| Yay. Finally did something worth actually writing about, thanks to el_fudge and cnamongrl. She had a party, El and I DJed. It's not the first time I've DJed in public. It's not even the first time me and El have agreed to share duties before the party (that was New Years, I think). What it was was the first time that we had spun in public like we practice at his place (with us switching off between damn near every track). To me, the fun in that is the spontaneity, as you don't really know what the other person will play next, so you have to think a little bit on your feet. I was nervous at first, but after having a little to drink I calmed down and I think I did a pretty good job. The highlights: 1.) Some young girl kept requesting we play more current music, using :Lil' Wayne as her biggest example. We sorta didn't have her particular song (as in we did, but we couldn't get to it when she asked for it), and Molly liked what we were playing, so we said screw it. But apparently, this young girl got so pissed that she went to Molly and asked her to tell us to play more current music, to which Molly basically said "It's my party, and I like this music, so let it go." Then the girl offered her a dollar to tell us to play something more current. Which was taken when I played something the girl liked (but not Lil' Wayne). But the girl came back, and El got so annoyed, he turned to me and said "Watch the dance floor", and then proceeded to play bachata and then some old school James Brown, which completely cleared the floor in a matter of about 5 minutes. The young girl left, and we proceeded to get back to our normal setlist. 2,) I walk over to the drinks, proceed to grab a shot of vodka, then down it. Saheed sees this, and as I walk by him, he asks, "Where was I for that shot?" I answered "You were standing right here." 3.) At the end of the night, we actually find the requested Lil' Wayne. So when El was about to break down the equipment, I put it on as the last song. El then proceeded to mess with the track in every way possible, and played with it for almost ten minutes. Even though there were only 7 people there at this point (the crew that rolled with me and El, and Molly and her sister) this extended the party another 20 minutes after that. I'm trying to think of when the next party should be. Late May/Early June sounds good. We haven't thrown a party in Chicago since El's birthday in February, and we haven't done a fully set up one (El's was a surprise party where we had to throw together a decent amount of shit) since New Years. That sounds like it'll be nice enough outside for people to be wanting to go out, there could be more people in town since school (or at least UIUC) will be out by then, and if we started talking about it now we could probably get a decent amount of people to come. But, then again, I have no say in the matter, as with the Chicago parties, it isn't my equipment, and it isn't my apartment. I just show up, drink and spin a little. But I think what I'm saying makes sense. We'll see. |
