All,
so on this July 4th I got to spend time @ the beautiful Stroudsburg Country Inn celebrating with Jason and Willetha LaBate. This couple was cool from the start and based on their personalities @ our client meeting I knew it would be a fun event. They wanted it upbeat but inclusive as we had a diverse crowd with a mishmash of musical tastes. The room was exquisite overlooking a Valley of lush green rolling hills, the perfect backdrop on a beatiful day. I got my system up and running and practiced my lines as I was way early for the event start time of 8 pm. Once the cocktail hr concluded the guests were greeted as they came into the main ballroom. I let the beats roll vibing to some Motown and classic r & b from the likes of : Stevie Wonder, Jame Brown, The Temptations, Jackson 5 etc.. After the guests were seated I managed my way to the bridal suite to get the bridal party in order for the grand entrance. The bridal party was a bit raucous but were attentive to my instructions and lined up without any hitches. I rolled on with the intros nailing them perfectly. I felt in the zone and was so uplifted form my previous wedding debacle the previous week. The night flowed smoothly with some sporadic dance floor action to the more upbeat Motown jams I played. I finally got a chance to really open up the floor, and It came alive to some classic Jackson 5 rolling into some 90's club jams and some old school hip hop rocking the floor before we had to move on with a few more wedding formalities. Overall the evening was a great success with some good dance floor action for the bulk of the night. The night ended on a high note as most of the party goers sang, air guitar ed, and swayed to the last song of the evening Journey's Don't Stop Believin. Congrats to the new Mr and Mrs Labate, and thank you for choosing Your Neighborhood DJ!
Spinzy
Monday, July 12, 2010
6-27-10 Tag Team Wedding w Jagged @ The Merrion
All,
Yesterday's wedding was a challenge and definitely left my partner and I with that survival feeling. I don't know if it's me or what, but it seems like every gig I've done @ The Merrion has been plagued with some sort of setback. We arrived early enough to have a smooth and uneventful load in, once again upstairs in the beautiful Atrium. The space is exquisite to which we added a bit of spice with a few strategically placed LED uplights to accent a few details of the magnificent architecture. After our setup we went over the game plan and got ready for the festivities. The wedding started off rough as i botched the Grand Entrance cueing up the couples entrance song late. the rest of the formalities went well IE: speeches, rose parade (A Merrion Thing), parent dances etc.. The dance floor was pretty dull for most of the evening as the time frame was tight and The Merrion seems to serve endless courses. We were regulated a few times by the FOB to play a dis he had prepared of drab latin fare. To add to the insult we suffered a few more setbacks as Jagged botched one of the Merrion's other special things, and I later called the new Mr and Mrs by the wife's former last name "how embarrassing"!! Anyway despite the push / pull of this evening that could've gone so much better we managed to pull together a dance floor from the remnants of what should have been a stellar event. Overall impressions: we both dropped the ball, but tried our best to salvage the mistakes we made. We could've been given some better direction from our sub par wedding planner. The Merrion seems a bit unfriendly to their vendors, and has a horrible garbage juice load in / out. This will make my worst of list just based off the potential for greatness that fizzled. I guess I'm just dissapointed in my self by not being on my game like usual.
Spinzy
Yesterday's wedding was a challenge and definitely left my partner and I with that survival feeling. I don't know if it's me or what, but it seems like every gig I've done @ The Merrion has been plagued with some sort of setback. We arrived early enough to have a smooth and uneventful load in, once again upstairs in the beautiful Atrium. The space is exquisite to which we added a bit of spice with a few strategically placed LED uplights to accent a few details of the magnificent architecture. After our setup we went over the game plan and got ready for the festivities. The wedding started off rough as i botched the Grand Entrance cueing up the couples entrance song late. the rest of the formalities went well IE: speeches, rose parade (A Merrion Thing), parent dances etc.. The dance floor was pretty dull for most of the evening as the time frame was tight and The Merrion seems to serve endless courses. We were regulated a few times by the FOB to play a dis he had prepared of drab latin fare. To add to the insult we suffered a few more setbacks as Jagged botched one of the Merrion's other special things, and I later called the new Mr and Mrs by the wife's former last name "how embarrassing"!! Anyway despite the push / pull of this evening that could've gone so much better we managed to pull together a dance floor from the remnants of what should have been a stellar event. Overall impressions: we both dropped the ball, but tried our best to salvage the mistakes we made. We could've been given some better direction from our sub par wedding planner. The Merrion seems a bit unfriendly to their vendors, and has a horrible garbage juice load in / out. This will make my worst of list just based off the potential for greatness that fizzled. I guess I'm just dissapointed in my self by not being on my game like usual.
Spinzy
6-19-10 Chrissy's Sweet 16
All,
Oddly enough after playing @ Evergreen clubhouse for the 1st time the previous week, this sweet 16 happened to be here as well. I breezed in with an uneventful and fast load in and set up. I arrived fairly early and let some tunes play 15min prior to our start time. The party was lightly attended with half of the B'day girl's guests pulling a no show. Despite this setback this group of teens were fun and danced to the latest top 40hits with Katy Perry's California Girls making the top song spot of the night.We had a cake cutting with the typical birthday song, but no candle lighting ceremony. This 3 hr gig went way too quickly, and ended with friends and family filling the floor to sing along and dance to Train's Hey Soul sister as our last song. Happy B'day to Chrissy and thanks for choosing Your Neighborhood DJ!
Spinzy
Oddly enough after playing @ Evergreen clubhouse for the 1st time the previous week, this sweet 16 happened to be here as well. I breezed in with an uneventful and fast load in and set up. I arrived fairly early and let some tunes play 15min prior to our start time. The party was lightly attended with half of the B'day girl's guests pulling a no show. Despite this setback this group of teens were fun and danced to the latest top 40hits with Katy Perry's California Girls making the top song spot of the night.We had a cake cutting with the typical birthday song, but no candle lighting ceremony. This 3 hr gig went way too quickly, and ended with friends and family filling the floor to sing along and dance to Train's Hey Soul sister as our last song. Happy B'day to Chrissy and thanks for choosing Your Neighborhood DJ!
Spinzy
6-12-10 Joan and Tom's 25th wedding anniversary
All,
This party brought me to the clubhouse of Evergreen, an adult community located in Hamilton NJ. I pulled up to the venue and was pleasantly surprised by a pretty straight forward and easy load in. Once loaded in and ready to go I set the stage with a little jazz. The couple are devout Christians so my sets included a healthy dose of praise and worship tunes courtesy of the WOW disc series. The rest of the music fare consisted of some classic rock, 80's, and a few pop faves to keep it interesting. I received numerous compliments on the song selection even though my dance floor never really materialized. Happy anniversary to Joan and Tom and congratulations on 25 years of marriage!
Spinzy
This party brought me to the clubhouse of Evergreen, an adult community located in Hamilton NJ. I pulled up to the venue and was pleasantly surprised by a pretty straight forward and easy load in. Once loaded in and ready to go I set the stage with a little jazz. The couple are devout Christians so my sets included a healthy dose of praise and worship tunes courtesy of the WOW disc series. The rest of the music fare consisted of some classic rock, 80's, and a few pop faves to keep it interesting. I received numerous compliments on the song selection even though my dance floor never really materialized. Happy anniversary to Joan and Tom and congratulations on 25 years of marriage!
Spinzy
5-30-10 Christopher's confirmation
All,
This was a laid back affair with a mix of adult and grade school kids to celebrate this confirmation / baptism. I kept the music mostly top 40 as I wanted to keep good energy for this Sunday afternoon soiree. The highlight of the afternoon was a "who can do the best soljha boy dance contest"! I had to entice the kids with a good ol' fashioned bribe but it was all in good fun. I offered up five bucks to no takers then the parents offered up some more bucks eventually bringing the pot up to 20 bucks for the dance off. This got the kids going and led to an enthusiastic climax to which our 4 finalist tied to score 5 bucks a piece. Although it wasn't a rocking dance party it was about what I expected for a lazy Sunday afternoon.
Spinzy
This was a laid back affair with a mix of adult and grade school kids to celebrate this confirmation / baptism. I kept the music mostly top 40 as I wanted to keep good energy for this Sunday afternoon soiree. The highlight of the afternoon was a "who can do the best soljha boy dance contest"! I had to entice the kids with a good ol' fashioned bribe but it was all in good fun. I offered up five bucks to no takers then the parents offered up some more bucks eventually bringing the pot up to 20 bucks for the dance off. This got the kids going and led to an enthusiastic climax to which our 4 finalist tied to score 5 bucks a piece. Although it wasn't a rocking dance party it was about what I expected for a lazy Sunday afternoon.
Spinzy
Sunday, June 13, 2010
5-29-10 Marjorie's College Grad Party
So Saturday Brought me to Elizabeth to enjoy an evening of dancing and joy celebrating Marjorie's big accomplishment. I arrived on the scene about 1.5 hrs ahead of schedule to begin my setup. Once setup I got some tunes ready as the guests arrived. the Mom Zenaida provided me with a play list consisting of numerous Latin songs and a few Haitian selections as Marjorie's father is Hatian and her Mom is Colombian. The evening was alot of fun as the family and friends truly came to celebrate our grads accomplishment. they danced for most of the night and gave me big props on the selection and music mix. Thanks again to the Quiones family for choosing Your Neighboorhood DJ!
Spinzy
Spinzy
So Tuesday's event was even cooler than last year. DJ Jagged and I had the pleasure of working with Egils of Eggsotic events for this year's beach themed corporate event @ The Blooomberg corp campus this year. As I arrived and was screened by numerous guards before I finally got to the party location. It was decked out with a full home made boardwalk equipped with boardwalk style games and food stations serving fresh fragrant seafood delicacies. Once again I was entertaining in the cafeteria which was transformed into a beach buffet. the decorations gave a great feel of actually being transported to the beach as Egils does a fantastic job every year! After getting situated I helped Jagged get his gear setup outside. Upon finishing I got the tunes fired up keeping with the laid back beach paradise theme. The mood was set with songs like: Sweet Escape- Gwen Stefani
Two Tickets to Paradise- Eddie Money
Margaritaville- Jimmy Buffet
Paradise- Sade
Kokomo- Beach Boys
Paradise City- Guns n Roses
Once wrapping up the buffet our guests were corralled upstairs for their annual awards ceremony. The awards area was also decked out in a beach theme and set the mood for the guests. Our awards hosts were in rare form and kept the ceremony fun and upbeat with their wit and humor. Once finishing up the guest were back downstairs and outside under a huge tent where Jagged was set up and keeping the atmosphere with some beach inspired tunes. The crowd flooded the food stations and let it all hang loose in the extraordinary space. The crowd didn't cut a rug like they did last year, but overall I think a good time was had by all. Thanks once again to Jagged for bringing me in on this event, and thanks Eggsotic and Bloomberg for allowing Ambient DJ to be part of such a cool event!
Spinzy
Two Tickets to Paradise- Eddie Money
Margaritaville- Jimmy Buffet
Paradise- Sade
Kokomo- Beach Boys
Paradise City- Guns n Roses
Once wrapping up the buffet our guests were corralled upstairs for their annual awards ceremony. The awards area was also decked out in a beach theme and set the mood for the guests. Our awards hosts were in rare form and kept the ceremony fun and upbeat with their wit and humor. Once finishing up the guest were back downstairs and outside under a huge tent where Jagged was set up and keeping the atmosphere with some beach inspired tunes. The crowd flooded the food stations and let it all hang loose in the extraordinary space. The crowd didn't cut a rug like they did last year, but overall I think a good time was had by all. Thanks once again to Jagged for bringing me in on this event, and thanks Eggsotic and Bloomberg for allowing Ambient DJ to be part of such a cool event!
Spinzy
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