What goes behind setting up a playlist

Setting up a playlist can be difficult. Folks know how the words go but don’t know the actual name of the song. For example, folks will say Apple bottom jeans but in reality, it’s called Low by Flo-Rida and T-pain. But everyone knows what you are talking about. 

When you are setting up a playlist one has to think of the theme they want to have. Will it be an old school vibe or will it be all the new up and coming jams. Or will it be a mixture of new and old to keep the young and older folks happy.  Once that is established then they can get to work. Myself I like to set up around 25 songs per hour of event. I like to be over prepared since it is better to have more songs to work with rather than struggling to find a song when the other song is running out. Nobody likes dead air in an event. Music always has to be playing unless someone is doing announcements.

I like setting up my list two weeks in advance so to ensure I have all the songs that are requested. I may have to go to two or three sites to find the song and make sure it’s the correct edit. A lot of songs have many remixes that may not be the correct vibes the client is trying to portray.

 For the songs that I put in the playlist I do not stream but actually have the mp3 in the hard drive. Streaming is the new thing that is happening in the dj world but on the same note there is not guarantee there will be good Wi-Fi at the event.