March 18, 2026

DJs + Sax Players: Amazing…or Absolute Chaos?

DJs + Sax Players: Amazing…or Absolute Chaos?

Send us a message Chances are you’ve played a Mike D edit without even realizing it. We open the episode by giving flowers to one of the most influential remixers in the DJ world. His unexpected passing hit the community hard, and we share some stories about meeting him, why his edits became staples in DJ crates everywhere, and what made his “clean but still club-ready” sound so unique. Then we jump into one of the fastest-growing trends in private events: live musicians performing with DJs -...

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Season 6

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Chances are you’ve played a Mike D edit without even realizing it. We open the episode by giving flowers to one of the most influential remixers in the DJ world. His unexpected passing hit the community hard, and we share some stories about meeting him, why his edits became staples in DJ crates everywhere, and what made his “clean but still club-ready” sound so unique.

Then we jump into one of the fastest-growing trends in private events: live musicians performing with DJs - especially sax players at weddings. When it works, it’s electric. When it doesn’t…it can completely derail a dance floor.

We break down what actually makes the combo work, why the best players understand when not to play, and how to avoid the dreaded “Santana effect” of nonstop soloing over every song.

If you’re thinking about adding musicians to your events, we get into the nuts and bolts: building a dedicated crate, choosing songs that leave room for riffs, using stems to remove conflicting instruments, and setting cue points so you can extend hooks and keep the energy locked in.

We also talk about the business side — how we find and vet players, how we price the add-on, and why positioning it as a surprise “Easter egg” moment can elevate the entire night.

To close things out, we run through some of the current request charts and a few transitions and remixes we’re using right now for cocktail hour and dance sets.

If you’re a DJ who’s curious about adding live musicians to your events or wondering why it sometimes goes sideways, this episode is for you.

Subscribe, share it with a DJ friend, and if you want deeper cuts and bonus mixes, come hang with us on Patreon.

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00:00 - Remembering Editor Mike D

08:01 - Welcome Back And Patreon Shoutouts

10:51 - Why Live Musicians Are Trending

12:03 - What Makes A Sax Player Great

16:00 - Finding Musicians You Can Trust

20:01 - Serato Crates Stems And Cue Prep

23:25 - Pricing Add Ons And Show Workflow

25:59 - Building Surprise Moments With Musicians

29:13 - Multi Musician Gigs And Monitor Mixes

30:41 - Promo Footage And White Label Talent

34:50 - Annie Playlist Top Requests Rundown

40:24 - Cocktail Versus Dance Remix Strategy

48:53 - Late List Picks And Crowd Notes

50:07 - Patreon Push And Season Finale

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So this morning I uh woke up to a Facebook post and uh saw something that was pretty sad.

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One of uh the DJC's um talent that we had come into Atlanta.

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I wouldn't consider him a friend of mine, but uh from a personal standpoint, but we definitely became pretty close.

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Uh Mike D recently passed, literally this morning, as we're walking into batch recording this.

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And uh I thought it would be good to give him a little bit of flowers at this point.

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I've known Mike D as a remixer for years, never knew him personally.

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Me neither.

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And then a good friend of ours, Pinky, who I um had brought onto our DJ squad in Florida as a traveling DJ.

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Uh I don't know how they got together as far as just professionally.

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And uh she's like, hey, I think he would be a great fit for the DJ collective.

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And he does more than just perform, he's actually a teacher.

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I was like, You're kidding me.

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So she hooked us up with a phone call.

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I mean, I was kind of starstruck.

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Rarely do I get that way.

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Right, right, right.

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But he's so um kind of not in the mold of a DJ from the standpoint of social media, like out there, but his work is second to none, in my opinion, as far as his mixes and things like that.

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So I got on a phone call.

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The guy could not have been gracious more gracious, immediately jumped in and said that he would perform for us.

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So we had him do, I think it was a Monday night party with Scooter and all the all the guys on Monday night.

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And then he led one of our master classes sharing his little techniques of how he puts together edits and stuff for a whole group of about 12 to 15, and it was packed.

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It was one of the few ones that was completely sold out.

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Um, so I mean, this is super sad for the DJ community uh in general.

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I think where we've lost somebody who, in my opinion, you know, one of the better editors out there was picked up by major labels.

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Uh anything you kind of want to add?

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Yeah, I mean, you know, it's like one of those things where there's nobody like go right now.

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You're listening to this, watching this, uh, open your Serato, type in Mike D, and you're gonna have some something that you may not even know about.

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You're gonna have Mike D edits in your crates.

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They're just there.

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They were always there, I feel like from the beginning.

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Um I remember being at the Starling, the hotel we had the at the collective, and was introduced to him.

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I remember, I mean, back then, like me, you and Jason had such different roles and jobs.

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Like, that was your thing.

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Like, I'm gonna book the educators.

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Jason, bring the talent.

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I don't remember what I did, not much, but now I feel like the roles have reversed.

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Jan I does nothing.

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He's the new nothing man.

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But I remember uh getting there, you know, getting unpacked, whatever people are starting to show up.

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I think we're all hanging out in the hotel bar.

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Right.

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And Piggy was like, Hey, it's Mike.

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And I was like, Cool.

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I mean, I know 5,000 Mike's.

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Yeah, I was like, cool.

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And like we're going on through this conversation.

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He's kind of a quiet guy, almost.

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Like, and not egotistical or loud or butchery.

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And then finally, like, I'm 30 minutes into this conversation, and I go, Oh, wait, are you Mike D?

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Like the editor, Mike D.

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And he's like, Yeah, and I'm like, sorry, man, dude, I didn't even know you were coming.

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Like, I don't like I'm out of the game here.

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Like, and I'm like, dude, your stuff is legendary.

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Like, and I was kind of the same way, a little bit starstruck.

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I'm like, damn, dude, I've never met this guy.

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Yeah.

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You know what I mean?

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Yeah.

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So it it's just, it's really um, it's sad, man.

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It's sad.

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I I we don't know.

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I mean, again, this we just saw this this morning.

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Two hours ago, Brian texted me and was like, I'm I think this is real, man.

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Like, multiple people are posting about it.

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Yeah.

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I it it looks like he passed into sleep, is what people are saying.

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I don't know the details of it, but um rest in peace to Mike D.

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I guess we'll we'll preview a few tracks to kind of honor him.

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Yeah.

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So I've I don't know.

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Uh what's the first one, Saquon?

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Do you just what is it?

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Okay, yeah, this is you.

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This is one of mine.

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So you uh we were uh trying to think through like what our favorite Mike D remixes are.

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You you mentioned this one, My Love.

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We don't play uh play a little sample of it.

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I hear him in mine.

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Yeah, yeah.

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If I wrote you a definite booty remix, I still play this and it's old.

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Really?

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Yeah.

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If I told you you love you to be a good one.

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You needed a double.

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Yeah.

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Would you take me on the record?

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It's kind of breakbeat a little bit.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, that's a good one.

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Good shit.

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My uh I I've I picked two.

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Okay.

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The one that I was using, I would say up to last year almost exclusively, was the No Hands Mike D remix because it starts at 132 and then the beat drops, and so you don't really feel the double time once the verse comes in.

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The halftime at that point.

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Yeah.

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So you want to hit it?

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And it just mixes in so well from house.

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So you kind of feel like it's normal time at that point.

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He's really good with those kind of drums.

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Totally.

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It's the same kind of vibe as the other one.

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What I love about him is how clean his mixes are.

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Yeah.

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And they still like have just what the club needs or what a dance floor needs without being over the top with production and stays true to the original.

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Sure, yeah.

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My other one, which is kind of a secret weapon for me, I guess, is The Lover by Taylor Swift.

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Oh, yeah.

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You gotta play this like December for sure.

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Um, but if they're super fans of Taylor Swift, this one always goes over.

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The original's so slow, and this one is great.

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And when they hear that part, that piano, the girls know what it is.

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Yeah.

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Taylor.

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We can leave the Christmas last year.

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We gotta play it this summer.

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Yeah.

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This is our place.

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It's just a great cleanway.

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Oh, yeah, I actually did.

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This is one of my favorite.

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Yeah, if I was listening, yeah.

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That's good shit.

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Anyway, rest in peace, Mike D.

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Yeah, man.

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Let's get into the episode what's up, guys, and welcome to Beyond the DJ Booth.

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I'm Joe Bunn.

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That's my co-host, Mr.

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Brian B.

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And we are the private event DJ podcast.

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Yeah.

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The preeminent.

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Yeah.

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Preeminent.

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Is that even a word?

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I don't know.

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Is that the right use of the word?

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I'm gonna go with it.

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I'm gonna go with I'm gonna hope you're right on that.

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Um, welcome back, guys.

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This is Batch Day.

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I feel like Saquon, was that the right use of the word?

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Have you ever noticed how he knows like the most random outfit?

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Yeah, totally.

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I don't know about that.

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The chupacabra was the craziest thing.

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Anyway.

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Uh we always like to start Batch Day.

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We like to start every episode off thanking some of our Patreon friends, which are in the back room.

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You get a little shout out.

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So let's thank some of these guys.

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Let's do it.

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Flip the slide, my man.

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Uh shout out.

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Oh, Dewan Jones, he works for me.

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Does he?

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Yeah.

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Out of Apex.

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Yeah, he's one of my DJs.

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Okay.

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Shout out to Juan.

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All right.

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Oh man, I'm gonna be probably murder this one here.

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Jimmy Rudin.

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Yeah.

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Is that right?

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Or Rudon.

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Out of San Jose, California.

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And Donnie Malpat's back in business in Charlotte.

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Okay.

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Donnie Donnie told me he was retiring, and then he starts texting me the other day about lights and another DJ booth because he had one in the past.

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He must have sold it.

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Oh, wow.

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You can't ever get out of the DJ game, bro.

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Come on, Donnie.

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I've had so many- Damn it, Donnie.

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He's back.

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I got a DJ of mine that retires every few months, it feels like.

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And he sells everything.

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I'm like, bro, why do you keep doing this to yourself?

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And then he's like, I need a deal or whatever.

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I'm like, bro, keep the stuff.

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It here's the thing, man.

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You once you're a DJ, you're always a DJ because you don't forget it.

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Right?

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Yeah.

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And it's so easy now to go out and get whatever you missed in that year that you were off musically.

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Right.

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So that's right.

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Well, other people you're other people don't forget.

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So they're gonna hit you up and you might be the DJ.

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That's right.

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Yeah.

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It's just you you might as well just stay in it.

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Even if you don't want to do it much, hold on to your gear, hold on to a controller and a set of speakers, a good microphone, have a decent laptop at all times, and then you're just ready to be called into action like a damn Thundercat or something.

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Bro, you are in the analogies.

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What the fuck today?

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I don't even know what a Thundercat is.

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Anyway.

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Well, I thought we'd start today talking a little bit about uh kind of a trend I'm seeing, at least in my bookings, uh in Florida, which is uh interesting because it's a mid-level market.

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We're in the panhandle there.

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Um big markets, it's been a thing for a long time, as long as I can remember.

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But uh live musicians playing with the DJs.

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Even here.

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You starting to get it now?

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Even old ass Raleigh's.

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You're finally turning.

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Again, everything's five, five to seven years behind New Jersey.

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Right.

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So I thought it would be great to help the listeners as we're both trying to probably build a roster of some of these musicians, talking about kind of our strategies there.

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I did want to kind of set it up a little bit with a couple of things before we get into it.

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The first is that there was a uh New York Times article that came out in November, uh, which obviously New York Times gets reads by a lot of different people.

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Um, you want to hit the slide real quick?

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Where it was talking about saxophones taking over weddings.

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And uh Dan Quinn, our good buddy out of Dallas, Texas, shout out, Dan.

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Made a video based off of this, which it's a little two or three minutes, but it's worth having in here.

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So I wanted to use this before we start.

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What's up, guys?

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DJ Dan Quinn here.

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Happy Friday.

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Uh, I've got to go on a little bit of a rant about this New York Times article about saxophone players taking over weddings.

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Uh, first of all, I think it's amazing that saxophonists are having a moment.

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If you look at the numbers and how the role will saxophone market has grown, it's just, it's, it's amazing.

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Um, and I've always said for the last few years, like it's a great time to be a Saxphone player.

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Uh, I've personally had Saxophonists at my weddings since early, uh, early 2020, January 2020 was the first time Marquise and I ever played together.

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I've since worked with several saxophone players, and uh, it's an amazing experience.

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Uh, I would actually have to pull the numbers, but I would bet that more than half of my weddings this year have had a saxophone player.

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So the article is spot on with that.

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Like it is, it is a thing, and we are having a moment.

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Um, however, there's a lot of things that the article misses on.

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Uh, I think it's important to note that all sax players are not created equal, right?

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Like you might have played saxophone in band in high school, and that's cool, and you can read music, or you might play in a 12-piece party band, and you've got your charts that you follow, and you know, uh, that's really cool.

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But there's a difference in the type of saxophone player that can headline a wedding with a DJ.

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And this is what I mean by headline, okay?

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You are not in the background just playing the melody of the song, okay?

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You are engaging, you are out on the dance floor, and you are adding to the music and not taking away from it.

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Now, Preston Bailey, very, very well known, big name in the industry.

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He actually calls out like a five to 10 minute rule he has because he says, look, any more than that, the sacks just gets annoying.

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That can totally happen, all right?

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And that's what very happen, that's what happens a lot with amateur and novice players who might be great players, um, but they're an amateur two playing with the DJ and two playing on the dance floor.

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Um, they create what I call the Santana effect.

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If you know that Santana album that he put out in the early 2000s, it had Smooth with Rob Thomas and it had like the song with Michelle Branch, and he had he had like he had all these different duos that he was doing.

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And and by duos, I mean these other people had songs, and Santana just played guitar nonstop, like throughout the entire album, and we're like, we get it, dude.

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You're a legend, but we can only tolerate guitar solos for so long.

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It's the same thing with a saxophone player, okay?

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So a good saxophone player, and this is where I would push back on Preston Bailey, is not just gonna be playing, you know, melody or harmonies the entire time.

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You don't have to play melody or harmony the entire time.

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You're just playing rhythm.

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Like you're out there like and you're just grooving with the guests, man, and you're a part of the party, and you're like the coolest cat in town, and you don't have to be the superstar the entire time.

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And that's what I love, man.

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That's why, that's why I like, you know, I'm gonna just shout out Marquise because he's the guy that, you know, most of you know me playing with uh for for long.

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He's the one I've done the most weddings with, and he is the best at this.

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Like, nobody does this better than Marquise.

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He gets out there, he's rocking the rhythm, you know, we drop into a slow dance, he sees somebody that doesn't have somebody to dance with, boom, sacks in one hand, twirling a guest around in the other.

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Like the engagement is incredible.

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But when there's a moment that I duck the volume because I know everybody's about to sing, you know what he does?

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He stops, boom, he backs off.

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He backs off, he lets the music breathe, he lets, he lets it happen, he lets the guests be the star of the show, not him.

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And that is what makes an incredible, incredible sax player.

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With that, you know, getting the right sax player like a year in advance for your wedding, like it's gonna cost some money.

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Like, they're not gonna give you a Saturday night a year in advance for a few hundred bucks, right?

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Like backing bands, horn players, and bands, like they make a few hundred bucks a night.

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A headliner, like, dude, you're looking at a few thousand dollars to be able to get this person blocked out for your wedding a year in advance, maybe to learn some special songs that you want to create some special moments.

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Anyway, I thought that was a great segue to kind of start, yeah.

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Okay, yeah, yeah.

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Uh to start things off with.

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Yeah.

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Um are you like, do you have a bag of musicians that you're currently working with currently, and how did you go about trying to figure out which ones would pair nicely with a DJ?

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Is this just by guests or I'm sorry, clients kind of asking you um for specific musician types, or are you suggesting them?

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Or tell me a little bit about how your journey is.

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I mean, it's still very new to us, right?

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And here's the good news when you have 20 DJs, there are always going to be musicians in our group.

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So we have three pro musicians.

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Cody, I mean, has a band, he's got albums out, Stewart fan albums out, like in fact, taking a hiatus right now to go on tour.

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Like his band is actually kind of blowing up.

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And Matt, who is a drummer.

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So I mean, and it's played all over the world.

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I mean, literally Haiti, Africa, like plays world music, drums, jazz.

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I mean, like, he's just a these three guys are are what I would consider professional musicians, in addition to being DJs on the staff.

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So most of the people that we've used are recommendations from them.

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Got it.

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So then either myself or Randy usually interviews them.

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And then so far we haven't done but a couple, a handful.

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And it I think they were both sax gigs, not percussion.

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Okay.

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All the way through.

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Um cocktail through reception.

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I'm trying to think.

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One was that weekend where it snowed and most people canceled, but two people were like, we're going through with it, come hell or high water.

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And both of my DJs made it there.

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And I think it was.

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It was cocktail, it wasn't ceremony, cocktails.

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Right.

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And then, you know, during dancing uh went great.

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I mean, both of them went great.

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So you're not really looking at any kind of promo material ahead to assess this, you're just going off the recommendation from your guys.

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Yep.

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Exactly.

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And your experience so far has been good in the sense of like they to, I think Dan nailed this.

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Like, you can't just be in looking at music stands, reading charts.

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Like, you have to be able to almost do it by ear.

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Um, I mean, there's that's one way of doing it, is just having somebody who just kind of add libs, if you will.

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There's also the other type of fusion that has been big for a while.

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I think the the guys from Rock With You do it more with like um almost pre-programmed mini mix sets, if you will.

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So you're not doing anything like that.

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Everything's organic in the moment.

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Yeah, add libs.

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There's no there's no rehearsals, no people, you know, coming here or going to a warehouse or something practicing.

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It's it's pretty much organic.

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Are you sending them any kind of playlist to listen to, like, hey, here's what they are requesting, be ready for these kinds of songs?

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I would do that.

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Yeah.

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I mean, I have two back to back, one of them being that gig you booked me on in Florida.

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Yeah.

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And the only reason I was comfortable with that, you were like, I played with this dude.

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Oh, yeah.

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He's and you were like, he's solid, but he doesn't speak English well.

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We're the only two things.

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And I'm like, okay, great.

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Have your translator app Spanish?

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Yeah.

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Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

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I can get by.

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I can get by.

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Uh and then the other one, I'm basically flying Glenn Rinda here.

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Right.

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One, because he's my friend.

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Two, it was basically gonna be the first one I ever did.

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So I'm like, I need a ringer.

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Yeah, I need a ringer.

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I I feel like this dude is is gonna crush.

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Yeah.

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And he but but I'm more curious from a a standpoint of one, how you find him, are you rehearsing?

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And then secondly, I was watching a video this morning, maybe we could even add it to this, that Jeff posted, JSG.

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Uh-huh.

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It was a real and it was an overhead shot of him playing, and then the sacks player out on the floor, and I was watching him, and he was doing a lot of STEM work.

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Right.

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Is that is that part of the show?

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Like, do I need to get comfortable?

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And and I I know STEMs well enough.

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I I mean dropping out parts and stuff, but are you on the flex 10, like dropping out the melody or the bass or the talk talk talk about the whole process for you guys, how you find people, but also if you don't mind from a selfish standpoint, talk about the technical mixing aspects.

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Yeah.

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So you need a folder, and I'm happy to uh share some of the things.

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I started one, yeah.

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That you I I literally tag these songs, um, saxophone.

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Uh-huh.

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Sex, I'm sorry, Sax DJ.

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I made a crate.

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It was called like Sax Man List or something.

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Yeah, sexy Saxman.

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I don't hate that.

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Anyway, um, you you basically need that crate and uh and of like and this gets refreshed once a year.

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So this isn't something.

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I mean, a lot of these songs you can kind of like uh a good one would be um uh what's that one?

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Um SaxOBeat.

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Yeah, it's a good one, right?

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Sax Obeat.

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Um but like I wouldn't I don't play that regularly.

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Maybe I should be, but like I use that when I have a sax player because they can kind of riff on top of it.

00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:22.319
Yeah.

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Uh and I'm not saying you should always use one that has a sax part already, but I'm actually going to great lengths to go to use some of these stem removers that actually takes out certain um pieces of the track.

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So instead of just the vocal or the the instrumental, it's extracting the sax line, like that instrument.

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Sometimes it gets it perfect, sometimes it doesn't.

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So it's not always going to be a true, true win-win.

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And I I can't remember the program I use, but it's online and it actually removes certain um instrumentation.

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That's really helpful because those are the parts that people remember.

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When you have a song that already has that sax piece in there, they already know it going into it.

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The problem is you don't want it in there because then if they're a little off, like they're not perfectly matched, it's gonna sound dooky, you know.

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So you gotta make sure to pull it out.

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Uh the second thing is when you are you want to have some of your choruses or the most memorable parts with some hot cues so that you could repeat a chorus for him just to go off for 32 measures or 32 beats, you know, and solo if it doesn't have it in there.

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You know what I mean?

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So I follow a lot of people on social media who are like, uh, I don't know if you've seen these clips where they go like uh a song that didn't need a saxophone.

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Oh, yeah, you know, those kinds of things.

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And I I watch those and I'm going, oh, that is a great track to use.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Where is he doing the solo at?

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I need to make sure to make an edit like that so that I have some of that stuff.

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You could completely do it on the fly, but the more prepared you are with that, and having a couple of, let's say, let's call it 20 tracks that you feel comfortable with that can kind of mix in almost all together, yeah, would be ideal.

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So like something in the 120 to 130 range is a good thing to have.

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Also, another one from like 90 to like 110.

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So do you have this is for the DJs.

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Do you have a crate that's like sax dance?

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And then sax cocktail.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I mean, I'll be completely honest with you.

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I usually just freestyle it and just know enough songs that have those breaks in them, and I can kind of just do it.

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I don't have a folder for cocktail, to be honest with you.

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I do have a tag for dancing, but I don't for cocktail.

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I just kind of freestyle it.

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Um, however, oh go ahead.

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Is cocktail though, like cocktail ever just the sax guy roaming around playing the sacks?

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We have a guy who does that with tracks.

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We had a guy that was aura forming.

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I feel like it's kind of cheesy.

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We don't get a whole idea.

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He just had like a little little Bossa Nova.

00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:52.880
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Yeah, right.

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It wasn't great.

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He he had a weird aura about him.

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Did he?

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Yeah.

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He's strange.

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So Talk to me about um how you're selling this versus what you're paying out.

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:08.640
I don't need to know the number, but like are you do you know what you pay out before you sell it?

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.599
How are you marketing out?

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:10.319
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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We we ask them, like we have a a sheet or something, Randy, and it's like, what do you need to get to commit to this show?

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Whatever, six months from now, seven months from now.

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And they'll say five hundred dollars or eight hundred dollars or whatever it is, and then we just add a couple hundred bucks on top of it.

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We're not making a lot of money on it.

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I'm not either.

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No.

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Okay.

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It's it's not a big money maker, it's just an add-on.

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And then talk to me a little bit about how you prepare for the event with this person.

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Are they on the call with the client?

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No.

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Are they um are you sending them like, hey, the day before, be here at this time, or is that going out even sooner?

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Tell me a little about the structure.

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Everything to do with it is going to basically fall back to Randy, who is basically, you know, the admin of the show.

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Right.

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And then the DJ.

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So, like, I have no problem with the DJ communicating with the guy and going, hey, here are the l here's the 40 songs that the bride gave me.

00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.279
Right.

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Like, right, you know, these are gonna come out tonight at some point if you want to have a listen to these over the next few weeks or whatever.

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Um so you kind of put some of the onus on Randy as the booker, and then some of it on the DJ as the secondary entertainer.

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Yeah.

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And again, man, I I think the most important thing that it's always going to come back to is it's gotta be the right person.

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A thousand percent.

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It's gotta be the let it breathe guy.

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I I I I'm with Dan.

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Like, I think it's cool to have the guy around, you know, and if he disappears for 20 minutes, 30 minutes, then comes back and just starts hitting the rips and stuff.

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I don't think there's like a five to ten minute, let's go all out Sax man show case.

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Right.

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It's just kind of part of the, you know, it's just an add-on.

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It's a little seasoning.

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A little seasoning.

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I tell clients all the time, like, this is an Easter egg moment for your your event.

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So you could introduce this Sax player right out during cocktail hour and set the tone, like, hey, this is a different reception than we've ever had.

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Right.

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Or let me play cocktail hour and do a I always refer to it as a Jan I because we did it, we saw it at his wedding.

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That's the first time I had ever seen it this way.

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Yeah.

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Where he did a dinner feature with two different musicians different times throughout the night of that dinner portion.

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Yeah.

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You know, uh they had a violinist, they had a what uh a sax player thing too.

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Yeah.

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:48.319
Came out, did a performance to a song.

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:48.559
Yeah.

00:25:48.720 --> 00:26:02.720
I'm like, that's a great Easter egg that people don't see coming because you've played all of cocktail hour, you've maybe played 20 minutes, let's call it, of dinner, and then out in the middle of the floor, he had a lot more theatrics because he had movers and you know all the different things to make it work.

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:04.160
But I think it could still work that way.

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:04.640
Sure.

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:07.839
Or we don't bring them out until the dancing starts.

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.240
Right.

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:11.039
And again, they think they've seen everything up to that point.

00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:11.200
Yeah.

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:16.000
And this Easter egg hits, and you've now, you know, allowed elevated another level.

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:18.799
So I think there's different ways you can bring it in.

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:20.720
You don't always have to do it the same way.

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:27.200
And it gives clients a th uh a thought that you're the expert because you are giving them ideas of when to incorporate it.

00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:30.640
And sometimes that's honestly based on what their playlist looks like.

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:37.519
Because if I see like it's a lot of like, you know, standard stuff, okay, maybe it does make sense to have them during cocktail hour.

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:42.960
Uh, or if it's more like housey, kind of cool house stuff for cocktail hour, great, that might be a perfect time.

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:49.039
But if it's more like, you know, I don't know, uh Jack Johnson, John Mayer-ish, I'm like, this doesn't really fit the sacks.

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:52.319
Like, I think it's gonna almost hurt the songs more than it's gonna help.

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:56.640
I think you're playing also a lot more cocktails live than we are.

00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:59.200
Ours is is autopilot nine out of five.

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.640
Oh, okay, with a Spotify or whatever.

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:02.880
Yeah, just because it's in a different part of the property.

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.519
Got it.

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:06.000
It's it's you know, some little lawn thing, or whatever.

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:06.319
Right.

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:10.720
Like I'm it's not something where we're gonna set up controller, move a whole nother set of things.

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:13.759
It's it's just it's a it's a playlist, quite frankly.

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:16.240
I mean nine out of ten for us.

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:16.720
Yeah.

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:26.799
So I've had ninety percent of them be with one single musician or two musicians where they basically uh switch off, like a violinist or a saxophonist.

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:34.480
Uh we did one with Andrea Apollito, Dave, digital Dave, and I when we had uh Jason, uh Essential Jason, yeah, the sax player.

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:37.440
We had Crystal, and I think we had one more.

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:42.400
And that was my second time playing with multiple musicians at the same time.

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:51.599
That can get messy too if you don't have people who have a little bit of uh professionalism to know when to kind of let the other person lead and pull back and things like that.

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:57.839
But I have two events coming up where we have three musicians going with us the entire time.

00:27:58.319 --> 00:28:05.920
And so I'm actually considering making some mini mixes where I send this ahead of time, say, hey, learn these songs this way.

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:08.079
I might I'm hopefully gonna mix them live.

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:11.519
I'll hopefully make enough uh edits short enough where I can make it work.

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:14.160
It's a little scary for me because I like to be in the moment.

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:16.559
I gotta know that these songs are gonna work, you know?

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.039
Right.

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:22.240
But uh I want to have that ready so that it feels a little bit more fluid and it's not so random.

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:28.079
And then it's like, and I I would like for you to be there an hour and a half early or something.

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:29.039
Let's run it.

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:30.000
Let's run these three.

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:34.880
And the other thing that I'm gonna have to do and invest in is a touch mix.

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.119
Oh.

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:37.680
Because they all want their own monitor feed.

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:39.039
When you only have one, it's a little bit easier.

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:41.759
I got it, I got the uh the touch mix is out of production.

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:44.720
You want the Allen and Heath CQ12T.

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:45.039
Okay.

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:46.640
Just bought it sitting in that closet right now.

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:48.480
But didn't you say it was like you tried to figure it out?

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.920
No, I never even got it out of the box.

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.160
Okay.

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:52.640
There is literally a button on it that says easy mode.

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.839
Then so sold it to me.

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:56.640
He's like, it actually is says easy mode on it.

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.039
Okay.

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:58.880
Because they each need to have their own mix.

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.119
Yeah.

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:02.799
It's it's uh Touch Mix is awesome, but it's 10 years old now.

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:06.160
This is supposedly the new gold standard for those little digital mixers.

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:06.559
Yeah.

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:12.880
So I think we'll be able on the next batch session, yes, have some real events that we'll be able to talk through like how this went, right?

00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:14.720
It should be close to the next batch session.

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:14.960
Yeah.

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:17.519
So those those are in May, mid-May.

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:20.160
So maybe, maybe the sec the session after this.

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:20.559
Yeah.

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:27.279
I wanted to, I think the other thing that's really important that clients are asking me for as it relates to musicians is promo material.

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:31.039
Having some stuff out there that will show what these people can do.

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:34.480
Even if it's from your phone, which I have a couple that way.

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:38.960
Um, I want to show you a couple that I have that have worked for me on the promo material.

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:40.559
So you want to hit this clip?

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:43.519
Obviously, I'm DJing.

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:45.519
It's clearly a phone thing.

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:48.000
It's also a highlight on my Instagram.

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:50.799
But this is one where he's just on the stage.

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:54.079
I don't even remember what song this is.

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:59.279
But people are jumping, having a great time.

00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:00.640
Sweetie Chats Moppy.

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:02.000
Sweetie Chats Moppy, that's right.

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.599
Don't you worry, child.

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.400
Yeah, I love that.

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:08.400
Then I have another one where he's out on the dance floor.

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:11.039
And look how engaging he is with this private grip.

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:12.000
It doesn't matter the song.

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:13.359
Is he playing through your mixer?

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:13.920
Yeah.

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:15.839
The other channel.

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.240
Yep.

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.839
The extra mic channel.

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:22.799
But I mean, look, people are just going, hey, who is this guy?

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:24.960
Um, his name is Natty.

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:25.519
Natty.

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:25.920
Okay.

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:27.039
I can't remember his last name.

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:28.000
He's out of LA.

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:28.640
Right on.

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:37.119
Um, and then the third thing I want to mention, if you want to get into this, our friends and New Jersey, uh, Tom and is it the EMG guys?

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.519
Yeah.

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:42.559
They have a service where they white label some of their musicians for you.

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:46.799
And when I was living out there, I would ping them all the time, hey, I need a sax player.

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.279
I need this.

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:52.160
They have a roster, they're they're a unique setup in the sense that they have DJs and bands.

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.400
Yeah.

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:55.599
But they have so many musicians that sometimes are just sitting on the sidelines.

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:59.599
They have to have a multiple people because sometimes people are going on tour to your point and all this stuff.

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:01.599
So I'll say, Hey, I need a sax player.

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:08.079
Um, and what they've done is they've actually made videos in their studio that are white labeled.

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:09.759
They don't say their logo anywhere.

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:16.960
Once you sign an agreement with them, they give you kind of um, you know, distributor pricing, if you will, kind of like in the match manufacturer world.

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:22.559
And I wanted to show you a clip from uh how much more polished this looks than what I'm doing.

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:24.480
Right, I've seen this.

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.359
Exorbit.

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:45.119
You get to see how cool the guy looks and how he's kind of vibing.

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:49.200
Like this clip sells it all the time for me.

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:54.000
Because this guy's yeah, he's incredible.

00:31:58.319 --> 00:32:00.720
It's a modern song, yeah, people know it.

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:04.559
It's a controlled environment, so the audio is pristine.

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:04.880
Yep.

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:26.319
So if you are looking to get in the game and you don't have any musicians that you know of or have a team that has musicians, reach out to some of the bands that are in the area that are like agency modeled where they have a lot of musicians and see if you can white label some of the guys that are sitting out on a Saturday night to get you started.

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:28.559
I mean, even stuff like this for the guys that we have.

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:35.680
I mean, there's no reason we couldn't put that painting back up on the wall, which by the way, Brian and I realize we left up the entire last five batches that we did.

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:40.480
But put the painting back up on the wall, run them into that board that we're running these on.

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:49.839
Yeah, you know, whatever they're playing, and play a track, you know, your phone off that, and get a decent camera, a vlog camera, and just make some here.

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.319
Right.

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:56.640
Because it's I mean, yeah, it's great to see the the footage from the event, but it's just like the the audio is not very clear.

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:57.039
Right.

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:58.480
It was shot on a phone.

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:58.799
Right.

00:32:58.880 --> 00:32:59.440
It's obvious.

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:00.880
Whereas that looks really good.

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.519
Really clean.

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:01.759
Yeah.

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:02.160
Yeah.

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:02.799
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00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:30.400
Let's move into Annie's playlist.

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:31.200
All right.

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:12.320
But currently it's the 12th of March, so we're a week um beforehand.

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:16.480
So here was the top 50 that I saw as if you'll see on the screen here.

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:19.679
One through five.

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:25.119
Uh if you're not watching the screen and you're just listening, I mean American Girls, the new Harry Styles album.

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:25.599
Love.

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:32.079
Um, but I thought what we would do here is just talk through some songs and maybe mixes that we're playing of some of these top 50.

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:34.559
Number three on the list has been crushing for me.

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:37.440
This is Choosing Texas by Ella Langley.

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:38.239
Never played it.

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:38.800
Never have?

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.199
Nope.

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:40.239
Never been asked for it.

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:40.719
Okay.

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:42.639
I think it's gonna come in your way.

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:47.119
Because it's it's like, I mean, it's three here and it's being requested on my list.

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:48.639
The last couple of weddings I've done.

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:53.599
So I thought I would share with you the mix that I'm using, which winky winky, there'll be some bonus content.

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:54.559
I'll just leave Patreon.

00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:55.519
Patreon, Patreon page.

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.079
Yeah, yeah.

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:58.800
If you are uh backroom?

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.679
Backroom member.

00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:00.079
There we go.

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:01.199
Sorry, I'm terrible at that.

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:04.159
So this is something I play during cocktail hour a lot.

00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:04.559
Okay.

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:07.440
This is oh, and we're gonna need some headphones, probably.

00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:08.159
Sorry.

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:15.920
This is choosing Texas with Fleetwood Max Dreams.

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:17.199
Oh wow, and it works really well.

00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:17.840
You wanna play it?

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.239
Say quiet.

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:22.000
She's from Texas, I can tell by the way.

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:24.239
He's two stepping round the room.

00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:28.719
And judging by the smile it's driven off.

00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:31.760
I usually play the original and then go into this.

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:34.159
Because it's literally the original.

00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:37.920
It's not a remix of dreams, except for right here.

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:49.119
Anyway, yeah.

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:50.159
Great track.

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:55.039
Let's people know that because there are some honorable mention mixes of uh choose in Texas.

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:58.880
There's the D-Rock remix and the lavish live remixes that are more dancing.

00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:00.559
They're like 130 beats per minute.

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:01.760
This is at about 112.

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:03.119
Have you played it during a dance set?

00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:04.000
Yeah, works great.

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.760
Yeah, good track to have.

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.239
Okay.

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:10.079
Number nine on this list is DTMF Bad Bunny.

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:17.519
There's a great mix that I like to use.

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:20.800
This is the Revis Levels VIP mix with the Vici.

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:24.719
So I've played this in and levels gets matched with everything, right?

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:28.000
Levels has been leveled out.

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:29.039
You wanna hit it?

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:37.920
So if you gotta play it late tonight, it's a good version.

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:39.280
Because it's usually slower.

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:44.400
I like it when the beat kicks in though.

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:44.960
With it.

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:47.119
Not yet.

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:49.679
Yeah, it's though.

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:55.360
Big drum build.

00:36:57.760 --> 00:36:59.280
126 beats per minute.

00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:00.400
The original 118.

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:02.639
Yeah.

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:05.280
Let me get this.

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:07.599
You gotta be a Patreon member.

00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:08.000
Oh.

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:11.840
Number 10 is Man I Need.

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.159
Yeah.

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:13.360
What mix are you using of this?

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:16.880
I'm using yours with the promiscuous Nelly Fricado beat.

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:18.239
I've been using a dance version.

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:21.039
This is the Casey Berry and Marshall Simon review.

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:21.920
I do have that one.

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:22.880
I like this.

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.360
It's really good.

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:24.480
You want to hit it?

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:26.239
Oh no, this I'm sorry.

00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:27.440
Let me back up.

00:37:28.159 --> 00:37:30.480
This I've played, yeah, that's my fault.

00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:33.360
Uh I like to play this one during cocktail hour.

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.639
This is I have this too.

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:37.039
This is the everybody uh rules the world.

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.440
Yeah.

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.719
Works great.

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.760
With her vocal.

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:41.119
With her vocal.

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:48.559
I'll allow it.

00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:52.800
I mean, it's in key, which is very important on this song.

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:55.440
Looks like we're making a lot of time.

00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:58.079
I can see how they get the eyes like what?

00:37:58.239 --> 00:37:58.480
Yeah.

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.760
She's great.

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.719
Oh, she goes.

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:09.920
And this song still crushes, like people know it now.

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:13.199
It's blown up through number one for a while.

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:19.679
That's why it's easy to hear how it transitions.

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:24.079
I mean it worked for love.

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:30.159
Yeah, I like that.

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:32.559
And then I think I have the dance version, or do I not?

00:38:32.639 --> 00:38:34.400
Okay, this is the dance version.

00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:36.320
Stays true to the original.

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:39.039
It's important to use the hook first edit.

00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:39.920
Yeah.

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:46.719
But I love it because it kinda has just subtle.

00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:49.199
But it has enough of a backbeat.

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:56.480
So if you're in a dance set and you need this, this is a good version to have.

00:38:59.280 --> 00:39:00.079
Yeah, this ride.

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:04.079
So that was the top 14.

00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:05.440
Let's go to the next slide here.

00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:06.320
What is that?

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:07.119
Like 120?

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:08.079
120 something?

00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:09.599
Yeah, yeah, that's 120.

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:10.079
Yep.

00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:11.599
Uh so let's see here.

00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:13.039
I just might you still using that?

00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:14.239
You still playing that?

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:16.719
Yeah, I just play it straight ahead.

00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:17.199
Okay.

00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:20.159
I have a mix I've been using lately just to kind of mix it up a bit.

00:39:20.239 --> 00:39:24.159
It's the DJ uh Rob De Nero remix remix.

00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:24.400
Okay.

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:27.119
I like it because it's the same tempo as the original 103.

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:27.679
Yes.

00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:28.559
It's a little different.

00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:30.000
Just kind of spices it up.

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:31.039
You want to hit it?

00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:36.320
You step to side with a five out of a nine.

00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:37.360
Just kind of grooves.

00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:39.679
It really doesn't move off this feat much.

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:41.199
It's kind of this the whole way through.

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:45.119
This number we can use this number of the dance seg.

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:46.719
No, cocktail hour.

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:47.199
Right.

00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:48.400
I wouldn't use it for a dance seg.

00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:48.800
Right.

00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:50.559
I've never really played it during dancing.

00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:50.880
Right.

00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:54.239
It would break my heart, break my heart, break my heart.

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:55.280
If I find out you're going to be a good one.

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:55.920
I love those.

00:39:56.000 --> 00:40:01.280
Anything in that 105, 107 mix is great for me to kind of, especially during cocktail hour.

00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:08.480
I don't think I've done enough shows to know if this is gonna be as big as I thought it would.

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:10.400
I can just tell you it's not.

00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:11.440
No, it's already fallen off.

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:12.480
Dude, that's number 18.

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:13.440
I mean, that song was what?

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:14.800
I'm sorry, number eight.

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:16.800
Yeah, it was number one for how many weeks?

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:17.840
A lot of weeks.

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:19.920
It's already like fallen off big time.

00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:23.039
Uh I thought what was interesting to see on this list is number 20.

00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:23.440
Mr.

00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:24.159
Bright Side?

00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:24.719
That's insane.

00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:25.199
22.

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:26.480
On the top 50?

00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:27.199
Yeah.

00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:29.840
Uh what mix do you use of this?

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:31.039
Do you play the straight-ahead original?

00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:34.719
I absolutely don't bastardize this.

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:45.039
No, the only one where I have used it, and it still goes to the original, is uh the and it's older now, it's the Chunky Dip 2018 remix.

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:50.400
Because it allows me to play it in a main dance street uh dance set at 128.

00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:50.719
Okay.

00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:56.400
And then it goes into a drop-off of just the a cappella, which I've made a special edit of to go into the original.

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:56.719
Okay.

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:58.800
So here, l see what you think.

00:40:59.119 --> 00:41:00.400
It's not bastardized.

00:41:01.679 --> 00:41:03.840
But see, it's like in that 128.

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:06.000
You come out of like, okay.

00:41:06.239 --> 00:41:07.440
I go right into it.

00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:07.599
Yeah.

00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:12.079
Now I'm gonna pause it here, and you're gonna hear it how it uh has the acapella.

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:14.000
So listen to how it kind of comes back in.

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:18.000
You can put anything else behind it.

00:41:20.719 --> 00:41:21.119
This is the end.

00:41:21.599 --> 00:41:22.639
No, it's the middle of the song.

00:41:23.280 --> 00:41:24.320
Oh the boys.

00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:28.639
So you can kind of go into with another beat or something else to get out of it.

00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:29.440
I like that.

00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:31.280
But you don't like to just let it ride to the biggest.

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:32.079
Sometimes I do.

00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:32.719
Sometimes I do.

00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:33.760
So I've got two different versions.

00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:34.639
It depends on how I'm playing.

00:41:35.760 --> 00:41:36.159
Yeah, totally.

00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:38.400
You could do it that way.

00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:39.840
Or whatever it is.

00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:47.199
I've got two versions of that edit because sometimes I want them just to sing a cappella and then come back in with the chorus big and then end it with the ring out.

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:52.719
Sometimes I'm mixing out because uh I don't have enough time, you know, and I gotta get through a bunch of different songs.

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:54.079
So that's a good one there.

00:41:54.159 --> 00:41:56.079
Uh, what was uh where's ordinary?

00:41:56.800 --> 00:41:57.360
Uh 27.

00:41:57.679 --> 00:41:58.400
27.

00:41:59.039 --> 00:42:01.519
So ordinary, uh what are you playing of that one?

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:02.800
I can't remember the name of it.

00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:03.679
I sent it over to you.

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:04.239
Oh, you did?

00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:05.519
Yeah, I must have not gotten it.

00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:05.840
That's right.

00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:08.239
Um I play the Bustin Timberlake.

00:42:08.320 --> 00:42:08.960
What's the name of it?

00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:10.719
Bustin Timberfake.

00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:11.519
Is that what it is?

00:42:11.599 --> 00:42:12.000
Yeah, Bustin.

00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:12.800
Timber fake?

00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:13.840
Yeah, Bustin Timberlake.

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:14.880
The disco version.

00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:15.679
So here it is.

00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:16.639
Here's what this sounds like.

00:42:16.719 --> 00:42:17.840
Great for cocktail hour.

00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:20.400
Screwing.

00:42:22.159 --> 00:42:22.960
I want your name.

00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:24.639
Doesn't really move off of that kind of groove.

00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:38.400
Yeah, it's good.

00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:42.639
You had uh number 29.

00:42:43.199 --> 00:42:43.760
Say it.

00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:46.159
T T uh T T me preguntando.

00:42:47.840 --> 00:42:51.039
So you got the DJ now mixing up the DTMF with T T.

00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:51.840
Yeah.

00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:53.199
Uh P.

00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:54.000
Yeah.

00:42:55.440 --> 00:42:56.079
You had a cool mix.

00:42:56.239 --> 00:42:58.320
The DJ O D just a little bit intro.

00:42:58.400 --> 00:42:58.880
Here it is.

00:43:00.960 --> 00:43:02.960
Woo! You've been using this one?

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:04.320
Yeah, I think I did it.

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:10.239
Yeah, played it on um at that uh Raven's Crop gala.

00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:11.519
I got a request for Bad Bunny.

00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:14.480
It's just the intro where it has just a little bit.

00:43:14.559 --> 00:43:14.719
Yeah.

00:43:18.159 --> 00:43:21.119
Yeah, that's the one I I tend to get a lot of hit this morning in there.

00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:22.320
Yeah.

00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:24.159
Let's hit the next uh slide here.

00:43:24.239 --> 00:43:27.840
So Fate of Ophelia, you had uh my mix.

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:28.079
Yeah.

00:43:28.239 --> 00:43:31.599
My little segue mix from this to uh last Friday.

00:43:32.960 --> 00:43:33.920
Let's hear it.

00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:41.519
Could Brian be exclusive right there?

00:43:41.760 --> 00:43:42.320
Yes, it is.

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:49.519
Might be supposed to be the sleep, the sky is stupid.

00:43:52.719 --> 00:43:53.280
Woohoo!

00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:57.519
Number thirty seven.

00:43:57.840 --> 00:43:59.840
Dreams is back on this list, and it could be.

00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:01.679
Must be TikTok, right?

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:02.480
Gotta be.

00:44:02.639 --> 00:44:05.519
You had uh the Pete Down classic remix on here.

00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:06.400
Why do you like this one?

00:44:06.480 --> 00:44:07.920
Just it's it got a little beefier?

00:44:08.079 --> 00:44:09.119
Yeah, just a little bit beefier.

00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:12.800
I I mean I I don't like to mess with these uh I don't either usually songs too much.

00:44:13.119 --> 00:44:13.920
Let's hit it.

00:44:18.960 --> 00:44:19.760
Touch on the drones.

00:44:20.079 --> 00:44:23.760
So this is the one I use before I go into that one I showed you earlier.

00:44:24.159 --> 00:44:27.440
Um it was now.

00:44:27.599 --> 00:44:28.320
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:30.719
The uh Ella Langley Chasing.

00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:31.360
Yeah, yeah.

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:32.639
So I'll use that one first.

00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:40.639
But I also have a really dope, if they're uh kind of more progressive with their cocktail hour, a little bit more uh housey, I'll use this one.

00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:45.760
This is the Dylan Francis song, uh, which is called uh hold on a second.

00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:48.400
Um it's the Touch.

00:44:48.639 --> 00:44:50.639
It's a Fleetwood Mac versus Dylan Francis.

00:44:50.719 --> 00:44:51.760
This is at 112.

00:44:51.840 --> 00:44:53.280
I like this one a lot.

00:44:56.239 --> 00:44:57.280
They don't see it coming.

00:44:59.679 --> 00:45:01.760
I always get a great reaction when you play this.

00:45:02.000 --> 00:45:02.320
I have this.

00:45:02.559 --> 00:45:03.280
This is filthy.

00:45:03.360 --> 00:45:04.159
I love that track.

00:45:05.519 --> 00:45:08.400
Play this Club Killer's cut of this.

00:45:10.719 --> 00:45:11.760
It just grooves so good.

00:45:12.000 --> 00:45:13.280
That's a Dylan Francis track.

00:45:13.360 --> 00:45:14.000
Yeah.

00:45:16.559 --> 00:45:17.360
Crazy production.

00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:17.840
I love it.

00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:25.360
Also, some honorable mention versions of Dreams is Patch Safari's remix and the Gigamesh are also gigames.

00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:26.239
Oh, I have the Gigamesh.

00:45:26.320 --> 00:45:27.440
Gigamesh goes crazy.

00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:28.079
Yeah.

00:45:28.320 --> 00:45:29.840
Uh where's my husband?

00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:32.960
Is number 40 on this top 50 list?

00:45:33.199 --> 00:45:34.239
Have you played anything yet?

00:45:34.400 --> 00:45:34.639
No.

00:45:34.800 --> 00:45:36.480
I I would just play it straight ahead.

00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:41.119
I I still I don't I don't like the the drums or something.

00:45:41.199 --> 00:45:43.039
It it doesn't seem like a dance song to me.

00:45:43.199 --> 00:45:49.760
Again, it I feel like it's gonna come back to uh bouquet or you know, uh the introduction, grand introduction.

00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:50.320
I don't know.

00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:52.559
I put it in a routine with promiscuous.

00:45:52.719 --> 00:45:54.400
Okay, and here's this version of it.

00:45:54.480 --> 00:45:58.559
This is the Patrick uh who is it, Patrick Zern edit edit?

00:45:58.880 --> 00:45:59.280
Uh-huh.

00:45:59.599 --> 00:46:02.320
I help me, help me, help me, no, I need you to tell me.

00:46:05.679 --> 00:46:08.079
I just play chorus and I'm out.

00:46:10.800 --> 00:46:11.440
Yeah, I need you.

00:46:21.119 --> 00:46:22.880
And then I go into something else right there.

00:46:23.280 --> 00:46:23.920
Slam at it.

00:46:24.079 --> 00:46:27.119
Slam into whatever uh whatever you had with promiscuous.

00:46:27.199 --> 00:46:27.360
Yeah.

00:46:27.519 --> 00:46:27.679
You know?

00:46:27.840 --> 00:46:30.320
So you can kinda hit yeah, so you can kind of hit like two in a row.

00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:30.639
Yeah.

00:46:31.440 --> 00:46:31.920
Promiscuous.

00:46:32.079 --> 00:46:32.719
Really good.

00:46:32.960 --> 00:46:37.280
Uh, you had the last two are yours here, so this is uh Iris is on this list.

00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:38.000
Where is that?

00:46:38.159 --> 00:46:38.960
Uh 45.

00:46:39.119 --> 00:46:39.760
No, 41.

00:46:40.320 --> 00:46:40.800
41.

00:46:40.960 --> 00:46:41.199
Yeah.

00:46:41.440 --> 00:46:43.280
So you got the Zillionaire remix.

00:46:43.440 --> 00:46:44.320
Oh, yeah, he's great.

00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:44.960
This is a good one.

00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:46.480
You but you use it in during dance sets?

00:46:46.719 --> 00:46:49.360
You asked me for some uh Goo Goo dolls a while back.

00:46:49.519 --> 00:46:50.800
No, I'll ask you for Creed.

00:46:50.960 --> 00:46:51.760
Oh, for Creed, okay.

00:46:51.840 --> 00:46:52.400
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:46:52.559 --> 00:46:53.440
Well, here's Iris.

00:46:53.519 --> 00:46:54.800
This is the Zillionaire.

00:46:56.480 --> 00:46:58.639
I think I'm gonna try and look him up when I get all the credit.

00:46:59.280 --> 00:47:01.119
Should I think he's in Perth though?

00:47:01.360 --> 00:47:03.360
Because I know that should be tell me something.

00:47:04.960 --> 00:47:08.400
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be.

00:47:08.960 --> 00:47:13.519
I like it because it doesn't go crazy like it still stays through the original.

00:47:15.519 --> 00:47:16.239
It's tasteful.

00:47:16.400 --> 00:47:18.079
I've been getting this on request list, man.

00:47:18.239 --> 00:47:20.400
Iris has been coming on my list.

00:47:20.559 --> 00:47:22.000
But you say you play it during dinner a lot.

00:47:22.320 --> 00:47:22.480
A lot.

00:47:24.800 --> 00:47:25.519
I'm just going nuts.

00:47:26.000 --> 00:47:27.199
Especially this part right here.

00:47:29.039 --> 00:47:29.519
But I like this.

00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:31.840
It's kind of cool.

00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:38.880
And the last one I uh wanted to preview was number 49 of 50 on the list, 12 to 12 by Somber.

00:47:39.199 --> 00:47:40.800
You're not playing it at a gig currently.

00:47:41.199 --> 00:47:43.679
No, but I would play this like Doors Open or Copy's.

00:47:44.159 --> 00:47:48.320
I was gonna say, too, if you are ever in need of a grand entrance song, the instrumental.

00:47:48.880 --> 00:47:49.840
Do it with stems.

00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:50.239
Yeah.

00:47:50.400 --> 00:47:50.639
Yeah.

00:47:50.880 --> 00:47:52.639
Because then you're not stepping on the words.

00:47:52.719 --> 00:47:52.880
Yeah.

00:47:53.039 --> 00:47:56.960
Here's a little sample of the X-Mix version that you gave me.

00:47:58.559 --> 00:48:00.960
Ladies and gentlemen, for the second time as of the live.

00:48:01.679 --> 00:48:03.599
You know, second time.

00:48:03.840 --> 00:48:06.000
Yeah, they already announced about the ceremony, right?

00:48:07.679 --> 00:48:08.000
Mr.

00:48:08.079 --> 00:48:09.599
Joe and Saquon Bun.

00:48:09.840 --> 00:48:09.920
What?

00:48:10.079 --> 00:48:10.719
You know what I mean?

00:48:14.880 --> 00:48:15.679
I mean, it's a great track.

00:48:15.840 --> 00:48:17.039
Somebody's crushing right now.

00:48:17.360 --> 00:48:20.159
He is, but he's such a fucking goober, man.

00:48:20.400 --> 00:48:26.079
I've never seen a more awkward, skinny, non-cool white dude.

00:48:26.159 --> 00:48:28.719
And it breaks my heart because I love his song.

00:48:28.800 --> 00:48:29.039
Yeah.

00:48:29.280 --> 00:48:31.840
God, he is a fucking terrible performer, man.

00:48:32.000 --> 00:48:33.679
Somebody's got to work with him.

00:48:34.159 --> 00:48:35.199
Something's wrong with you.

00:48:35.280 --> 00:48:35.760
Never seen him?

00:48:36.239 --> 00:48:37.039
I'm gonna pull a clip.

00:48:38.000 --> 00:48:42.400
His songs are dope, but dude, what the f it's crazy.

00:48:42.639 --> 00:48:44.079
He's so awkward, man.

00:48:44.159 --> 00:48:46.000
I've never seen anybody so awkward.

00:48:46.239 --> 00:48:55.760
So, guys, if you want to possibly uh maybe perhaps uh get some of those tracks, you might want to look at the Patreon, patreon.com slash beyond the DJ Booth Podcast.

00:48:56.000 --> 00:48:58.320
Choose the back room membership.

00:48:58.639 --> 00:49:03.599
As always, thank you guys for watching and listening wherever you uh view this or listen.

00:49:03.760 --> 00:49:13.039
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00:49:13.280 --> 00:49:15.280
What a way to end season six.

00:49:15.519 --> 00:49:17.119
This is the last episode of season six.

00:49:17.280 --> 00:49:19.199
That's why I guess we made it a little longer.

00:49:19.440 --> 00:49:20.000
A little longer.

00:49:20.079 --> 00:49:20.960
Some people wanted that.

00:49:21.119 --> 00:49:22.800
Some people like it, some people don't.

00:49:23.360 --> 00:49:24.480
It's hard to please them all.

00:49:24.719 --> 00:49:25.760
It is hard to please them.

00:49:26.320 --> 00:49:27.920
We'll see you next podcast, people.

00:49:28.079 --> 00:49:28.400
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00:49:28.960 --> 00:49:29.679
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00:49:30.639 --> 00:49:31.599
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00:49:31.840 --> 00:49:33.199
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