*
Which status do you refer to? I see the term scruffy in your location, though I've never noticed that about you
oh you don't know? http://www.djscruff.com/
Step one: Get a list of songs from them that they HAVE to have
step two: hit up a local cheapo used CD spot and find some of that cheap, maybe even LP anthologies for classic stuff you may not have too
step 3: I did it legal and signed up trial period Napster, burned shit for a buck a song, way cheaper than bbuying CDs of everything.
very true birdman. i do like 10 weddings a year and that pays all my bills, so i don't have to chase around small money bar gigs anymore. the people are always referred to me by a friend or another wedding i did, and they know what they are getting because they have seen me dj before. i'll consult with them once or twice at a cafe, dump a bunch of their CDs into ITunes and make a playlist for Serato and I'm ready to go.
once you get over playing their shitty music and having to carry speakers, weddings are fun to dj. everyone there is ready to have fun, they are drunk, and it is the happiest day of their lives. if you can read a crowd, you're set. in the end with the toasts and cutting the cake and all, it isn't even that much djing. and it's almost always jazz/ sinatra/ soul/ latin/ downtempo/ loungey stuff during cocktail hour and dinner (just press Play when the song starts to fade). then for the dancing part no matter what they tell you they want, their guests are going to dance to disco (to be real) and eighties (pyt) and dee-lite, rob base, britney spears etc. you have to field stupid drunky requests (2 weeks ago this fine as hell mafia trophy wife requested heavy metal at her friend's wedding) but that is nothing new for djs. and at a wedding you usually get fed well, entertained by flirtatious bridesmaids, and tipped $100-$150 when it is all over.
so fucking on point
anybody who ever wants to DJ weddings should print this post and paypal ayers $50 every time they get a gig.
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