for some reason the phrase “it’s serving closeted mormon daddy” just came into my head and i can’t stop guffawing
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Saturday, 1 July 2023 01:05 (one year ago) link
(not that you are that, map, but i imagined a potential partygoer)back in the day, the weekly Honey Soundsystem parties were on Sundays in San Francisco. I didn’t work til noon on Mondays, so I’d always go and sometimes it was really packed! other times not so much. but i had luck catching some dick, and that’s all that mattered then, along with the music of course
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Saturday, 1 July 2023 01:07 (one year ago) link
"it's serving closeted mormon daddy" is an alive and thriving genre here. i'm just a little too grossed out by the real thing to enjoy it as kink. and honestly my kink life is pretty bland overall.
i'm sure any other city can do a sunday just fine. even slc could, probably. it's just a small town and there is one "dance music head" group here full of the same < 100 people who go see the same 2-3 djs and their friends. since i don't get along with some of those people, i'm on the outs there. and this particular venue just isn't the place to try and grow a queer dance night.
i would love to be somewhere with a larger dance music contingent.
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 1 July 2023 02:02 (one year ago) link
Provo!
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 1 July 2023 04:41 (one year ago) link
👀
― the late great, Saturday, 1 July 2023 05:27 (one year ago) link
Lol, this has been doing the rounds. Bedroom DJ badly dissecting a Ben UFO video.
Found a DJ nerd guy with the most annoying content on tiktok pic.twitter.com/IlVDvLSlKj— 🌌 george.mp3 🌌 (@deejaygeejaygee) June 30, 2023
Lead to someone posting this “Beatmatch of the Day” parody video I had not seen before:
LOOOL this is literally this guy and his bedroom DJ post-match analysis content https://t.co/qCthtmvP2V pic.twitter.com/Fu3r5MRg1v— Massie (@ComradeMassie) June 30, 2023
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 1 July 2023 08:35 (one year ago) link
I did a Classic Pride Anthems set last night at the usual bar - the first Pride related event our little town has ever had, and as every business on our High Street has been displaying Progress flags above their premises for the whole month (about 40-50 of them in total), the time felt right. Fucking hell, it was fantastic. I put a huge amount of work into preparing the set, and it all paid off big time, epic scenes, still buzzing from it this morning.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 1 July 2023 09:46 (one year ago) link
Did you record it?
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 1 July 2023 09:48 (one year ago) link
I'll take a setlist if nothing else :)
― nashwan, Saturday, 1 July 2023 09:59 (one year ago) link
a) I did record it! I'll be putting it up on Mixcloud over the weekend.
b) Here's the set list:
Warm-up:Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name)Grace Jones - La Vie En RoseGarbage - QueerSuede - Beautiful OnesLou Reed - Walk On The Wild SideGeorge Michael - FastloveErasure - SometimesErasure - Victim Of Love (Extended Mix)Janelle Monae - Make Me FeelMika - Grace Kelly
Main set:Diana Ross - I'm Coming OutLizzo - About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Extended Remix) << just the "I'm coming out tonight" sectionLizzo - About Damn Time (original)Sister Sledge - We Are FamilyMadonna - Express Yourself (Non-Stop Express Mix)Gloria Gaynor - I Will SurviveChaka Khan - I'm Every Woman [The Reflex Revision]McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now [The Reflex Revision]Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The HeartScissor Sisters - Let's Have A KikiRupaul - SupermodelSteps - TragedyKylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My HeadDavid Bowie - Rebel RebelGossip - Standing In The Way Of ControlFrankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (New York Mix)Erasure - A Little RespectScissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin'Aretha Franklin - RespectIke & Tina Turner - Proud MaryElton John - Are You Ready For LoveElton John & Dua Lipa - Cold HeartPet Shop Boys - West End GirlsMadonna - Like A PrayerQueen - Another One Bites The DustQueen - I Want To Break FreeFreddie Mercury - Living On My Own (No More Brothers Radio Mix)Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (Almighty Club Mix)Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind (Extended Dance Version)Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin (Ian Levine remix)Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Mega Mix)Communards - Don't Leave Me This WayElton John - Your Song (Almighty Mix)Jackie 'O' - Whatever (Rippin' It Up Mix) << yes, the Oasis songCher - Believe (Almighty Definitive Mix)Indigo - Perfect Day (12" Mix) << yes, the Lou Reed songBelle Lawrence - Hallelujah (Almighty 12" Anthem Mix) << yes, the Leonard Cohen songDeja Vu - Somewhere Only We Know (Almighty 12" Anthem Mix) << yes, the Keane songLady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory (Cahill Club Mix)Lady Gaga - Born This Way (Bimbo Jones Club Remix)David Guetta - When Love Takes Over (ft Kelly Rowland)Ultra Naté - FreeAretha Franklin - A Deeper Love [C+C Radio Mix]Nicki French - Total Eclipse Of The HeartWeather Girls - It's Raining MenSylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)Girls Aloud - JumpElton John - I'm Still StandingCulture Club - Karma ChameleonGeorge Michael - FaithGiorgio Moroder with Philip Oakey - Together in Electric DreamsDonna Summer - Last DanceDiana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High EnoughGeorge Michael - My Baby Just Cares For Me
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 1 July 2023 10:05 (one year ago) link
"Almighty 12" Anthem" is one of my favourite phrases in the English language as it always sparks a particular kind of shameless joy within me
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 1 July 2023 10:09 (one year ago) link
Hell, yeah! I've not had the chance to play Almighty Anthems out before, and it was the section of the set that I was looking forward to the most. The reaction when I dropped "Whatever" on them was a joy to behold.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 1 July 2023 10:11 (one year ago) link
god mike that looks amazing
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 1 July 2023 18:24 (one year ago) link
smh at djs
― calstars, Sunday, 2 July 2023 03:37 (one year ago) link
Here's the live recording of last week's Pride Anthems set.https://www.mixcloud.com/miketd/strut-ya-stuff-56-classic-pride-anthems-special/
― mike t-diva, Friday, 7 July 2023 14:50 (one year ago) link
Then there's DJ Balearic, which for me is balearic but also Cosmic and Loft classics. I actually put that into one giant playlist on spotify for listening pleasure and kept adding and adding:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4bv9Fa4IfStJNwZW282yjb?si=77d1a3c868634c36
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4bv9Fa4IfStJNwZW282yjb?si=77d1a3c868634c36
Just popping in to say that I've listened to this playlist loads; it is an absolute banger.
― (picnic, lightning) very very frightening (Chinaski), Thursday, 13 July 2023 10:15 (one year ago) link
Thanks
― dan selzer, Thursday, 13 July 2023 11:21 (one year ago) link
I Djed my dad's celebration of life party after his funeral service (well, I made a playlist and thought I would make decisions on the fly but I did not) The whole experience from start to finish was much less fraught than I expected it to be. Just popping in to say that DJing is fun even when it's after someone passes!
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Friday, 14 July 2023 15:02 (one year ago) link
Glad it went well LL! What sorts of things did you play?
― NickB, Friday, 14 July 2023 16:56 (one year ago) link
WELL since you asked: I had to be very methodical about it because I needed reassurance that I had a methodology and it wasn't just a bunch of random songs I chose. So I started with songs that reminded me him or that I remember him singing/enjoying/whistling. Most of my memories are pretty old because I left home ASAP and that marks an end to the musical memories. That was about 2 hours worth. Once I had those in the playlist (I used spotify for my ease and the venue's ease; I am not a DJ), I peppered my own era-appropriate faves in there so that I would feel supported by the music that has always kept me company when I needed it. The result was a playlist where only I know which is which and therefore I am ultimately in control of ths situation.
Here's the funny part: the playlist was 4 hours long (just in case; I could have kept going but had to stop at some point) When the party was coming to a close and people were packing up stuff and leaving, I turned off the music at what I thought was the perfect and most appropriate place, at the end of a sentimental Beatles song. If I had waited just a few seconds, I could have ended the party in an unforgettable fashion with the song bearing the same name as my dad, the ultimate send off. But I cut it off early! I think I did what he would have wanted, but in hindsight, if the party had to end when it did, what I would have wanted was to end the entire endeavor with thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auLBLk4ibAk
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Friday, 14 July 2023 18:41 (one year ago) link
i love that, LL, what a sweet tribute <3
― donna rouge, Friday, 14 July 2023 18:59 (one year ago) link
just wanted to note that last night was a good night. feels like it's been a while since i had a good night. i did my 'no requests' line again and played a lot less pop, more deep and adventurous. a handful of cool people who wanted to dance to house music showed up. thank you for being there cool people.
― ꙮ (map), Friday, 14 July 2023 23:23 (one year ago) link
Thanks for sharing that LL, glad that music helped you through it in some way. And map ♡ always
― NickB, Friday, 14 July 2023 23:38 (one year ago) link
I had a great night last night as well. Incredible energy and connection during the second hour, just total euphoric frenzy.
I'm very lucky to have a Friday night residency in a bar which is a) three minutes walk from my front door and b) the only bar in town where a night like mine could possibly work. If you want to go out dancing in this town, then (apart from a monthly Northern Soul thing, which I used to play at) I'm the only option, so I'm proud of having held the residency for 5½ years and counting.
Yes, I have to play a lot of obvious stuff that people know, but I won't do it in a way that totally sells me out. Playing the hits is as much of a challenge as any other form of DJ-ing - more so when you're playing to a crowd that ranges from late teens to late sixties, and all points between - and I'm tempted to say that it's an underrated skill. I can't rely on well-worn, tried and trusted sequences, as I have a lot of regulars who would spot the laziness in an instant, so every set is constructed from scratch, and every set contains some tracks that I've never played before.
I mainly stick to pre-planned set lists, with very carefully pre-planned transitions (set prep takes me a whole day per week); I think that's essential when you're mostly playing vocal-led three minute pop songs. Sometimes the planning has to go out of the window, but not very often, as I know from weekly experience what works. I'll occasionally slot in a good request, but in general I favour the security of always knowing where I'm going next, over the risk of making panicky and over-safe choices on the fly.
This is last night's set list. People are rarely ready to dance in the first half hour, so I get to warm them up with deeper cuts, which is every bit as enjoyable as what comes later, albeit in a very different way. One track was a request; one transition was a big risk, but fuck me it paid off BIG time.
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Back Together AgainTrussel - Love InjectionNed Doheny - To Prove My LovePatrice Rushen - Number OneG.Q. - Disco Nights (Rock Freak)Lonnie Liston Smith - ExpansionsLight Of The World - Time (Remix)Chicago - Street PlayerCandido - Jingo (Shep Pettibone 12" Remix)A Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie OogieBrothers - Are You Ready For ThisThe Trammps - Disco InfernoThe O'Jays - I Love MusicBilly Paul - Only The Strong SurviveGonzalez - Haven't Stopped Dancing YetMusique - In The BushAzymuth - Jazz CarnivalBlondie - AtomicPointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love)Wham! - I'm Your ManThe Clash - Rock The CasbahR.E.M. - Losing My ReligionTears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The WorldSimple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)The Stone Roses - Fools GoldIndeep - Last Night A D.J. Saved My Life << requestYoung MC - Know HowMichael Jackson - ThrillerEddy Grant - Electric AvenuePet Shop Boys - What Have I Done To Deserve This? (Shep Pettibone Mix)Madonna - MusicCrystal Waters - 100% Pure LoveRobin S. - Show Me Love << this is where the bar just totally exploded; it's always a popular track (obviously!), but the timing was somehow just right for it to have maximum impactK-Klass - Rhythm Is A MysteryXpansions - ElevationBobby Brown - Two Can Play That Game [K Klassic Radio Mix]Brothers In Rhythm - Such A Good FeelingThe Supermen Lovers - StarlightFred again - Billie (Loving Arms)D.O.D - So Much in Love (Extended Mix)Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam (Jax Jones Remix)Scissor Sisters - Filthy/GorgeousThe B-52's - Love Shack << risky transition...AC/DC - Thunderstruck << ...that paid off big time (never played Thunderstruck before)The Undertones - Teenage KicksMark Morrison - Return Of The MackShaggy - It Wasn't MeDJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - SummertimeTLC - No ScrubsBlue - One LoveToto - AfricaAce Of Base - All That She WantsGrace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 15 July 2023 11:31 (one year ago) link
Do you ever play remixes/remakes of classics or stick to “only originals”?
― Siegbran, Saturday, 15 July 2023 18:51 (one year ago) link
I do play a few Dave Lee / Reflex / Late Nite Tuff Guy / Psychemagik remixes from time to time, but I'm not massively into remixes of classics. The two I play the most are the Reflex revisions of "Got To Give It Up" and "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now", as they're excellent, but a lot of his other stuff is hit and miss. The Psychemagik mix of Fleetwood Mac "Dreams" is also good, as are the Dave Lee remixes of "Ride Like The Wind" and Fatback "Bus Stop".
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 15 July 2023 20:46 (one year ago) link
LL I just wanna say that sounds really fun and also therapeutic, nice
mike do you play this stuff from vinyl or is it all digitized?
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Saturday, 15 July 2023 22:32 (one year ago) link
All digitised, but quite a lot of them are rips from my vinyl. I played vinyl from 2018 to 2020, then sold it all off during the pandemic.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 15 July 2023 23:38 (one year ago) link
Mike, a few of us are are listening to your mix post-gig tonight and you are absolutely nailing it, these transitions and drops are god level.
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 16 July 2023 02:31 (one year ago) link
Wow, thank you so much!
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 16 July 2023 09:00 (one year ago) link
Had a gig tonight at a brewery. Had anticipated that it was going to be scorching and smoky, so I put together a set that sounded like a JWM Turner painting: oppressive and druggy. It turned out to be a beautiful perfect fresh evening, not at all the kind of night when people are going to want to be assaulted by their soundtrack, so I panicked and threw a bunch of jamz in a box. I’m 2 hours in out of 3. Cyndi is singing “Money Changes Everything”. It’s going pretty well.
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 02:49 (one year ago) link
Five and half years in, my Friday night bar residency seems to have exploded in popularity; it’s been immense for weeks now. Curiously, the bar next door has now installed their own DJ, whose set bizarrely starts at 6pm; I popped my head around the door while setting up (9pm for a 10pm start) and he was playing generic current pop-dance, to an older bunch of drinkers who didn’t look like current pop-dance was their thing at all. Meanwhile, I had fun mixing Aqua into AC/DC into The Specials, shortly followed by Panjabi MC - a first time play which sent them so crazy that I wondered why I’d been holding back on it for so long. My partner unexpectedly wandered in at the end of the night - he almost never attends - so I treated him to “Dance Me To The End Of Love” as the final track of the night, after the house lights had gone back on. He was thrilled that it cleared the remaining stragglers, but that’s introverts for you.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 22 July 2023 00:36 (one year ago) link
He gets to pick the music when I get back, so we are now chilling to Bitches Brew on the good speakers, at some considerable volume, while the adrenaline subsides.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 22 July 2023 00:50 (one year ago) link
congrats, sounds awesome
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Saturday, 22 July 2023 00:54 (one year ago) link
that's really amazing mike - you're doing god's work.
meanwhile i've backed away from the vocal-heavy dance pop i used to play more of and i'm indulging in my taste for weirder, darker, heavier dahnce, kompakt-adjacent stuff, dark disco, stuff released by the likes of *ahem* optimo. it's very refreshing. i still mix in vocal remixes, more soulful house stuff, a lot of soulwax remixes and that sort of thing. the ladies who bar tend my night like the darker sound, and i was more than happy to be given permission to go there. i'm still saying no to requests and it's fantastic, i don't know why it took me so long to get there. last night i had a couple of dancers who went for it for an hour or so, even though i could tell that they weren't exactly familiar with zillas on acid. i feel like after years of trying to back away from my predilection for heavier or weirder dance music, i'm rediscovering my voice and finding support for it - feels very encouraging.
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 22 July 2023 01:22 (one year ago) link
I haven’t had a dj gig in ages, but damn this thread makes me happy.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 22 July 2023 02:08 (one year ago) link
map that is so awesome, happy for you!
I don't think I updated on my Saturday opening gig but I made $100 for a 1-hour early set (this is entirely due to the draw of the headlining bands) and got to play shit like Amon Duul II's "Archangel's Thunderbird" (the musician who got me on the bill loved it, he came up after and was like "what was that tune that sounded like Rush", it took me a sec but uh yeah)
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Saturday, 22 July 2023 02:39 (one year ago) link
Haven’t djd in ages but my next gig is pretty exciting. A good friend rented out the El Dorado bumper car space in Coney Island for his 40th bday. A few years ago it was discovered that the sound system is a vintage Richard Long system. The guy behind Paradise Garage, Studio 54 etc. I went to a New Year’s party there djd by Nicky Siano and it was a blast. They just park the bumper cars off to the side and the djs take over the system. So I’ll be playing there for this bday party next week as one of 4.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 22 July 2023 02:58 (one year ago) link
― brimstead, Saturday, 22 July 2023 05:19 (one year ago) link
Dan, that sounds utterly awesome! map, that’s a great development. The one thing I can’t do at the bar is create an immersive, hypnotic club-like vibe, but occasionally I do see people lose themselves in a track as opposed to hollering along to the chorus; it happened last night during a sequence that went: Push The Feeling On, Closer Than Close, Where Love Lives, A Deeper Love, Soulsearcher “Can’t Get Enough” (Dr Packer remix), Make The World Go Round.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 22 July 2023 09:28 (one year ago) link
this is the most active DJ thread so I just wanted to post this recent radio show playlist I did that I am very proud of, totally improvised and on the fly and it captured a certain shimmering summer vibe
https://spinitron.com/m/playlist/view/17661983
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Saturday, 29 July 2023 05:16 (one year ago) link
whoops sorry, here it ishttps://spinitron.com/KWVA/pl/17661983/The-Forest-Of-No-Return
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Saturday, 29 July 2023 05:17 (one year ago) link
featuring two ILXor bands!
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Saturday, 29 July 2023 05:19 (one year ago) link
there were voiceover breaks where I gave track info, but that doesn't show so you can't really get a sense of the set flow, mostly 15-20 minute blocks
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Saturday, 29 July 2023 05:27 (one year ago) link
that looks fab. i love the feeling of making something that feels good on the fly.
thursday night was another in a string of good nights for me. no requests again. had 15-20 people dancing for a while there. i was feeling soulful, blissful stuff. i played the two vocal round one-five tracks, "i'm your brother" and "new day", for the first time in a long time. wonderful classics. they sound amazing of course but they're kind of tricky to mix in with more current brickwalled stuff. you sort of have to turn down the bass imo (heresy probably lol).
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 29 July 2023 17:18 (one year ago) link
My Friday was fairly quiet compared to recent weeks, which is odd for the end of the month. I think people were cashing in their pay cheques for Barbenheimer.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 29 July 2023 22:39 (one year ago) link
Five and half years in, my Friday night bar residency seems to have exploded in popularity; it’s been immense for weeks now.
uh, holy shit!! go mike!
meanwhile i've backed away from the vocal-heavy dance pop i used to play more of and i'm indulging in my taste for weirder, darker, heavier dahnce, kompakt-adjacent stuff, dark disco, stuff released by the likes of *ahem* optimo.
whoa that's huge!!! and reeeaaaally great to hear
Haven’t djd in ages but my next gig is pretty exciting. A good friend rented out the El Dorado bumper car space in Coney Island for his 40th bday.
ok, i love the shit outta this thread rn
― all this time I thought you were British (Deflatormouse), Sunday, 30 July 2023 01:03 (one year ago) link
a few weeks ago I was drinking with friends, and one of my pals texted her cousin nominating me to do a night DJing in the pub her cousin runs. Her cousin was very enthusiastic and, fuelled by gin and the good time I was having, I agreed I would do it. Two days later I was in a blind panic, as I have never DJ'd in public before, only at afterparties with friends in my own home or pre-recorded mixes for the radio show. And this pub is a great place to go but it's a very traditional place - you're much more likely to hear Brown Eyed Girl and Sweet Caroline than the kind of disco and house I love. But, I got a group of pals to agree to come along and I prepared a set that was still full of crowd-pleasers but more aligned with my own tastes: contemporary r&b, disco, vocal house and dance-pop hits. The cousin had also sent a few requests - nothing too "difficult" but definitely stuff a little bit unexpected and from the less populist end of dance music.
I had the BEST time. I was a bit worried because in the first hour a woman came up to me and said "play more 80s! I thought this was an 80s night!" but I also knew that what she really meant was, "go full school disco and play only the songs from The Wedding Singer soundtrack that I like" so I kinda brushed her off and anyway ten mins later she was up dancing to Shakira. I have no idea where she got the idea it would be an 80s night from either.
I don't think everything went perfectly. I've played the Frankie Knuckles remix of "Unbreak My Heart" and had people absolutely love it, but it didn't do a lot on Friday night. And I've seen the pub go wild to someone (ie me) singing "You Spin Me Round" at karaoke but it felt a bit more muted when I played it. But I had a big singalong to the Purple Disco Machine remix of Lizzo, and people running to the dancefloor for "Gypsy Woman" and "One Night In Heaven." Best of all was when I played Boys Town Gang "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" and people were actually standing on chairs and tables shouting along to the main riff.
My main worry was that people wouldn't enjoy it, and I would end up chasing away more people than I had managed to bring with me, and that the pub would suffer if I couldn't convince people to stay out. One of the barmaids told me that she heard some people actively saying they were planning to leave earlier but they were having a good night, and everyone I convinced to come along stayed til the lights came on. I said I was happy to do it as a trial night and just take payment in the form of a few free drinks but they paid me - a lot more than I would have expected - and I've been asked if I would want to make it a monthly event. So I am considering the whole thing a total victory for now!
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 30 July 2023 12:43 (one year ago) link
also I want to thank people on ILM who have encouraged me since I started doing this as a bedroom hobby and sharing mixes on the DJs Post Etc thread, and I specifically want to thank map and mike-t-diva whose contributions to this thread made me think about my approach to what I did on Friday night, which I found really inspiring and helpful.
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 30 July 2023 12:47 (one year ago) link
hahahaha congrats on your new gig!!! <3
― ꙮ (map), Sunday, 30 July 2023 12:53 (one year ago) link