Have questions on DJ ing a party for a good friend

1) Uhm, mixing as in mashups, re-edits and other “difficult” stuff? I can only hope you mix your tunes as in fluently transitioning them

2) Yes, part of your job as a DJ is to educate a little.

3) As they fit into YOUR set. You are the driver, they might tell you what you sights they wanna see, but you determine the route.

4) Yes, also good is to find more modern remixes, re-edits of 80s tracks.

Just my two cents, as usual.

1. For a party about 1 person (who loves music) should i do a lot of mixing? Or should i just play tunes.
You a DJ not a jukebox, show off your DJ skills !

2. Should i add songs that he may not necessarily heard of, but may like?
Experiment with it, for example throw some Martin Garrix – Animals, and see the reaction and be prepared to chop it short if they throw you with beer bootles (lol jk)

3. If i get some music that he likes from family, how should i space out his favorites?
Instead just get it from his family, get it directly from him also,

4. Is it ok to add some new more modern songs into a playlist optimized from the 80’s??
Sure !, although dont just limit yourself from 80’s tunes, throw some 70’s and some 90’s also

To a 50 year old not into dance music… martin Garrix – animal is just noise they wish would stop.

Personal you have to play to the crowd… You can’t be dropping anything what lasts more than 3-4 mins that is 4/4. Unless maybe some frankie knuckles house tracks… Or old defected kinda stuff..
Frankie knuckles – Your love
Frankie knuckles – L’ll take you there ( dimwit rip from Paris)
kings of tommorow – show me
King of tomorow – finally

Tracks that are beautiful pieces of music and have live instruments, vocals, groove.. Soul. Stuff with elements of disco. Something any generation can relate to…. I love techno artists like Jeff mills and richie hawtin but although I love it it’s music to be listened to in a dark room were you want to lose yourself. The tracks I have mentioned were made by a collective and have heart and soul. Something unfortunately is lost from modern music.

That’s exactly why the older generation can’t realte to it… They come from a time were people actually played instruments… I know it’s a shock to young people but yeah… And with that came harmony slightly of drumming etc which added so much dynamics… Dynamics don’t exist anymore… If you look at martin garrix – animal in a audio editor… Chances are 70% or more is hitting the Odb line and probably clipping. We have accepted poor quality sound but people 50 and over will not let it pollute there ear drums which is exactly what it’s doing.

Good luck with gig