My First gig
Well first of all, i’ll say that DJ EENGENIOUS’s description ^ of his first gig describes mine almost to the T! It was a wedding for a family member and I offered to do it cuz I thought it would be fun and I could get some experience playing out. I was using VDJ7 Pro and a Mixtrack Pro. All the way from the pre-ceremony easy going tunes to the reception which lasted till about 11 at night, I was behind the decks just havin fun. Everyone told me what an awesome job I did and it made me feel great. I had to play quite a variety of music to please the different age groups and music preferences. I had to play a lot of country, which i really dont care for at all. But i got to play a lot of fun stuff and some of my top 40 favorites. I got to do a little bit of mixing/smooth transitioning between rock, country, top 40 and dance tunes (cha cha slide, electric slide, macarena, etc.) which was really fun but for the most part I was just picking the right tunes and keeping it interesting and fun. I did not however get to play any EDM, 🙁 which is my love and the reason for my becoming a DJ. The crowd there just didnt fit that type of music. But I still had an awesome time, learned a lot, and got tons of compliments. I think what I learned the most was how many requests you get as a DJ!!! Every 5 minutes I had someone coming to me with “will you play this” “do you have that” “we wanna hear some more of this”. Its a trick to please such a diverse crowd, but i think i did it as well as it could be done. Overall great time, so glad I did it, and now I’m super anxious to play out again!!!!!
