music at weddings do you play regular songs or mixes?
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DJ Freddy you have such a huge ego! You will never improve with that kind of defensiveness. The BEP mix you played was lame, perhaps you did not see their reaction it ,was one of "what the ..?" Seriously get your ego in check. Electro techno , whatever, boring.You lost it. I can see your general music knowledge beyond remixing & beat mixing is very limited, yet you consider that video footage worthy of promoting yourself . General wedding clients watching that will think" OMG forget hiring this guy".
And this coming from someone that states that "the dancers would have danced to anything I played." LOL.....with that statement that you made tells me who has the EGO around here.
Like I said you call it Lame, I call it great! Trust me, I saw their reaction of the whole song, you saw it towards the end.
LOL.......show us all one of your great mixes or great Video so we can see what great mixes or music you play that sets you apart from others. I bet you will not since your music knowledge is limited to what you hear on the radio and you are too dam lazy to search for music that will set you apart from others.
Try me....shoot the knowledge my way, I have only been in the game since the 80's and collecting music which was either bought by me or given to me by my Brother in Law who was a DJ before me with many LP's in vinyl. So you are right there I know NADA! So go ahead and try me you might be able to pound your chest or stick your big head where the sun don't shine.
Really? I could care less WTF you say. As a matter of fact, I will promote this wedding with this video and the clients would love it.
Dude you are commenting on one song, do you know how long this event was? I had to play more than three hours and a half of music. During the Crazy hour you have to blend in songs quickly so they will not play over three minutes. You want me to send you the playlist to prove to you how many songs I played? Get over it and continue to play your style that blows me and my events away. I will continue to do what I do since I have been doing it for many years maybe just as long as you or maybe longer.
This is a Site to learn from each other not too bash people it is alright to voice your opinion but in a nice matter.We are all here to learn from each other not to bash one another.It is understandable that everybody has their own point of view but keep it nice.
At weddings I will use mostly originals and during the hot set's I would toss in a couple of remixes. Originals beat mixed nicely in different sets will go off better than most remixes.
I dont see it as bashing. Its constructive criticism. Its a valid opinion just like everyone else here. The music video he posted of his event he's using as promotion for himself & his company . OK thats his choice. But he will lose more business than gain any because it will turn most prospective wedding clients OFF, UNLESS they are into reggaeton or electrohouse.
The whole presentation of the video is poor. This is not bashing . No one likes criticism but sometimes thats the only way you can improve. He can take it & accept what he believes is true & disregard the rest. He seems quite headstrong & hasn't accepted any comments i made.
Your point was made in your first post in this thread. Continuing to throw up repeated critique is benefiting whom? I know Freddy and know what he has done and continues to do with his business cause he shares this stuff freely. Im not even certain of any authority or credence of what you say cause I know nothing more than your screen name is Andy Wilson. Agree to disagree unless it strokes your fancy but be warned bashing wont be tolerated.
You know some people might know or think they know about DJing but they all lack something that has nothing to do with DJing "People Skills".
Andy could get his point across for future reference by stating that he would not play the type of music that I do which is fine but to flat out say that it is boring just shows you what type of a DJ he really is. It seems to me he only plays music that he likes and determines what is boring or what is not even if it means going against what the Brides wants.
Don't make believe you did not see the post and post your work so all our jaws drop with your greatness in music knowledge Mr. Unknown!
BTW......my clients vary from all kinds of Latino's from all over the world who enjoy various types of music. Mostly I do play the Latin event's but I also play to Jamaican's, Haitian's, American's, Jewish, African American's you name it. So yeah I don't know WTF I am doing Andy, you BTW do!
I tell you man this is why many DJs stop posting in forums because of guy's like this who take it upon themselves to bash other fellow DJs instead of getting their point across without trying to make themselves seem superior or there idea is the best or better then anyone else's.
Andy could get his point across for future reference by stating that he would not play the type of music that I do which is fine but to flat out say that it is boring just shows you what type of a DJ he really is. It seems to me he only plays music that he likes and determines what is boring or what is not even if it means going against what the Brides wants.
Don't make believe you did not see the post and post your work so all our jaws drop with your greatness in music knowledge Mr. Unknown!
BTW......my clients vary from all kinds of Latino's from all over the world who enjoy various types of music. Mostly I do play the Latin event's but I also play to Jamaican's, Haitian's, American's, Jewish, African American's you name it. So yeah I don't know WTF I am doing Andy, you BTW do!
I tell you man this is why many DJs stop posting in forums because of guy's like this who take it upon themselves to bash other fellow DJs instead of getting their point across without trying to make themselves seem superior or there idea is the best or better then anyone else's.
I'm a mix DJ. I don't play mixes at weddings. I may beat mix some songs myself but I'm using original version and loops.
In general, I avoid remixes at weddings.
unless the remix eliminates slow intros or other issues with the song.
unless the remix is as well known as the original (Decenmber 1963 Oh What A Nite)
and if I did play one, it would have to be a very dedicated DANCE CLUB kind of crowd.
but I really don't OWN a lot of remixes, so it's not usually an issue...
and let's remember to "PLAY NICE" there, fellas...
criticism is welcome, differing opinions are welcome...but watch what words you use to do it with!
unless the remix eliminates slow intros or other issues with the song.
unless the remix is as well known as the original (Decenmber 1963 Oh What A Nite)
and if I did play one, it would have to be a very dedicated DANCE CLUB kind of crowd.
but I really don't OWN a lot of remixes, so it's not usually an issue...
and let's remember to "PLAY NICE" there, fellas...
criticism is welcome, differing opinions are welcome...but watch what words you use to do it with!
Some truth in that . Sorry Freddy you're right my criticism was overly harsh & too over the top. You have my apology.
Sorry guys I didn't know I was going to cause a stir.
I agree with most of you, some situations do comply for the mixes some don't, obviously anything 70's and under sound much better in their original format and should be left that way, to beat mix or even use remixes of them will confuse people of what they're used to.
To me I find newer music and as we all know remixes are better to use in live mixes as well. I've always looked at the denon new product show and tell videos... they never use older music it's always dance, techno, trance whatever it may be, and there's a reason for it.
I get people all the time asking me, can we hear your mixes? mixes of what? somehow people are still sold on that idea.
eldjdelcaribe, not at all, kudos to you for doing that and it works. I do have to say a lot of the hispanic crowd is used to that though(don't get me wrong) I have family in Spain, Portugal and South America, music there is just different, in the 80's growing up all I heard was Eurodance music which at that time was all remixed music of 80's american and european bands mixed with new wave.... check out the Max Mix remixes. At parties no one wanted full normal versions of the songs.
Reading your posts I actually find that we have a lot in common.
I agree with most of you, some situations do comply for the mixes some don't, obviously anything 70's and under sound much better in their original format and should be left that way, to beat mix or even use remixes of them will confuse people of what they're used to.
To me I find newer music and as we all know remixes are better to use in live mixes as well. I've always looked at the denon new product show and tell videos... they never use older music it's always dance, techno, trance whatever it may be, and there's a reason for it.
I get people all the time asking me, can we hear your mixes? mixes of what? somehow people are still sold on that idea.
eldjdelcaribe, not at all, kudos to you for doing that and it works. I do have to say a lot of the hispanic crowd is used to that though(don't get me wrong) I have family in Spain, Portugal and South America, music there is just different, in the 80's growing up all I heard was Eurodance music which at that time was all remixed music of 80's american and european bands mixed with new wave.... check out the Max Mix remixes. At parties no one wanted full normal versions of the songs.
Reading your posts I actually find that we have a lot in common.
Andy thanks for the apology. I don't expect everyone to like my work that is understandable that is what makes us all different. Hopefully this thread can get cleaned up by Jon if possible like if it never happened! LOL.......