Tag: Day Party DJ Austin

When I was asked to DJ the Formula 1 Tower Club events this past weekend, I was already booked on the Saturday, which meant they only got me for two of their event’s three days. I don’t know who they had come in for day two, but I get the feeling he was something of a one-trick pony. When I walked in yesterday morning at 8am, one by one the entire staff told me they were glad I was back, and all shared a version of the same story: yesterday’s guy treated it like his own private rave. Apparently, he played nothing but EDM music the entire time, despite the audience being anything but an EDM crowd.

This hunch was backed up throughout the day, as time after time, guests came up to me and told me how glad they were to see me back behind the decks. The crowd is pretty much the same for all three days, as they pay some exorbitant sum for admission to the club for the entire weekend. In any event, I wasn’t there on Saturday to hear the other guy, but I’m pretty confident he didn’t have a very good read on the crowd. And while I hate to brag, I definitely did. By the very end I had a table of older gentlemen leaping around the room rapping along with the Beastie Boys. What can I say? I’m good at my job!

Here’s me being good at that job.

Everyday Is Like Sunday – Morrissey
Spirit In the Sky – Norman Greenbaum
Jeepster – T. Rex
Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin
Street Player – Chicago
Disco 2000 – Pulp
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers
Lips Like Sugar – Echo & the Bunnymen
Blue Monday – New Order
Girls on Film – Duran Duran
Two of Hearts – Stacey Q
All My Ex’s Live In Texas – George Strait
Heaven Is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac – Hot Chocolate
Machine Gun – Commodores
Main Theme from Star Wars – David Matthews
Apache – Sugar Hill Gang
Hooked on a Feeling – Blue Swede
Don’t You Want Me – Human League
Good Luck, Babe – Chappell Roan
She’s Like Texas – Josh Abbott Band
I Like Texas – Pat Green
Amarillo By Morning – George Strait
Love Story (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
Stacy’s Mom – Fountains of Wayne
Move Your Feet – Junior Senior
Over & Over – Hot Chip
Seventeen – Ladytron
Silver Screen Shower Scene – Felix da Housecat
Kids – MGMT
Now That We’ve Found Love – Heavy D. & The Boyz
It’s Like That – Run-D.M.C.
Egypt, Egypt – Egyptian Lover
So What’cha Want – Beastie Boys
Boombastic – Shaggy
Nikita – Elton John
Red Red Wine – UB40
Tenderness – General Public
Fly Robin Fly – Silver Convention
Fire – The Ohio Players
Keep On Trucking – Eddie Kendricks
Tear the Roof Off the Sucker – Parliament
Boneman Connection – Nicodemus
Son of a Preacherman – Gaylettes
Jamaica Ska – Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
Phoenix City – Rolando Al and The Soul Brothers
Stir It Up – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Espresso – Sabrina Carpenter
Doses and Mimosas – Cherub
Dance Wiv Me – Dizzee Rascal
Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones
Saturday in the Park – Chicago
Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good) – Neil Diamond
Friends in Low Places – Garth Brooks
She Blinded Me With Science – Thomas Dolby
American Soviets [Cameron Paul Mix] – CCCP
Just Can’t Get Enough – Depeche Mode
Temptation – New Order
Our Lips Are Sealed – Fun Boy Three
Bigmouth Strikes Again – The Smiths
Atomic – Sleeper
Suffragette City – David Bowie
Jumping Jack Flash – The Rolling Stones
You Really Got Me – The Kinks
Parklife – Blur
Staying Out for the Summer – Dodgy
Common People – Pulp
The 900 Number – D.J. Mark the 45 King
Tequila Little Time – Jon Pardi
Take a Chance on Me – ABBA
More Than a Woman – Bee Gees
Hot in Herre – Nelly
Brick House – Commodores
Walk This Way – Run-D.M.C.
Jump Around – House of Pain
Pink Pony Club – Chappell Roan
Wagon Wheel – Darius Rucker
Fancy Like – Walker Hayes
Mais Que Nada – Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66
Nanã – Bossacucanova & Roberto Menescal
Teardrops – Roosevelt
I Feel Love – Sam Smith
You Can Call Me Al [Flight Facilities Edit] – Paul Simon
Legs – ZZ Top
Feeling Alright – Rebelution
Santeria – Sublime
Billionaire [feat. Bruno Mars] – Travie McCoy
Paul Revere – Beastie Boys
In the Air Tonight – Phil Collins
Back in Black – AC/DC
Here I Go Again – Whitesnake
Africa – Toto

As ever, I like to remind anyone who reads this that I’m both an Austin wedding DJ and a party DJ, too. I DJ corporate parties, birthdays, and all manner of special events. If you need a DJ for your next party, please contact me.

You might think an 8-hour-long gig that starts at 8:30 am might be a drag, especially when you hear I was out of bed at 5:30 am in order to be there and set up on time, but you’d be wrong. Yesterday’s event practically flew by, both figuratively and literally (it was an auto race!), and I had a lot of fun.

I DJ’ed in one of the private clubs at the Formula 1 race. Yesterday was the first of three days of events happening at the Circuit of the Americas, as drivers, and fans, from around the world converged on Austin for a weekend of racing. The nature of the event gave me almost unlimited freedom regarding what to play, as there were guests of all ages, and from all backgrounds and walks of life, and this wasn’t a dance. I was there to provide a great soundtrack for a day of fun, and if the number of high fives, fist bumps, compliments, and business cards taken is any indication, I was successful.

While my DJ set ran from 8:30 to 4:30, I had some downtime, as I switched from music to live feed of the race announcers when there were races happening on the track. Not that it would have made a difference. Those cars are LOUD, and the Tower Club is positioned directly over the track, so no one would have heard my music anyway. On the plus side, from my DJ booth I had one of the best seats in the house to watch the races! Coupled with complimentary breakfast and lunch buffets and an on-site barista making coffee and espresso, I was set!

All told I probably played for 6 hours. Check out the variety of what I was able to play for my appreciative audience yesterday!

Update: here is a recap, and set list, for day three of the event.

Please Please Please – Sabrina Carpenter
Outstanding – The Gap Band
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See – Busta Rhymes
Float On – Modest Mouse
I Turn My Camera On – Spoon
Connected – Stereo MC’s
Midnight City – M83
Fix Up Look Sharp – Dizzee Rascal
I Ain’t No Joke – Eric B. & Rakim
Rollin’ With Kid ‘N Play – Kid ‘N Play
The Safety Dance – Men Without Hats
Tequila Little Time – Jon Pardi
Lovin’ On Me – Jack Harlow
More Than a Woman – Bee Gees
Country Girl (Shake It for Me) – Luke Bryan
Walk This Way – Run-D.M.C.
Telegraph Your Love – The Pointer Sisters
D.M.S.R. – Prince
Let’s Dance – David Bowie
Kiss Me More [feat. SZA] – Doja Cat
ILY (I Love You Baby) [feat. Emilee] – Surf Mesa
Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash
Balinese – ZZ Top
More Than a Feeling – Boston
Can I Kick It? – A Tribe Called Quest
MIA [feat. Drake] – Bad Bunny
Zion I – Cymande
God Make Me Funky – Headhunters
Funky Drummer – James Brown
Sabotage – Beastie Boys
Savage – Megan Thee Stallion
Just a Friend – Biz Markie
Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley
A Bar Song (Tipsy) – Shaboozey
Fancy Like – Walker Hayes
Gangsta’s Paradise – Coolio
Wagon Wheel – Darius Rucker
As It Was – Harry Styles
Dancing With Myself – Billy Idol
Take On Me – a-ha
Blitzkrieg Bop – The Ramones
Get UR Freak On – Missy Elliott
Footloose – Kenny Loggins
Blinding Lights – The Weeknd
Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra
What I Like About You – The Romantics
Sugar, We’re Going Down – Fall Out Boy
Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
Paint it Black – The Rolling Stones
I Melt With You – Modern English
Dreaming – Blondie
I Eat Cannibals – Toto Coelo
Transmission – Joy Division
One Step Beyond – Madness
Cigarettes and Alcohol – Oasis
Laid – James
New Generation – Suede
Girls & Boys – Blur
Don’t Stop Believing – Journey
Livin’ On a Prayer – Bon Jovi
Everywhere – Fleetwood Mac
How Will I Know – Whitney Houston
Calling All Boys – The Flirts
Secret – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Obsession – Animotion
Do It To The Crowd – Twin Hype
White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It) – Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel
Apache – Sugar Hill Gang
Ace In the Hole – George Strait
Two Pina Coladas – Garth Brooks
Lookin’ for Love – Johnny Lee
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg – The Temptations
It’s the Same Old Song – The Four Tops
The Magic Number – De La Soul
Supercuts (Yeah Boy) – Rodney O Joe Cooley
1999 – Prince
Love Story (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) – ABBA
Electric Love – BØRNS
Louie, Louie – The Kingsmen
Playa Grande [feat. Bomba Estéreo] – Sofi Tukker
Circles – Post Malone
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) – Robert Palmer
I Am the Best – 2NE1
Just Can’t Get Enough – Depeche Mode
You Spin Me ‘Round (Like a Record) – Dead Or Alive
Don’t Go – Yaz
Pursuit of Happiness [Steve Aoki Remix] – Kid Cudi
I Was Made For Lovin’ You – Kiss
Low [feat. T-Pain] – Flo Rida
I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas
More, More, More – Andrea True Connection
(Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop – The Fatback Band
Like Sugar – Chaka Khan
Careless Whisper [The Polish Ambassador Remix] – George Michael
Golden Years [The Reflex Stems Re Vision] – David Bowie
Another One Bites The Dust [La Royale Edit] – Queen
When U Wanna Come [LNTG Says Relax] – Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Hooked on a Feeling – Blue Swede
Long Train Runnin’ – The Doobie Brothers
Motownphilly – Boyz II Men
Poison – Bell Biv DeVoe
1, 2, 3, 4 – Coolio
The Creator – Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
Treat ‘Em Right – Chubb Rock
Uptown Funk [feat. Bruno Mars] – Mark Ronson
Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice
Miami Vice Theme – Jan Hammer
Bad – Michael Jackson
Amarillo By Morning – George Strait
It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere [feat. Jimmy Buffett] – Alan Jackson
Whiskey River – Willie Nelson
You Never Can Tell – Chuck Berry
The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss) – Betty Everett
I Want to Hold Your Hand – The Beatles
Stop! In the Name of Love – Diana Ross & The Supremes
I Want You Back – The Jackson Five
Cinderfella Dana Dane – Dana Dane
Bring the Beat Back – Steady B
No Sleep Till Brooklyn – Beastie Boys
Nobody Beats the Biz [feat. T.J. Swan] – Biz Markie
Droppin’ Science [feat. Craig G] – Marley Marl
Ms. New Booty [feat. Ying Yang Twinz] – Bubba Sparxxx
ATLiens – Outkast
Mo City Don – Z-ro
In the Air Tonight – Phil Collins
Africa – Toto
Tarzan Boy – Baltimora
Hey Ladies – Beastie Boys
The Message – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Ain’t No Half-Steppin’ – Big Daddy Kane
The Show (Oh My God!– The Re-Mix) – Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew
This Beat Kicks – T La Rock
Run’s House – Run-D.M.C.
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Neon Moon – Brooks & Dunn
Fantasy – Mariah Carey
Best Friend [feat. NERVO, The Knocks & ALISA UENO] – Sofi Tukker
Levitating – Dua Lipa
Electric Feel – MGMT
Burning Down the House – Talking Heads
Tubthumping – Chumba Wumba
Jack and Diane – John Cougar Mellencamp
Paper Rings – Taylor Swift
Grease – Frankie Valli
Take a Chance on Me – ABBA
Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon
O-o-h Child – The Five Stairsteps
Chicken Fried – Zac Brown Band
Drinkin’ Problem – Midland

As ever, I like to remind anyone who reads this that I’m both an Austin wedding DJ and a party DJ, too. I DJ corporate parties, birthdays, and all manner of special events. If you need a DJ for your next party, please contact me.