Thursday, July 10, 2014
Pre-ceremony play list!A good percentange of today's couples are opting to have their ceremonies
at the reception site. Here's a play list to set the vow exchanging mood as the guests filter in pre-ceremony and take their
seats. Whether it be light instrumental, songs of true undying love, or general upbeat positive messages, this list is sure
to set a loving mood! 1. Evergreen (theme from A Star is Born) - Barbra Streisand 2. (Everything I do) I do it for you- Bryan Adams 3. A thousand years - Christina Perri 4. Blackbird - Brad Mehldau 5. Fields of Gold - Sting 6. I honestly love you- Olivia Newton John 7. The One - Elton John 8. The Wedding Song - THe O'neill Brothers 9. We've only just begun - The Carpenters 10. You're the inspiration - Chicago
3:06 pm edt
Friday, December 20, 2013
Bloomfield College faculty & staff Christmas PartyThursday December 12, 2013 found me in Bloomfield, NJ @ The Forrest Hill Country Club for the Bloomfield
College faculty & staff Christmas Party. It's always a fun time when I perform at the college having handled events year
round there going on 7 years now. It was a festive mood right from the get go. I helped to set the mood by up-lighting the
room in alternating green & red colors. Up-lighting is in high demand these days to add to the ambience of events, and I've recently
jumped into the waters with the aquistion of ten fixtures, a decent amount to light up any room to pretty much any color.
I alternated Christmas tracks such as Vince Guaraldi Trio's "O Tannenbaum" (from the Charlie Brown Christmas
Special), and the Eurythmics Winter Wonderland with standards such as Come fly with me & Fly me to the moon for dinner.
The dance floor action heated up immediately preceeding dinner with the Cupid Shuffle & The Wobble! All in all a great time was had by all and I thoroughly enjoyed myself! I am already looking
forward to my return in the spring Some other key tracks of the night: • Cha
cha Slide- Mr. C The slide man • Cool it now - New Edition • Blurred lines- Robin Thicke f./ Pharrell • On the floor- J.Lo & Pitbull • Get lucky- Daft Punk f./ Pharrell • Danza kudoro- Don Omar • The twist- Chubby Checker • I can't help myself- The Four Tops • Ain't too proud to beg- The
Temptations • Respect- Aretha Franklin • Suavemente- Elvis Crespo • La vida es un carnival-
Celia Cruz • Robin s- show me love • My boo -ghost town djs • Getting jiggy with it - Will Smith • Follow me - Aly Us • Finally- CeCe Peniston • We don't have to take our clothes off - Jermaine
Stewart
8:30 am est
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
7-20-13 Wedding ReceptionAfter a brutal week of what seems like the annual mid-summer's heatwave July 20th, 2013 found me on the banks
of the Delaware River in historic Washington Crossing, PA for the wedding of Shelby and Alex. The ceremony was held a little
ways upstream from my location and the entire bridal party arrived via boat to a dock that was located on the property for
their introductions. A great way to make an entrance into a wedding reception. The groom is serving in the United States Army
so the reception had very special meaning.
Despite the heat the guests were ready to head out to the dance floor and celebrate. The playlist was a great mix of
country music, Top 40 hits, old school rap, 80's, and Irish tunes. A very eclectic mix to say the least, which I thoroughly
enjoyed.
As the evening drew to a close due to the fact of the lingering heat, and the want to keep the party going many
guests took the path down to the river for some late night swimming. Some key tracks of the night:
Running down a dream – Tom petty Jive talkin – The Bee Gees Boogie shoes – KC & The Sunshine Band Send me on my way – Rusted Root Girls just wanna have fun – Cyndi Lauper Play that funky music – Wild Cherry Holla back – Gwen Stefani Give me everything – Pitbull f/ Ne-yo Wagon wheel – Darius Rucker Blurred lines / got to give it up (DJ Gary G mix!) Robin Thicke & Pharrell / Marvin Gaye The unicorn – Irish Rovers Bog down in valley Wild one – Flo Rida f/ Sia Larger
than life – Backstreet BOys Apache
– Suarhill Gang Hey ya – Outkast
Boys round here –
Blake Shelton
9:10 am edt
Monday, April 22, 2013
Sigma Chi Spring Formal 4-20-13Calling myself a New Jersey DJ means I cover the entire state. This weekend that meant making a two hour
trek to the Ron Jaworski's Blue Heron Pines Golf Course in Egg Harbor City. That's ok I installed a top notch sound sytem in my van, and I have an upcoming cruise vacation
so I sang along with Bob Marley & company on the commute. The event was the Spring Formal for the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
Staff members advised me that they had another fraternity formal the previous night and now had switched over to plastic cups
as the previous night's guests had broken many glasses on the dance floor. I new I was in for a good time! The evening's musical
selections were an eclectic mix of everything from 90's alternative tracks to Top 40, and suprisingly a heavy amount of country
as requested. Having a 45,000 song and growing musical library updated on a weekly basis comes in handy at parties such as
these. I must say I really enjoyed the diverse selections.
Some memorable moments of the night included the entire group singing the "sweetheart"
song to the girl who was selected as such for the event.
"sweetheart song" Also the
group requested Frank Sinatra's "My Way" to honor the seniors, and also bring the couples out to the dance floor.
The key closing tracks of the night were Livin on a prayer-Bon Jovi and what was supposed to be
the end all song of the night Don't stop believin- Journey......
...but like any epic party where the participants are unwilling to let the good times go and start
chanting in unison for one more song, I was more than happy to oblige. In keeping with the heavy dose of country the song
of choice was Wagon wheel-Darius Rucker!
Some other key tracks of the night were:
Sweet nothing – Calvin Harris f./Florence Welch All mixed up - 311 (live 2004) – cocktail hour This love- Maroon 5- dinner Put your records on – Corrine Bailey Rae – dinner Three little birds- Bob Marley & The Wailers
– dinner Santeria - Sublime All summer long – Kid Rock Drive by - Train Thrift shop – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Red solo cup – Toby Keith Don’t stop the party - Pitbull Gangnam style - PSY Sexy chick – David Guetta f./Akon Suite & tie – Justin Tiberlake & Jay-Z In da club – 50cent Call me maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen Higher – Taio Cruz f./Kylie Minogue Chicken fried – Zac Brown Band Save a horse ride a cowboy – Big & Rich Apache – Sugarhill Gang
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
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