10 Hour Song list for a...

... 6 hour reception, sheesh... and that's just what I was able to get off iTunes

Check this list out.... wat u thank? my peeps.

Run Forest, run... :sqerr:

I don't accept jobs that the client wants to have complete control over. That's called a sound rental. Good luck with your list though. Sheesh!

Run Forest, run... :sqerr:

too late I'm already paid and signed....

I already got 131 of the songs on that list.... where it said (dirty) if there was a clean version I got that along with the clean version.... the clean version will get preferencial play over the dirty versions depending on what "dirty" means.... it is as she called it an "African American Reception"

I will stick out like a "White" thumb.... but I'll play the music like a good 'ol white boy.... lol

Actually because of the style of music they want I welcome the list.... she's givin me control over the mix for the evening... but the music selection is hers and his.

All I ask from her is to tell me what the top must plays are so that I'm sure to play them... she's well aware that we wont be playing everything from the list but that I will have them all just in case....

Plus it really bumped my song count up....

okay so If you BPM count them you can sample and quick mix that list and then some. In this case use your white thumb to make sure you can Beat mix flawless and know the beats so as to not train wreck the event.

I hope its a young crowd... Looks kinda like my bar playlists...

I hope its a young crowd... Looks kinda like my bar playlists...

I was just thinking that it looks like a straight-up club playlist...

I was just thinking that it looks like a straight-up club playlist...

Rock it! Should be fun!!! :sqwink:

Believe it or not, I'D DO IT..

Have a good time :)

Rock it! Should be fun!!! :sqwink:

Believe it or not, I'D DO IT..

Better you than me... I stopped working bars and clubs for a reason...

I wouldn't be happy doing this event. I do hope the guest enjoy the music. If not, could be a beautiful disaster.

Jokerswild, can you remove the "yellow markings" on the PDF, for us to see?

Funny the bride and groom are probably my age in thier 30's...

This is her party and this is how she wants it.... who am I to argue....

what's in yellow is just blanks nothing to see... I think it's her way of keeping track of information she doesn't have yet.... you see that mostly in the artist column's I believe.

Actually I've been listening to the music and if the crowd is right I think this is going to be one off the hook wedding reception...

I really need to buy or rent a Subwoofer .... I just wish there were a place I could rent or borrow one from for that night.

Although when I asked her if she was looking for big bass club sound she said no... my two speakers on sticks would be fine... they do get down... but Iiiiiiii don't know....

This is standard request stuff in my area. The old stand bys are what we have to talk them into. It seems we wend up there because their lists don't work too well, but this kind of stuff is where they start.

This will also be my first gig of the season unless something else comes along in the mean time....

Also the first time I've seen Flo Rida requested...

I'm pretty sure it's going to be a fine gig....

Rob - I'm sure you'll do fine, and it will be a great event! (It's just not my cup of tea, or my forte...)

I guess that is what I was trying to say.

Rob - I'm sure you'll do fine, and it will be a great event! (It's just not my cup of tea, or my forte...)

Yeah me neither I'm not totally up on this type of music so I'll be listening to it and making up playlists long before the event and then I'll tweek them at the event....

She wants smooth R&B, Jazz (especially saxaphone jazz) like Kenny G, and so forth for the arrival of guests and dinner music.... that's cake for me I like that stuff too...

Then all the special dances.... etc.

After 10pm we are to rip loose and rock the house... as she puts it.... lol

I think I really need to update my OtsDJ license to OtsAV and soon.... I'd do rockit but I truely love the way Ots mixes.... no offence rick.

Also the first time I've seen Flo Rida requested...

Follow that up with Caribou Lou....Take my word on this they will go nuts for it

YouTube - Tech N9ne - Caribou Lou

I would not have a problem at all with the client submitting a list like that...I think that the client probably knows what they like and what their guests like as well or to a degree anyway. Now look at the list, over 10 hours of songs selected so that means that you can go through that list and play the best of it.

I have DJ Intelligence and have my music list set that the clients can choose 15 must plays and 200 play if possible songs, you would not believe how many clients actually fill up the play if possibles.

Once the contact is signed it is kind of hard to Run from the event. A couple of years ago we had a wedding booked and we were having our final meeting a couple of weeks before the Wedding to finalize all the little things and they presented us with a playlist for the evening, not only did they choose the songs, but also the order that they wanted the songs played and we were not allowed to take or play requests. It was quite the playlist and alot of the songs I have never played and will probably never play again.

I was worried about how the event would turn out with the restrictions they just put on us. So what I did was made an announcement Something like this. (it was a little different but you get the idea)

Ladies and Gentlemen, Barney and Betty have taken considerable time and and effort to chose a selection of music for you their guests, They hope you enjoy the music and join them out on the dance floor this evening....

Guess what.. the party rocked and everyone had fun.

I think maybe some times we take it to personally when someone who hires us gives us a list of songs that we do not normally play and maybe we don't think they will work. But ultimately who are we working for and who knows their guests the best.. they do....

I have a similar situation this Saturday night. The B&G are control freaks. But they paid my full fee for me to essentially be a human jukebox, as you see below, so what do I care?

First contact:

Knot Member: Xxxxx

Email: xxxxxxxxx@gmail.com

Wedding Date: 03-29-2008

Expected Guests: 60

Telephone Number: nnn-nnn-nnnn

Date: OCTOBER 21, 2007

Time: 3:16 PM

Category: ENT

Member's request:
Want claasical and sinatra type music.


After our get-to-know-you meeting, they were eager to hire me, but her parents balked at my price. I spent over an hour on the phone with her mom, who apparently got mixed up with things I told her, because I then got this:

Hi Bryan.

I spoke to my mom and she said that she had called you. I am a little concerned about a couple of things. The first concern is that she said you were not aware that we did not want any of the guests requesting songs. We absolutely do not want people requesting songs. We would like to choose our music.

With that being said, my second concern is the limited amount of music that we are allowed to choose. Xxx and I are very particular about what we would like played and we would like to choose more than 10 songs. Actually, we would like to pick out a lot of songs. We also need to be guaranteed that this music will be played.

Please let me know your thoughts on this.

Best,
Xxxxx
Hoo boy. I replied with this:

Hi Xxxxx,

Thanks for your email. I should have known I'd get in trouble with that.

I have absolutely no problem with you not wanting me to take any requests. I even said that to your mom and I suggested things I could say to your guests to convey that fact. I didn't think she would take it and run with it. I don't understand how this could be misconstrued!

I also explained how my Request Lists work, and I thought your mom understood that. Please understand that it's perfectly fine for you not to want me to take requests and I will honor your wishes, but I haven't had too many clients who had that in mind. Yes, I have had some; read Colleen Scruggs' write-ups here ( http://www.atlantabridal.com/showcase/dj.asp) and here ( http://www.atlantabridal.com/showcase/dj2.asp). She was a bride who didn't want me to take any requests. I didn't, and her reception was successful! I rarely have a client who does not want me to take requests, so the following is to illustrate what happens if a client has a full Must Play list and also allows me to take requests to satisfy the guests' tastes.

Given an average length of 4 minutes per song, a typical 4-hour party would allow somewhere in the neighborhood of 60 songs (15 per hour) to be played if nothing else occurred. Of course, a lot of things happen in a wedding reception to interrupt the music, so the number may be less than 60. I limit the Must-Plays to 10 because, depending on the songs on the list, the guests' responses may lead me in an entirely different musical direction than the songs on the list. The list may have 8 Must Play slow songs. The list may have 10 Must Play Reggaeton songs. What if the crowd is unresponsive to the Must Play songs? But I can sprinkle in 10 songs over a four-hour time frame.

I also have the Play-If-Possible songs limited to 45. Those are for my clients to give me a pick list of songs to select from, and they also guide me in the general direction(s) to take the music. If some of the songs on this list aren't played, that's okay. But I typically get quite a few of these songs played.

I also have the Do-Not-Plays limited to 30. If there are more than 30 songs that need to be specified, then I haven't done my job in getting to know my clients and their musical tastes.

But your situation is not like what I just described. Since you don't want me to take requests, all of the above--except for the number of songs per hour--flies right out the window. It does not apply. I can't set or release song limits to the three lists on an individual basis, so any songs you specify on either list are Must Plays. Just understand that if you put 60 songs total in your lists and expect them all to be played at your reception, given what I have described above, they may not all get played unless a lot of them are very short or I speed them up! I can't change math.

I hope this eases your concerns. If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask.

She sent me:

Hi-

My mom was fine with everything, I just wanted to make sure we were all right.

Thanks and talk soon.

Xxxxx
WTF?? Then why all the consternation?

After perusing my DJI database, they sent me:

Date:Wed 12/26/2007 9:23 PM
Name: Xxxxx & Xxx
Phone Number(s):
Date: Saturday, March 29, 2008
Message: Hi Bryan.

Is there a way to add more Johnny Mathis songs? Thank you. Xxxxx & Xxx
I only get the rare request for Johnny Mathis, so I don't have much of him in my music arsenal. I responded that I could get the additional Mathis tunes no problem.

All in all, 41 emails have gone back and forth between the two of us.

So the adventure wound up last week with our planning meeting. After that, I got this email:

Hi Bryan-

It was great meeting with you on Thursday. Please check our list for last minute revisions. Here are some final important details: (Top Ten MUST Haves)

Etta Jomas - At Last (Our First Dance)
Soldier Boy by the Shirelles - Please make an announcement regarding my brother Major xxxxx xxxxxxx and his wife xxxx travelling from Hamburg, Germany to celebrate with us. Also thanking him for his outstanding duty to our country.
Toast - Dionne Warwick - Say a Little Prayer
Cake Cutting - Frank Sinatra - The Best Is Yet To Come
Last Song - Frank Sinatra- The Way You Look Tonight
First dance after cake (to really get the crowd) will be Tom Jones - Unusual
The Father/Daughter dance will be Dankeshun - Wayne Newton
The Mother/Son dance will be Stand by Me - Ben E King
After Tom Jones play Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire (My dad loves this music - he saw a few of his concerts in Germany
Great before dinner song - Johnny Mathis - Wonderful Wonderful
(I know it's more than 10, but we REALLY want Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace - around same time as Tom Jones and Jerry Lee Lewis. :)

At 11:00 p.m., let's kick into the following 80's music:
Billy Idol - Dancing with Myself
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance (Orginal Version Only)
ABC - The Look of Love
Abba - Dancing Queen
Bee Gees - Staying Alive
Posion - Talk Dirty to Me
Salt -N- Pepa - Push It
Grease Mega Mix

Definite Dinner Songs
Henry Mancini - Peter Gunn Theme
Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme

We really liked the ending mix that you had, but decided against it. We would like to end with Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight.

We would not like ANY line dancing songs and we would also like no requests to be taken. Also, I would like to stick with the "Do Not Play List" as per our meeting.

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks so much.

Xxxxx & Xxx
Their separately emailed "Do Not Play" list contains over 100 songs!!

Here are their DJI Request Lists:

Name: Xxxxx & Xxx
Email: xxxxxxxxx@gmail.com
Phone Number(s): xxx-xxx-xxxx
Event: Wedding
Location: The Four Seasons Hotel
Guests: 64
Date: Saturday, March 29, 2008
Times: 8:00 PM to 11:30 PM

Comments: Please refer to our list for all songs and notes attached. We have also followed up with an email with special requests and must plays. Thank you.

MUST PLAY:

Etta James - At Last - This is our first dance.
Andy Williams - Moon River
Ben E. King - Stand By Me - mother son dance
Frank Sinatra - The Best Is Yet To Come

PLAY IF POSSIBLE:

Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling In Love
Johnny Mathis - Chances Are - Possible dinner song
Jimmy Buffett - Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes - Before Dinner
Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace - After cake cutting - definite
Frank Sinatra - Chicago, My Kind Of Town
King Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight
ABBA - Dancing Queen - 11 pm
Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself - 11 pm
Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon
Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind - THIS IS A DEFINITE BEFORE DINNER SONG!
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Grease Megamix - 11 pm
Frank Sinatra - I Get A Kick Out Of You
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Possible dinner song
Dionne Warwick - I Say A Little Prayer For You - toast song
Dean Martin - Innamorata - dinner song
Harry Connick, Jr. - It Had To Be You [With Big Band And Vocals] - Dinner song
Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never - Before Dinner
Frank Sinatra - Luck Be A Lady
Johnny Mathis - Misty - Possible Dinner Song.
Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa - Dinner Song Only
Van Morrison - Moondance - Possible Dinner Song
Frank Sinatra - My Way
Henry Mancini - Peter Gunn Theme - definite dinner
Salt-N-Pepa - Push It - 11 pm
Tony Bennett - Rags To Riches - dinner song
Little River Band - Reminiscing
Dean Martin - Return To Me
Dion - Runaround Sue
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive - 11 pm
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
Poison - Talk Dirty To Me - 11 pm
Dean Martin - That's Amore - Before dinner
ABC - The Look Of Love (Part One) - 11 pm
Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme - definite Dinner Only
Dion - The Wanderer
Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight - Last Song
Henry Mancini - Theme From Love Story - definite dinner
Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody - dinner
Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole - Unforgettable - before dinner
Frankie Avalon - Venus
Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas
Dean Martin - Volare
Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman
Their Do Not Play List? Try this:

PLEASE DO NOT PLAY LIST

1999
Achy Breaky Heart
Addicted To Love
All I Want To Do Is Have Some Fun
American Pie
Another One Bites the Dust
Baby Got Back
Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Bad Girls
Barry Manilow
Be My Lover
Billie Jean
Blister In the Sun
Boogie Nights
Boogie Wonderland
Boot Scootin’ Boogie
Born To Be Wild
Brass Monkey
Brick House
Bust A Move
Cantaloop
Celebrate
Celebration
Chapel Of Love
Chattahoochie
Chicken Dance
Come On Eileen
Come On Over
Conga
Cotton Eyed Joe
Cup of Life
Da Train
December 1963
Devil Went Down to Georgia
Dollar Wine Dance
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
El Africano
El Tiburon
Electric Slide
Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)
Everybody Dance
Friends In Low Places
Fruita Fresca
Funky Cold Medina
Funky Town
Funkytown
Get Into the Groove
Gettin’ Jiggy With It
Got To Be Real
Great Balls of Fire
Groove Is In The Heart
Hand Jive
Hokey Pokey
Holiday
Hot, Hot, Hot
Hound Dog
Hurts So Good
I Believe
I Feel Good
I Got You Babe
I Like It Like That
I Will Survive
Ice, Ice Baby
In The Mood
It Takes Two
It’s Raining Men
I’ll Melt With You
I’m Coming Out
I’m Too Sexy
I’ve Had The Time Of My Life
Jailhouse Rock
Jammin’
Joy To The World
Joy and Pain
Jump
Jump Around
Jump, Jive & Wail
Jungle Love
Just A Gigolo
Kiss
La Bamba
Ladies Night (Kool and the Gang)
Lady Marmalade
Let Me Clear My Throat
Livin’ La Vida Loca
Locomotion
Louis Louis
Love Rollercoaster
Love Shack
Love Train
Macarena
Macho Man
Mambo #5
Man, I Feel Like A Woman
Men In Black
Miami
Missing
Mony, Mony
Mustang Sally
My Maria
Old Time Rock ‘n Roll
One Week
Only Wanna Be With You
Paradise By The Dashboard Lights
Peppermint Twist
Play That Funky Music
Pop
Proud Mary
Push It
Raise the Roof
Rappers Delight
Red, Red Wine
Redneck Girl
Rock Around The Clock
Satisfaction (Can’t Get No)
September
Sex Machine
Shame
Shout
Smooth
Solamente
Some Kind Of Wonderful
Soul Man
Start Me Up
Stayin’ Alive
Strokin’
Super Freak
Surfin’ USA
Sweet Home Alabama
Tainted Love
Taking Care of Business
Tequila
The Hustle
The Stroll
The Wanderer
This Is How We Do It
Time Warp
Tootsie Roll
Tub Thumping
Twist
Twist ‘N Shout
Vogue
Walk This Way
Walkin’ On The Sun
We Are Family
We Like To Party
What I Like About You
What Is Love
White Wedding
Whitney Houston
Who Let The Dogs Out
Whoomp! There It Is!
Wild Thing
Wild, Wild, West
Wooly Bully
YMCA
You Can’t Touch This
You Dropped A Bomb On Me
You Shook Me All Night Long

Now here's the thing:

We went through ALL of this in our planning meeting, and I had EVERYTHING written down!! But--true to form--they had to make absolutely sure that I knew EXACTLY what they wanted done. Again, they're paying my full price, so I have no problem in being a human jukebox!

Bryan - I noticed that "Staying Alive" is on both their "Play at 11PM 80's music" set, AND on the "Do Not Play" list... As is "Push It..."

That could get interesting...

Yep...there were several more dups that were in the unsorted DNP List!

The bride told me that the DNP List was actually her sister's DNP List from her wedding, and the bride pretty much has the same musical tastes so she just forwarded it to me.

I have gigbuilder so my clients can do much the same thing as DJI they can make up to 4 lists... 1. Must Plays 2. want played 3. custum and 4. DNP also I have the Guest Request system...

It's getting them to use it that's sometimes the hard thing.

Yup. Gigbuilder's Request System is essentially a clone of DJI. I have disabled the Custom Request List. My clients really like the fact that they can have as big or as small an influence on the music for their event as they want!

I rarely have clients who do not use my Music Database.

That's true most do like the idea they can make these kinds of requests online without having to play phone tag with us....

In fact my Jun 21 wedding was booked not only because they liked what I offered at the meeting but also what I offered online by way of pre-event planning.... this is very convienent since it seems the majority so far have been college students that live outside of my area.

They like it because there is no need to schedule multiple meetings to go over their reception plans.. they simply log in make changes exchage a few emails and have maybe one last face to face finalization meeting and we are good to go.

Looks like one of them likes some hard rap.


Looks like my normal wedding request list.

I'm sure you will do fine. I generally play the normal stuff and drop a few more well known rap songs in the begining of the eveing. After the boquet and garter I pretty much turn it over to the rap music.

[QUOTE=Bryan Durio;149696]I have a similar situation this Saturday night. The B&G are control freaks. But they paid my full fee for me to essentially be a human jukebox, as you see below, so what do I care?
[QUOTE]

I couldn't do that, their wedding is going to be terrible. And music after 11PM?? what time are you working til. I try not book weddings that end later than 10PM. I have found that it is too late and after 10pm you end up playing to about 20 people.

Cam: I'm not sure that it's going to be that bad. These people and their guests are older and more mature, and they like the kind of music they specified. The reception is from 8 PM until 11:30 PM. Dinner will be plated multi-course. Open bar. The schedule is compressed as it is, so I fully intend to give them exactly what they paid for: an elegant evening with a bit of frivolity (http://www.answers.com/frivolity) toward the end.

I rarely have weddings that end as early as 10 PM. When I do, I really like it because there's a pretty good chance that I'll get home before midnight!

Again, they are paying my full price, so if they want me to only play from their song list, that's what I'll do. I still get to read the crowd and sequence the tunes in addition to being the Master of Ceremonies.

Cam: I'm not sure that it's going to be that bad. These people and their guests are older and more mature, and they like the kind of music they specified. The reception is from 8 PM until 11:30 PM. Dinner will be plated multi-course. Open bar. The schedule is compressed as it is, so I fully intend to give them exactly what they paid for: an elegant evening with a bit of frivolity (http://www.answers.com/frivolity) toward the end.

I rarely have weddings that end as early as 10 PM. When I do, I really like it because there's a pretty good chance that I'll get home before midnight!

Again, they are paying my full price, so if they want me to only play from their song list, that's what I'll do. I still get to read the crowd and sequence the tunes in addition to being the Master of Ceremonies.

I couldn't complain either I do a handful of wedding every year that I simply play form a list and MC.

I find that wild. 99% of our weddings here are at 1PM or 2PM and reception is 4pm to 9pm or 10PM at latest. Is this wedding on a Friday with such a late 8PM start?

[QUOTE=Bryan Durio;149696]I have a similar situation this Saturday night. The B&G are control freaks. But they paid my full fee for me to essentially be a human jukebox, as you see below, so what do I care?
[QUOTE]

I couldn't do that, their wedding is going to be terrible. And music after 11PM?? what time are you working til. I try not book weddings that end later than 10PM. I have found that it is too late and after 10pm you end up playing to about 20 people.

10:00 wow here in Canada I don't finish untill 12:00 - 1:00

It's this Saturday night. Get this: the ceremony will be at 2:00 PM! Most of their guests are from the Atlanta area with a few from St. Louis, Germany (her dad's side), and Florida.

It'll be interesting!

[QUOTE=Bryan Durio;149696]

I couldn't do that, their wedding is going to be terrible. And music after 11PM?? what time are you working til. I try not book weddings that end later than 10PM. I have found that it is too late and after 10pm you end up playing to about 20 people.

You wouldn't do too many here lol. I rarely get out before 1AM and more often than not it's 1:30 or 2

[quote=DJ Cam;149774]

You wouldn't do too many here lol. I rarely get out before 1AM and more often than not it's 1:30 or 2


It just proves how different weddings can be regionally.

I just looked at my list for 2008. 1 wedding has a end time of 10:30.

All the others are 9PM or 10PM and I have 2 that end at 8PM

I like wedding receptions after dark.

Edit: That's because people just seem to come out of their shells when the sun goes down.

As soon as I get the music converted from iTunes to Ots.... I'll kick around a few practice playlists see what you guys think...

here in BC I would lose half my party. We start dancing around 830 and burn the barn until 1230 or 1. about 1/3rd of a drop off rate at worst.Canadians from the west know how to party.


I couldn't do that, their wedding is going to be terrible. And music after 11PM?? what time are you working til. I try not book weddings that end later than 10PM. I have found that it is too late and after 10pm you end up playing to about 20 people.

Follow that up with Caribou Lou....Take my word on this they will go nuts for it

YouTube - Tech N9ne - Caribou Lou (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41BdMAbH2kc)

Your right that does mix very well with Low - Flo Rida....

one question is Flo Rida pronounced as Florida... or Flow Ride-a?

I hate to be that white guy who can't even get the Eubonics right.... lol:sqbiggrin:

Bryan,

My Do Not Play list for an upcoming wedding is 454 songs long!

Booch

Wow, Booch. That's a wee bit overboard, IMHO!

Bryan,

My Do Not Play list for an upcoming wedding is 454 songs long!

Booch

Yikes!!!! :sqeek:

I've been feelin' my inner ghetto so I should have some sort of playlist worked up shortly.... lol

I have done weddings from couples from Canada. They party late!!

Most of my weddings are at wineries - about 90% of them outside - so we have to end at 10pm. I rather like it.

Ok so here's what I've got so far from start of the show to about 10pm... after 10pm is when we "rock the house" as the kiddies and oldies should be gone by then:

Guest Arrival & Soft Jazz Time
Candido - Cantaloupe Island (6:39)
Grant Green - My One And Only Love (5:41)
Chris Botti - My Romance (3:19)
John Coltrane & Duke Ellington - In A Sentimental Mood (4:11)
Art Blakely - Dancing In The Dark (4:02)
Dexter Gordon - Ernie's Tune (4:12)
Harry Connick Jr - It Had To Be You (2:37)
John Coltrane - Naima (4:16)
Michael Rosen - Can't Help Falling In Love (3:02)
Kenny G - Songbird (4:51)
Art Pepper - Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered (4:22)
Harry Connick Jr - Recipe For Love (2:31)
Miles Davis - So What (9:19)
Mark Whitfield & Nicholas Payton - The Kiss (5:28)

[B]Bridal Party Arrives/Intros
Alicia Keys - No One [Radio Edit] (3:58)
Natasha Bedingfield & Sean Kingston - Love Like This (3:37)

Dinner Music Classic R&B
Glenn Jones - We've Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over) (5:49)
Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (3:17)
Guy - Groove Me (4:33)
Jesse James - I Can Do Bad By Myself (4:50)
Keyshia Cole - Love (4:07)
Luther Vandross - Here And Now (5:18)
O'Jays - Use Ta Be My Girl (3:58)
Regina Belle & Glenn Jones - From Now On (4:26)
Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (5:18)
Smokey Robinson - Being With You (3:54)
Teddy Pendergreass - You're My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration (4:45)
Tevin Campbell - Always In My Heart (5:22)
Tyrone Davis - Can I Change My Mind (2:43)

Special Dances and Song TBD

Dancing Starts
Zapp - Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing) (4:53)
Freddie Jackson - Jam Tonight (4:21)
Dazz Band - Let It Whip (4:36)
Gerald Levert - ABC-123 (5:34)
Avant - Read Your Mind (4:16)
Usher - Nice & Slow (3:44)
Mariah Carey & Lionel Richie - Endless Love (4:15)
DJ Khaled, Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Baby & Lil' Wayne - We Takin' Over (4:20)
Ray J - One Wish [Radio Edit] (3:54)
Young Jeezy - I Luv It (3:54)
Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets (5:32)
Bar-Kays - She Talks To Me With Her Body (8:30)
Beyonce - Get Me Bodied (3:23)
Chris Brown & T-Pain - Kiss Kiss [DJ Intro] (4:09)
LSG - My Body (4:05)
Jesse Powell - Bout It, Bout It (3:43)
T.I. - What You Know (4:24)
Webbie, Lil' Boosie & Lil' Phat - Independent (4:13)
Ying Yang Twins - Shake (3:58)
Young Jeezy - Go Getta (3:42)
Yung Joc & Gorilla Zoe - Coffee Shop (4:00)

End The Goodie 2 Shoe Music.... more to come!

Of course I will be tweaking this before the show .... I can already see some flaws in the flow of the music especially in the Dance portion.

The reception last night was pretty darn good! Things got started late and the meal actually took up most of the reception time, but I had good participation the entire night.

That is, until the inebriated (http://www.answers.com/inebriated) bride vanished right around 11:00--right when I kicked in her 80s tunes--and things went pretty much downhill until 11:40, when she showed up for the Last Dance. Then after giving my congratulations and best wishes, she--and several of the remaining guests--insisted that I play the proverbial "one more song!" At that point her "keep it professional and elegant" went out the window, and we continued for another three songs.

Most people had left by then, and she kept insisting, "BUT I'M THE BRIDE! LOOK, PLAY 'DANCING WITH MYSELF!'" even though I had just played it right before the Last Dance. And I think she would have been dancing with herself. Alone! Her mom (the one who paid for this) overruled her, and we wrapped up a little after midnight.

Surprisingly enough, most of the older people stayed until I started the 80s set at 11:00.

All in all, it went exceedingly well. The bride even took me aside before things got going, and she said, "If I don't get to say this later, I want you to know I love you. You've been great through all the planning, and I really appreciate all you've done for us." Go figure!

I'll see what she has to say in her Satisfaction Survey!

Here's the playlist. Her brother, Peter, is a Major in the Army who's stationed in Hamburg, Germany, and flew in with his wife for the wedding.

* - --- BALLROOM OPENS ---
Jimmy Buffett - Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes
Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind
Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never
Dean Martin - That's Amore
Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole - Unforgettable
Johnny Mathis - Wonderful! Wonderful!
Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett - It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night
Dean Martin - Volare
Frank Sinatra - My Way

* - --- INTRODUCTIONS ---
Glenn Miller Orchestra - Moonlight Serenade

* - --- FIRST DANCE ---
Etta James - At Last

* - --- WELCOME ---
* - --- BLESSING ---
* - --- DINNER ---
Johnny Mathis - Chances Are
Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa
Little River Band - Reminiscing
Frank Sinatra - Chicago, My Kind Of Town
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart In San Francisco
Johnny Mathis - It's Not For Me To Say
Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme
Tony Bennett - Rags To Riches
Van Morrison - Moondance
Harry Connick, Jr. - It Had To Be You [Edit]
Henry Mancini - Peter Gunn Theme
Frank Sinatra - Luck Be A Lady
Dean Martin - Innamorata (Sweetheart)
Henry Mancini - Theme From "Love Story"
Johnny Mathis - Misty
Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon
Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling In Love
Dean Martin - Return To Me
Dion - The Wanderer
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas
Frankie Avalon - Venus
King Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight

* - --- BRIDE & FATHER DANCE ---
Wayne Newton - Danke Schoen

Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line

* - --- GROOM & MOTHER DANCE ---
Ben E. King - Stand By Me

* - --- TRIBUTE TO Major Peter xxxxxxx & Jodi xxxxxxx ---
Shirelles - Soldier Boy

Frank Sinatra - I Get A Kick Out Of You
Frankie Valli - Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie
Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman
Patsy Cline - Crazy
Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On
Neil Diamond - Kentucky Woman
Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender
Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
Frank Sinatra - Summer Wind
Neil Diamond - Thank The Lord For The Night Time
Dean Martin - That's Amore

* - --- CAKE CUTTING ---
Frank Sinatra - The Best Is Yet To Come
Frank Sinatra - Theme From New York, New York

* - --- TOAST ---
Dionne Warwick - I Say A Little Prayer For You

* - --- OPEN DANCING ---
Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual
Dion - Runaround Sue [Edit]
Chubby Checker - The Twist
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire
Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace
Olivia Newton-John - The Grease Megamix
ABBA - Dancing Queen
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
ABC - The Look Of Love (Part 1)
Salt-N-Pepa - Push It
Poison - Talk Dirty To Me
Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself

* - --- LAST DANCE ---
Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight

* - --- SENDOFF/GOOD NIGHT ---
Andy Williams - Moon River

* - --- ONE MORE SONG! ---
Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back
Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls
Outfield - Your Love
Spaniels - Goodnight Sweetheart
Roy Rogers - Happy Trails

I love emails like this and I haven't even done the event yet.... yeah me!

ok thanks will look at it today - I aprreciate all the attention and detail you are providing me- it is great to see customer service is not fully dead in America!

Rob, your post is very timely for me! I am doing a wedding in...I forget the date...but it's an 8-hour backyard wedding. I just found out the client is African-American. I probably would have declined the opportunity if I had known that up front, just b/c I am not sure I have 8 hours of the music genres I suppose they might want. But your list will be very helpful for me. Thanks for posting. Best wishes for your event.

--Will

Rob, your post is very timely for me! I am doing a wedding in...I forget the date...but it's an 8-hour backyard wedding. I just found out the client is African-American. I probably would have declined the opportunity if I had known that up front, just b/c I am not sure I have 8 hours of the music genres I suppose they might want. But your list will be very helpful for me. Thanks for posting. Best wishes for your event.

--Will

The list I posted in the pdf came from my client. Your clients tastes may differ... best thing you could do is have her compile a list of music they'd like to hear for you to build from. I use my online planners and music data base for this very purpose... what I do is I list as many songs as I can online whether I have them or not... this gives the client a wide variety to choose from and then I just go and purchase the ones I don't have.

Thoughts?

My experience with an exclusive list isn't exactly the same as yours, but for what it's worth here is what happened about five years ago.

One week before the wedding we received a music list for the dance that was put together by the groom. 114 songs, and we were to play them in the order that he had them listed. We had no idea that this was going to happen. I explained to the groom that we wouldn't have time to play 114 songs and asked about song requests from his guests. He said no to requests and told me to just keep playing the list until time ran out.

The dance started a few minutes after nine. Fifteen minutes into the dance, a couple approached me to see if I had any Italian music. I told them that I did but was not allowed to play it unless the groom changed his mind about requests. The groom didn't change his mind and they left. By 10:30 all 215 people were gone, and I wonder how many of them (and the staff and management at the venue) thought that I was incompetent and unable or unwilling to play to the crowd.

I would never accept anything like that again. One bride tried to do that out of the blue at an interview last year and I got out my cheque book and asked her whose name to put on the deposit refund cheque. She was rather upset but the groom was on my side. Her dance was a roaring success and she gave me a big hug and thank you at the end of the evening.

Of course I encourage requests from the bride and groom and will always yield to them in matters of taste, but no exclusive lists. Good luck.

Your right that does mix very well with Low - Flo Rida....

one question is Flo Rida pronounced as Florida... or Flow Ride-a?

I hate to be that white guy who can't even get the Eubonics right.... lol:sqbiggrin:

Its Flow - Ride - A

The good thing about this 10 hour list is I don't have to play every song on it... it really is just a list of music they'd like to hear throughout the evening... some of it is requests for dinner music and for cocktail time...

She is putting together two 10 song Must Play lists.... one for early in the evening and one for late in the evening.... the reason for two is because she has some Explicit music she wants played for sure and the idea is to play the clean stuff early while youngsters and those with more sensitive ears are there and then later after 10pm when they have left we can play the more explicit stuff.... and by explicit this stuff while offensive is mild it's not like it is dropping the f-bomb more to that it is dropping the N word and could be particularly offensive to children and well the sensitive type.... it's music for her new husband...

I've listened to all of the Explicit stuff and for the most part it's just sexually explicit with a spattering of the N word as I said.

I'll have my finalization meeting some time this week and we will go over the music... and order of events then.

Well, well, well! I got this email this morning. Just goes to show you, sometimes you don't really know how people REALLY thought a party went. :)

Hi Bryan-

Thank you for the BEST night ever! EVERYONE had the time of their life and the music was key! You were more than Xxx and I ever could have asked for. (Sorry for the extra requested songs that we originally did not want) We all had a little too much champagne but so much FUN!!!

As soon as we settle in a little bit today, we will happily fill out the attached form. I would HIGHLY recommend you to everyone.

Thank you again for the best night of our lives!

We will talk soon.

Xxxxx

Congrats Bryan! I'm hoping that a similar email appears in my Inbox...my reception went exceptionally well!

Booch

Ok so here's what I'm thinking for setup... what do you guys think?

Ok so here's what I'm thinking for setup... what do you guys think?

Unless you are alot lower volume than I am Rob I wouldn't put the VueIII on the sub

Unless you are alot lower volume than I am Rob I wouldn't put the VueIII on the sub


So your saying more like Pic 1 then?

So your saying more like Pic 1 then?

LOL Yup might be the best bet

I have done weddings from couples from Canada. They party late!!

Most of my weddings are at wineries - about 90% of them outside - so we have to end at 10pm. I rather like it.

Canadians sure do know how to party. I can't count the amount of times i've shut down at 1:30 and been asked if I would set up my gear at an after party. I have yet to take anyone up on their offer because I always look forward to spending the next day with my family but if I was young........er and single I would think about it.

young...

Bryan,

My Do Not Play list for an upcoming wedding is 454 songs long!

Booch

lol and how long is the reception

are they willing to pay the $$$ for you to play the whole LIST!!! :rofl: