Gig log End of July 2010 In Aberaeron Wales

0:00 Hi guys, hope you like the camera angle

Hi guys, hope you like the camera angle. If you can see the camera at the moment it looks as though it's pissed. On the way to a wedding function in Aberairon and it's now about 20 past 1 in the afternoon. Why am I going this early you may ask? How much are bananas in China? And if a fly travels 5 miles for 3 seconds over a period of 14 days with chocolate on its back will it reach Outer Mongolia? Those are the questions, well no right, why am I going to this particular venue at this time? Well they've asked me, there you go there's your answer. Well you did ask, well I'm just trying to think what you'd be asking. Well no the deal is that they want me to be set up by three o'clock so I can have some background music on and it's quite cool because I sort of know them as well so they've said I can join in and sit there and have some grub with them.

SVM, a bit of video mixing. We've got DJ Snips doing a set as well, so it's all going to be funky. They're a nice crowd, they're up for it. But of course even if you think they're up for it and want all the latest dance tunes or whatever, that's not the case because nine times out of ten where weddings are concerned, they will want wedding music. Now that is very important. Do not think for one second that you can go to a wedding function And expect to play the music you want. Forget that, because you have to play the music they want. Period. And like I said, nine times out of ten, well I would say maybe once in every hundred wedding gigs, you will... Alright, in that one particular gig, you'll probably get away with playing loads and loads of dance and whatnot. Alright, there's probably a few of you now saying, oh yeah but I've done 50 this year and I couldn't play anything I wanted.

2:28 Here we are, Feathers Hotel I've set up

Yeah, all right. Well, you're lucky, aren't you? Generally, you have to play stuff, all kinds of things like cheesy 60s, 70s, 80s, whatever. But that is what a wedding is all about. Anyway, I'll stop for a second. Got a car coming towards me. And it passed. Marvelous. Right, so we'll set up and we'll see what happens. Bear with me. Said the bishop to the actress. Okay, here we are, Feathers Hotel I've set up. And I'm in here. Been coming here for absolutely years. Used to have really good nights here called World Dance that were just like crazy. Alright, not able to set up much else yet because I've got to put the screen over there. Years ago that came out. Pulled out and you could set up on there and you could have stuff behind there but it's just politics. Won't go into it at the moment now but...

You know, everyone has their own means and ways of setting up gear so I was told to set up there and with a bit of gentle persuasion I was able to set up now as opposed to later. And later would have been about 7 o'clock and the last thing I want to do is start running around everywhere. Anyway, the clients wanted background music during the course of the day so what they want is what they get. End of story. Yeah, weddings. I don't know what to expect. I knew Snips was going to turn up and do a few tunes, but I didn't know Joe Knight was going to turn up. I didn't know who was going to play a set, but it worked. It's a crazy night. You know, normally weddings, you associate with just cheesy stuff. Well, they were pounding it, and it was good fun. It was bloody good fun. So much respect to the bride and groom.

And also Snips and Joe Knight, who've come along and been in a few tunes. But again, if anyone, the one who watches these particular videos, gig logs, mine, anyone else's, and thinks, you know what, DJ, mobile, psh, piece of piss, you're wrong. It's a hard, hard job. Well, it's beyond hard because there's so much to take into consideration. You know, you've got to have a relatively good music knowledge. I'm a bloody good person at communicating. Not just like, oh look at the crowd, they want something else. But you've got to be able to talk to people. Communication. Because you have got to be able to talk to someone who is completely stone cold sober and then a second later, you have to then talk to someone who is completely stoned or pissed or anything. You don't know. So you've got to do all of this.

And then when people turn up and they say, oh, how much do you earn? Oh, I earn this much. Go on, like, you've only been here three hours. Like, well, there's a lot more to it than that, mate. But anyway, we're in this industry because we enjoy it. And also, we're in this industry because we enjoy making people enjoy. I hope you get that. Which is, of course, where we boil down to this one thing. It's practice. It's practice. It's practice. And when you make mistakes, practice and enjoy them.

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