The popular kids at school

[Sysman]

the daughter & her mates should have known better and have handled it more politely.


but the DJ after failing to get anyone on the floor with steppenwolfe should have put the birdie song on.

WHS.

If the dance floor isn't filling you need to change tack.

I once attended a wedding where the DJ brought a pile of stuff we hated. When we asked for some Rolling Stones his reply was "But you can't dance to that".

"Watch us!" we said.

Someone was despatched to their home to grab a decent selection, we told the DJ what to play (had to lean on him a bit) and a great time was had by all.

[Sysman]

Plus you needed a welding torch to get in the fecker.

We ended up using a hammer and pliers once.

We'd never come across an off-licence that didn't sell can openers before.

Well it was Swindon...

[Sysman]

Yep that was on there. I was very mindful of only putting on "well known" tracks.

Steppenwolfe was used in Austin Powers so should be well done. It's also a bloody catchy track.

Nope. I was quite nifty with the turntable at parties myself back in the 70s and Steppenwolfe didn't cut it, even back then.

The trick was to build to a crescendo then put something quieter on so everyone could have a breather, get more drinks in, then start winding it up again.

Maybe this one, but it sounds seriously dated now, so wouldn't get on my playlist:

[suityou01]

Suity strikes again!

kids are fickle, even the ones that seem nice, so I'm not even sure she's a "cheerleader type" as you describe her. Just an annoyed teenager.

She's just a kid, who thought her party was about to be ruined by her dads annoying mate.

Why did the dad ask you to do the CD anyway?

I've supplied music to his parties before and it has always gone down very well. The music was well received by the oldies. As I repeatedly keep saying, I'm not that fussed they didn't like the music, it was the way and manner in which it was dealt with that I found disgusting.

[MyUserName]

I've supplied music to his parties before and it has always gone down very well. The music was well received by the oldies. As I repeatedly keep saying, I'm not that fussed they didn't like the music, it was the way and manner in which it was dealt with that I found disgusting.

Fair enough - however do you agree that the birthday girl might have been shy or nervous about causing a scene rather than rude?

The other girl was rude though, no argument from me there.

[aussielong]

The trick was to build to a crescendo then put something quieter on so everyone could have a breather, get more drinks in, then start winding it up again.

The problem with this model is that it assumes everyone is drinking at the same time. When in reality I might have had 4 and want to dance for an hour, whereas Diedre from next door went through that point half an hour ago and needs a DrPepper right now.

Wouldn't it make more sense to get everyone drunk early on, then start the music and build it up for a couple of hours to a peak at around 10.30pm, when you might play your best track? Don't keep winding it up and down, if you do that you risk people sitting down and not getting back up.

[suityou01]

Fair enough - however do you agree that the birthday girl might have been shy or nervous about causing a scene rather than rude?

The other girl was rude though, no argument from me there.

I can see that, yes.

[Sysman]

The problem with this model is that it assumes everyone is drinking at the same time. When in reality I might have had 4 and want to dance for an hour, whereas Diedre from next door went through that point half an hour ago and needs a DrPepper right now.

Wouldn't it make more sense to get everyone drunk early on, then start the music and build it up for a couple of hours to a peak at around 10.30pm, when you might play your best track? Don't keep winding it up and down, if you do that you risk people sitting down and not getting back up.

It depended on the audience of course. We had some excellent discos at college and the best DJs managed to get this right.

My DJing was usually at parties with mates so I knew what they responded to. And in that case we had normally been to the pub first and the party didn't get going much before closing time. We always got a barrel of real ale and plenty of food in, and parties usually went well into the night.

Fortunately we lived in a house with thick walls and few neighbours, so late night noise wasn't a problem.

[original PM]

I see no rudeness

I see you getting the hump because your view that you would be seen as some sort of disco dj guru and in fact some pink hairdo bird came n burst your bubble....


probably....

[aussielong]

It depended on the audience of course. We had some excellent discos at college and the best DJs managed to get this right.

My DJing was usually at parties with mates so I knew what they responded to. And in that case we had normally been to the pub first and the party didn't get going much before closing time. We always got a barrel of real ale and plenty of food in, and parties usually went well into the night.

Fortunately we lived in a house with thick walls and few neighbours, so late night noise wasn't a problem.

House parties after the pubs shut! Good times..