R U Ready 4 This?

Worked really hard all week; Can't even begin to tell you how many remixes I've listened to. At the end of it, I'm done on time, ready to pump up my jam tomorrow night. Or sumthink.
Seriously though, I'm really pleased cos I think I've got a decent set. I'm not ready for the big restructure, but got some kickass tracks for tomorrow. Few mates coming too and I should be nice and relaxed. :)

Low confidence

I performed my second set at Popstarz, having gone along for first time, alone and without supporters. I was nervous and lo, I made a mistake which only seem to continue as my error made me lose confidence and to stress, which made me clumsy.
I had a day sulking about it, then I woke up full of new fresh ideas and am full of hope and looking forward to doing lots of work on the set this week. I don't have a great deal of time so it will have to be done in spare evenings.
I keep finding wicked mash-ups on youtube that i can't find anywhere else and the more I find, the more I realise I should be making my own mash-ups. I have to learn how to record using Ableton.

London Debut

I DJed at Popstarz! At Sin in Soho.
This is what I played:

CSS - Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above
Justice - DVNO
Justice Vs Simian - We Are Your Friends
Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
Snap! - Rhythm Is A Dancer (12' Mix)
Prodigy - Girls
Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger (DJ Barletta Remix)
Hadouken! - Tuning In [H! Redub]
Klaxons - Atlantis To Interzone (Crystal Castles Remix)
Fatboy Slim - Brimful Of Asha [Norman Cook Remix]
Bodyrox - Yeah Yeah (Feat. Luciana)
Wild Child & Chemical Brothers - Renegade Rockin Beats [Greg Bedwell Remix]
The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode [Beat Edit]
Simian Mobile Disco - It's The Beat
2 Unlimited - Twilight Zone [Rave Version Edit]
Calvin Harris - Acceptable In The 80s
Justice - The Party (feat. Uffie) (LA Riots Remix)
Kylie Minogue - Wow (MSTRKRFT Remix)
Mason Vs. Princess Superstar - Perfect (Exceeder)
Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor
Mylo vs. Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure
Utah Saints Something Good '08 (Radio Edit)
Felix Da Housecat - Silver Screen - Shower Scene (Phunk Remix)
Feist - 1234 (My!Gay!Husband! Get Up Kid Edit)
The Prodigy - Charly [Alley Cat Remix]
Armand Van Helden - Hear My Name [Feat. Spalding Rockwell]
M.I.A. - Boyz
Girls Aloud - Jump
Britney Spears - Toxic (Armand Van Helden Remix Edit)
Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For (Album Version)
Scooter - Ramp! (The Logical Song)

People liked it. The promoter was very pleased.

In the days coming up to Friday I had many things go through my mind as I mentally prepared for this. I was worried that I wasn't really good enough and that I'd be found out for the fraud I am. When I got up on stage I forgot everything except playing good music well and accepted how the evening went. It's a strange feeling to get this job in London when no one takes me seriously in my home town.

The club is great, nice interior, well decorated. There are three rooms: Pop, Rave and Indie. I play in the Rave Room, which is second largest after the Pop room. It's decked out in psychedelic wall hangings. The people are really friendly, professional, helpful and very supportive; They are great team. I'm really looking forward to working with them.

Deep End.

So got email today asking if I can start DJing at Popstarz THIS FRIDAY!
Good thing I've started early on the preparation front. I've been digging out old classics, downloading allsorts of stuff. Going to do a 2 hour set. The promoter, Tommy, has been really friendly and says that they are here to help and encourage not critisise and I shouldn't feel like I'm chucking me in at the deep end, which of course, they are.

Popstar

So, I did my set at Trash Palace, I auditioned for Popstarz. I had a sleepless night, but got up and finalised my set and then rehearsed it on my decks, practicing the trickier changes. Spent the rest of the day making myself presentable. Train cockups created more tension, but once there I was completely relaxed. The decks were ye ole Pioneers, so I was completely at home with them and their mixer was easy to use. It had been a real concern as I had no idea what equipment they had! I played my set, it went well. Halfway through my set the manager came up and said how much he liked what I was playing and could I come and do a set for the "rave room" at Popstarz sometime. they aren't advertising, but one of their djs is leaving and will need replacing. After a chat we agreed I'd come and check it out next week (guestlisted of course) and after a discussion of material will come play a set and see how it goes down. Really quite surprising turn up.
My setlist:

• CSS - Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above
• Justice - DVNO
• Prodigy - Girls
• Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger (DJ Barletta Remix)
• Hadouken! - Tuning In [H! Redub]
• Bodyrox - Yeah Yeah (Feat. Luciana)
• Simian Mobile Disco - It's The Beat
• Kylie Minogue - Wow (MSTRKRFT Remix)
• Mason Vs. Princess Superstar - Perfect (Exceeder)
• The Teenagers - Homecoming (Yuksek and Brodinski Remix)
• Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor
• M.I.A. - Boyz
• Girls Aloud - Jump
  

DJ At Work

Putting together a working setlist for my audition at Trash Palace. I've done a live recording going through changes and getting a feel for it and already changed a few tracks. It's very much a work in progress. After bringing my decks back from the Cow on Friday, I've just realised I left my power adapter there. D'oh! 45 minutes is a particularly short time to express a sample of great tracks that go well together and express what you think their clubnight is about.
I've gone from being stupidly euphoric about this opportunity to being pretty terrified about performing in just 4 short days.

Trashed

Well, it's actually happening. Trash Palace have given me a slot to come and audition for Popstarz! I've got 45 minutes, on Wednesday, in which to prove to them I can play awesome tunes that they like, and mix them well and look stunning. I am unbelievably happy. Can't believe I'm going to be DJing in London! Fuck yeah!Everything has a warm sparkly glow.
So I started trying out tunes today to work out what to play. There were about 5 really obvious tracks, after that, I'm not sure whether to fall back on solid electro, peppered with a couple of solid classics, or if awesome remixes would be the way to go, perhaps really new stuff, maybe push the gay thing further... 45 minutes is a very short time, it's about 11 maybe 12 tracks. It gives me the idea that perhaps I will use this material for my first demo mixtape.