i DJed a uni party d(^_^)b β«βｑβͺ βΛβ¬ οΎ.
ok so last night was kinda monumental. about a month ago I asked my ex boyfriend if I could dj at his uni holiday party for 30 mins for free, just to try it out, see if i like it, that kinda thing. erm... turns out that it's like crack to me.
my free thirty minute slot quickly turned into a paid one hour slot so it was time for me to lock the fuck in. I even said no to a one and a half hours which I now regret bc my playlist was that long and i ended up getting cut off LMAO .. anyways .
what i felt on those decks was the power of the lgbt. seriously. watching people bounce along to immaterial by sophie is unparalleled. getting to dance to ur own music in the club -- also unparalleled. even watching and hearing people get hyped over the simple mashup i made was CRACCKKKKKK omfgdkljdhfgjklh. and a britney remix i played, that i feared would be too much, turned out to be the perfect amount of energy.
a few annoying bits. requesting songs. STOPPPP THAT. NOW. you are making me miss my mix in/out points and now i fucked up the transition and it's all your fault. actually it's my fault. i need to use the "please wait" hand gesture more liberally. what came in clutch was rehearsing the playlist transitions over and over and over. constantly monitoring if i'm getting close to the cue. and especially on these big clunky club setups, looping my cue point and beatmatching well in advance so i can just drop the loop and play it like normal it as soon as i mix it in. I only did that once but it would have saved me many times had I kept it up.
on requests again - i lowkey LOVED ignoring them LOLLLL . like . ok . u want me to play 00s bangers ? hop on the decks. u want to know what's in my playlist? just fucking take my usb. fuck it. who gives a fuck anymore!!!!! my playlist is planned. my transitions are planned. AND idk what the fuck im doing. I NEED PEACE AND I NEED TO LOCK IN!!!!! also the old-man-slash-resident-dj standing behind me passive aggressively observing my terrible mixing skills (who, earlier, i unintentionally came off extremely cocky to). MIND UR DAMN BUSINESS!!!! thanks for your help but please stop looking at me omfg.
some quick points bc this is getting long and i'm getting bored of writing:
this is the most fun i've had doing a hobby probably ever
fuck requests i will only ever play whatever the fuck want
hot cue mix in / out points will save your life
ALWAYS CONVERT RIPPED SONGS TO A COMPATIBLE FORMAT
if people weren't badgering me i would have went out onto the dance floor and jumped around with my friends. rly wanted to do that.
shoutout to the cute boy that gave me his insta and asked me to dj his party
and all the gays complimenting the selection it means everything
and my friends for showing up i love my gay guys and my sisters yay it means everything to me
areudirty
snowghoul
theartofmadeline
dededos
