I actually played a kid’s party. At first I was so embarrassed I wanted to die. It turned out to be one of my most interesting and challenging nights in my 25 years in DJing.
You’ll have to keep your songs extremely current
Why? Because last year’s hit is seen like a song from the 1960’s to them. It happened 1/8th of their life ago.
A song that’s two years old? Forget it. That’s when they were listening to kid’s music. (Nursery Rhymes, Barney the Dinosaur or whatever they play in Day Care centers these days.) Even playing 6 month old hits was on risky territory.
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Thank God I was partnered up with an MC who had done this before. All night long he was telling me: “too old, forget it, won’t work” It was tough. But once I got the hang of it, and past the embarrassment, I gotta say it was a hell of a lot of fun.
You’ll never get a more enthusiastic and joyful crowd. The MC decided to have a “dance your pants off” contest. There was one cute little kid, maybe two ft high, looking up at me with a big smile and wide eyes. She was shaking her hips as fast as possible, screaming “I’M DANCING MY PANTS OFF!!! I’M DANCING MY PANTS OFF!!!”
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