Quieter than the opening night and this evening there were still some folk finishing off their meal. So a quiet start. However, once the bar trade picked up and I turned the music up it was obvious that the sound was far from crystal clear. It is hard to hear it from where the dj stands but enough folk mentioned it to know that it wasn't the way it should be. As a result I turned the bass down and the high up as well as toning the output from the mixer down several notches. At best the result was tolerable.
Went down the next day to speak with the sound engineer who installed the system and we worked out that the connector which I plugged into, and which the bar system was already playing through had been switched to a phono input as opposed to the more satisfactory line in. This explains the comment made when I arrived saying that the sound system was muddy and unclear. This explains the too easy distortion.
All fixed now.
Tracks played but barely heard are here :
1 Smokey Joe's La La Googie Rene Combo
2 Caramellas - Aeroplane
3 74 - 75 - The Connells
4 Better Together ( Cuba Mix) - Jack Johnson
5 What I'm Looking For - Brendan Benson
6 Flowers In The Window - Travis7 Early Morning Rain - Paul Weller
8 Clocks Cuba -Coldplay
9 Where Is The Love -Black Eyed Peas
10 Love Like This- Faith Evans
11 My Lovin' (Radio Edit)- En Vogue
12 Wake Up Everybody- John Legend & The Roots
13 Let's Stay Together- Al Green
14 Blue Skies -Jamiroquai
15 Flawless -The Ones
16 A Higher Place- Peyton
17 Boogie -Brand New Heavies
18 Turn The Music Up -Players Association
19 I Shoulda Loved Ya- Narada Michael Waldron
20 Let The Sunshine (Joey Negro)- Labrynth
21 What's My Name (Feat. Drake) -Rihanna*
22 American Boy -Estelle 23 Got To Get You Into My Life- Earth Wind & Fire
24 Move On Up -Curtis Mayfield
25 Coma Cat- Tensnake
26 The Sky's The Limit (Wideboys Remix Club)- Jason Derulo*
27 Black Flashback -( Simo T vs Calvin Harris 28 Can't Shake This Feeling (Stafford Bros Remix)- Grum
29 Dub My Disco (Vocal Mix) -Hostage
30 We Are Family (Remix) -Sister Sledge
31 Big Love -Pete Heller
32 Why (Hot Toddy Boogiefied Mix) -Joey Negro
33 Beautiful People (C.J.'S Club Mix) -Barbara Tucker
34 Nothing But Love (Extended Vocal Mix)- Axwell 35 You See The Trouble With Me -Barry White
36 Night Fever (Future Funk Squad Remix) -Bee Gees
37 Haven’t Met You Yet -Michael Buble
38 You Can Call Me Al -Paul Simon
39 Walk Of Life -Dire Straits
40 New Shoes -Paolo Nutini
41 Tainted Love- Imelda May
42 Zoot Suit Riot -Cherry Poppin' Daddies
43 Pack Up -Eliza Doolittle
44 Baby Love (Shambles Remix)- The Supremes
45 Ain’t No Love, Ain’t No Use- Sub Sub
46 Make_The_World_Go_Round (Deep Dish Mix) -Sandy_B47 Club Can't Handle Me- Flo Rida And David Guetta
48 Only Girl (Funk D Bootleg) -Rihanna
49 Dynamite Bromance (Ipad Club B)- Taio Cruz Ft. Tim Berg50 Lovely Day (Phatt Mix)- Bill Withers
51 You Make My Dreams- Hall & Oates
52 It's Magic- Pilot
53 Mr Blue Sky- Lily Allen
54 Do Your Thing -Basement Jaxx
55 If You Wanna -M&S
56 The Hustle -Van McCoy
57 Million Dollar Bill (F Knuckles Mix) -Whitney Houston
58 Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough- Michael Jackson
59 Don't Stop Movin' -S Club 7
60 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow- Michael Buble
An ok assortment. This week even more impossible to hear the mixes due to the positioning of the monitorless dj area and the underperforming sound.
First time in about 10 years an owner came up to me and asked me to change the music. This was when I played Dynamite Bromance. It is fairly bouncy and came after the Funk D Mix of Rihanna which is electro house based. The sort of noise that upsets older people. But in context it was a slight divergence from the earlier happy funky stuff and I would have pulled it back straight after it if that had been required. It was also 12:15pm and the space was filled with folk around the 25 year old age mark.
Any way. I was told to go to the naughty step and keep the house music for the club upstairs.
Something to think about though! Looking back I remember when I started to set up that the bar sound system was playing 'Shang-a-lang'. This should have been as clear a sign as having 'Red Rum' written in dripping blood on the wall that all was not well in this particular state of Denmark. Like I said, something to think about.
Agreed to do next Friday whilst I was down talking with the owner and the sound guy. I'll see how that goes and then take it from there.
More worryingly, I find myself no longer vomitting when I play Jamiroquai. This is not why I fought in the 'Punk Wars'!
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