Monday, March 29, 2004

My first major function at Lustre Lounge. I had to play during the week for an engagement party of one of the bouncers/owners at Lustre. I was asked to play House music at the start and play the odd 80's classic (Retro, Rock 'n' Roll etc.) so I had a difficult time deciding which CDs to buy at HMV. Finally I decided to ask one of my friends to lend me his music collection, which had a lot of Retro and Rock 'n' Roll. At the actual function I had more requests than I have ever had till this day, and they were all from the Fiance :-) I didn't have a choice so I had to quickly change from House to Rock 'n' Roll, to Retro and finally to RnB. Wasn't a pretty sound :-/ Everyone seemed to have enjoyed the RnB the most.

Sunday, March 07, 2004

My First Gig at a Bar

I had my first performance (demo) at Lustre Lounge. I was nervous as hell, especially since I had never played for 4 hours before, infront of a manager and in a bar-environment. Although Lustre Lounge had their own equipment (Gemini BPM 500 mixer, two Technics 1200s and Dennon 1800F rack-mount CD players) I took my own equipment (rack-mount CDJs and mixer) and connected it all before I started.

I played RnB/Soul for four hours, most of them being music I had never heard before! I usually play RnB/HipHop but the stuff I was asked to play on the night was much more layed backthan what I was used to. The mixing wasn't that good since I didn't know the music well enough to structure the tracks well in the set.

But overall the manager and owner were satisfied with my DJing skills, but the manager said I'd have to play something a bit more upbeat from next time onwards -- i.e. he wanted me to play House music. So in other words, I was hired (with a constraint)!

I had no idea what House music was at that point, so I had a lot of catching up to do. From then on I spent about $50 a week on House CDs, and made myself a good House music collection (with quite a few dance/techno tracks as well).

I had my first performance at Lustre Lounge. Played RnB/Soul, but on finishing the manager said I'd have to play something a bit more upbeat and asked me to play House music from next time onwards. I had no idea what House music was at that point, so I had a lot of catching up to do. From then on I spent about $50 a week House CDs and made myself a good House music collection (with quite a few dance/techno tracks as well).