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I used to send out a song list for couples to select their playlists.

Of course, the lists were highly cherry picked by me ahead of time!

I only put songs on the list I wouldn't object to playing and any that they added they were required to provide, if I didn't already have them but didn't put them on the list.

For the most part, I had settled into a customer base that preferred old disco, 80's dance, some classic rock and oldies, and big band, none of which were dependent on the current Hot 100 charts.

It worked out for me, but of course, others will have different circumstances.
 
Ken Petersen said:
That moral was: The client knows thier guests better than you do.
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Sorry Ken, gotta disagree...

I had a wedding back on February 3rd. The clients were 40-ish (emphasize ish). They let their kids pick the play list but most of the guests were 40-ish. End result: The First two songs were "Yeah" and "Crazy In Love" and crickets were chirping on the dance floor. The third song was Shake Your Booty and the floor filled. I tossed their list and stuck with 70's, 80's and standards for the rest of the night and all had a great time.

Moral of the story, let the DJ do his/her job.
 
I'm seeing less & less of these "micro managing" type clients.......

Seems like you can snuff them out B4 they turn out to be your own worst nightmare...... NEXT please!
 
I worked a large wedding this past Saturday that started out very similiar. The B/G were in thier mid 30's and were both past peace corps people who were really into latin music...in fact, of the 200 songs they burned for me about 150 of them were either slow songs or Latin. They had a small group (about 6) that were into Latin music, but the other 300 were not. They did not ask me directly to only play from thier playlist, but that was the idea. When this happens to me I tend to play as much of thier requests as I can, but I never stray to far from the floor filler classics. I have never had a B/G see that everyone is on the dancefloor all night and having a great time and still be upset that I didn't stick to the playlist. They usually go the other direction and say thanks for not playing thier fav's and keeping everyone happy.

I did have the event coordinator ask me to keep the music low because of the hotel guests complaining on the 11th floor below us...how do you all feel about that? I was a little annoyed because it wasn't like I was blasting it, I was at that "keep em dancing" volume, and felt that for the 15 grand the family spent for the room alone they should at least have the freedom to party like they wanted to...

On a side note I did have a two year old request "ring of fire" as clear as day (and then sang along to every word)...it sort of freaked me out to tell the truth :)
 
Kris....turn the bass down. Who put your system together anyway?

as far as the original topic is concerned:
1. Try to talk to the B/G and get them comfortable with the idea of helping you (the dj) work in some songs but give the flexibility to rest on your experience.

2. If that doesn't work, and they are still only going to have you play what they want you to do, kick em to the curb Springer style and DON'T risk making your services look inept by taking the gig.

unless they are Latin and you have no idea what the songs are....and you get Cuervo.....and food and get to smoke at there event in Jeans and t.

thanks,
 
I told the staff at the Hilton that it wasn't my fault that thier venue couldn't harness the power of my system:sqwink: I didn't want to mess with the processing settings so I had my sub amp down to about a 3...what more could I do?

p.s. you should have heard "tootsie roll" with the new equipment... okay maybe I had the bass going on a couple songs.
 
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