So i made the trip to SC for my cousins wedding this weekend.... my wife and I and my mother and father... hit Charlotte traffic and it was Armageddon.... there was even a car on fire... trip took about 3 hours extra.... but i digress
After a good nights sleep we made our way to the beautiful wedding...and then traveled a few minutes to the reception... a quaint country style reception in an "all inclusive" venue... i really liked it...it was like a barn...but it had giant garage doors as walls on one end that allowed it to be an open air venue during the spring and summer...
The dj was set up....a small set up with a facade (no facade lights or uplights) and some speakers i didnt quite recognize... they had a big glowing red emblem on the front... anyways...he was playing your basic dinner music classics... his speakers were sorta low and muffled... but no big deal....except his announcements were at that same volume...so they were inaudable... he was about 23 or 24 i would imagine....possibly younger... handsome latin guy.... he had one of those gig bar thingies with the multiple fixtures on it but it wasnt turned on...
He did a very meloncholy grand entrance announcement....again through his muffled mic... which led the bride and groom to enter the room without anyone noticing and zero fanfair... it was sadly awkward...
Something must have been going wrong with his mic because from that point on...he began dropping the music completely off when he said anything.... this continued to happen throughout the night...even during dancing
So he introduces the first dances... and they dance in semi darkness...still no gig bar on...which is probably for the better ... his stage presence and demeanor are a bit off putting...he seems either grumpy or nervous...but he stumbled over his words and never quite grabbed the audiences attention.
now the dancing begins... he comes out the gate with Jagged Edge "Lets get married" ....but much much louder...the level shocked the room... the room was about 35 to 40 percent older ones....so i would have personally eased everyone into dancing with something a little more "middle of the road" ...but "to each his own" i guess.... the dancefloor was empty... the groom and his mother (previous dance) vacated.... so Whisper and I... who had been waiting to dance all day....grabbed some friends and hit the floor to support him... a few others joined the floor and it was hoppin.... but.... still no gig bar...hmmmm...
The first song ended and then nothing... bout 30 seconds of nothing...then another pop song ..cant remember which one... came on suddenly...at yet a different sound level... i then noticed the gig bar was gone....tripod still standing...but gig bar gone....i ignored the situation for a bit and enjoyed dancing with my wife....we were gonna have a good night no matter how bad he was
So he finally returns with the gig bar and mounts it... and it begins flashing....doing that whole mind numbing sound active thing... LASER....STROBE...LIGHT ...LIGHT.....and repeat... but i wasnt complaining... atleast it brought some energy...
He muttled through about 5 highly awkward transitions... staying mainly in the 2010 pop range... and the gig bar would stop working about every 2 songs....he would lower the tripod...fiddle with it til it worked...then re raise it...
then the oddest thing happened... he dissapeared... for like an hour.... he was using some sort of auto mix or something on his software...and the songs were just fading into each other like a pair of boots in a dryer... lol
but as i said above... we were there to have a blast....and we did... the dj would reappear every hour or so and fiddle with something...and then fade away again into the night... it was odd... the gig bar worked about 20 minutes out of the 3 hours of dance... also odd... but once again... we had fun...
I guess the moral of the story is... if the crowd is ready to have a good time... not a whole lot else matters... a good dj could have taken the dancefloor to the moon and back because we were ready....instead we just sorta hovered over earth by a few inches... but fun was had...
I wasnt inspired by anything he did... as i had hoped... but i learned quite a few things not to do...so thats a plus...lol
cc
After a good nights sleep we made our way to the beautiful wedding...and then traveled a few minutes to the reception... a quaint country style reception in an "all inclusive" venue... i really liked it...it was like a barn...but it had giant garage doors as walls on one end that allowed it to be an open air venue during the spring and summer...
The dj was set up....a small set up with a facade (no facade lights or uplights) and some speakers i didnt quite recognize... they had a big glowing red emblem on the front... anyways...he was playing your basic dinner music classics... his speakers were sorta low and muffled... but no big deal....except his announcements were at that same volume...so they were inaudable... he was about 23 or 24 i would imagine....possibly younger... handsome latin guy.... he had one of those gig bar thingies with the multiple fixtures on it but it wasnt turned on...
He did a very meloncholy grand entrance announcement....again through his muffled mic... which led the bride and groom to enter the room without anyone noticing and zero fanfair... it was sadly awkward...
Something must have been going wrong with his mic because from that point on...he began dropping the music completely off when he said anything.... this continued to happen throughout the night...even during dancing
So he introduces the first dances... and they dance in semi darkness...still no gig bar on...which is probably for the better ... his stage presence and demeanor are a bit off putting...he seems either grumpy or nervous...but he stumbled over his words and never quite grabbed the audiences attention.
now the dancing begins... he comes out the gate with Jagged Edge "Lets get married" ....but much much louder...the level shocked the room... the room was about 35 to 40 percent older ones....so i would have personally eased everyone into dancing with something a little more "middle of the road" ...but "to each his own" i guess.... the dancefloor was empty... the groom and his mother (previous dance) vacated.... so Whisper and I... who had been waiting to dance all day....grabbed some friends and hit the floor to support him... a few others joined the floor and it was hoppin.... but.... still no gig bar...hmmmm...
The first song ended and then nothing... bout 30 seconds of nothing...then another pop song ..cant remember which one... came on suddenly...at yet a different sound level... i then noticed the gig bar was gone....tripod still standing...but gig bar gone....i ignored the situation for a bit and enjoyed dancing with my wife....we were gonna have a good night no matter how bad he was
So he finally returns with the gig bar and mounts it... and it begins flashing....doing that whole mind numbing sound active thing... LASER....STROBE...LIGHT ...LIGHT.....and repeat... but i wasnt complaining... atleast it brought some energy...
He muttled through about 5 highly awkward transitions... staying mainly in the 2010 pop range... and the gig bar would stop working about every 2 songs....he would lower the tripod...fiddle with it til it worked...then re raise it...
then the oddest thing happened... he dissapeared... for like an hour.... he was using some sort of auto mix or something on his software...and the songs were just fading into each other like a pair of boots in a dryer... lol
but as i said above... we were there to have a blast....and we did... the dj would reappear every hour or so and fiddle with something...and then fade away again into the night... it was odd... the gig bar worked about 20 minutes out of the 3 hours of dance... also odd... but once again... we had fun...
I guess the moral of the story is... if the crowd is ready to have a good time... not a whole lot else matters... a good dj could have taken the dancefloor to the moon and back because we were ready....instead we just sorta hovered over earth by a few inches... but fun was had...
I wasnt inspired by anything he did... as i had hoped... but i learned quite a few things not to do...so thats a plus...lol
cc