So I've been working on my emcee'ing a little and I'm sort of having an issue, and could use some advice.
Here's the issue: I'm making an announcement (or let's say announcing the entrances at the reception). They want one song for bridesmaids and one for the bride and groom. (fortunately, I haven't had a huge number of couples all wanting a different song.... yet). So I'm playing cocktail music, and make the announcement for the bridal party coming in. Mic in one hand, other hand on the controller queueing up the next song. It's a lot going on and I'm having trouble with a "smooth" transition whether it just be fading to the next song during my speaking or not. Part of me thinks a 4ch controller would be easier (currently using an ddj-sr2, 2ch). I use the "prepare" list and have special crates for all the 'special' songs for the evening, so they are readily available. But then again, I see guys using just a laptop, no controller, and they do fine. Is this something that just comes with time? I feel like overthinking it causes me more stress and makes it worse, lol. Any tricks here?
Here's the issue: I'm making an announcement (or let's say announcing the entrances at the reception). They want one song for bridesmaids and one for the bride and groom. (fortunately, I haven't had a huge number of couples all wanting a different song.... yet). So I'm playing cocktail music, and make the announcement for the bridal party coming in. Mic in one hand, other hand on the controller queueing up the next song. It's a lot going on and I'm having trouble with a "smooth" transition whether it just be fading to the next song during my speaking or not. Part of me thinks a 4ch controller would be easier (currently using an ddj-sr2, 2ch). I use the "prepare" list and have special crates for all the 'special' songs for the evening, so they are readily available. But then again, I see guys using just a laptop, no controller, and they do fine. Is this something that just comes with time? I feel like overthinking it causes me more stress and makes it worse, lol. Any tricks here?