There is something special when you can dj at a retail store. It just adds a party vibe. People are singing the lyrics of fun songs and a new song just builds up on top of the other cool song.

 What do you play at a retail store? It all depends on the clientele. You can play some cool house songs that no one really knows or dive into the classics that everyone knows and the latter is what I strive for.

The store is called the Halloween Store and it is open during the Halloween Season. You can find customes and decorations here. They have plenty for all ages. But once the season is over it becomes a party venue, Cielito Lindo. It is a nice spot to hold a social function.

Flash Cat media was in the house taking dynamite photos. They also do cool music videos. Aaron is a master of his craft! I was very happy with his awesome photos.

We were able to play at a retail store in Brea. It was very easy to set up since they had their own booth. I have done stores before but this one had to be the biggest. There were a few things I learned. I learned we do not need to be so loud. We had one speaker facing one direction and the other speaker faced the other direction. It was also Spanish Heritage Month so we included more Spanish in our playlist. When I got there they told me they wanted pop such like Beyonce and Timberlake. I used that as my baseline and decided to go way open format.

When you play at a retail store, it is best to play music that everyone knows unless you are doing some underground house music. I would try to play one to two versus of a song and then mix in another song. My goal was to have no dead air. Songs were either mixed in or a new beat dropped once a song finished if it went that far.

One of the songs that got everyone moving was by Bad Bunny. It has to be his biggest hit. I tried to keep it as latin as possible. I played a lot of Selena and Pitbull and added Marc Anthony. Most of my list was pop songs that everyone knew.

I started 15 minutes before schedule and finished 5 hours and 15 minutes later. It did not feel like 5 hours and it was 5 hours of enjoyment. I can truly say it was an open format set that ranged from Calvin Harris, Katy Perry to Selena and to the Temptations.

It was a joy to play for many types of people and look forward to doing it again. Please call Black and White Affair dj for your retail dj needs.