DJ Spinko 0 Posted May 17, 2003 Report Share Posted May 17, 2003 Well, I've got a date tonight at Norwich City Football Club for 150+ 15/16 years old till 1am. I hope it's not 6 hours of Limp Biskit, Slipknot etc.... http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/fear.gif Will let you know later how it went Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisPointon 0 Posted May 17, 2003 Report Share Posted May 17, 2003 Hmm, Last night (Friday) was a combined 30th and 60th Birthday, with more guests in the 60+ bracket than the 30!. The old guy sat there looking miserable all night, and despite covering every era I doubt that there was anymore than 25 people on the dancefloor at any one time. I also took Karen's advice, and played a few songs for the kiddies early on, and that did work well!, so at least the kids / parents had a good time http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/thumbup.gif Highlight of the night was getting about 10 requests for a Waltz, then playing it and no bugger who'd asked for it even attempting to stumble onto the dancefloor. http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/mad.gif , I really don't know why the D'arby and Joan set bother to book Disco's. an hour down the British Legion Club playing Dominoes / Bingo is a night out for them!, so I wish i'd took that 18th instead, at least they breathe!. Then the (Miserable) old dinosaur comes up at the end and asks me to play on for 15 mins!, by this time there were about 6 people in the building!. Yeah Right!. At least I got a booking for a 13th Birthday out of it, thanks to Karens advice - maybe we should al stick to kids parties and schools - at least you get a full dancefloor. Then to cap it all, I returned home to find that the Cat had died http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/014.gif . Hopefully tonight's set at the local club will balance things out - I'll let you know!. http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/tongue.gif Link to post Share on other sites
paula 0 Posted May 17, 2003 Report Share Posted May 17, 2003 QUOTE Then to cap it all, I returned home to find that the Cat had died Poor you... Me sad too http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/014.gif http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/014.gif http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/014.gif http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/014.gif Link to post Share on other sites
tonyj 0 Posted May 17, 2003 Report Share Posted May 17, 2003 I had a night off went into Blackpool ended up in a 70's bar, Music was great, the people i was with were great, the dj in this bar with about 300 punters was crap.!!!!!! Do these fun bar djs even know what a microphone is far!!! Me thinks i shall have a word with the manager of that bar on monday.. Ah well, its a wedding for me 2nite http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/042.gif Member of The Musicians Union "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like hard work." Link to post Share on other sites
Ian Stewart 0 Posted May 17, 2003 Report Share Posted May 17, 2003 last night 7.30-11pm an 18th in a cricket club, all they wanted was cheese so an easy gig. had the full show packed down and pulled away from the venue by 11.20pm. arrived in Southen at 11.50pm to play a 1 hour soul session in a bar called Seymors with Steve jackson from choice FM and Kiss 100 fame. Tashan was singing his new single live as well. great gig. tonight the youth football team i manage are having their presentation, so I am going as a puneter Mobile Party DJ For Weddings Parties Corporate Events Covering London Essex Kent Sussex Surrey Bucckinghamshire Hertfordshire & Essex Link to post Share on other sites
Rick 0 Posted May 17, 2003 Report Share Posted May 17, 2003 Oh chris im so sorry to here that mate http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/014.gif http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/014.gif http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/014.gif SO your little companion couldnt take the noise anymore or was it u kept feeding it Mc Ds, Kentucky fried Chicken, Burger King etc Oh dear well its time to settle with a nice lady instead now Cheers Rick http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/sad.gif Discos @ Resonable prices in berkshire come to Performance Light & Sound 07833 991057 Http://www.plsdiscoberks.co.uk go to http://www.mobiledisco.org/ for discos around congleton and nr areas Link to post Share on other sites
mikeee 0 Posted May 18, 2003 Report Share Posted May 18, 2003 Friday - Wedding 7.30 to 12.00 - got in at 8.40, first dance 9.45 - 50 people in a room that holds 150, but they real went for it, Phew. Saturday - 7.00 to 11.30 - surprise 50th birthday, well the bar did well, the only time I knew there was life and that they had been listening was at the end when i play Boyzone - No Matter What, and a voice in the distance yelled take that crap off we don't like boy bands. Well I was told they all enjoyed it, best selection of music they had heard in a long time, your guess is as good as mine on this one. Sunday - Wedding 7.30 to 11.30, well i haven;t done it yet, so we'll all have to wait on this one..... ..playing all the hits for you... ....whether you may be.... Why can't I see what i going on??? Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisPointon 0 Posted May 18, 2003 Report Share Posted May 18, 2003 QUOTE your guess is as good as mine on this one Yes, I think you could be a D.J for 1000 Years, and still not understand some people!. Link to post Share on other sites
Dukesy 0 Posted May 18, 2003 Report Share Posted May 18, 2003 Friday - Family Party 7-11.pm Went OK - a lot of kids. Typical! Saturday - Karaoke Disco (Private Club) 5.30pm - 12.00am - I'm gonna go to bed now. If I hear that murdered (bl:cense:y 'I will Survive') song again b4 next weekend... http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/014.gif Sunday - NWT (no work today) Link to post Share on other sites
paula 0 Posted May 18, 2003 Report Share Posted May 18, 2003 QUOTE If I hear that murdered (bl:cense:y 'I will Survive') song again b4 next weekend... Remove it......lie...damaged disc....anything http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif Thankfully they've gone off this one over here http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif Ok,busy busy fun night! http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/071.gif not much to report, no stolen books! Link to post Share on other sites
Top Trax 0 Posted May 18, 2003 Report Share Posted May 18, 2003 Had a late booking from a hotel on Friday night a dinner dance for Barnet Saraces Elizabethens Rugby Club. They sat down an hour late, presentations and then a guest speaker (Mike Lewis anyone heard of him?) I finally started playing at 10.45pm and the hotel is only licensed for music & dancing till 12..... easy night. Saturday - off round the M25 to Essex to provide the entertainment for a wedding 200+ guests in the New Hotel (just of the A127) loads of 80's cheese, they went made at frankie - sister sledge (the brides fav). So a good weekend had by all - next weekend a wedding in Poole, Dorset. Speak to you all soon http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/042.gif Rich Link to post Share on other sites
Eskie 0 Posted May 18, 2003 Report Share Posted May 18, 2003 An almost perfect week; Tuesday & Thursday @ The Marriot Hanbury Manor Hotel & Golf club in Ware, Herts; both corporate events, which mostly involved 5 course meals, speeches, presentations etc, which both didn't finish till around 10.30/45 and then I had to 'work' until midnght http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/tongue.gif The usual friday residency was busy with a good crowd but saturday was superb. I'd booked a venue for May 17 for a old school soul night and advertised/promoted the event over the past 3 months together with a mate. We were taking a slight chance as the venue was known in previous guises as being a bit dodgy. But it holds 400 people and is licensed until 3am so it was worth the risk. Ticket sales were luke warm before the event, yet we were receiving very positive responses & enquiries from many people. My main wish was that there would be a good atmosphere to build on as we've now booked this venue for these soul nights every 3 months till the end of the year, and I could stand losing a little money in order to make money further down the line. I couldn't have hoped for a better start as we had over 200 people and there was a fantastic atmosphere and a full dancefloor the whole night, but best of all absolutely loads of people praising the music I'd played and constantly asking when the next event was as they wanted to let their friends know not to miss the next one http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif (we'd already had fliers printed with details of the next event, which we gleefully handed out http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/tongue.gif ) As if I wasn't buzzing enough, both the venue manager & owner came up to me at different times at the end saying how much they'd personally enjoyed the night and that it was the best atmosphere they'd had at the venue for years, and urging us to do it more often than once every 3 months http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/071.gif Anthony Winyard Entertainment www.awe-dj.co.uk, Entertaining London & the South-East! Click here to LIKE The Funky Penguin on Facebook. www.facebook.com/awe.dj Link to post Share on other sites
Ian Stewart 0 Posted May 18, 2003 Report Share Posted May 18, 2003 QUOTE (Eskie @ May 18 2003, 09:52 PM) I couldn't have hoped for a better start as we had over 200 people and there was a fantastic atmosphere and a full dancefloor the whole night, but best of all absolutely loads of people praising the music I'd played and constantly asking when the next event was as they wanted to let their friends know not to miss the next one Well done, its always good when a plan come together, and gives you such a buzz playing good music to an appreciative crowd. good luck with the next one. ps if you need aguest DJ you know where I am. Mobile Party DJ For Weddings Parties Corporate Events Covering London Essex Kent Sussex Surrey Bucckinghamshire Hertfordshire & Essex Link to post Share on other sites
DJTREV 0 Posted May 18, 2003 Report Share Posted May 18, 2003 I was in Ipswich sharing the night with a Salsa dj.We did 15 mins each all thro the party and it worked quite well.Good crowd,good buffet,good night. The only down side is that when you sit down when you get home and ahave a cup of coffee it suddenly dawns on you that you left the house at 3.30pm and you get back in at 3.00am!! You've just done a 12hour day!!! This is not a rehearsal This is it - grab it while you can. Link to post Share on other sites
mikeee 0 Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 I don't want to talk about Sunday, if there was ever an excuse to give up, this was it. Crap with a capital C. ..playing all the hits for you... ....whether you may be.... Why can't I see what i going on??? Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisPointon 0 Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 QUOTE (mikeee @ May 19 2003, 02:39 AM) I don't want to talk about Sunday, if there was ever an excuse to give up, this was it. Crap with a capital C. It happens...especially where Weddings are concerned Link to post Share on other sites
Peteee 0 Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 Hi Mikeee http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/042.gif Although we all do different gigs and have different styles its is so reassuring to know that we all suffer at gigs in the same way from time to time. I wuld say 80% of my work is weddings and yes they can be hard work to get going. Sundays are very often difficult nights for gigs Work next day so guests never seem to want to let go. Less alcohol intake due to work next day etc. Thats the time to get head down and run through the sets you know work until you can get some of them putting in requests http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/laugh.gif Peteee N U F C Yea.... Link to post Share on other sites
DJ Spinko 0 Posted May 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 Firstly, sorry to hear about the Cat, I've 4 at the moment but had them for ages so I know what it's like to lose one. Secondly, Mikee, we all have them, sometimes it is just a night to think of the money !! Thirdly, my gig on Saturday night was a real pleasure. The kids were well behaved, all the lads in Dinner Jackets , a bit like a very young Mikee, and the gilrs in long evening dresses. I played loads and loads of chart stuff and the R Kelly track absolutely filled the floor but also there were more than a few request for older stuff. I had the usual couple of lads who wanted Limp B and Linkin P etc.. played one track that emptied the floor, so luckily for me a great excuse not to play it again. Another couple of lads wanted some DnB and Garage, yet again when put on, it cleared the floor. Somehow I've found recently that these are a boys thing and that the girls are just happy with chart and dance stuff. Really poignant moment in the evening when I was asked to play Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty, yes you're reading it correctly, in memory of one of their mates who had died earlier this year. Everyone got up and danced with someone and at the end of the track they applauded me ! I was quite choked. Link to post Share on other sites
mikeee 0 Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 Thanks guys, but I've always prided myself with being able to "crack" any audience, and after Saturday's lets hold the bar up crowd, which I thought was hard work, then I get Sunday, the only consolation, they were not even really talking to each other let alone taking any notice of me. But going through the paper work today, it all became clear, it was a Yellow Pages booking. ..playing all the hits for you... ....whether you may be.... Why can't I see what i going on??? Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisPointon 0 Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 I get "those" gigs as well http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/smile.gif - the ones where you could strip naked, paint your self in black and white stripes and run around the room doing a Zebra impersonation ............and still no bugger would notice you! http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/014.gif Link to post Share on other sites
Dukesy 0 Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 QUOTE (Chris_Pointon @ May 20 2003, 12:18 AM) I get "those" gigs as well http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/smile.gif - the ones where you could strip naked, paint your self in black and white stripes and run around the room doing a Zebra impersonation ............and still no bugger would notice you! Hey Spin - have you passed on any of your attention grabbing routines!!! http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/221.gif Only teasing! http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/042.gif Link to post Share on other sites
mikeee 0 Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 I know I've seen the pictures http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/laugh.gif ..playing all the hits for you... ....whether you may be.... Why can't I see what i going on??? Link to post Share on other sites
The Spindoctor 0 Posted May 20, 2003 Report Share Posted May 20, 2003 Gee thanks Mikeee, well after my weekend I'm thinking of changing me aftershave!! Link to post Share on other sites
mikeee 0 Posted May 20, 2003 Report Share Posted May 20, 2003 Don't the punters like odour of toilet ??? ..playing all the hits for you... ....whether you may be.... Why can't I see what i going on??? Link to post Share on other sites
The Spindoctor 0 Posted May 20, 2003 Report Share Posted May 20, 2003 Well it would have been nice had they actually showed up! Link to post Share on other sites
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