Hey guys looking for some fresh and new songs for a college crowd. Been surfing the other threads and already got some good suggestions. Anything added would be great. It's an end of the semester party. Need all kinds of suggestions Jazz,Blues,Rap,Hip-Hop, Rock, anything. Thanks in advance.
School & Teen Events College Spring Fling
- Thread starter DJ Akuma
- Start date
DJ Akuma - May I ask how old you are? If you are in the general age-range of the folks you'll be performing for, I'd suggest listening to the radio stations that are "HOT" in your area. Find the songs in heavy rotation and make sure you have them. If you're NOT the same general age, I'd suggest asking what radio stations they listen to, and then listen to those radio stations that are "HOT" in your area. Find the songs in heavy rotation and make sure you have them.
If you are going to continue working for this age-group, look into a subscription service like TMStudios for the latest hot hits. (They are also a sponsor here.)
I would also take a look at the websites for your local college radio stations and see if they have any "Top Ten" or "Hot One Hundred" lists.
Always remember that what works in one region of the country may get you booed out of the event in YOUR neck of the woods!
Best of luck to you. Hope this helps!
If you are going to continue working for this age-group, look into a subscription service like TMStudios for the latest hot hits. (They are also a sponsor here.)
I would also take a look at the websites for your local college radio stations and see if they have any "Top Ten" or "Hot One Hundred" lists.
Always remember that what works in one region of the country may get you booed out of the event in YOUR neck of the woods!
Best of luck to you. Hope this helps!
Yeah definatley in the same age group as most of the students. It is a Community College though so some older folks. I was thinking in terms that the youngest person would be 18ish and that would mean they were born in 91 and grew up in the nineties and anyone older would have grown up in previous eras.
Appreciate the help thanks.
Appreciate the help thanks.
Hi Akuma,
Take a look here, you'll be able to find a lot of things for different age groups and decades. You must be able to read the crowd and make adjustments to your musical selections as needed, but the music info is there.
http://www.alaskajim.com/
Take a look here, you'll be able to find a lot of things for different age groups and decades. You must be able to read the crowd and make adjustments to your musical selections as needed, but the music info is there.
http://www.alaskajim.com/
Jazz and blues at a college gig? Here at Purdue, I've got the DJs I'm mentoring learning stuff off the Hot 100 charts. A lot of what's on pop radio and MTV (or MTVU) works here.
Depending upon whether you're looking to get people to just hang out or to dance all night, there are different routes to go. Purchasing the last 10 NOW CDs will help give you ideas for songs because they tend to start with dance stuff and end with chilling stuff.
Dancing stuff tends to be more of the peppier hip-hop and pop stuff (e.g. Pink, Katy Perry, Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Lil Wayne, T-Pain, Flo Rida), along with some of the peppier danceable pop/rock (e.g. Metro Station, Avril Lavigne, Boys Like Girls,).
Chilling stuff tends to be more rock heavy (e.g. All-American Rejects, Sum 41, Good Charlotte, My Chemical Romance, Fall-Out Boy, Bowling For Soup, Counting Crows) with some listenable pop (e.g. Natasha Bedingfield, Pink, Katy Perry) mixed in.
At both types of gigs, I've found that there are old classics that tend to work, like "Living on a Prayer" and "You Shook Me All Night Long" and at dance gigs, some older hip-hop and gangsta stuff tends to work. These are tracks like "California Love," "Thong Song," and "Low." However, your mileage may vary with these tunes due to regional differences.
Depending upon whether you're looking to get people to just hang out or to dance all night, there are different routes to go. Purchasing the last 10 NOW CDs will help give you ideas for songs because they tend to start with dance stuff and end with chilling stuff.
Dancing stuff tends to be more of the peppier hip-hop and pop stuff (e.g. Pink, Katy Perry, Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Lil Wayne, T-Pain, Flo Rida), along with some of the peppier danceable pop/rock (e.g. Metro Station, Avril Lavigne, Boys Like Girls,).
Chilling stuff tends to be more rock heavy (e.g. All-American Rejects, Sum 41, Good Charlotte, My Chemical Romance, Fall-Out Boy, Bowling For Soup, Counting Crows) with some listenable pop (e.g. Natasha Bedingfield, Pink, Katy Perry) mixed in.
At both types of gigs, I've found that there are old classics that tend to work, like "Living on a Prayer" and "You Shook Me All Night Long" and at dance gigs, some older hip-hop and gangsta stuff tends to work. These are tracks like "California Love," "Thong Song," and "Low." However, your mileage may vary with these tunes due to regional differences.