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New Years Eve DJ Best Tunes to Play to Make the Crowd Go Nuts

Lesson Intermediate Stage 5: Musical Craft November 2017

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Alright guys, Jonathan here, The DJ Tutor. Now I truly believe this is excellent advice. We are around the Christmas period. It's soon going to be Christmas and then a week after that it's going to be New Year's Eve. Now for a mobile DJ, New Year's Eve is probably one of the best nights when you can earn a great deal. But New Year's Eve could be a complete flop if you don't play the correct music. Now again, it all depends on where you're playing, where you're working. If you're working in a big super massive dance nightclub, you're not going to be really playing Come On Eileen. But at the same time, if you're playing a run-of-the-mill pub... Come party place, come like just bar or in a hotel room with a load of guests who've paid for a meal and entertainment and a night stay, then you're not going to be playing the best club classics all night.

So this is my advice. I have been a DJ for a very long time and I truly believe it is exceptionally good advice. Now we have tunes in the minor scale and tunes... in the major scale. The minor scale, if you look at something called the Camelot wheel, are all the A1, A2, A3 up to A12. The major, a B1 up to B12. Now this is my advice without going into lots of great detail. Try and stick to tracks in the major scale. They're more uplifting, more vibrant, more euphoric, and you will find that a lot of those tracks... have this overwhelming feel of enjoyment. They lift the crowd. Not only will they lift the crowd, they will lift the energy of the room. Trust me on New Year's Eve I try as best as I can to play mostly in the major scale and the crowd go absolutely bonkers.

All right? I'll leave it at that. Practice and enjoy and have a good new year. Thank you.

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