
So, Popstarz has been going well. Enjoying playing, getting used to the crowd levels - ie, not taking it so personally when the club is a little quiet. This week in particular the DJ who comes after me was late, so I had to play ad hoc. I was freaked out, but I did really well and was really proud of what I'd done on the fly. While I know I can mix, I have lacked the confidence to play impromptu in this role; It takes guts to use your guts. Enjoyed some indie dancing afterwards; We now have wristbands to get into the staff chillout area, where there is free beer. I met some of the other DJs, in particular Vic Voltaire - not only does he have the courage to play really good songs, he also mixes them! The only thing that troubles me is that he is going to be doing the warm-up in Rave room from a few weeks time... So where will I be? Absolutely Love this job, would be sad not to do it anymore.
Been panicking about Clare may ball all week, trying to put together the Uberset which is both indie, electro, mixable and flows well; banging but not too banging. Trying to work out what my half of this duo is about and what I should be contributing - all with no help from my partner. I feel that my efforts have not created a set which is really going to show what I am capable of. I've had to leave out some of my favourite tracks - Mason vs. Princess Superstar - Perfect (Exceeder) and Bodyrox - Yeah Yeah (Feat. Luciana). :(
Have been making compilations for Sidney-Sussex, so I can just play a few tracks in a more ad hoc way; We are playing between bands so it's a lot less pressure.

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