BigBen 0 Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 Advice required please. I'm doing a girls 16th birthday this weekend. It's a family do but she will have all her mates present as well, so I expect it to be swinging between modern and oldies most of the night. I'm fine with 18th parties and I'm fine with 14 year olds and under, but 16 is a funny age - they can be grown-up or still a bit childish. Also, she has requested NO CHEESE http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/scared.gif My only other experience of this age was a school leavers prom night last summer. They supplied me with a four or five page song list that enabled me to plan the night well in advance. The list, however, was mad - cheese, R'n'B, 50's to present day, punk, American punk, metal, etc., etc. Everything, in other words. It offers me little in the way of help for this gig. So, can anyone who has experience of 16 year old girl parties point me in the right direction here please? Thanks [insert quirky comment] Link to post Share on other sites
kazzachi 0 Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 Have experience of... and indeed, have my very own 16 year old ben! You will probably find that it will be a very easy gig... if my daughter and her wide circle of mates are anything to go by... You will find that todays 16 year old have a broad and wide taste in music..... play everything from rnb to motown.... make sure you include classics like let me be your fantasy, and various other 90s dance tunes... they always go down well with 16 year olds... and think film sound tracks.... Im pretty sure there is a thread deep and buried in the forum which has quite a few good track to play for 16 years old. WE LOVE KAREN, AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE HER BACK !!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Link to post Share on other sites
danno 0 Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 R & B, R & B, R & B.....then when they don't dance, and people start moaning, slip in a slice of cheese and watch the dance floor fill up! When party girl moans about cheese, go back to her stuff and watch them all sit down. Repeat as required until end of party. Link to post Share on other sites
DJ Marky Marc 0 Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 you will be requested to play somthing they can dance too, when they mean can you play somthing we can sit arround too.... RnB and chart music will be the largest part of the night. with a healthy dose of classic party cheese... you will be suprised at how many of them know the words to "build me up buttercup" music from films also gets there attention..... when the lads ask for drum and bass or tecno keep them happy with some old school stuff like "outa space" and "charlie" from the prodigy as this crosses over to the girls basicly treat it like any other party mate, the birthday girl just wants to look cool for her mates, and her mates realy do like cheese but wont admit it untill they are on the dance floor.... Enjoy http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif <a href="http://www.djassociates.org"><img src="http://www.djassociates.org/anims/compres_banner.gif" alt="Join the DJ Associates Disc Jockey Association" border="0" width="468" height="60"></a> Link to post Share on other sites
Dukesy 0 Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 Agree with Marky. Strange, when modern films use 'classics' like Build Me Up Buttercup, it's considered really http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/cool.gif Popular requests asked for 'around this age': Dancing Queen Grease mix Billy Jean Hey Baby (Bruce Channel) Jump Around (House of Pain) Oops Up Staying Alive Hi Ho Silver...Jeff Beck Reach - S Club S Club Party Hot Hot Hot - Arrow Don't Stop Me Now - Queen and also Filthy (Scissors) Castles In The Sky Better Off Alone Fe Fi Fo Fum (P.A.E.L.) Candy Girls....(don't ask! http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/rolleyes.gif) I Luv You Baby (The Original) Dreamer - Livin Joy My My My - AVH Insomnia Set U Free Never Gonna let You Go - Tina Moore Flowers Addicted to Bass Lick My Neck..... Kylie Destiny's Child Sean Paul Blu Cantrel Beyonce Black Eyed Peas Kevin Little Link to post Share on other sites
BigBen 0 Posted March 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 Thanks guys - nothing out the ordinary there. I'll let you what outlandish requests I get asked to play next week! [insert quirky comment] Link to post Share on other sites
mick 0 Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 As Kazz says should be fine if you play as suggested above. I did 17th and 18th this month loads of 16 year olds there great crowd but put out the requests and don't worry about the no cheese thing it's not an accurate thing cheese and what you and I call cheese aint what a 16 year old calls cheese. By the way I have a daughter going on 16 and she loves all sorts of music from ska to RnB. I reckon you will have a good time and come back feeling cool. All the best, break a leg - mick Link to post Share on other sites
BigBen 0 Posted March 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Thanks Mick - and everyone else. Will let you know the outcome. [insert quirky comment] Link to post Share on other sites
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