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December 9, 2006
Marxy's Guide to DJing Corporate Christmas Parties
Let's keep this short and simple. Don't even bother picking up a pen and paper. You can copy-paste it and print it out later;
1) Always start off with "Ruckzuck" by Kraftwerk. All seven minutes, and no, "Kling Klang" is not a substitute.
2) "Get On the Line" by the Archies, because "Sugar Sugar" is too TV commercial at this point.
3) Eventually get the bpm to a point where you can mix in some leaked LCD Soundsystem tracks.
4) Then bring in Halcali.
5) Definitely play some o.lamm - otherwise the Board will complain to your supervisor.
6) You may play Annie's "Heartbeat" and thinking everyone will go gaga over it, but the suits probably won't even notice that it's on, let alone that there are actual songs in the atmospheric cacophony drifting around the club.
7) Everyone will like "Young Folks" by Peter, Bjorn, and John even if they don't realize it's the song of the last two months.
8) End things with a mashup of Kiiiiiii and Lo-Fi FNK. Everyone loves the Swedes and the Japanese.
Posted by marxy at December 9, 2006 1:54 PM
Comments
Ruckzuck has the greatest flute riff ever, let no Jethro Tull fan tell you otherwise!
Posted by: Laotree at December 9, 2006 8:20 PM
yes, it's way up there with varese's density 21.5. and the tibetan thighbone. we all always agree when it comes to kraftwerk.
Posted by: alin at December 10, 2006 2:43 AM
What kind of setup do you use for such gigs? Do you beatmatch everything as nicely live as in the MXUT mix?
Posted by: Laotree at December 11, 2006 10:56 AM
There were some fancy DVD-CDJs. Can I mix things like MXUT live? Not really. I used to be pretty really obsessed with beat matching live, but at this point I am basically retired from playing out.
Posted by: marxy at December 11, 2006 11:56 AM
You should stick with Taana Gardern's "Heartbeat."
Posted by: Rory P. Wakekrest at December 11, 2006 12:49 PM
Gardner, that is.
Posted by: Rory P. Wavekrest at December 11, 2006 3:02 PM
interesting. Here, too, Young folks seems to be the song. Just, nobody can remember the bands name. Somebody always asks: "Oh..who is this again?"
And ALWAYS someone will answer: "Oh, what's it again. Peter, Paul and Mary or something..."
hm.
Posted by: carolalotta at December 11, 2006 10:33 PM
Hmmmm...I'd stick with Tony, Caro & John.
Posted by: Rory P. Wavekrest at December 12, 2006 10:47 AM
Rory, no matter which context: "Caro"はいけない！
Posted by: carolalotta at December 12, 2006 5:58 PM
marxy, how about some commentary on Nancy Sinatra's pointy-boot fashion taking over Japan?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO0A6ahBVVM
what is it with J-girls and pointy shoes, anyways?
Posted by: matt at December 13, 2006 9:52 AM
Glad to see you're representin' Halcali...
Posted by: b-chan at December 15, 2006 7:30 PM