I was DJ’ing a wedding a couple of weeks ago and I had this guy come up to me and say (keep in mind the dance floor was going, we had a decent crowd out there) “Hey can you play some Wedding Music?”. I’m totally into requests and love playing them, but a little direction is always nice – Song, Artist, Genre – something!. In my head I was like “K you’ve clearly had too much alcohol” but I replied in a simple fashion “What’s Wedding Music?” he replied “Ummm… you know… Wedding Music”. Oh right - Wedding Music!!! Ha ha. Anyway I asked him to narrow it down and asked for a specific track or Artist and he replied “I don’t know – Wedding Music”. Trying to help this guy out I said “K give me an era…What type of music do you want?” he replied “The 70’s... not this Pop stuff”. Which was rather ironic because I was playing “You Should Be Dancing” by the Bee Gees at that exact moment in time. After I pointed that out he said “No not this Disco crap, something from the 70’s”. Ha ha ha – I was so lost… Anyway after a few Disco tunes (didn’t want to kill it as there was a decent crowd on the floor with the disco vibe) I played “Sweet Caroline” by Neil Diamond and my “Play some Wedding Music” friend was up on the dance floor. Like automatically. Ha ha ha! Best part is while he was dancing with his wifey he looked at me and gave me the thumbs up, like I hit that sweet spot (that’s what she said!). So yeah to all you aspiring DJ’s out there when someone asks you to “Play some Wedding Music” what they’re really asking for is some Neil Diamond…
So lesson of the day is help your DJ out a tad by giving him/her a little direction – Song, Genre, Era or Artist (it’s defo my fave when someone requests an Artist – that way I can work it in really easily to what's currently being played).
If you want some help before your Wedding Reception on requests – here’s a list from DJ Intelligence that has the Top 200 Most Requested Songs and a bunch of other lists in there. Click the hyper-link below.
http://www.djintelligence.com/charts/DJIntelligenceMostRequested2010.pdf
And to all you “Hey play some Wedding Music” guys – I Like!!!